What’s on our Radar – Week of June 22nd, 2026
This week’s Radar offers you an opportunity to engage with the Clark County Comp Plan land use and natural resource chapters, parks, forest protection, active transportation, and more.
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.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting at 6pm: Meeting information
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH
Board of Health meeting starting at 8:30am: Meeting information
Clark County Council work sessions starting after Board of Health meeting: Meeting information
- 2027 Budget Process Considerations & Direction
- Jail Update & Expansion Project Update & Potential Other Law and Justice Issues
Clark County Council Time at 1pm: Meeting information
LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS
Clark County Council meeting
Stormwater Code and Manual update hearing, Fort Vancouver Regional Library controversial appointment approved, Camp Bonneville remediation contract amendments.
Read League of Women Voters’ Observer Corps Notes on the June 16th Clark County Council meeting
Planning Commission meeting
Land Use, Rural and Natural Resource Comp Plan element work session
- There were more questions about recommended environmental justice policies from a Planning Commissioner
- It was mentioned that the City of Vancouver did not agree on a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) proposal for agricultural land
- There was a discussion about removal of the Freight Rail Dependent Use (FRDU) overlay and other possibilities for railroad use.
Read League of Women Voters’ Observer Corps Notes on the June 18th Planning Commission meeting (Recording not yet available)
Clark County Council Time
- Proposed charter amendment to disclose financial cost of charter amendments as a note on the ballot: After much discussion, the Council sent the proposal to the Charter Review Commission.
- Addressing the parks deficit:
- The Parks department wants to expand the Metropolitan Parks District to be countywide to try and find a sustainable source of long-term revenue for county and city parks.
- A petition for expanding the Metropolitan Parks District would require a vote of county residents (territorial annexation).
- The law requires that if the territory is within the limits of another city, a petition to get it on the ballot would need to be signed by 20% of the registered voters who reside within that city. The law was passed in 1907.
- It was noted that 20% of registered voters just to get something on the ballot is very prohibitive and vastly out of alignment with other initiative requirements.
- In addition, the county cannot collect the signatures as a public entity.
- Potential policy fixes:
- Try not to expand the parks district, but instead dissolve the existing district and then create a new one
- Seek a legislative fix to change the RCW to a lower threshold or create a different pathway for approval within the annexed area. Policy Analyst predicts it could take a legislative session or two to make this happen.
- The Council gave direction to the Policy Analyst to continue investigating overcoming this onerous barrier.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Comp Plan Update
Read FOCC Board Member Jackie Lane’s latest article on the Comp Plan Update
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Clark County Calendar of Land Use Activities
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