What’s on our Radar – Week of June 1st, 2026
This week’s Radar offers you a chance to engage with the City of Vancouver Comp Plan, parks planning, a Freight Rail Dependent Use (FRDU) update, climate change planning with the Clean Water Commission, legacy forest protection, and more! Plus, be sure to check out the Other Highlights section for a recent Reflector article detailing the emerging consequences of county noncompliance over the Comp Plan Update.
THIS WEEK’S RADAR
Our weekly radar is intended to highlight Clark County meetings and events relevant to Friends of Clark County priorities. This list is not exhaustive. For a full list of Clark County meetings, please visit Clark County Council and Clark County Community Planning on the Clark County website.
MONDAY, JUNE 1ST
Vancouver City Council Comp Plan hearing at 6:30pm: Meeting information
From our friends at the Alliance for Community Engagement (ACE): Vancouver City Council will consider adoption of the full draft 
Comprehensive Plan and development code updates. This is a major milestone for the City, and the plan will help shape direction on how we adapt to a changing climate for the next 20 years. The Climate and Environment Chapter helps us:
- Prepare the city for more extreme heat days, wildfire smoke, flooding, drought, and severe winter storms.
- Prioritize climate investments in neighborhoods with the greatest exposure and lowest adaptive capacity.
- Advance tree canopy, green infrastructure, habitat restoration, and protection of natural systems.
- Support compact, transit-oriented growth to reduce vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions.
- Move Vancouver toward carbon neutrality through cleaner buildings, low-carbon transportation, renewable energy, waste reduction, and sustainable development.
- Address environmental health disparities tied to air, water, heat, noise, and pollution exposure.
- To provide written comments
- Email Council@cityofvancouver.us by noon 6/1.
- To speak in-person during meeting
- Register in-person at City Hall by 6:30p 6/1, or register online by noon the day of meeting.
- Opportunity to speak will be after 6:30p, later in the meeting when the Comp Plan and Code are discussed. Typically a 3-minute limit.
- To speak remotely during meeting
- Register online by noon day of meeting.
- Opportunity to speak will be after 6:30p, later in the meeting when the Comp Plan and Code are discussed. Typically a 3-minute limit.
TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND
Clark County Council meeting at 10am: Meeting information
Items of note:
- Open public comment opportunity: testify on any topic for up to 3 minutes.
- Request approval of a contract amendment to extend the end date for Parametrix, Inc. to December 31, 2026, to provide climate
Photo from the Columbian
- Request for approval of land acquisition for Fairgrounds Community Park expansion.
- Request approval from Clark County Clean Water Division to increase and extend Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership for the Experience Vancouver Lake Education and Outreach Program.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD
Clark County work sessions starting at 9am: Meeting information
- Joint Work Session with the Veterans Advisory Board & Veterans Assistance Center
- Minnehaha (Trillium) Park Plan
- North County Recycling & Transfer Station Siting Study Update
Clean Water Commission meeting at 6pm (including climate change implementation): Meeting information
Council Time at 1pm: Meeting information
Items of note:
- Freight Rail Dependent Use (FRDU) under New Business
- Legislative briefing follow up
THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH
Development and Engineering Advisory Board (DEAB) meeting at 2pm: Meeting information
LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS
Unfortunately, no recordings or notes are yet available from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting or the Agricultural Advisory Commission meeting.
Charter Review Commission Town Hall
Watch the Charter Review Commission Town Hall recording
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Comp Plan Update
The consequences of the county’s noncompliance with the Comp Plan Update are starting to emerge.
Read the Reflector article: Delays in comprehensive plan updates raise concerns about local cities’ competitiveness for park grants
Horseshoe Lake Park in Woodland, WA from the Reflector
Comp Plan Update Preferred Alternative Hearing Decision
- Read FOCC’s Statement on the Comp Plan Preferred Alternative Hearing decision
- Read Detailed League of Women Voters’ Notes on the Preferred Alternative Hearing
- View Feral Bee Garden Public Comment and Testimony Analysis on the Preferred Alternative Hearing
Legacy Forest Protection
Legacy Forest Defense Coalition’s Andy Shoemaker and the John Muir Project’s Jenn Mamola are doing a webinar/workshop on Wednesday, June 3rd at 5pm. They’ll cover strategies for engaging with Congress about federal forest issues.
Details for Legacy Forest Defense Coalition Federal Forest Webinar
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Clark County Calendar of Land Use Activities
This great public resource compiled by FOCC’s own Jackie Lane tracks Clark County’s land use activities in a publicly available document. Make sure to bookmark it!
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