News From Your Friends

What’s on our Radar – Week of June 9th, 2025

Our Clark County Comprehensive Plan Workshop Comment Guide is here! Help us advocate for our vision for the future of sustainable agriculture in Clark County and meaningful climate action by getting yourself on the record:
https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/let-your-voice-be-heard-clark-countys-comp-plan-workshop-comment-period/

Make sure you check out the “other happenings section” to sign up for our upcoming forum and learn about the Resilience Rising event from SWEC, WCA, Fourth Plain Forward, and the City of Vancouver happening TOMORROW, Tuesday, June 10th!

• Last week:
  
  • If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here:
    https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-june-2nd-2025/

• • The Clean Water Commission presented their annual report to the Clark County Council. You can view the presentation and discussion here: https://youtu.be/CUIYWig5AoU?si=cihSFIII2KFEDVCj

• • There was a Clark County Planning Commission work session on the Comprehensive Plan Update Climate Element, Rural and Natural Resource Element, and Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Element with climate integration. You can review the meeting here: https://youtu.be/2Ya0WigDpMQ?si=HRs81Lat4o83l3cr
    Additional meeting materials here: https://clark.wa.gov/community-planning/planning-commission-hearings-and-meeting-notes

• This week:
  

• • Wednesday, June 11th at 1pm is Council Time. Nothing FOCC is closely following is on the agenda.

  • Deep dive into the week’s meeting agenda, including how to participate, here: https://clark.wa.gov/councilors/clark-county-council-meetings

• Heads up on other advisory board and commission meetings:
  

• • TONIGHT there is a Railroad Advisory Board meeting at 4pm. Details here:
    https://clark.wa.gov/public-works/railroad-advisory-board-39

  • Tuesday, June 10th is a Parks Advisory Board meeting from 4pm-6pm. More information here:
    https://clark.wa.gov/public-works/parks-advisory-board

  • Tuesday, June 10th is a C-Tran Board meeting starting at 5:30pm. More information here: https://mail.c-tran.com/about-c-tran/c-tran-board-information/board-meeting-documents

  • Thursday, June 12th will be a special Historic Preservation Commission meeting. Details here: https://clark.wa.gov/community-planning/historic-preservation-commission

• Other happenings:
  

• • Sign up for FOCC’s forum, Planning for our Collective Future: the Final Stretch of the Comprehensive Plan Update, which will take place on Wednesday, June 18th from 5 – 6:30 pm Pacific Time, Remote via Zoom. Secure your free tickets on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/planning-for-our-collective-future-in-clark-county-tickets-1373337432229?aff=oddtdtcreator

• • Sharing an action alert  brought you to you by the SW Washington Equity Coalition (SWEC interns): Sarah, Helen and Caiden:
    Join us Tuesday June 10th! Our third Resilience Rising event will be held on June 10th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Fruit Valley Elementary School!
    This family-friendly event is open to all ages and aims to bring together residents to learn about local environmental issues, connect with neighbors, and share input on the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Free food will be available for all attendees, and a variety of community organizations will be present to provide resources and information. Interpretation services will also be available to ensure the event is accessible to Spanish-speaking community members. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-rising-june-10-tickets-1347295961489?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

• • Public resource: Reminder about a great public resource! FOCC’s own Jackie Lane tracks Clark County’s land use activities in a publicly available document here, so be sure to bookmark it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10cpQ2gWr86wLyIlRvhgI9eRF8aesDYIZ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108071388396855006181&rtpof=true&sd=true

See you next week!
Karissa
FOCC Community Outreach