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Clark County Council · Oct 01, 2026 · 33:04–40:43 · Watch on CVTV ↗

The county's 50-year Community Framework Plan outlines long-term development goals, designating specific areas to preserve rural landscapes, forests, agriculture, and open space. Funding and coordination for these recreational areas are explicitly integrated into the county's Capital Facilities Financial Plan. Additionally, officials reviewed local zoning updates that promote green space, such as converting a 12-acre industrial parcel in the Yacolt Urban Growth Area into parkland and improving open space requirements in multi-family housing developments.

Keywords: RURAL LANDS PARKS OPEN SPACE

What was said

32:04 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, PRIORITIZING MULTI-FAMILY AND STEP HOUSING AND CO-LIVING. THE SAME IN OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. I THINK THERE IS A PROVISION THAT WHERE WE ALLOW HOTELS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TO ALLOW STEP HOUSING AND CO-LIVING. THE SAME IS TRUE IN OUR MIXED USE DISTRICT. WE DID THE SAME THING. WE ADJUST THE ALLOWANCES THERE TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR CO-LIVING AND STEP HOUSING. WE WORKED AS A RESULT OF YOUR MORATORIUM ON REDEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS. WE LISTENED OR THE COUNTY LISTENED AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANT, WE ALSO PROPOSED MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OVERLAY AND THE ISSUE TO ADDRESS THERE IS REALLY

33:04 FOCUSING ON PROTECTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS BECAUSE IT IS AN AREA THAT IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSING STOCK NEED TO BE REALLY LOOKED AT AND TO PROTECT TO THE WAY THAT WE CAN, THAT WE BELIEVE CAN BE DEFENSIBLE, IF YOU WILL. WE ALSO FURTHER DID SOME REFINEMENT IN OUR COMPACT LOT DEVELOPMENT. AS A RESULT OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR THOSE THAT ARE USING THE CODE ARE FINDING OUT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY HOW CODE WORKS. IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. WHEN ISSUE COME UP, WE ADDRESS THEM OR FIND A WAY TO AMEND THE CODE. THE SAME IS TRUE IN THE MULTI-FAMILY AMENITY AREAS. IMPROVING THE TOPIC ADDRESSED THERE, JUST IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MULTI-FAMILY AMENITY AREAS, LAND

34:03 SCAPING AND OPEN SPACE AND SO FORTH. THE LEGISLATURE ALSO RECENTLY PASSED A NEW BILL REQUIRING US TO ADDRESS PARKING AND LOUSING STANDARDS, SO 40.3, 40.1.010 RELATES TO THOSE CHANGES. AND THEN WE MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE APPENDIX F OF HIGHWAY 99 OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS. THE IDEA THERE WAS TO ALSO LOOK AT THE FUSIBILITY OF ALLOWING MIDDLE HOUSING AND MULTI-FAMILY UPDATES. THERE ARE OTHER ADDITIONAL CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WAS MADE IN THIS CASE TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE SECTION OF OUR CODE. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I BELIEVE WE SHARED THIS WITH COUNCIL. AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE SECTION OF OUR CODE

35:03 TITLE 40-610-020, FOCUSING ON DEFINITION, REMOVING REFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT. WITH THAT REMOVAL, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE SECTION OF THE CODE AND PROVIDED SOME CLARIFICATION, WHAT THAT WILL DO WITH THAT REMOVAL. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE CLARIFY ANNUAL AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT TO THE IMPACT FEE RATE FOLLOWING THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE IMPACT FEE RATE FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION INDEX AT LEAST FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE WE COME TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW IF ANY ADJUSTMENT CAN BE MADE WITH INPUT FROM THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WE CLARIFIED AND I THINK ON THE SCHEDULE, WE CLARIFIED AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT TO THE IMPACT FEE RATE AND ALSO CLARIFIED DURATION OF IMPACT FEE COLLECTION AND WHEN PROJECT QUALIFIED

36:03 FOR IMPACT FEE CREDIT, ALL THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THAT SECTION. WHEN WE RECEIVED COMMENT FROM VARIOUS OUTSIDE AGENCIES, OUR INTERNAL STAFF DID, PUBLIC WORK DID PROVIDE US COMMENT, WHICH I THINK WE SHARED WITH COUNCIL, WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR DELIBERATION, WE'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THAT CHANGE THAT PUBLIC WORK PROVIDE TO THE ADDRESSED PASSED BY TRAFFIC ACCURATELY NOW THAT WE ARE REMOVING THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE. THE NEXT AREA I WANT TO GET INTO, NEXT SLIDE, IS CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO PAY AT LEAST IN THE FIRST SIX YEARS TO SUPPORT THE PLAN THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. SO IN THE CASE OF THE CAPITAL

37:02 FACILITIES, THE IDEA IS TO REVIEW HOW OUR PROPOSED PLAN IS SUPPORTABLE BY CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN, AND THE KEY FACTORS MUST BE BALANCED, OUR LAND USE PRIORITIES, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THEM, AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITY ON THE RCW 3678. AND THEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEIR OWN CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN, BE IT COORDINATION WITH CETRAN, PARKS, WATER, SEAWALL, STONE WATER SCHOOL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I INDICATED FIRE, AND ALSO IN REVIEW OF THE LAND USE PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE PREFERRED

