Clark County Council Meetings

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Clark County Council meetings are open to the public, in person or online. 
 


Council Meetings are held in a hybrid format. You can join in person, on the 6th floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, Vancouver, WA 98666, or virtually. 

For meeting dates and times, please see the County Council Calendar or the Weekly Calendar on our Meeting Information page. 

If you would like to participate in public comment, you can come to the Public Service Center 6th floor Hearing Room, provide comment over the phone, or by logging into WebEx.

All documents are in PDF format unless noted otherwise.

To request a document not available here, call 564-397-4305 or email:
rebecca.messinger@clark.wa.gov.

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Date Agendas & Minutes Related Documents Audio/Video
3/30/2022

9:00am

Work Session via WebEx

Work Session: Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan

Work Session: DEAB's 2021 Annual Report and 2022/2023 Work Plan

Work Session: NTMP

Work Session: DEAB

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of the Work Sessions

Council Time Items:
-Minutes for March 23, 2022
-Redistricting
-Hybrid Meetings
-External ARPA Funding Council Representative
-Ethics Complaint 
-Proclamation Request
    -National Healthcare Decisions Day for April 5 (requested by Commission on Aging)
-Executive Sessions:
 -Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 20 minutes
 -Collective Bargaining - 10 minutes

Council Time

3/29/2022

10:00am

County Council District 5 Interviews

Council will interview three candidates for the open District 5 position on the Clark County Council

Following the interviews, there will be an Executive Session to evaluate the qualifications of the candidates, pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(h), with possible action afterward

District 5 Interviews

3/28/2022

Weekly Calendar

3/23/2022

8:30am

Agenda

Minutes

Board of Health meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Board of Health

Pledge of Allegiance 
Minutes for Mar. 9, 2022
Director's Report
Open Public Comment
     -Submitted Comments

Board of Health

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of Board of Health

Council Time Items:
-Minute for March 16, 2022
-Proclamation Requests:
  -Child Abuse Prevention Month for April 5, 2022
  -National County Government Month for April 5, 2022
-Clark County Arts Commission MOU 
-Work Session Request:
  -Housing Options Study and Action Plan
-Executive Sessions:
  -Potential Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 5 minutes
  -Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 10 minutes
  -Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 20 minutes

Council Time

3/21/2022

Weekly Calendar

3/16/2022

9:00am

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx

Council Time Items:
-Minutes for March 9, 2022
-1406 Sales Tax Funding
-Executive Session:
    -Potential Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) – 20 minutes

Council Time

3/15/2022

10:00am

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes (VBLM)

PLEASE NOTE

Council meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Pledge of Allegiance

Comments on Consent and Separate Business Items

Consent:
1.
Warrants:
    -Feb. 21-25, 2022
    -Jan. 04-Mar. 10, 2022
2. Minutes approved for:
    -Jan. 7, 2020 (Three Creeks Capital Facility Area Board)
    -Mar. 1, 2022
3. Plats (for notice only):
    -Velendo Short Plat
4. Budget documentation received:
    -Clark County Fire Protection District No. 6
5. Approval of County Manager Appointments and Letters of Acceptance for:
    -Ken Spurlock appointed to the Clark County Arts Commission, effective Nov. 1, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2025.
    -Robert Freedland appointed to the Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board, effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2022
6. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Vancouver to provide billable services through District Court’s Community Restitution Division.
7. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign a grant agreement with the Washington Department of Ecology for $568,952 to fund a stormwater capital project.
8. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign a Water Quality Stormwater Capacity Agreement with the Washington Department of Ecology to provide funding for the 2021-2023 Biennial Stormwater Capacity Grants.
9. Approval of a resolution authorizing the County Manager to sign grant agreement No. GCB 3592 with the Washington State Department of Transportation in the amount of $2,720,000 for the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Bridge Repair and Railroad Rehabilitation project, as well as two agreements to close out agreement No. RRB 1140 for railroad bridge No. 12 and agreement No. RRB 1181 for railroad bridge No. 20.
10. Approval of federal funding contracts (Project Prospectus and Local Agency Agreement) for the Northeast St. Johns Road Pavement Improvements project, County Road Project No. 320622.

Separate Business:
1. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign a one-year Workday Success Plan agreement.
2. Approval of budget authorization in the amount of $3,828,146 to increase the 2022 vehicle replacement list vehicle count and spending authority to catch up on replacements and increase efficiency.
3. Approval of the first amendment to Resolution No. 2020-05-12 pertaining to the execution of a quit claim deed transferring Tax Parcel No. 176390-026 to the City of Vancouver. This action would amend a prior resolution to align with changes in the agreement with the City of Vancouver.
4. Approval authorizing the County Manager to execute a Release of Easement on Tax Parcel Numbers 195261-000 and 195264-000.
5. Approval to accept a multi-year $793,542.99 grant from the Washington State Health Care Authority and authorize the County Manager to sign related agreements with Columbia River Mental Health and Consumer Voices are Born. Also, recognize the need for a revenue-neutral supplemental increase during the next scheduled supplemental process.

