Clark County Council

0:00 is being recorded and summarized good afternoon and welcome calling to order clark county council tuesday october 13th 2026 if you'll join me if you're able and standing for the pledge of allegiance and remain standing for the invocation which will be provided by rob pool with the county-wide chaplaincy i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god invisible with liberty and justice thank you

0:59 father we come to you this afternoon and we recognize you and acknowledge you our father in heaven our creator and that every good and perfect thing comes from you we are also grateful for your love your grace and your mercy help us to consider the bible verse in first john chapter 3 verse 1 oh what manner of love has god bestowed upon us that we should be called children of god help us lord to love and honor you and to love our neighbor as good samaritans and to treat one another with dignity and respect like the father in the story of the prodigal son help us to remember that we are all created in your image and are therefore worthy of love and respect lord we ask you to bless us our community our families friends and neighbors as well as everyone here today

1:59 give us wisdom this day to make good decisions and to bring honor to you in your name we pray amen thank you very much okay we have a couple of proclamations to start out with national disability employment awareness month that will be read by counselor little and accepting uh will be angela gomez aaron uh broon from community service and randy not and bob friedland from the development disabilities advisory board so you can come up those of you who may be in the room anyone here from the those names well anyway it's an honor to read this um

2:54 whereas the americans with disabilities act ada which celebrates its 36th anniversary this year together with the individuals with disabilities education act idea established the right of adults and children with disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of american society and whereas clark county supports the goals of equity opportunity independent living and economic self-sufficiency and the ability to participate fully in all aspects of american society and whereas clark county supports the goals of equity opportunity independent living and economic self-sufficiency and the ability to participate fully in all aspects of american society and whereas clark county supports the goals of equity opportunity independent living and economic society and whereas clark county supports the goals of equity opportunity independent living and economic for people with disabilities for people with disabilities for people with disabilities and whereas the u.s department of labor and whereas the u.s department of labor and whereas the u.s department of labor chose this year's theme for the national chose this year's theme for the national chose this year's theme for the national disability employment awareness month disability employment awareness month disability employment awareness month as celebrating value and talent carrying as celebrating value and talent carrying as celebrating value and talent carrying the spirit of last year's celebration the spirit of last year's celebration the spirit of last year's celebration forward through 2026 and in honor of forward through 2026 and in honor of forward through 2026 and in honor of america's 250th birthday america's 250th birthday america's 250th birthday and whereas the theme reflects the fact and whereas the theme reflects the fact and whereas the theme reflects the fact that including people with disabilities that including people with disabilities that including people with disabilities and their contributions to the workplace and their contributions to the workplace

3:53 and their contributions to the workplace is a critical part of our effort to is a critical part of our effort to is a critical part of our effort to build an inclusive community build an inclusive community build an inclusive community and strong economy and whereas and strong economy and whereas and strong economy and whereas national disability employment national disability employment national disability employment awareness month confirms our commitment awareness month confirms our commitment awareness month confirms our commitment to celebrating the contributions and to celebrating the contributions and to celebrating the contributions and talents talents talents those with disabilities provide in our those with disabilities provide in our those with disabilities provide in our community every month of every year community every month of every year community every month of every year and now therefore and now therefore and now therefore the clark county council hereby the clark county council hereby the clark county council hereby reaffirms the principles of the reaffirms the principles of the reaffirms the principles of the americans with disabilities act and the americans with disabilities act and the americans with disabilities act and the individuals with disabilities education individuals with disabilities education individuals with disabilities education act act act by proclaiming october 2026 as national by proclaiming october 2026 as national by proclaiming october 2026 as national disability employment awareness month disability employment awareness month disability employment awareness month in clark county washington and urges in clark county washington and urges in clark county washington and urges citizens to rededicate our community to citizens to rededicate our community to citizens to rededicate our community to fulfill the letter and spirit of these fulfill the letter and spirit of these fulfill the letter and spirit of these laws laws laws dated this 13th day of october 2026 by dated this 13th day of october 2026 by

4:44 dated this 13th day of october 2026 by the entire council thank you chair council county manager thank you chair council county manager i'm michael torres the program manager i'm michael torres the program manager i'm michael torres the program manager at clark county community services so i'm at clark county community services so i'm at clark county community services so i'm here to accept it on behalf of the here to accept it on behalf of the here to accept it on behalf of the department department department thank you very much thank you very much thank you very much you know you know you know people with disabilities are part of our people with disabilities are part of our people with disabilities are part of our community they shape our community community they shape our community community they shape our community they're present in the workplace and they they're present in the workplace and they they're present in the workplace and they contribute contribute contribute on a daily basis and these laws have on a daily basis and these laws have on a daily basis and these laws have been been been foundationally important to helping foundationally important to helping foundationally important to helping communities recognize that so communities recognize that so communities recognize that so thank you for for this

5:32 thank you for for this okay the next proclamation i'll be okay the next proclamation i'll be okay the next proclamation i'll be reading hispanic heritage month and reading hispanic heritage month and reading hispanic heritage month and accepting will be daniel estrada from accepting will be daniel estrada from accepting will be daniel estrada from lulac vancouver metro amanda medina lulac vancouver metro amanda medina lulac vancouver metro amanda medina from north county lulac and eduardo from north county lulac and eduardo from north county lulac and eduardo torres torres torres from southwest washington lulac we have from southwest washington lulac we have from southwest washington lulac we have all three lulacs all three lulacs all three lulacs present so you can come forward all right thanks so much for being here all right thanks so much for being here so whereas national hispanic heritage so whereas national hispanic heritage so whereas national hispanic heritage month month month all right thanks so much for being here so whereas national hispanic heritage month all right thanks so much for being here so whereas national hispanic heritage month all right thanks so much for being here so whereas national hispanic heritage month observed annually observed annually observed annually from september 15th through october 15th from september 15th through october 15th from september 15th through october 15th recognizes the histories cultures and recognizes the histories cultures and