38:02 AND OTHER INTERNATIVE, THEY ALL INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE 20-YEAR PLANNING HORIZON. IN THE CASE OF GROWTH RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION COSTS, I THINK WE HAVE SHARED WITH COUNCIL WHAT GMA REQUIRES, PARTICULARLY IN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE 20-YEAR GROWTH PLAN. IN REVIEWING THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, I BELIEVE WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID WE SHOWED YOU OUR SIX-YEAR PLANS, 2026 THROUGH 2031. SOME OF THOSE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, BUT THEY ARE SHORT-TERM TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WHICH WE USE FROM THE 20-YEAR LIST TO DEVELOP OUR SIX-YEAR AND HAVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THAT.

39:02 IN THE CASE OF TIP, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET, YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LATER THIS YEAR. IN TERMS OF THE LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION NEED, THE WORK THAT OUR CONSULTANT HELP US REVIEW THE PREFERRED PLAN SHOWS THAT THERE IS A SHORTFALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 555 MILLION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU, AND I BELIEVE OUTLINED STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE HOW THE COUNTY IS GOING TO CLOSE THAT GAP. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU REQUIRED NOW. AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, AS I SHARED WITH YOU, AND I THINK PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND CREW AGREES WITH THAT, THE COUNCIL CAN DIRECT THAT PUBLIC WORKS

40:01 PLANNING BEGIN TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS ON HOW TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FINANCIAL PLAN. THIS PLAN IS PREPARED PRIMARILY BY THE COUNTY. AS I INDICATED BEFORE, IT COVERS TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, STONEWATER DRAINAGE, AND WATER QUALITY, AND THEN COUNTY BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES, IN THE CASE OF COUNTY BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES, THIS IS WHERE THE JAIL AND ANY REMODELING AND WORK WITH THE COURT WILL FALL UNDER THIS COUNTY BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES. BUT IN TRANSPORTATION, OPEN SPACE, STONEWATER, YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENDITURES AND THE EARMARKED SOURCES OF APPROPRIATE REVENUE SOURCES, AND THEN THE REVENUE COMING FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT STONEWATER LAST TIME. THERE IS NO

41:01 FEE ACCESS FOR STONEWATER REVIEW. THAT IS WHY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP THAT AND OVER TIME DEDICATE OR ASK THE COUNTY TO TAKE OVER THE STONEWATER FACILITIES AND MAKE IT A PUBLIC MAINTENANCE ISSUE GOING FORWARD. THAT IS WHAT IS REPRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE DEALS WITH THE ARTERIOL ATLAS AMENDMENT. THIS IS THE ROADWAY THAT SUPPORTS THE LAND USE IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE UPDATED IT TO ALSO LOOK AT ANY CIRCULATION PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE 179 CIRCULATION PLAN,


Evidence (3 matches)

direct keyword 33:04–33:41 RURAL LANDS, PARKS, OPEN SPACE
UM ON REDEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS. WE LISTENED OR THE COUNTY LISTENED AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANT, WE ALSO PROPOSED MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OVERLAY AND THE ISSUE TO ADDRESS THERE IS REALLY FOCUSING ON PROTECTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS BECAUSE IT IS AN AREA THAT IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSING STOCK NEED TO BE REALLY LOOKED AT AND TO PROTECT TO THE WAY THAT WE CAN, THAT WE BELIEVE CAN BE DEFENSIBLE, IF YOU WILL. WE ALSO FURTHER DID SOME REFINEMENT IN OUR COMPACT LOT DEVELOPMENT. AS A

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direct keyword 37:45–38:21 RURAL LANDS, PARKS, OPEN SPACE
ANCED, OUR LAND USE PRIORITIES, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THEM, AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITY ON THE RCW 3678. AND THEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEIR OWN CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN, BE IT COORDINATION WITH CETRAN, PARKS, WATER, SEAWALL, STONE WATER SCHOOL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I INDICATED FIRE, AND ALSO IN REVIEW OF THE LAND USE PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE PREFERRED AND OTHER INTERNATIVE, THEY ALL INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE 20-YEAR PLANNING

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direct keyword 40:17–40:43 RURAL LANDS, PARKS, OPEN SPACE
C WORKS PLANNING BEGIN TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS ON HOW TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FINANCIAL PLAN. THIS PLAN IS PREPARED PRIMARILY BY THE COUNTY. AS I INDICATED BEFORE, IT COVERS TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, STONEWATER DRAINAGE, AND WATER QUALITY, AND THEN COUNTY BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES, IN THE CASE OF COUNTY BUILDING AND OTHER FACILITIES, THIS IS WHERE THE JAIL AND ANY REMODELING AND WORK WITH THE COURT WILL FALL UNDER THIS COUNTY BUIL

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