During a public hearing on the 2045 Comprehensive Plan update, officials and residents debated selecting a preferred land-use alternative to manage the county's future growth. Discussions centered on whether to expand Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) to increase housing density and employment capacity, or maintain current boundaries to protect agricultural lands through a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program. Participants also emphasized the need to balance rezoning and subdivision requests with adequate infrastructure concurrency to avoid overburdening local resources.
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Clark County Council · Apr 27, 2026 · 1:05:45–1:05:56 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: capital facilities PUD UGA concurrency comprehensive plan subdivision zoning rezoning affordable housing annexation Density density infrastructure
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1:04:44 and I go by Mello. And I guess we're talking about the growth of this county. And one of the numbers this guy told us was it's going to be 718,000. And like we just had last week, the sheriff begging for help. When are they going to add some schools for that 17-- almost a million people in the northwest part right here? Where are the new schools? Where are the new hospitals? Where is the new infrastructure for all these buildings? For example, they build a hospital out there in Salmon Creek. It's an empty building right now because they forgot to put aside money for the people who work there. So there's an empty building. So just because it's a surplus, it could be because they forgot something kind of important, like staffing the building they just built. And you should take into consideration that part of these people are all for the city of Vancouver, and they don't care about the other cities.
1:05:42 They want to make La Center and Ridgefield all Vancouver. They want to expand annexation all the rest of Clark County into Vancouver when Vancouver is questionable as it is because of the amount of homelessness and meth going on in this town. Anyways, so we're talking about expansion, and we want jobs in Canvas. I've talked to many people. Everybody agrees that a third bridge is an option. They love the idea of it being out there in Canvas. It would provide jobs. And expanding I-205 by putting more lanes is better than a billion dollar bridge we do not need. Back east, there was a four mile bridge back east by Boston that cost, I think, $400 million. Why do they want $17 billion for the I-5 bridge? You really need to question the city of Vancouver, and anything done by the city of Vancouver needs to be taken with a grain of salt because you have some serious issues going on in the city of Vancouver.
1:06:39 But we have some sanity going on in Canvas and Ridgefield. They actually had a surplus out there in Ridgefield, so I'm kind of proud of them. But I do suggest tourism, and I'm running out of time. But for example, the Eiffel Tower gets six million people a year. The Space Needle gets, I think, about two or three million
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direct keyword 1:05:45–1:05:56 capital facilities, PUD, UGA, concurrency, comprehensive plan, subdivision, zoning, rezoning, affordable housing, annexation, Density, density, infrastructure
e building they just built. And you should take into consideration that part of these people are all for the city of Vancouver, and they don't care about the other cities. They want to make La Center and Ridgefield all Vancouver. They want to expand annexation all the rest of Clark County into Vancouver when Vancouver is questionable as it is because of the amount of homelessness and meth going on in this town. Anyways, so we're talking about expansion, and we want jobs in Canvas. I've talked to