Oak Park playground, PROS planning and Emerald Ash Borer among project updates

At the Aug. 26 meeting, Chris Witkowski provided project updates that included the Oak Park playground, County PROS planning and workshops, and planning related to Emerald Ash Borer response. The item was informational; the transcript does not include budgets, timelines or firm contract actions.

The Oak Park playground remains an active project item on the commission’s project list. County PROS planning and workshops were noted as ongoing regional planning work; the transcript lists them as topics of update but does not provide dates for workshops or public engagement opportunities. Witkowski also referenced planning around Emerald Ash Borer; the transcript text records the topic but does not include technical mitigation steps or funding sources.