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Commission orders twice‑a‑year maintenance for Oats Creek near Olive Road after urban farm request
Summary
After an urban farmer urged the county to maintain a creek segment at 1650 Olive Road that supports community food production, commissioners debated regulatory limits and liability before approving a twice‑year maintenance schedule and directing staff to monitor compliance.
Lashandra Robinson described a proposal to maintain a section of Oats Creek adjacent to an urban farm at 1650 Olive Road, saying repeated overgrowth was damaging crops and undermining food production and education that serves the community.
Engineering (Doctor Malik) and legal counsel (Jim Plunkett) cautioned that Oats Creek is a regulated waterway with buffer requirements, Corps of…
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