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City Council Workshops · Jul 20, 2026 · 1:36:12–1:38:30 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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Keywords: comprehensive plan annexation Annexation Affordable housing infrastructure affordable housing
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1:35:11 Is there a new type of training with the cameras and the data? What specifically is that? I know there's a lot of concern with flock cameras, but how are we? So I just feel like we need a little, just a bit more information versus what's in the title here, the titles. - Any last comments? Okay.
1:35:49 New and missing priorities, oh. So counselors, do you have any new priorities or are there any items that you were expecting to see on the list? Or the conversations that we've had this evening that have a gap? - So there are a couple of them that I know that have been discussed by the city council and just to run down a few of them. Annexation is one, childcare is another. I know there are several council members that have expressed support for childcare, but it's not been 100% clear if that is something that the entire council wants us to make a priority. And then you have some new ones that have come up based on outside decisions. Like for me, I think of things like the extension of light rail to Evergreen, because that was something that's not in the current IBR that would be something that we should continue to invest in. Public defense, while it's something
1:36:47 that is listed in the priorities, is something that is likely to require additional investment from us in the future in order to be able to meet our legal obligations to be able to do that. And then there have been discussions in the community with council, with the fire service about looking at a regional fire authority, but that's nowhere in our documentation yet at this point. And then finally, you'll get a presentation next month about the strategic plan that Vancouver Fire has put together that I would expect the council to have some support for that would be reflected in the budget as well. So outside of that list, are there anything, any others that I think that you as a council feel like we haven't yet captured? Again, this is not prescriptive. This is not your only chance to weigh in on the budget, and certainly not your only chance to get more detail on taking a look at these. This is merely the first step. Thank you.
1:37:47 I'm sure something will come to everyone at two in the morning. Councilor Stover. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Stover. Another one that's not been listed is the Fruit Valley plan. And then I would say only indirectly have, the comprehensive plan, I understand, is meant to act as a master sub-area plan, but I think there's still areas of the city that could benefit from some focused attention. East Mill Plain is one. Yeah. Upper Main Street, Mid Main Street.
1:38:44 Oh, Upper Main Street is not on here. So it seems like there are some other projects that have been discussed that didn't make this list. Truth be told, there are probably about 47 projects that staff are currently working on right now. Okay. Go ahead, revenue tools. All right. So looking at revenue tools, I really only wanted to focus on the ones that I would consider to be larger scale. And I'm not asking council to make decisions on those tonight, but just again to point them out as we frame the budget up. We've had significant conversation
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direct keyword 1:36:12–1:36:22 comprehensive plan, annexation, Annexation, Affordable housing, infrastructure, affordable housing
here any items that you were expecting to see on the list? Or the conversations that we've had this evening that have a gap? - So there are a couple of them that I know that have been discussed by the city council and just to run down a few of them. Annexation is one, childcare is another. I know there are several council members that have expressed support for childcare, but it's not been 100% clear if that is something that the entire council wants us to make a priority. And then you have some
direct keyword 1:38:09–1:38:30 comprehensive plan, annexation, Annexation, Affordable housing, infrastructure, affordable housing
t step. Thank you. I'm sure something will come to everyone at two in the morning. Councilor Stover. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Stover. Another one that's not been listed is the Fruit Valley plan. And then I would say only indirectly have, the comprehensive plan, I understand, is meant to act as a master sub-area plan, but I think there's still areas of the city that could benefit from some focused attention. East Mill Plain is one. Yeah. Upper Main Street, Mid Main Street. Oh, Upper Main