News

• Community Planning

The Clark County Council is accepting applications from local organizations for grants that encourage historic preservation and programs, including preservation of historic documents.

The Historical Promotion Grants program is designed to increase awareness and education to better preserve, exhibit, and/or interpret local history and historic preservation.


• Clark County Council

Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council hearing continuance on Buildable Lands will be open for public comment in order to consider recommendations from the Buildable Lands Project Advisory Committee and other interested stakeholders to update the Vacant Buildable Lands Model (VBLM.) This tool is used to estimate land capacity in Clark County.


• Public Works

Vancouver, Wash. – Regular drivers along the Northeast Manley Road between Northeast 244th Street and Northeast 249th Street, can expect continued lane closures as contractors with Clark County Public Works begin replacement of the third and final culvert beneath the roadway.

Crews will close a section of Northeast Manley Road on Northeast 92nd Avenue between Northeast 244th Street and Northeast 249th Street. Approximately 500 feet of the roadway will be closed.


• Public Health

The COVID-19 vaccination site at Tower Mall will close early on Saturday, June 26 and Monday, June 28 due to predicted temperatures above 100 degrees. The site is closed on Sundays.

The vaccination site will be open normal hours on Friday, June 25 and Tuesday, June 29. The Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce will distribute $50 gift cards to people who are vaccinated at the site on Friday. And Tuesday is the final day of vaccination operations at Tower Mall.

Here is the schedule for the remaining days at the Tower Mall COVID-19 vaccination site:


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health has lifted its advisory at Vancouver Lake. The bloom of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, at the lake dissipated and is no longer present. Test results from water samples collected earlier this week also indicate toxin levels have decreased and are below threshold levels recommended by the Washington State Department of Health.


• Public Health

Public Health officials are urging residents to take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses during the upcoming stretch of hot weather.

Temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 90s later this week and climb above 100 degrees on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The length of the hot spell, coupled with warm overnight temperatures that provide little relief from the heat, can create a risk to health and safety.


• Code Administration

Starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 25, all land clearing and residential burning in Clark County will be restricted until further notice.

The Fire Marshal also is rescinding all burning permits issued prior to the ban. Permits can be reissued or extended when the ban is lifted. The burning restrictions do not apply to federally managed lands.


• County Manager

Vancouver, Wash. – Members of the Clark County Charter Review Commission are available to visit your organization, discuss how the charter review process works, and present proposed changes under consideration.

Commissioners are ready to meet with neighborhood associations, religious groups, community organizations and others to discuss possible charter amendments. The commission faces an early August deadline to put proposed changes before county voters on the Nov. 2 general election ballot.


• Courts

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is seeking qualified applicants to fill an open seat on District Court. The open seat is due to the retirement of Judge Darvin J. Zimmerman on June 30, 2021.

To be eligible for this position, an applicant must be a registered voter in Clark County and a lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of Washington.


• Public Health

Clark County Public Health has lifted the closure at Klineline Pond after test results from water samples collected Wednesday show improved water quality.

Public Health closed Klineline Pond to swimming and wading on Tuesday after several water samples taken from the pond on Monday showed elevated levels of E. coli bacteria. Test results from subsequent water samples show E. coli bacteria levels within the US. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.