During the public comment periods, residents provided feedback on the 2026 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan, with remarks ranging from support for childcare provider funding to criticism of bilingual materials and sanctuary city policies. Commenters also addressed local infrastructure, proposing an alternative engineering solution for a PP&L high-voltage power line and urging the county to renew a lapsed transportation capacity agreement with WSU Vancouver. Other public comments covered a wide array of local grievances, including concerns over jail conditions, the preservation of historic open spaces, and the appointment of non-residents to county advisory boards.
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Clark County Council · May 05, 2026 · 1:39:59–1:40:16 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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1:38:57 the I-5 corridor for us, and so we can build up there and leave Timmons Landing. Okay, thank you. Is there anyone else? That concludes public comment, Chair. Okay. Then moving back to the topic. Are there any questions that came up for anyone? Are we ready to make a motion to approve these two open space applications? Chair, I move to approve resolution number 2026-05-02. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Moved and seconded. All in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thanks very much. Okay, let me check with Council. Do you want to take a brief break before we go into open public comment or keep moving ahead? Yeah, we'll take a five. Five? Okay. Thank you. We'll be back in five minutes. Court or tell?
1:39:56 Courted and summarized. Okay. Thanks for everyone's patience. We've returned from our break and now it's open public comment and public comment on the consent and separate business items. Is anyone signed up? John Polos? I'm sorry. He's coming up with his diorama. And I am going to be solving a problem for you and that's the one that's been dumped on you, the PP&L high voltage power line problem. I'm involved in this for one and only one reason. I'm trained to do it. A, I'm one of only seven people in the state that is a registered civil and registered electrical engineer. B, I spent 28 years running high voltage power operations at BPA.
1:40:54 So I'm going to present to you the solution to the problem and then I'll cover why I believe those facts are right to support it. If you remember two months ago, I gave you a presentation where I said do not tear down the I-5 bridge based on engineering reasons, not based on anything else. Okay. Thank you. PP&L has proposed a power line through Clark County Eastern and it goes near the city of
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nto open public comment or keep moving ahead? Yeah, we'll take a five. Five? Okay. Thank you. We'll be back in five minutes. Court or tell? Courted and summarized. Okay. Thanks for everyone's patience. We've returned from our break and now it's open public comment and public comment on the consent and separate business items. Is anyone signed up? John Polos? I'm sorry. He's coming up with his diorama. And I am going to be solving a problem for you and that's the one that's been dumped on you, th