6:32 recognizes the histories cultures and contributions of hispanic and latin a contributions of hispanic and latin a contributions of hispanic and latin a americans and encompasses the americans and encompasses the americans and encompasses the independent anniversaries of several independent anniversaries of several independent anniversaries of several latin american nations reflecting the latin american nations reflecting the latin american nations reflecting the deep and enduring influence of hispanic deep and enduring influence of hispanic deep and enduring influence of hispanic and latin peoples on the history and development of the united states development of the united states and whereas clark county's hispanic and and whereas clark county's hispanic and and whereas clark county's hispanic and latin a community latin a community latin a community represents a broad diversity of national represents a broad diversity of national represents a broad diversity of national origins cultures traditions languages origins cultures traditions languages origins cultures traditions languages and experiences and experiences and experiences reflecting indigenous african reflecting indigenous african reflecting indigenous african european caribbean european caribbean european caribbean central american south american central american south american central american south american mexican and other histories that mexican and other histories that mexican and other histories that contribute to the cultural richness contribute to the cultural richness contribute to the cultural richness and growing and growing and growing diversity of our region and whereas diversity of our region and whereas diversity of our region and whereas hispanic and latin a residents have made hispanic and latin a residents have made hispanic and latin a residents have made lasting contributions lasting contributions lasting contributions to clark county's economic civic to clark county's economic civic

7:30 to clark county's economic civic educational cultural and social educational cultural and social educational cultural and social development development development through entrepreneurship and and commerce through entrepreneurship and and commerce through entrepreneurship and and commerce agriculture and skilled trades agriculture and skilled trades agriculture and skilled trades education and health care science and education and health care science and education and health care science and technology public service technology public service technology public service the arts community leadership the arts community leadership the arts community leadership and advocacy while local families and and advocacy while local families and and advocacy while local families and organizations continue to expand organizations continue to expand organizations continue to expand opportunity preserve cultural traditions opportunity preserve cultural traditions opportunity preserve cultural traditions strengthen neighborhoods strengthen neighborhoods strengthen neighborhoods and develop the next generation of and develop the next generation of and develop the next generation of leaders leaders leaders and whereas the 2026 hispanic heritage and whereas the 2026 hispanic heritage and whereas the 2026 hispanic heritage month theme month theme month theme unidos somos mas together we are more unidos somos mas together we are more unidos somos mas together we are more recognizes the collective strength and recognizes the collective strength and recognizes the collective strength and diverse communities working together diverse communities working together diverse communities working together and affirms the importance and affirms the importance and affirms the importance of honoring the achievements of of honoring the achievements of of honoring the achievements of previous generations previous generations previous generations recognizing the leadership and recognizing the leadership and recognizing the leadership and contributions of hispanic contributions of hispanic contributions of hispanic and latin a residents today and latin a residents today

8:30 and latin a residents today and supporting the opportunities and and supporting the opportunities and and supporting the opportunities and aspirations of generations to come aspirations of generations to come aspirations of generations to come clark county further recognizes the clark county further recognizes the clark county further recognizes the important role of hispanic and latin important role of hispanic and latin important role of hispanic and latin voices in advancing opportunity voices in advancing opportunity voices in advancing opportunity equality and justice and reaffirms equality and justice and reaffirms equality and justice and reaffirms its commitment to fostering a community its commitment to fostering a community its commitment to fostering a community grounded in inclusiveness equity and grounded in inclusiveness equity and grounded in inclusiveness equity and mutual respect where every individual is mutual respect where every individual is mutual respect where every individual is valued and our diversity strengthens valued and our diversity strengthens valued and our diversity strengthens our collective future our collective future our collective future now therefore we the clark county now therefore we the clark county now therefore we the clark county council proclaim september 15th council proclaim september 15th council proclaim september 15th 2026 to october 15th 2026 to october 15th 2026 to october 15th 2026 to be hispanic heritage month in 2026 to be hispanic heritage month in 2026 to october 15th 2026 to be hispanic heritage month in clark county washington clark county washington clark county washington and encourage all residents to and encourage all residents to and encourage all residents to recognize and celebrate the history recognize and celebrate the history recognize and celebrate the history cultural heritage achievements and cultural heritage achievements and cultural heritage achievements and continuing contributions of hispanic and continuing contributions of hispanic and continuing contributions of hispanic and latin a residence to clark county latin a residence to clark county

9:29 latin a residence to clark county washington state and the united states washington state and the united states washington state and the united states dated this dated this dated this 13th day of october 2026 and signed by 13th day of october 2026 and signed by 13th day of october 2026 and signed by the entire council the entire council yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah you can accept it

