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What’s on our Radar – Week of June 2nd, 2025

TONIGHT, Monday, June 2nd from 7-8:30pm is a county workshop on the Clark County Comprehensive Plan Update at Vancouver ITech Preparatory School, 16100 NE 50th Ave Vancouver, WA 98686.

Staff will be available to answer questions, provide information, and receive comments.

We highly recommend you also check out the self-paced option to access the StoryMap showing all of the proposals on the table for each city, including the HUNDREDS of acres of agricultural land that the cities of Ridgefield and La Center are looking to de-designate!

Please join us in our advocacy for NO LOSS of agricultural land in Clark County’s Comp Plan Update by getting your comments against this ag land de-designation on the record as soon as possible, either through the open houses or the self-paced option.

Link to the self-paced option with StoryMap: https://clark.wa.gov/community-planning/2025-update-online-open-house

• Last week:
  • If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here:
    https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-may-26th-2025/

• • There was a Technical Housing Code Forum. Of interest is the Multifamily Recreation Area standards discussion and draft: https://clark.wa.gov/sites/default/files/media/document/2025-05/ccc40.260.150_multifamilyrecreationarea_draft250522.pdf

• • There were no county council meetings last week due to a lack of a quorum.
    

• This week:
  

• • Tuesday, June 3rd at 10 am is a Clark County Council meeting, where there is an open public comment opportunity. No items relevant to FOCC’s work are on the agenda.

  • Wednesday, June 4th at 9am is a work session featuring an annual report from the Clean Water Commission.

  • Wednesday, June 4th at 1pm is Council Time. No items relevant to FOCC’s work are on the agenda, but of special note is that the Cowlitz Indian Tribe has donating $1.6 million to Columbia River Mental Health Services for it to reopen its doors and continue essential services at the NorthStar Clinic.

  • Thursday, June 5th at 5:30pm is 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. No votes are taken at work sessions, but it will still be very important to tune in to see how the Planning Commission members are thinking about these policies, whether they will attempt to alter the recommendations of the Clark County Climate Community Advisory Group, and to learn how the climate policies integrate into the other elements. Meeting information here: https://clark.wa.gov/community-planning/planning-commission-hearings-and-meeting-notes

• Heads up on other advisory board and commission meetings:
  

• • Thursday, June 5th at 2pm is a Development and Engineering Advisory Board (DEAB) meeting. More information here: https://clark.wa.gov/community-development/development-and-engineering-advisory-board

• 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

• • 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