Whidbey leaders are in the unusual position of opposing a nonprofit organization’s application for state funding.
City of Oak Harbor
Sixteen people spoke on the Angel de la Creatividad sculpture during the public comment period of the Jun. 7th Oak Harbor City Council meeting. Opinion was “roughly divided” on the issue.
Oak Harbor has only two working emergency wells that, in case of a large-scale emergency or weather disaster, can only produce 18% of the city’s peak water demand, but city officials are planning improvements to the system.
Oak Harbor City Council is considering an ordinance that would ban recreational and commercial vehicles from parking on city streets for more than a brief time.
Eleven people came in person to the May 17 Oak Harbor City Council meeting to support the installation of the 37-foot, metal Angel de la Creatividad sculpture at Windjammer Park.
On May 3, the Oak Harbor City Council unanimously approved the purchase of a new lagoon dock that will be installed in Windjammer Park.
A pathway connecting Pioneer Way and Bayshore Drive, a temporary economic development coordinator and supplanting funding for an “enterprise resource funding initiative” were casualties of disagreements among the Oak Harbor City Council about the spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds.