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What’s on our Radar – Week of April 28th, 2025

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• Last week:
  
  • If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here:
    https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-april-21st-2025/
• • Last week was a slow week, with not much going on related to FOCC’s mission on the schedule. However, you can check out the League of Women Voters Observer Corps notes from the Council Time and Board of Health meetings here: https://lwvclarkcounty.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=160612&module_id=559650
    
• • SAVE THE DATE for the Chelatchie Bluff SMO hearing: The Clark County Council recently gave unanimous direction to move forward with repealing the Chelatchie Bluff surface mining overlay (SMO) over environmentally sensitive forest land in response to FOCC’s win at the Washington Court of Appeals, which would bring the County back into compliance with state law. The hearing date was sent out last week and is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, at 1:00 pm. More information here: https://clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-04/051325-ord-2022-07-01-amendment_chelatchie-bluff.pdf
• This week:
  • FOCC’s quarterly newsletter comes out TOMORROW! Become a subscriber now to make sure you receive it:
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  • This week, there are 3 work sessions at the Clark County Council starting at 9am on Wednesday (4/30), with one being a presentation on the Climate Element of the Comprehensive Plan Update. Work sessions are a great way to learn about a topic and get a sense of how the Council is thinking about an issue, so we encourage you to tune in! Check out the presentation ahead of time here: https://clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-04/043025-work-session-comp-plan-climate-element.pdf
    The other work sessions include the Amendment of 2024 Annual Construction Program (ACP) and Bridge Preservation Program & Load Restrictions.
  • At 1pm, Wednesday, 4/30 is Council Time. While there is nothing huge on the agenda, this is where we’ll hear councilor reports and policy updates so we’ll be looking out for anything important.
    
• • 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:
  • Tomorrow, Tuesday, 4/29 the Ethics Review Commission will hold a special meeting at 1:30pm. One complaint is scheduled for review. More information here:
    https://clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-04/042925-ethics-review-commission.pdf
• Other happenings:
  
  
• • The 2025 Legislative Session in Olympia has wrapped up, and our partner organization, Futurewise, has a breakdown of some serious wins you’ll want to read about here: https://futurewise.org/2025-legislative-wrap-up-big-year-for-housing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c45cb1c7-6d77-4ff4-a044-71105191ea56
• • 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. We’ve recently added many important Comp Plan target dates leading up all the way to the end of the year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10cpQ2gWr86wLyIlRvhgI9eRF8aesDYIZ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108071388396855006181&rtpof=true&sd=true

See you next week!
Karissa
FOCC Community Outreach