10:13 yeah yeah yeah yeah you can accept it morning one of the yes members of the morning one of the yes members of the clark county council and members of the clark county council and members of the clark county council and members of the public on behalf of north county lulac public on behalf of north county lulac public on behalf of north county lulac southwest washington lulac southwest washington lulac southwest washington lulac and vancouver metro lulac thank you for and vancouver metro lulac thank you for and vancouver metro lulac thank you for inviting us today inviting us today inviting us today and for issuing this hispanic heritage and for issuing this hispanic heritage and for issuing this hispanic heritage month proclamation month proclamation month proclamation our councils are deeply committed to our councils are deeply committed to serving clark county every day through serving clark county every day through serving clark county every day through immigrant defense immigrant defense immigrant defense food distribution community health food distribution community health food distribution community health clinics youth extracurricular activities clinics youth extracurricular activities clinics youth extracurricular activities and civic engagement we are actively and civic engagement we are actively and civic engagement we are actively working to ensure our county remains a working to ensure our county remains a working to ensure our county remains a strong welcoming inclusive place for all strong welcoming inclusive place for all strong welcoming inclusive place for all families new and old both long-standing families new and old both long-standing families new and old both long-standing residents and those making this area residents and those making this area residents and those making this area their new home today we acknowledge that their new home today we acknowledge that their new home today we acknowledge that our diversity is a core driver of what our diversity is a core driver of what our diversity is a core driver of what makes clark county so vibrant and the makes clark county so vibrant and the makes clark county so vibrant and the true beauty of southwest washington true beauty of southwest washington true beauty of southwest washington together we will continue building a together we will continue building a together we will continue building a more prosperous community for more prosperous community for more prosperous community for generations to come generations to come

11:12 generations to come unidos somos mas together we are more unidos somos mas together we are more unidos somos mas together we are more buenos dias miembros del consejo de buenos dias miembros del consejo de buenos dias miembros del consejo de clark county y el publico presente en clark county y el publico presente en clark county y el publico presente en nombre de la liga de ciudadanos nombre de la liga de ciudadanos nombre de la liga de ciudadanos latinoamericanos unidos los consejos de latinoamericanos unidos los consejos de latinoamericanos unidos los consejos de southwest washington lulac vancouver southwest washington lulac vancouver southwest washington lulac vancouver metro lulac y richfield lulac metro lulac y richfield lulac metro lulac y richfield lulac agradecemos sinceramente su invitación agradecemos sinceramente su invitación agradecemos sinceramente su invitación el dia de hoy y la emisión de esta el dia de hoy y la emisión de esta el dia de hoy y la emisión de esta proclamación por el mes de la herencia proclamación por el mes de la herencia proclamación por el mes de la herencia hispana dia con dia nuestros consejos hispana dia con dia nuestros consejos hispana dia con dia nuestros consejos mantienen un firme compromiso con el mantienen un firme compromiso con el mantienen un firme compromiso con el condado de clark defendemos a nuestra condado de clark defendemos a nuestra condado de clark defendemos a nuestra comunidad migrante distribuimos comunidad migrante distribuimos comunidad migrante distribuimos alimentos y comida sin cobro alimentos y comida sin cobro alimentos y comida sin cobro impulsamos clínicas de salud impulsamos clínicas de salud impulsamos clínicas de salud comunitaria promovemos actividades comunitaria promovemos actividades comunitaria promovemos actividades para la juventud y fomentamos la para la juventud y fomentamos la para la juventud y fomentamos la participación ciudadana trabajamos de participación ciudadana trabajamos de participación ciudadana trabajamos de manera constante para que este condado manera constante para que este condado manera constante para que este condado siga siendo un hogar acogedor e inclusivo siga siendo un hogar acogedor e inclusivo siga siendo un hogar acogedor e inclusivo para todas las familias tantos las que para todas las familias tantos las que

12:11 para todas las familias tantos las que llevan generaciones aquí como las que llevan generaciones aquí como las que llevan generaciones aquí como las que van llegando hoy confirmamos que nuestra van llegando hoy confirmamos que nuestra van llegando hoy confirmamos que nuestra diversidad es el verdadero motor de la diversidad es el verdadero motor de la diversidad es el verdadero motor de la vitalidad de con del condado de Clark y vitalidad de con del condado de Clark y vitalidad de con del condado de Clark y la esencia de la belleza del suroeste de la esencia de la belleza del suroeste de la esencia de la belleza del suroeste de Washington juntos seguiremos Washington juntos seguiremos Washington juntos seguiremos construyendo un futuro más próspero construyendo un futuro más próspero construyendo un futuro más próspero para las próximas generaciones unidos para las próximas generaciones unidos para las próximas generaciones unidos somos más muchas gracias Daniel Estrada somos más muchas gracias Daniel Estrada somos más muchas gracias Daniel Estrada Presidente de Vancouver Metro LULAC Presidente de Vancouver Metro LULAC Presidente de Vancouver Metro LULAC buenas tardes buenas tardes buenas tardes the 2026 team United we are more remind the 2026 team United we are more remind the 2026 team United we are more remind us that our strength lies in Unity in us that our strength lies in Unity in us that our strength lies in Unity in celebrating family resilience celebrating family resilience celebrating family resilience creativity faith and service it is a creativity faith and service it is a creativity faith and service it is a call to honor the diverse history call to honor the diverse history call to honor the diverse history and strength our nation and to invest in a and strength our nation and to invest in a

13:10 and strength our nation and to invest in a future where everyone everyone feels future where everyone everyone feels future where everyone everyone feels include today more than ever we need to include today more than ever we need to include today more than ever we need to stand together to protect those who have stand together to protect those who have stand together to protect those who have been targeted as someone who has been targeted as someone who has been targeted as someone who has traveled this path I know that being traveled this path I know that being traveled this path I know that being part of the Hispanic community means part of the Hispanic community means part of the Hispanic community means having two great loves the land of having two great loves the land of having two great loves the land of my roots and the community where I am my roots and the community where I am my roots and the community where I am building my life Vancouver it is not building my life Vancouver it is not building my life Vancouver it is not about choosing one over the other but about choosing one over the other but about choosing one over the other but about embracing both in doing so in about embracing both in doing so in about embracing both in doing so in reaching our shared heritage for this reaching our shared heritage for this reaching our shared heritage for this reason I urge all of us to celebrate our reason I urge all of us to celebrate our reason I urge all of us to celebrate our culture our achievements and our culture our achievements and our culture our achievements and our shared values let us gather around our shared values let us gather around our shared values let us gather around our community tables community tables community tables share our stories and recognize the share our stories and recognize the

