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>> Good evening everyone.
Please come in. There's still
people arriving. Calling to
order Clark County Council.
This. What is the date today?
March 17th, 2026. We are going
to start the meeting with a
special presentation and a
couple of proclamations. So,
Councilor Fuentes, I think you
have the special presentation.
>> Absolutely. Thank you.
Welcome, everyone. I get the
opportunity to read the Clark
County Unity Resolution. And it
starts with. Whereas the Clark
County Council is concerned
about increasing divisive
rhetoric and acts of political
violence and affirms that
violence, intimidation and
threats have no place in a
democratic society. And whereas
Clark County, as an employee of
more than 1700 people and a
governmental body serving over
540,000 residents is committed
to upholding the constitutional
rights of all people and to
serving residents with a wide
range of backgrounds, beliefs
and political viewpoints.
Whereas, the Clark County
Council and Board of Health
previously recognized the
disparities in health and
well-being exists within the
community and directed the
Department of Public Health to
engage in activities to
specifically decrease these
disparities, including
racialized disparities as they
exist in a public health
context. And whereas the United
States was founded on the
principles of pluralism,
individual liberty, and respect
for and tolerance of
differences. Clark County
remains committed to the values
of civic participation and
mutual respect, and celebrates
the heritage and identities of
all our community members,
including differing cultural,
social and economic backgrounds,
political beliefs, ages, races,
gender and sexual identities,
and religions, among other
individual characteristics. And
whereas the Clark, the Council
acknowledges that there are
members of our community who
experience fear or concern for
their personal safety based on
how they look, the color of
their skin, their background,
beliefs, identity or other
perceived characteristics. And
whereas Clark County is
committed to ensuring that all
residents are treated with
dignity and fairness, have
access to public services and
can participate in community
life without intimidation and
discrimination. And whereas
Clark County celebrates the
rich diversity of its residents
and strives to foster
understanding, tolerance and
our shared humanity and
responsibility to create a
county where all residents can
flourish. And Whereas the
council encourages all
residents to express ideas,
concerns and disagreements
honestly and respectfully, and
to engage in civic discourse
with our personal attacks,
threats, or inappropriate
conduct. Now therefore, be it
ordered and resolved by the
Clark County Council that the
Clark County Council declares
unity and universal dignity as
priority values of the county
and resolves the following.
This Council condemns political
violence, threats and
intimidation in all forms. The
Council commits to reviewing
the county's Code of conduct
for County Council members and
members of Clark County boards
and commissions that affirms
and prioritizes dignity and
respect for all community
members. The council will also
make efforts to ensure that
county boards and commissions
reflect the community they
serve. To hear broadly from all
parts of Clark County, the
council affirms its commitment
to the constitutional rights of
all residents of all walks of
life, including freedom of
speech, peaceful assembly and
participation in civic life,
and live in a healthy and
thriving life in Clark County.
The Council condemns or commits
to adopting policies that allow
for decorum and productive
participation in all public
meetings, i.e. the Council
calls upon residents, community
organizations and public
officials to engage in civic
discourse with respect,
courtesy and a shared
commitment to the safety and
dignity of all members of the
community and commits to
working in good faith with
partners across Clark County to
work together to solve our
community's challenges and
provide the opportunity to
thrive in Southwest Washington.
Scientists say. 17th day of
March, 2026. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you. That was a
rather long one. I appreciate
you reading that. And now to
proclamations. Councilor little
will be presenting this one
National Community Development
Week and accepting it is
Dominique Merryweather,
executive director of Proud
Ground. Dominique here. There's
Dominique. You can just come
forward. Yep.
>> Working. All right. Whereas
Community Development Week is
the time of year where we
highlight the impact. The
Community Development Block
Grant, otherwise known as Cdbg
and the Home Investment
Partnerships program, otherwise
known as home have in our
community. And whereas the Cdbg
and home programs provide
annual funding and flexibility
to local communities to provide
decent, safe and affordable
housing, a suitable living
environment, and economic
opportunities to low and
moderate income people. And
Whereas Clark County has
received over 72 million of
Cdbg funding since 1975 and
over 27 million of home funding
since 1992, and has funded a
variety of projects and
programs that have directly
benefited our citizens and
neighborhoods. And Whereas, our
community urges Congress to
recognize the outstanding work
being done locally and
nationally with Cdbg and home
funds by supporting increased
funding for both programs in FY
2027 and now, therefore, be it
resolved that the County of
Clark designates the week of
April 6 to 10, 2026, as
National Community Development
Week in Clark County,
Washington, in support of this
valuable program that has made
tremendous contributions to the
viability of the housing stock,
infrastructure and the economic
well-being of our community,
and urge citizens to join in
recognizing the positive
impacts of both the Community
Development Block Grant and
Home Investment Partnership
programs, and the importance
they serve in our community.