Open Public Comment
    
-Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Rules of Procedure
     -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Annual Reviews & Dockets
     -SEPA Appeal Hearing
          -Submitted Comments
     -CPZ2021-00006 Chelatchie Bluff Mineral Lands
          -Submitted Comments

Council Meeting

3/14/2022

Weekly Calendar

3/9/2022

9:00am

Agenda

Board of Health meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Board of Health

Pledge of Allegiance 
Minutes for Feb. 23, 2022
Director's Report
Open Public Comment
     -Submitted Comments

Board of Health

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of Board of Health

Council Time Items:
-Minutes for March 2, 2022
-Ethics Ordinance
-1406 Sales Tax Funding
-Rules of Procedure
-COVID Resolution
-Public Safety Telecommunications' Week Proclamation
-Ukraine Statement
-Work Session Request: DEAB 2021 Annual Report and 2022/2023 Work Plan
-Executive Sessions:
  -1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 10 minutes
  -1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 25 minutes

Council Time

3/8/2022

1:00pm

Agenda

Minutes

Special Meeting: Public Hearing via WebEx

Public Hearing: Precinct Additions and Precinct Boundary Adjustments to Reflect Legislative District Boundaries, City Annexations and Precinct Voter Size

Executive Session: 1 pending litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) for 10 minutes

Special Meeting

3/7/2022

Weekly Calendar

3/2/2022

9:00am

Work Session via WebEx

Work Session: 2022 Amended Annual Construction Program

Work Session

Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of the Work Session

Council Time Items:
-1406 Sales Tax Funding
-Minutes for February 23, 2022
-Ethics Ordinance
-WSAC Annual "Courthouse" meeting, April 8, 2022
-District 5 Interviews discussion
-Work Session Request: Clark County Stream Health Report
-Executive Sessions:
 -1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 15 minutes
 -1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 10 minutes
 -1 Collective Bargaining - 10 minutes

Council Time

3/1/2022

10:00am

Agenda

Minutes

Minutes (VBLM)

PLEASE NOTE

Council meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Pledge of Allegiance 

Proclamation: Red Cross Month

Special Presentations:
David Barnett, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Chuck Green, Commission on Aging
Retirement Plaque Presentation

Submitted Comments on Consent & Separate Business Items

Consent:
1. Warrants:
    -Feb. 14-18, 2022
    -Feb. 7-11, 2022
2. Minutes approved for Feb. 15, 2022
3. Approval to increase an Environmental Health Specialist II for the Pollutions Protection Assistance program from .60 FTE to 1.0 FTE. The position will continue to be funded by the Washington Department of Ecology with increased grant funding, effective July 1, 2022.
4. Approval of a Notice to Contractors requesting bids for the 2022 Preservation ADA Improvements – Group 1 project; Project No. 0000818, County Road Project No. 301422.
5. Approval of federal funding contracts (Project Prospectus and Local Agency Agreement) for the Day Break Bridge No. 273 project located at Northeast Daybreak Road at Hyatt Road (Mile Post 11.09), County Road Project No. 320222.
6. Approval of federal funding contracts (Project Prospectus and Local Agency Agreement) for the Matney South Bridge No. 169 project located at Northeast 232nd Avenue at Matney Creek, County Road Project No. 320422.
7. Approval of federal funding contracts (Project Prospectus and Local Agency Agreement) for the Whipple, Knapps, and Carson Bridge bundle project (various locations), County Road Project No. 320322.

Separate Business:
1. Approval of a resolution for the formation of the Ending Community Homelessness Organization (ECHO).
2. Approval to apply for a new grant opportunity with Washington State Department of Ecology for the 2023-25 Oversight Remedial Action Grants and Loans, Area-wide Groundwater Investigation Grants, and Safe Drinking Water Action Grants for up to $500,000; no local match is required. Also, if successful, request the addition of a 1.0 FTE Environmental Health Specialist II revenue position. In addition, request authorization for the County Manager to sign any resulting agreements and amendments.
3. Approval authorizing the County Manager to accept a Warranty Deed from Kolosford Parks, LLC for Tax Parcel No. 147727-000.
4. Approval of Clark Regional Wastewater District’s request to annex an area identified as Annexation 02-20 to their Service Area Boundary, which was added to the Urban Growth Area during the county’s 2007 Growth Management Act update.