14:08 share our stories and recognize the leaders those leaders who inspire us in leaders those leaders who inspire us in leaders those leaders who inspire us in accepting this proclamation I commit accepting this proclamation I commit accepting this proclamation I commit with the three LULACs here to ensure with the three LULACs here to ensure with the three LULACs here to ensure that ours in our city events and that ours in our city events and that ours in our city events and initiatives will reflect the diversity initiatives will reflect the diversity initiatives will reflect the diversity and creativity of our Hispanic community and creativity of our Hispanic community and creativity of our Hispanic community thanks good afternoon my name is Amanda good afternoon my name is Amanda Medina I'm the president of North County LULAC Medina I'm the president of North County LULAC Medina I'm the president of North County LULAC mine my speech is not as long this mine my speech is not as long this mine my speech is not as long this is my first time at a proclamation so bear is my first time at a proclamation so bear is my first time at a proclamation so bear with me thank you to the county for with me thank you to the county for with me thank you to the county for allowing this proclamation and allowing allowing this proclamation and allowing allowing this proclamation and allowing the opportunity to work on this I have the opportunity to work on this I have the opportunity to work on this I have to say Hispanics and Latinos enrich our to say Hispanics and Latinos enrich our to say Hispanics and Latinos enrich our communities sorry my phone just or no communities sorry my phone just or no communities sorry my phone just or no have shaped our history and will have shaped our history and will

15:05 have shaped our history and will continue to do so our stories and lived continue to do so our stories and lived continue to do so our stories and lived experiences strengthen this nation and I experiences strengthen this nation and I experiences strengthen this nation and I encourage everyone to support and encourage everyone to support and encourage everyone to support and recognize our beautiful community recognize our beautiful community recognize our beautiful community outside of this month's celebration as outside of this month's celebration as outside of this month's celebration as well good asses hello everyone my name well good asses hello everyone my name well good asses hello everyone my name is Monica is as well as is Monica is as well as is Monica is as well as the Tabor current vice president of the Tabor current vice president of the Tabor current vice president of Vancouver Metro Lulac first I would like Vancouver Metro Lulac first I would like Vancouver Metro Lulac first I would like to start by apologizing to court to start by apologizing to court to start by apologizing to court reporter Cindy Holly I know I speak reporter Cindy Holly I know I speak reporter Cindy Holly I know I speak fast and so I'm sorry that I was I was fast and so I'm sorry that I was I was fast and so I'm sorry that I was I was nervous and so I just wanted to extend nervous and so I just wanted to extend nervous and so I just wanted to extend an apology to you so I'm gonna try to an apology to you so I'm gonna try to an apology to you so I'm gonna try to speak slower today so I wrote this um it speak slower today so I wrote this um it speak slower today so I wrote this um it comes from my core I truly hope you comes from my core I truly hope you comes from my core I truly hope you don't fear and you don't think you know don't fear and you don't think you know don't fear and you don't think you know better than brown-skinned people I am a better than brown-skinned people I am a better than brown-skinned people I am a firm believer I am no better or less firm believer I am no better or less

16:03 firm believer I am no better or less than anyone else because we are all the than anyone else because we are all the than anyone else because we are all the creators children you don't see many creators children you don't see many creators children you don't see many people of color coming to testify thou people of color coming to testify thou people of color coming to testify thou have you ever wondered why maybe it's have you ever wondered why maybe it's have you ever wondered why maybe it's because we feel that our voice doesn't because we feel that our voice doesn't because we feel that our voice doesn't matter that it wouldn't change anything matter that it wouldn't change anything matter that it wouldn't change anything or maybe it's because when we do come or maybe it's because when we do come or maybe it's because when we do come and speak it doesn't get heard anyway and speak it doesn't get heard anyway and speak it doesn't get heard anyway and decisions get made by what you all and decisions get made by what you all and decisions get made by what you all have always wanted our land gets paved have always wanted our land gets paved have always wanted our land gets paved over our people get torn from their over our people get torn from their over our people get torn from their families our voices get silenced the families our voices get silenced the families our voices get silenced the reality of the past when your ancestors reality of the past when your ancestors reality of the past when your ancestors migrated to turtle island what you now migrated to turtle island what you now migrated to turtle island what you now call the united states it states call the united states it states call the united states it states engraves the fear in us it's been engraves the fear in us it's been engraves the fear in us it's been beaten into our heads to not speak out beaten into our heads to not speak out beaten into our heads to not speak out to not share any emotion to just be good to not share any emotion to just be good to not share any emotion to just be good so that we can fly under the radar so that we can fly under the radar so that we can fly under the radar because we know what happens if we speak because we know what happens if we speak because we know what happens if we speak up if we show any kind of strength our up if we show any kind of strength our up if we show any kind of strength our land gets paved over our people get land gets paved over our people get land gets paved over our people get torn from their families our voices get torn from their families our voices get torn from their families our voices get silenced silenced silenced we have one hispanic representative we have one hispanic representative we have one hispanic representative today that sits on the council today that sits on the council