Signed the 17th day of March,
2026 by the entire county
Council. So.
>> Thanks and thank you for
that.
>> There we go. Thanks and
thank you for that proclamation.
We appreciate the funding that
the county and the support that
the county has given Krout
ground in support of
permanently, permanently
affordable homeownership. Krout
ground is a community land
trust where the largest
community land trust in the
United States or, I'm sorry, in
the northwest and probably
fifth largest in the United
States. Our focus is on
creating homeownership
opportunities to low and
moderate income households. And
so we can do the work that we
do and advance our mission
without the support of the
county. And so we appreciate
that. I also want to say that
I'm a commissioner for the
Vancouver Housing Authority,
and so I also appreciate the
support that the county has
given to the housing Authority
as well. So thank you very much.
Appreciate it.
>> Okay. Our next proclamation
is in celebration of Nowruz,
brought to us by the Afghan
community. And there are
several members of the Afghan
community that are here. But
accepting will be Mariam
Azadpur and Khalid. Barzak
Baskar. You can correct me on
that. I'll come down and read
this. Is it. It's on already.
Okay, great. Okay. Whereas the
spring equinox occurs on Friday,
March 20th, making the first
day of the Persian New Year,
also known as Nowruz or New Day,
and which is celebrated by many
cultures across the world. And
whereas Nowruz is an important
holiday for the Clark County
Afghan community, who celebrate
the first day of spring with
celebrations of family, food
and togetherness in 2026. It
also coincides with Eid, which
is another important holiday
for many county residents. And
whereas Clark County is home to
hundreds of residents of Afghan
heritage who contribute to the
vibrancy of the county through
their work, volunteerism and
community spirit. And whereas
the arrival of spring marks the
renewal of the natural cycle,
with longer days, more sunshine
and blooming plants that
further enhance the beauty of
southwest Washington. Now,
therefore, the Clark County
Council does hereby proclaim
March 20th, 2026 as Nowruz in
Clark County, Washington, and
asked residents to join in
celebrating the arrival of
spring and the renewal of the
natural cycle. We are all a
part of. Dated this 17th day of
March 2026 and signed by the
entire Council.
>> Yeah, sure. Sure sure. Hello?
Hello. Okay.
>> Good evening. My name is
Khalid Zabolotska and I am a
member of Afghan Community in
Clark County. Today, on behalf
of the Afghan community, I
would like to express our
sincere gratitude and
appreciation to the leadership
of Clark County and recognition
of Nowruz, which is an
important celebration for our
heritage and the New year.
Today is a proud and historic
moment for us. It will be
remembered as a day of hope and
a new beginning. Today, our
community feels more welcome,
more seen and at home more than
ever. This recognition also
marks the beginning of a
stronger partnership between
the Afghan community and also
the government of Clark County.
We look forward to working
together and contribute more
and more to the growth of our
shared community. So I want to
end with this. I would like to
thank the county Council staff
members who facilitated this
special occasion. And also, I
want to thank our friends,
volunteers and fellow Afghan
community members who are
attending with us today. And
thank you so much.
>> Thank you.
>> We're happy to have you join
us. Okay. Now, if you will join
me in standing for the Pledge
of Allegiance and remain
standing for the invocation
that will be provided by Rob
Poole of 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, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you.
>> Father. We come to you this
evening with just a humble and
grateful heart. We recognize
and acknowledge you as the
creator of heaven and earth,
King of the universe, Lord of
all. Thank you for being
mindful of us, for loving us,
inviting us. I guess I'll just
talk louder, inviting us to be
your children. Lord, help us to
love and honor you and to love
and honor our neighbor as
ourselves. Help us to remember
that we are all created in your
image. Therefore, we are worthy
of love and respect. Lord, we
ask for wisdom for our leaders
here and abroad that you
protect them, bless them, and
open their minds and their
hearts for your will to be done.
