During the consent agenda, the council pulled an item regarding a pedestrian interference ordinance for separate discussion. The subsequent debate focused on whether the ordinance's ban on occupying traffic medians would affect the placement of political campaign signs, especially given conflicting guidance in the Clark County Elections guidebook. The City Attorney clarified that existing municipal codes already prohibit signs in medians, and that this new ordinance primarily aims to address public safety by keeping pedestrians out of dangerous traffic areas.
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Vancouver City Council · May 18, 2026 · 30:07–30:18 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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29:04 the same level of expertise or resources that we have. - And what a great opportunity, especially sharing that information with, as you said, our sister cities throughout the state, whether we're looking at PFAs in our water or all of that. Thank you so much, and please give the staff our best. - Great, thank you. - Thank you. (audience applauding) That concludes our proclamations. We're just going to get down to the very awful, boring stuff now. So if you would like to stay, you're more than welcome. But if you want to go walk the waterfront and enjoy the beautiful evening, this would be a great time for you to excuse yourself. So thank you so very much for joining us this evening. Council, this is be our community communication. I do not have any pre-registered signups. I do not have any yellow cards, Ms. Dollar. Is that accurate?
30:04 So we'll go ahead and close the communications, bring it to the consent agenda. Councilors, would you like to pull any of the items? You have five items here. Item number two. Okay, any others? All right, I'll entertain a motion to approve items one, three, four, and five. - To approve Paulson. - Paulson, seconded by Hansen. All those in favor say aye. - Aye. - Opposed? Motion passes, thank you very much. To be written to the record, an ordinance amending Vancouver Municipal Code, Section 7.04.020, Pedestrian Interference. An ordinance of the City of Vancouver amending Vancouver Municipal Code, Section 4.04.020, Pedestrian Interference,
31:03 providing for severability and setting an effective date. And we have Erin Landy online, is that correct? And we have an assistant city attorney with us,
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cross_cutting keyword 30:07–30:18 consent agenda
uch for joining us this evening. Council, this is be our community communication. I do not have any pre-registered signups. I do not have any yellow cards, Ms. Dollar. Is that accurate? So we'll go ahead and close the communications, bring it to the consent agenda. Councilors, would you like to pull any of the items? You have five items here. Item number two. Okay, any others? All right, I'll entertain a motion to approve items one, three, four, and five. - To approve Paulson. - Paulson, seconde