17:02 today that sits on the council i'm so proud to see him there because my i'm so proud to see him there because my children and other children can see that children and other children can see that children and other children can see that being brown is beautiful being brown is beautiful being brown is beautiful being brown is powerful and being brown being brown is powerful and being brown being brown is powerful and being brown is something that they can be proud of is something that they can be proud of is something that they can be proud of our culture is not something we brought our culture is not something we brought our culture is not something we brought to this land it was born on this to this land it was born on this to this land it was born on this continent long before the borders that continent long before the borders that continent long before the borders that divide it now were ever drawn divide it now were ever drawn divide it now were ever drawn we are not merciless savages we are not we are not merciless savages we are not something that you can just discard something that you can just discard something that you can just discard we are not evil we are human beings just we are not evil we are human beings just we are not evil we are human beings just like you who feel who love that want like you who feel who love that want like you who feel who love that want their voices heard too their voices heard too their voices heard too more and more of us are coming together more and more of us are coming together more and more of us are coming together and feeling our worth and feeling our worth and feeling our worth and believing in ourselves because we're and believing in ourselves because we're and believing in ourselves because we're tired of our shared land getting paved tired of our shared land getting paved tired of our shared land getting paved over our interconnected human family over our interconnected human family over our interconnected human family getting torn apart and our voices getting torn apart and our voices getting torn apart and our voices getting silenced getting silenced getting silenced i don't mean to hurt you i mean to share i don't mean to hurt you i mean to share i don't mean to hurt you i mean to share my truth and i know i'm not my truth and i know i'm not my truth and i know i'm not alone in this feeling i would like to alone in this feeling i would like to alone in this feeling i would like to finish by saying this finish by saying this finish by saying this may i allow you to be imperfect may i may i allow you to be imperfect may i may i allow you to be imperfect may i allow you to make mistakes allow you to make mistakes

18:01 allow you to make mistakes may i allow you to be a lifelong learner may i allow you to be a lifelong learner always learning life's lessons may i always learning life's lessons may i always learning life's lessons may i forgive you forgive you forgive you and if i cannot do so now may i do so at and if i cannot do so now may i do so at and if i cannot do so now may i do so at some time in the future some time in the future some time in the future i care about all of you all of you i care about all of you all of you i care about all of you all of you because i believe if one hurts we all because i believe if one hurts we all because i believe if one hurts we all hurt hurt hurt thank you to those who made choices thank you to those who made choices thank you to those who made choices towards humanity and towards helping our towards humanity and towards helping our towards humanity and towards helping our mother earth thank you for listening

18:51 okay thank you all for that uh now okay thank you all for that uh now moving on let's uh move to the roll moving on let's uh move to the roll moving on let's uh move to the roll call call call counselor young here counselor belcott counselor young here counselor belcott counselor young here counselor belcott president councillor fuentes here president councillor fuentes here president councillor fuentes here councillor little here and chair marshall councillor little here and chair marshall councillor little here and chair marshall here thank you okay uh are there any here thank you okay uh are there any here thank you okay uh are there any amendments to the agenda none today okay amendments to the agenda none today okay amendments to the agenda none today okay thank you uh we'll move on to open thank you uh we'll move on to open thank you uh we'll move on to open public comment and you can also comment public comment and you can also comment public comment and you can also comment on the consent and separate business on the consent and separate business on the consent and separate business items items items just a reminder you're limited to three just a reminder you're limited to three just a reminder you're limited to three minutes uh and minutes uh and minutes uh and we'll we'll we'll go ahead and call whoever has signed up go ahead and call whoever has signed up go ahead and call whoever has signed up shelley batten good afternoon everyone thanks for good afternoon everyone thanks for hearing me today hearing me today hearing me today this is the first time i've ever spoken this is the first time i've ever spoken this is the first time i've ever spoken at a council meeting at a council meeting at a council meeting my name is shelley batten i am the my name is shelley batten i am the my name is shelley batten i am the president of the heights at pleasant president of the heights at pleasant

19:51 president of the heights at pleasant valley hoa board valley hoa board valley hoa board and i'm here to clearly state our and i'm here to clearly state our and i'm here to clearly state our opposition to the proposed r36 opposition to the proposed r36 opposition to the proposed r36 redesign along northeast 139th street redesign along northeast 139th street redesign along northeast 139th street in vancouver in vancouver in vancouver all of the neighborhoods in this all of the neighborhoods in this all of the neighborhoods in this residential district are carefully residential district are carefully residential district are carefully planned designed for moderate density planned designed for moderate density single-family homes single-family homes single-family homes the proposed r36 zoning would break that the proposed r36 zoning would break that the proposed r36 zoning would break that framework framework framework three and four-story multi-building three and four-story multi-building three and four-story multi-building multi-family buildings are not multi-family buildings are not multi-family buildings are not compatible with the surrounding compatible with the surrounding compatible with the surrounding r7.5 neighborhoods and no transitional r7.5 neighborhoods and no transitional r7.5 neighborhoods and no transitional zoning or buffering is proposed zoning or buffering is proposed zoning or buffering is proposed it is an abrupt and inappropriate increase it is an abrupt and inappropriate increase it is an abrupt and inappropriate increase in intensity in this area in intensity in this area in intensity in this area equal to putting a bright neon green equal to putting a bright neon green equal to putting a bright neon green sofa in the middle of your living rooms sofa in the middle of your living rooms sofa in the middle of your living rooms infrastructure limitations make this infrastructure limitations make this infrastructure limitations make this especially especially especially concerning northeast 139th street is a concerning northeast 139th street is a concerning northeast 139th street is a local local local access road designed for low volume access road designed for low volume access road designed for low volume residential traffic residential traffic