Open Public Comment
     -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Annual Reviews & Dockets
     -CPZ2021-00002 Hua-Symes Annual Review *Approved
          -Submitted Comments
     -CPZ2021-00004 Defrees Annual Review *Approved
          -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Buildable Lands Report *Continued from Feb. 15, 2022
     -Submitted Comments
     *Continued to April 19, 2022

Council Meeting

2/28/2022

Weekly Calendar

2/23/2022

8:30am

Agenda

Minutes

Board of Health meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Board of Health

Pledge of Allegiance 
Minutes for Feb. 9, 2022
Director's Report
Open Public Comment
    -Submitted Comments

Board of Health

Work Session via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of the Board of Health meeting

Work Session: Parks, Recreation and Open Space & Capital Plan

Work Session

Agenda

Council Time via WebEx- beginning at the conclusion of the Work Session

Council Time Items:
-Executive Session: 1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 20 minutes 
-Minutes for February 16, 2022
-Redistricting Process
-ECHO Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
  -ECHO MOA_New Draft
-Vacant Buildable Lands Model (VBLM)
-Proclamation request for Therapy Animal Day in April
-Ethics Ordinance and Ethics Review and Oversight Office
-March 15th Council Meeting
-Work Session Request:
   -Neighborhood Traffic Management Program Development
   -2022 Amended Annual Construction Program
-Executive Sessions: 1 Pending Litigation RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) - 15 minutes  
 

Council Time (part 1)
Council Time (part 2, adjourning meeting)

2/21/2022

Weekly Calendar

2/16/2022

9:00am
Agenda

Minutes

Council Time via WebEx 

Council Time Items:
-Minutes for Feb. 9, 2022
-Body Cameras; Financing Options
-Proclamation request for Red Cross Month in March
-Ethics Commission
-ARPA Funding Process (External)
-Work Session Request: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan & Capital Plan Review

Council Time

2/15/2022

6:00pm
Agenda

Minutes

Minutes (VBLM)

PLEASE NOTE

Council meetings are held virtually. Participate in the following ways:

Pledge of Allegiance 

Proclamation:
-Weekend of Reflection and Prayer
-Black History Month

Special Presentation:
Award presentation to Councilor Eileen Quiring O'Brien for her service to Clark County.  

Submitted Comments

Consent:
1. Warrants:
-Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 2022
-Jan. 10-14, 2022
-Jan. 24-28, 2022
2. Minutes approved for:
-Jan. 25, 2022 (Planning Commission appointment)
-Feb. 1, 2022
-Feb. 3, 2022 (Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board appointment)
3. Plats (for notice only):
-Cortez Cluster Short Plat
-Teal Crest Subdivision
-Adeline Short Plat
-Lake River Estates
4. County Manager Appointments and Letter of Acceptance for:
-Michelle Hanlon appointed to the Clark County Arts Commission, effective Mar. 1, 2022 to Feb. 20, 2024.
-Teresa Meyer reappointed to the Parks Advisory Board, effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2025.
-Donald Meeks appointed to the Parks Advisory Board , effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2025.
-Eldon Wogen appointed to the Clark County Planning Commission, effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2025.
-Kristina Morgan appointed to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board, effective immediately to Dec. 31, 2029.
5. Approval of a Joint Resolution of the Clark County Council and Klickitat and Skamania Boards of County Commissioners to appoint Kristy Morgan as Clark County's designee on the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board of Trustee's, effective immediately to Dec. 31, 2029.
6. Approval for Public Health to utilize $28,520 of department fund balance to provide $184 in client support to 155 clients enrolled in the Nurse-Family Partnership program.
7. Approval of a resolution for the temporary road closure of NE Munch Road between NE Cedar Creek Road and NE 414th Street, as part of the NE Munch Road Project, County Road Project No. 371922.
8. Approval of a Notice to Contractors requesting bids for the NE Munch Road project, County Road Projects No. 371922.
9. Approval of a Notice to Contractors requesting bids for the Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park project, Project No. 402296.

Separate Business:
1. Approval authorizing the County Manager to sign a one-year Workday Success Plan agreement. *Item pulled
2. Approval of a Fuel Tax funding agreement between Clark county and the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for the NE 68th Street Sidewalk project, from Highway 99 to NE St. Johns Road, County road Project No. 372122.
3. Approval of a resolution authorizing the County Manager to sign an agreement with the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership to complete the Mason Creek Planning and Acquisition project.
4. Approval to amend the billing rates and total contract amount for the Professional Services Agreement with PPC Solutions Inc. for security services. Also request approval authorizing the County Manager to sign all future amendments to the agreement.
5. Approval of a resolution declaring an emergency and waive competitive bidding requirements to reconstruct a damaged signal crossing on the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad. 
6. Approval of a resolution to cancel uncollectable delinquent property taxes, assessments and fees for business personal property and mobile home accounts.

Open Public Comment
     -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: Annual Reviews & Dockets *Denied
     -CPZ2021-00003; Herrejon
     -CPZ2021-00005; New Heights Central Rezone

Public Hearing: Buildable Lands Report *Continued to March 1, 2022
     -Submitted Comments

Public Hearing: CCC 32.08.070 Enforcement of a Final Order - *Postponed until further notice

Council Meeting

2/14/2022

Weekly Calendar