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What’s on our Radar – Week of January 5th, 2026

REGISTER for Bridging the Gap: Funding Our Parks and Trails. Our first forum of 2026 will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 5 – 6:30 pm. Register and find more information here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/save-the-date-for-foccs-january-22nd-parks-forum/

📣 Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Clark County Joint Hearing on the Preferred Alternative for the Comp Plan Update on January 8th. Help us advocate for a sustainable future balancing growth, the preservation of prime agricultural land, and meaningful climate action in Clark County. Check out our Call to Action here. 

• Last week: Did you get caught up on FOCC’s December Newsletter? If not, you can view all of the articles on the News section of our website here. Our President, Ann Foster, wrote a great article on the potential of our agricultural economy in light of the Agricultural Lands Study findings (and how that potential is going ignored in the county’s economic plans), we have an update from Mary Goody and Tonya Enger on the legacy forest saga, the latest on the Comp Plan from Jackie Lane, a Camp Bonneville update, and more. You don’t want to miss it!

• This week:
  • Tuesday, January 6th at 10am is a Clark County Council meeting. Items of note:

• • • Proclamation for Allen “Woodsy” Thomas, available here.
    • Open Public Comment opportunity: speak on any topic for up to 3 minutes.
    • Request approval authorizing the Council Manager to sign a two-year contract with Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC) for economic development services
    • Request approval of a resolution to impose a councilmanic 0.1 percent sales and use tax for housing and related services as authorized by RCW 82.14.530, including the construction and acquisition of affordable housing, constructing mental and behavioral health-related facilities, and funding the operations and maintenance costs of new units of affordable housing and facilities where housing-related programs are provided, or newly constructed evaluation and treatment centers.

• • Wednesday, January 7th starting at 9am are two work sessions:
    • Proposed 2026 Benefit Package Changes
      

• • • Comprehensive Plan Overview (ahead of the joint hearing with the Planning Commission on the Preferred Alternative this Thursday, January 8th). Be sure to review the Preferred Alternative Selection Table here.
      

• • Wednesday, January 7th at 1pm is Council Time. Items of note:
    • Council will be choosing their new Board assignments for the year.
    • 2026 legislative session update.

• • Thursday, January 8th at 6:30pm is a joint hearing with the Clark County Council and the Planning Commission to discuss the Preferred Land Use Alternative for the Comp Plan Update.
    • Our Call to Action is here.
    • Lots of meeting materials to comb through here.
    • Recommendation from the Agricultural Advisory Commission here.

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

• Other Clark County advisory board/commission meetings:
  

• • Thursday, January 8th at 2pm is a Development and Engineering Advisory Board (DEAB) meeting. More information here.
    

• Other happenings:
  

• • LULAC Metro released this amazing video titled “The Land That Feeds” all about the need to preserve agricultural land in Clark County. You can view it here: https://vimeo.com/1106302162/319a913375?share=copy

• • 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!
FOCC Community Outreach