20:50 residential traffic northeast 50th avenue is another access northeast 50th avenue is another access northeast 50th avenue is another access point that includes a small bridge that point that includes a small bridge that point that includes a small bridge that crosses salmon creek crosses salmon creek crosses salmon creek high density development in this area high density development in this area would elevate safety risks for the would elevate safety risks for the would elevate safety risks for the children that attend children that attend children that attend pleasant valley elementary school and pleasant valley elementary school and pleasant valley elementary school and worsen congestion worsen congestion worsen congestion this redesignation also conflicts with this redesignation also conflicts with this redesignation also conflicts with hb 1181 hb 1181 hb 1181 this area lacks transit service and this area lacks transit service and this area lacks transit service and walkable or widable streets or sidewalks walkable or widable streets or sidewalks walkable or widable streets or sidewalks and there is no resources or services in and there is no resources or services in and there is no resources or services in this area this area this area meaning high density residents would meaning high density residents would mean high density residents would rely on driving for every trip they need rely on driving for every trip they need rely on driving for every trip they need to make to manage their lives to make to manage their lives to make to make to manage their lives moving the county further from its moving the county further from its moving the county further from its climate planning objections or climate planning objections or climate planning objections or obligations obligations obligations our hoa board understands that our our hoa board understands that our our hoa board understands that our county is growing this is such a county is growing this is such a county is growing this is such a beautiful place to live beautiful place to live beautiful place to live when we support growth when we support growth when we support growth that fits the infrastructure and that fits the infrastructure and that fits the infrastructure and established development patterns established development patterns

21:49 established development patterns this proposal does not we implore this proposal does not we implore this proposal does not we implore this council to withdraw the this council to withdraw the this council to withdraw the redesignation for this parcel and redesignation for this parcel and redesignation for this parcel and consider r10 or r12 consider r10 or r12 consider r10 or r12 zoning for the safety health and zoning for the safety health and zoning for the safety health and quality of life for those clark county quality of life for those clark county quality of life for those clark county residents that live there residents that live there residents that live there thank you so much for your consideration thank you so much for your consideration thank you so much for your consideration thank you thank you thank you okay uh just for people who haven't been okay uh just for people who haven't been okay uh just for people who haven't been here before we don't encourage here before we don't encourage here before we don't encourage clapping or any sign of uh support clapping or any sign of uh support clapping or any sign of uh support because there may be people on a because there may be people on a because there may be people on a different side so just to make it different side so just to make it different side so just to make it welcoming and feeling safe i just ask welcoming and feeling safe i just ask welcoming and feeling safe i just ask you not to you not to you not to not to applaud not to applaud not to applaud thank you thank you thank you john gilman good afternoon my name is john gilman and i good afternoon my name is john gilman and i live in philbrook farms live in philbrook farms which is adjacent to the uh the parcels which is adjacent to the uh the parcels which is adjacent to the uh the parcels that were just discussed that were just discussed that were just discussed i also object to the rezoning of that i also object to the rezoning of that

22:47 i also object to the rezoning of that area i've been there four months it's a area i've been there four months it's a area i've been there four months it's a lovely neighborhood i really like it lovely neighborhood i really like it lovely neighborhood i really like it and i think and i don't have any and i think and i don't have any and i think and i don't have any objections to more development uh the objections to more development uh the objections to more development uh the those lots that are going to be developed those lots that are going to be developed those lots that are going to be developed are right on the other side of are right on the other side of are right on the other side of my back fence i have no heartburn about my back fence i have no heartburn about my back fence i have no heartburn about those being developed but this density those being developed but this density those being developed but this density just makes absolutely no sense to me at just makes absolutely no sense to me at just makes absolutely no sense to me at all all all have any of you been out there have any of you been out there have any of you been out there looked at the area looked at the area looked at the area how about the how about the how about the the planning commission how about those the planning commission how about those the planning commission how about those guys guys guys don't know don't know don't know so

23:29 was there being filled pressure to do it was there being filled pressure to do it that way was there that way was there that way was there i can't figure out what it was if you go i can't figure out what it was if you go i can't figure out what it was if you go out there and look at that area out there and look at that area out there and look at that area you'd realize that that number of new you'd realize that that number of new you'd realize that that number of new residents residents residents my calculation is somewhere between six my calculation is somewhere between six my calculation is somewhere between six and seven thousand people and seven thousand people and seven thousand people maybe maybe maybe 2200 new residences 2200 new residences 2200 new residences it's going to be a mess we already have it's going to be a mess we already have problem with traffic a lot of which it problem with traffic a lot of which it problem with traffic a lot of which it comes through my right by my front door comes through my right by my front door comes through my right by my front door don't object to it but if i have that a don't object to it but if i have that a don't object to it but if i have that a big increase and every day there's a big increase and every day there's a big increase and every day there's a long line of cars waiting to get on to long line of cars waiting to get on to long line of cars waiting to get on to 50 it's going to be a real mess 50 it's going to be a real mess 50 it's going to be a real mess and i i strongly recommend or ask you and i i strongly recommend or ask you and i i strongly recommend or ask you to reconsider that rezoning to a lower to reconsider that rezoning to a lower to reconsider that rezoning to a lower density than what's proposed here if you density than what's proposed here if you density than what's proposed here if you don't it's it's really going to be a don't it's it's really going to be a don't it's it's really going to be a problem in the future problem in the future problem in the future and i think the people that live there and i think the people that live there and i think the people that live there now and the people that are going to now and the people that are going to now and the people that are going to move there move there move there when that development is completed when that development is completed when that development is completed deserve better than that thank you very deserve better than that thank you very

