During the public comment period, the majority of speakers strongly opposed the proposed extension of TriMet's light rail into Clark County, citing its high costs, historically flawed ridership projections, and previous voter rejections. Residents warned against taking on generational debt to subsidize a transit system they believe is financially unstable and inefficient compared to buses. Additionally, one resident used the public testimony time to request seasonal transit shuttles to improve community access to local parks and nature areas.
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C-TRAN Board of Directors Meeting · Jun 09, 2026 · 1:41–1:49 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: public testimony public hearing public comment
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0:40 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, Cindy, will you please call the roll? - Yes, sir. Ryan Davis? - Present. - Will Fuentes? - Here. - Bart Hanson? - Present. - Kim Harless? - Present. - Tim Hein? - Here. - Sue Marshall? - Here. - Ann McEnerny-Ogle? - Present. - Eric Paulson? - Here. - Joshua Waitz? - Here. - Glenn Young? - Here. - All right, we are through the roll and it now is up to the approval of the agenda. Are there any additions or changes to the agenda? - Chair, I move approval of the agenda. Paulson? - Second. - We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. - Aye. - Aye. - Aye. - Okay, now.
1:37 Moving along to public comment. Next up is public testimony or communication. Testimony is limited to three minutes. We ask that comment shall be respectful and courteous to all. As a reminder, you can email comments to the clerk or the board and these will be accepted as part of the public record. I'll now open the public testimony and I will take the first person first and we have Jayne Kleiner. - Can you please turn your mic on? - Okay, try again. Good evening, my name is Jayne Tesner Kleiner, the program manager for the Lower Columbia Nature Network and I thank you for your time this evening. Your clerk will probably hand you a flyer that looks like this, thank you very much. And we'd like to welcome all of you to enjoy Get Outdoors Month, which is June. And many of our local cities like Vancouver
2:33 and Washougal and Ridgefield and, I'm forgetting the battleground, have all had proclamations to celebrate this. And as you know, we are blessed with so many amazing resources in our region to get people outside. And we have an event calendar here on the QR code
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cross_cutting keyword 1:41–1:49 public testimony, public hearing, public comment
a. Are there any additions or changes to the agenda? - Chair, I move approval of the agenda. Paulson? - Second. - We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. - Aye. - Aye. - Aye. - Okay, now. Moving along to public comment. Next up is public testimony or communication. Testimony is limited to three minutes. We ask that comment shall be respectful and courteous to all. As a reminder, you can email comments to the clerk or the board and these will be accepted as part of the public r