Bless these council members,
these families, and their
communities. We pray for wisdom
this day, to make good
decisions and to walk on this
earth in a manner that would
bring honor and glory to you.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
>> Thank you very much. Okay,
let's move on to well, so some
people might be leaving us with
the council roll call.
>> Councilor Belkot present.
Councilor Fuentes.
>> Here.
>> Councilor little here. Chair
Marchel here.
>> Okay. Are there any
amendments to the agenda? Oh,
yes.
>> I have one amendment for
this evening. If we can add
under separate business item
number six. It's an emergency
resolution to approve a
temporary road closure.
>> Great. Thank you. Okay, then
we'll open it up to public
comment. And this time it's
open for open public comment
and public comment on any
consent, agenda items or
separate business items.
>> And chair, we have some
folks signed up. Julie Kepp
yeah.
>> Hi. Julie Kepp, district two.
Good evening, councilors. Thank
you for allowing me to speak. I
attended my first Clark County
meeting exactly one year ago
today. I don't know if you guys
recall that meeting, and maybe
I just remember it because you
never forget your first time.
But the meeting was something
else that I was not expecting.
Attendance was overflowing into
the other room. 58 people spoke
and it took 2.5 hours just to
get through the public comments.
In the years since, I've
attended as many meetings as I
can get in in one form or
another. I've learned a lot
about the work that goes on in
the council, the boards, the
commissions, and the various
departments. I've listened to
some interesting staff reports
and seen some wonderful
PowerPoint presentations on
everything from the comp plan
to law and justice to public
health, housing, parks, water
and so on and so on. I've been
a witness to some affecting
public comment periods, such as
the one last fall when mobile
home owners plead their case
for a moratorium on park sales
so they wouldn't lose their
homes. And I've gotten to know
all of you on the council a
little bit better, at least in
your roles here. I'm trying,
and I belong to a group that is
really trying to persuade
people to become more involved
in local politics, to attend
meetings of the county council,
library board, school boards,
city council, charter
commission, whatever floats
their boat. Most people I know
are like me and haven't really
followed much in the way of
local politics over the years
beyond what they need to know
when it comes time to vote. But
I found that showing up,
watching, listening turns
issues into people. And I know
that learning more about local
government, both the challenges
and the successes, has made me
feel more a part of the
community. I don't just live in
Clark County, but I feel more a
part of it. A tiny part for
sure. But still. So thank you
to councilors and to all the
staff who work so hard to make
Clark County everything it can
be. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Rick Ramirez.
>> My name is Rick Vermeer's
chair of the Clark County
Republican Election Integrity
Team. I'm commenting on a
separate business item one, the
Elections Department's order. I
am very familiar with this item.
The order is a pivotal part of
the ballot processing. Every
ballot envelope passes through
this order at least twice
during any election.
Operational failure of this 20
year old machine would lead to
excruciatingly long search
sessions of hand sorting, with
possible delayed results. With
this in mind, the project is
well thought out and will
provide for backup in the
unlikely event that one of the
two new machines has a
temporary failure. Ballot
processing for large elections
can also be completed with more
speed and efficiency, as the
two sorters can be operated
concurrently. The timing of
this project is purely
operational and is not
political in any way. I urge
you to vote pro on this item.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Bruce Barnes.
>> Good evening, Council and
chair. My name is Bruce Barnes.
For the record, I appreciate
the opportunity to speak. First
of all, I'd like to speak on an
issue that was brought to my
attention about the council
request of approval for $2,000
to the Community Foundation of
Southwest Washington. It's my
understanding that you're
giving $1,000 to citizens to
tell their story of being
homeless. I don't know if
that's true or not, but I'm
here to figure that out because
if that is the case, it's the
same thing that's going on on
Fourth Plain Corridor. It's
against the state constitution.
Because if you're going to give
one group of people money,
you've got to give another
group of people money. So that
would be an illegal action on
this board's approval. Secondly,
I like your proclamation
because I'm not a person that
hates anybody. I hate their
actions. And we've seen some
disturbing actions at this
county council, but I've also
seen some disturbing actions
where councilors have
participated in no Ice rallies
or no King's rallies or
whatever the the rally may be.