24:40 deserve better than that thank you very much much much it's open public comment there's a public it's open public comment there's a public it's open public comment there's a public hearing that will follow hearing that will follow hearing that will follow okay because it's not on the agenda it okay because it's not on the agenda it okay because it's not on the agenda it is right below it is it's right after is right below it is it's right after is right below it is it's right after open public comment okay then i'll save open public comment okay then i'll save open public comment okay then i'll save that for then okay so my name is mellow that for then okay so my name is mellow that for then okay so my name is mellow also go by carmen de leon and there's a also go by carmen de leon and there's a also go by carmen de leon and there's a few things here um is the spanish people few things here um is the spanish people few things here um is the spanish people still here okay yeah my parents came still here okay yeah my parents came still here okay yeah my parents came from guatemala and my mother is half from guatemala and my mother is half from guatemala and my mother is half spanish half mayan spanish half mayan spanish half mayan and the first priority to come to the and the first priority to come to the and the first priority to come to the united states was to learn english united states was to learn english united states was to learn english so as a so as a so as a credit to my race credit to my race credit to my race speaking english was the greatest honor speaking english was the greatest honor speaking english was the greatest honor and show of dignity as you know and show of dignity as you know and show of dignity as you know in the before time the tower of babel in the before time the tower of babel in the before time the tower of babel was being built because everybody was being built because everybody was being built because everybody understood each other and the and then understood each other and the and then understood each other and the and then somebody come and said let's confuse somebody come and said let's confuse somebody come and said let's confuse their language to make it more difficult their language to make it more difficult their language to make it more difficult so if you want to make your lives so if you want to make your lives so if you want to make your lives easier speak english easier speak english easier speak english i appreciate the translation but miss i appreciate the translation but miss

25:37 i appreciate the translation but miss papasola in english papasola in english papasola in english because i'm a u.s citizen i came to the because i'm a u.s citizen i came to the because i'm a u.s citizen i came to the united states i speak english united states i speak english united states i speak english so thank you so much i hope you so thank you so much i hope you so thank you so much i hope you understood everything understood everything understood everything anyways um and will fuentes should anyways um and will fuentes should anyways um and will fuentes should recuse himself because he keeps voting recuse himself because he keeps voting recuse himself because he keeps voting himself money oh by the way this is open himself money oh by the way this is open himself money oh by the way this is open public comment as long as i don't threaten or campaign then you cannot silence me the way i have been silenced before just because you don't like what i'm saying and i have asked you to keep muslims and the like out of our country but you don't want to take that to legislation i get it you want to listen to the city vancouver because vancouver as fuentes himself stated all of clark county shall become vancouver unabated right his goal is to become vancouver in all of clark county so if you want a redesignation and less intensity right there is your guy who is pushing vancouver to take over

26:34 all of washougal ridgefield all the other cities should be forgotten because you know vancouver with all its meth heads should be in charge anyways enough of that um paid advertisement for um anyway anyways um what is it the housing yeah i agree with no shoebox housing it's ridiculous and as you know in the rich side of town they just put up a lexus uh go buy yourself a new lexus over there on 130th and mill plane but on fourth plane they put up more bike lanes yeah keep the poor poor and let's do anything to rich people vast because maybe they want some more new lexuses right anyways i can't even see this all clark county yeah and the next generation of leaders yeah my : father came here and his father was a colonel and my grandfather was a general and my great grandfathers were presidents of guatemala so i do understand the next generation of leadership

27:33 and i was hoping you know to come to this country and keep the deliones in a military uh strength but obviously i had a kid at 18 so i couldn't join the military as i had planned so consider this me being nice because i don't have anything but uh my words as my weapon so god bless you okay chair that's all that we have signed up in the room unless there was anybody that came in late that would like to provide public comment we do have a couple folks online okay caller you've been sent a request to unmute please go ahead and do so state your name for the record and please go ahead with your comment don steinke yes hello everybody this this is don steinke i live in east clark county state law requires you

28:32 to reduce climate pollution as part of the planning process i proposed three amendments to the comp plan to help you do that and i sent these in writing to you yesterday consider amending your comp plan to reject requests from the gas company to use your public right-of-way for more gas lines i asked this for two reasons allowing gas line extensions is inflationary because the cost is borne by existing rate payers and two because we can't reduce climate pollution by expanding its infrastructure uh next point consider charging rent or franchise fees to the gas industry for use of your land for their pipes in december of 2019 the washington

29:25 supreme court ruled in favor of king county upholding a county ordinance that allows a county to charge electric utilities franchise fees or rent for using public rights away to lay infrastructure like natural gas pipelines you could earmark the income to help low-income residents convert to more efficient heating systems number three this is time sensitive because congress will be back in sex in session november 9. direct your federal lobbyist to ask our congresswoman to protect federal policies that require automakers to sell a modest number of zero-emission vehicles in the state of washington ask her to do that by voting no on hjr 205. also ask congresswoman perez to protect federal policies that require automaker fleets to meet fuel efficiency standards and

30:25 emission standards by voting no on hjr resolution 202 and 211. thank you very much thank you thank you very much thank you thank you the next caller caller you've been sent a request to unmute please go ahead and do so state your name for the record and please go ahead with your comment my name is jason green and this is in regards to the 2025 to 20 2045 comprehensive plan update on the 88 acre site at northeast 139th street the northeast 50th avenue um i'm sharing my thoughts on this 88 acres site at the intersection um in supporting the re-designing this re-designating the site from its current low density residential zoning to a medium density residential zone what we object to how the county plans to serve that density the up-zoning is the right land use decision proving it without funded road

