The city council addressed community comments regarding the need for sidewalk infrastructure funding on Lincoln Avenue and clarified its opposition to expanding the urban growth area into agricultural lands. The council also held public hearings to approve a 10-year telecommunications franchise agreement with Lightcurve and to finalize the HUD Annual Action Plan. Following the HUD hearing, members extensively debated the scoring criteria and funding distribution for microenterprise grants before ultimately approving the staff's recommended allocations.
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Vancouver City Council · May 11, 2026 · 1:55:56–1:56:13 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: public comment public hearing
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1:54:55 Given that Business Impact Northwest isn't fully up and operational, I don't know that we're supposed to do this, but -- >> Careful. >> Okay. I won't. >> Well, the question has come up. There are comments in the chat, and that is not appropriate. We are in a public hearing, and counselors should not be reading and commenting on anything in the chat, that's not open to the entire public. >> Then I would suggest that people need to be discontinued from having access. >> Yes, we should not.
1:55:48 >> Sarah, if it happens again, they will be dismissed from the chat or -- well, the meeting. >> To close the public hearing for comments, so that is not something that should be happening. Okay, counselors, what do you want to do? >> Make a proposal. >> Counselor Fox, go ahead. >> Just to say I haven't seen any chat talk, so I'm a little in the dark here. >> Correct. >> Okay. All right. I would like a motion to approve the -- well, I don't have the actual title, and okay. One second. The 2026 Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan with one modification, which is
1:56:36 to fund -- to replace the funding decision for business impact northwest without a boost. >> Motion fails for a lack of a second. >> Should I make another motion? >> Counselor Stover. >> Move to split the funding for business impact northwest to fourth plane forward and Hispanic metropolitan chamber.
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cross_cutting keyword 1:55:56–1:56:13 public comment, public hearing
that's not open to the entire public. >> Then I would suggest that people need to be discontinued from having access. >> Yes, we should not. >> Sarah, if it happens again, they will be dismissed from the chat or -- well, the meeting. >> To close the public hearing for comments, so that is not something that should be happening. Okay, counselors, what do you want to do? >> Make a proposal. >> Counselor Fox, go ahead. >> Just to say I haven't seen any chat talk, so I'm a little in the dark here. >