The Commission on Aging will hear about the intersection of older adults, housing, and homelessness. The meeting will include guest experts and a discussion about what our community can do better to address the rise in homelessness for older adults living in Clark County. The discussion will involve learning about multiple housing and supportive services initiatives in the region.

The discussion will take place during the Commission on Aging’s monthly meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Meetings are currently in an online format.

Meeting guests include:

Clark County Public Health has elevated blue-green algae advisories at Lacamas and Round lakes in Camas from warning to danger.

Water samples collected last week showed both lakes continue to have elevated levels of cyanotoxins. Additionally, blue-green algae are now accumulating in many areas of both lakes, including at boat launches and other public access points.

Danger signs are being posted at the public access points at both lakes.

The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill four volunteer positions on the Solid Waste Advisory Commission.

The open positions represent the stakeholders below:

• Southeast Clark County
• North Clark County
• Clark County at-large  
• Clark County business

Terms for all positions begin immediately and end Sept. 30, 2024.

Clark County is accepting applications to fill four vacancies on the local civil service commission for the Sheriff’s Office created under state law (RCW 41.14).

The five-member commission is required to oversee certain employment and personnel matters. The primary focus is to ensure that pre-employment testing and hiring is fair, valid and non-discriminatory. The commission also presides over appeal hearings. Civil service commissioners are appointed by the Clark County Council.

Please note: The link in the second to last paragraph was updated on Sept. 1, 2021. The original link provided was broken. 

The county manager is seeking applicants to fill two positions on the volunteer Community Action Advisory Board.

In light of the ongoing pandemic, the Clark County Council this week decided to keep its public meetings in a virtual format through the end of September at which time councilors will re-evaluate and consider whether to open meetings to in-person attendance.

The council made the following cancellations to its meeting schedule for the next couple of weeks:

Clark County Public Health has issued a danger advisory for Vancouver Lake after test results revealed elevated levels of cyanotoxins in the water.

Results from water samples taken from Vancouver Lake on Monday revealed cyanotoxins above the threshold levels recommended by the Washington Department of Health. Danger signs are being posted at the public access points to the lake.

The Clark County Historic Preservation Commission invites the public to hear a presentation on the findings of the mid-century modern architectural survey project. The project was to research and identify the county’s mid-century architectural resources.

The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. during the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission virtual meeting.

The Housing Options Study and Action Plan project’s purpose is to identify housing challenges within the unincorporated Vancouver Urban Growth Area and opportunities to encourage development of housing that is affordable to a variety of household incomes through the removal of regulatory barriers and/or implementation of other strategies.

The group’s seventh meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24 via Zoom. The meeting is open to the public and will be recorded.

Clark County has implemented and currently operates eviction prevention rent assistance programs, to assist low-income people impacted by the pandemic. These programs have provided an unprecedented $21.4 in financial assistance since August 2020 and are currently serving more than 100 additional households per week by providing an average of more than $800,000 per week in financial assistance.