31:25 sidewalk and parking solutions it does not why medium density is right for this site the growth management act directs the county to plan for 20 years of population and housing growth inside urban growth areas and to do it with its urban densities 88 acres inside vancouver vancouver's urban growth area is a rare contiguous block zone for loan density it yields limited number of large lot homes zone for medium density can deliver a broader mix of housing types that prices more households can can reach and it makes better use of water sewer and storm water service area already pays for medium density also supports the county's own direction on middle housing and on consult in consolidating residential district it spreads land and infrastructure costs over more homes and eases pressure on expanded

32:17 on expanded expanding the growth area onto farm and forest lands where we descent the transportation plan does not match the density more homes means more trips at medium density to site wide households and daily trips to a road network that was built for rural and lower density traffic. The comprehensive plan and capital facilities program did not yet show how that demand will be served. We see four gaps. First, road capacity on Northeast 139th Street and Northeast 50th Avenue carry traffic on rural cross sections with limited shoulders and no turn lanes at key intersections. State and county rules require that transportation improvements be made concurrent with development. Residents and applicants across North County have already raised concurrently concerns on parallel corridors

33:12 including Northeast 179th Street. We asked the county to show in the plan which capacity projects serve this site and when will they be built. Second, sidewalks. There are no continuous sidewalks along the site frontage or on the routes or to nearby schools. Transit stops commercial services adding hundreds of households to roads with no walking facilities which residents including children on road shoulders. The county's own transportation needs work tracks missing sidewalks linked by a roadway segment. The density we are supporting should not take effect until a safe. Okay, thank you for your comments. We have a couple more chair. Oh, a couple more. Okay. Caller, you've been sent a request to unmute. Please go ahead. Go ahead and do so. State your name for the record and please go ahead with your comment.

34:06 Good afternoon, Kimberly Goheen-Elba. I just got a shot of Novocaine. So thank you for the prayer this morning as it was very fitting. The Law and Justice Council uses a loophole that absolutely has banned we the people, the public, who pay excessive taxes to this form of government that rules over the people and disregards the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, other civil humane laws of the land and the boundaries of our great creator of life who gave us those boundaries in scripture. This form of government has taken God out of any consideration of those of us who lived here. And I want to add that the Law and Justice Council was mandated by the RCW and without that loophole, we the people would be attending those important

35:02 meetings. So why and what are you hiding? The people demand to know and stop the loophole. I want to speak about overpopulation pollution. We cannot sustain anymore here in Clark County, so stop bringing people in. We need to sustain and look up in the skies for the chemtrails as they are polluting us over and over and over again. My son is poor and he is an innocent man who for two years has been jailed. He eats poor nutritional foods, drinks daily fluoride, and his hair is thinning and falling out. He has very poor bowel movements. They're actually killing him in there. And recently was exposed to a man that was accidentally let out. Had it been another man that was there a few weeks prior, that man would have killed my son.

36:01 So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out without them supposed to be. So this law and justice here in Clark County absolutely takes advantage of the poor and they're lining their pockets with it and I'm not going to stand for that. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. We're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out.

36:50 So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. So we're going to take some action on the jail that has repeatedly allowed people to get out. Okay, thank you for your comments. Thank you. One more chair. Okay. Caller, you've been sent a request to unmute. Please go ahead and do so. State your name for the record. And please go ahead with your comment. Greetings. This is Rob Anderson. I want to speak to the voices urging this council to choose little or no growth. And what that

37:37 is due to affordability. This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. When demand keeps rising and we restrict the land and the permits to build prices go one direction. Every acre we refuse to plan for every fee we stack on new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

38:07 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. When demand keeps rising and we restrict the land and the permits to build prices go one direction. Every acre we refuse to plan for every fee we stack on new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

39:07 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. When demand keeps rising and we restrict the land and the permits to build prices go one direction. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

40:07 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers. This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. When demand keeps rising and we restrict the land and the permits to build prices go one direction. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

41:07 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

48:07 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for younger families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

48:37 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for young families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

1:00:36 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for younger families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

1:01:36 Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for younger families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

1:02:06 This is just basic supply and demand. Clark County keeps adding people, whether we plan for them or not. Every acre we refuse to plan for new homes pushes the price of the next home further out of reach for younger families for seniors trying to downsize for workers.

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1:23:35 Okay, moving on to separate business item two, community services, and this is Michael Torres. Good to see you again, Michael. I apologize, Chair, Council, County Manager. For the record, I'm Michael Torres, Program Manager at Clark County Community Services. And we are here to request county authorization for the county manager to sign the interlocal cooperation agreement with the cities of Battleground, La Center, Ridgefield, Vancouver, Washougal, and the town of Yakult to afford administration of housing benefit funds captured by House Bill 2060 in RCW 36.22.178.

1:24:33 The Washington House Bill 2060 establishes a surcharge on documents recorded by a county auditor's office designated for housing programs that benefit low and extremely low income households. The interlocal agreement is required by state legislation. It prioritizes that these funds be used for homeless shelter operations, transitional and permanent housing, and homeless programs that serve the entire county through a grant application process that is administered by the Community Action Advisory Board. The agreement will be in effect until July 1st. I have a correction, until December 31st, 2031. And it has been reviewed.

1:25:31 In addition by Community Services and the prosecuting attorney, it has also been reviewed by the membership of the Ending Community Homelessness Organization and was sent by our policy advisor, Jordan Bogey, to the Ending Community Homelessness Organization representatives of all the jurisdictions that are present in the interlocal agreement. We did not receive any feedback of requests for changes. I received one question for clarification.

1:26:01 I'm going to ask you to answer it.

1:27:53 Hi.

1:27:55 I'm going to ask you to answer it.

1:30:31 Thank you.