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Oxford council adopts tree-list revisions, reallocates $1M ARPA funds to Habitat, approves housing tax-credit application and other measures
Summary
At its April 24 meeting the Oxford City Council adopted multiple resolutions: it updated the city tree list, authorized a $1,000,000 ARPA subgrant amendment to direct funds to Habitat for Humanity, authorized an OHFA tax-credit application for $3.1 million for Clarence Place, approved a $53,071 vehicle purchase, and authorized explorations of a new Tri Community Center agreement; several ordinance housekeeping items were also advanced or adopted.
The Oxford City Council on April 24 approved a package of resolutions and housekeeping ordinances including changes to the city’s urban tree list, a reallocation of $1,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to Habitat for Humanity for infrastructure work, an application to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency for up to $3.1 million in single-family tax credits for the Clarence Place project, the purchase of a 2026 Chevrolet 2500 HD crew cab for fire/EMS use, and a city-led review of the Tri Community Center lease with Tallawanda Recreation Inc.
Miss Barber read the tree-list resolution, and Rita Murphy — citing the city’s climate-action goal to revise the list by 2025 — said students used the USDA Tree Atlas to select species that will better tolerate the city’s future climate and that the list applies only to public trees. “So this is…
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