The council discussed the funding and prioritization of multi-use transportation trails, focusing specifically on a proposed safety pathway along the Old Evergreen Highway. Staff clarified the distinction between park trails and street-adjacent pathways, noting that transportation trails rely heavily on grants, local matches, and capital budgets rather than park funds. Additionally, council members advocated for partnering with a dedicated local nonprofit to help fund and advance the Evergreen Highway project outside of typical grant cycles.
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Vancouver City Council · Jun 15, 2026 · 1:24:59–1:25:12 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: parks trails
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1:23:57 So that's where you will park on an interim basis between July 6th and the end of October. - Thank you for that. Public parking will be, the two-hour public parking spaces will be closed for the duration of this project. While they do that work, we'll be directing folks to use the paid street parking around city hall for the duration of this project. Deliveries and trash pickup will have to be coordinated as well, that will be coordinated with our contractor. The next major impact is going to be a closure of the city hall plaza, which is the brick area right outside of the Aspen room. Construction in that area will begin on August 12th and it'll conclude on October 31st as well. So that, we've purposefully postponed construction in that area to coordinate with several events that are planned in the area. The Vancouver Arts and Music Festival, I believe,
1:24:54 concludes on August 11th and we will be starting construction directly after that. We've been in close coordination with our parks counterparts to make sure that all the events that are planned over the summer will not be impacted by this project. And then the last and final and major impact is going to be a building-wide HVAC shutdown that will commence on September 14th and last through October 7th, so a little over three weeks. During that time, primary HVAC system, the primary HVAC system will be offline. We will still have ventilation in the building, but the ability to heat and cool the space will be offline while they do the tie-in to the new wells. We do have solutions in place to provide temporary HVAC systems or attentive locations for essential public-facing services and tenants, things of that nature. So permits center will be open, council chambers will be open during the duration of that closure.
1:25:51 Aspen room will continue to be open, things of that nature. City manager's office will be open, et cetera. So there are some folks that we've identified that have to be here and we will have temporary HVAC heating or cooling solutions for those spaces. Other departments that can't work remotely
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direct keyword 1:24:59–1:25:12 parks, trails
that area to coordinate with several events that are planned in the area. The Vancouver Arts and Music Festival, I believe, concludes on August 11th and we will be starting construction directly after that. We've been in close coordination with our parks counterparts to make sure that all the events that are planned over the summer will not be impacted by this project. And then the last and final and major impact is going to be a building-wide HVAC shutdown that will commence on September 14th