This group is supposed to be in
Partizans. You're supposed to
serve the whole community, not
your party line. Period, in my
opinion. And that's the way I
would be if I was a councilor
here. I've really got no
interest to run for council job,
but I've been around politics
my entire life, and I've seen a
lot of people handle things a
lot differently. So that means
no buttons on your shirt. You
know it. To me, it's just not
the way to conduct business as
a professional. Thirdly, I
don't know if you saw the
article in the Columbian
newspaper about the Timberlands
that are up in Wake County.
We've got the same thing going
on right here, right in
Washougal, Washington. I
contacted the timber manager,
and under no circumstances are
they going to let anybody go on
their property. Now, this is a
property that is being funded
by an overseas pension. Okay.
But yet they're buying all this
property from Weyerhaeuser's,
some Forest Service land and
amongst other stuff, we need to
tax them accordingly because
now this is an investment
company and this is an
investment no different than if
I invest in stocks. I've got to
pay my taxes when I take that
money out. Right? So that's
very important to me because
I'm an outdoors person. It's
just blocking me out of my
outdoor activity, right? And of
course, mats as well. So we've
got to do better on that. And I
guess that's all I've got for
this evening. Thanks for your
time.
>> Thank you.
>> Is there anybody else in the
room who'd like to speak who
didn't sign up? Okay, we do
have some folks online.
>> Okay. We'll take them one at
a time.
>> Kaliner, you've been sent a
request to unmute yourself.
Please do so. State your name
for the record and go ahead
with your comments.
>> Good evening. Kimberly
Gavenn Elbon. Well. On your
unity resolution committed to
upholding the constitutional
rights of all peoples. I'm
going to mention again the
illegal immigrants here. It's
going to tie into the other
proclamations that you have
today. You mentioned that it's
racialized disparities. Well,
I'm white and I have a
disparity that you guys have
said that we can't speak on the
minutes, which I believe is
unconstitutional. I would like
to tell people that they are to
fear not. God created all
people of all different colors.
Hallelujah. And those that fear.
They left their country because
of that fear. And they came
over here. We're supposed to be
accepting all of that, I get
that. So why would they want to
fear here? They shouldn't,
especially because of their
color, that's for sure. Or
their background or their sex
or anything else. As far as
political violence pertaining
to the Norahs, if I'm not
mistaken, last week it
mentioned this was going to be
for the Iranian people, the
Iranian nation hates America.
So I'm concerned, highly
concerned for public safety. If
there are any of them here that
are illegal and haters for
America. I know that when they
have their norahs celebrations,
even in their own country,
there's political violence and
unrest. So we don't want that
here, that's for sure. Welcome
to everybody. Of course, as
I've always said to the Russian
and Ukrainian and Afghanistan
communities, but we want them
legally here so that we can vet
them and know that they're not
going to harm the people that
pay taxes and vote. So I'm
going to get to the separate
business. Number one, the mail
sorter I was thanks to Rick, I
am a little bit more informed.
I was thinking that we were
going to have mail in voting
where we want to save act. And
the Save act is safeguard
American voter eligibility. So
we definitely want that. And
therefore, why would we need a
mail sorter? But he kind of
explained that. So if it's to
do with counting the ballots,
that's wonderful. It does say
mail sorter. So I'm thinking,
you know, we don't want any
more mail in votes. We want
people in person show their
credentials just like any
anywhere else. Your separate
business number two says prior
council discussions, there have
been no prior council
discussions.
>> Thank you. Your time is up.
>> Carla, you've been sent a
request to unmute yourself.
Please do so. State your name
for the record and go ahead
with your comments.
>> Hello, my name is Heidi Pozo.
I'm here tonight regarding the
Wasch dot contract for the I51
79 interchange. I've been
reviewing traffic studies for
developments in the county and
the city of Richfield, areas
that impact the 179 corridor,
as well as the transportation
data underlying the the D I s.
The model output files, the
land use inputs and generation
data. And I'm in various stages
of outreach with community
planning, public works and the
RTC. I'm still waiting for
responses and meetings. So I
want to be clear that I don't
have all the answers yet, but
what I can say in the data
that's already available is
concerning, and it goes beyond
one intersection or one road
segment. The recent Traffic
Studies Project 2028 conditions.
Assuming the corridor
improvements have already been
built, the interchange, the
roundabouts, the widening. Even
with all of that in place,
there are points of failure
across the broader Salmon Creek
and fairgrounds area. I
provided you data over the
weekend. The points of failure
show up across multiple studies
prepared by different firms for
different developments. When
you look at the 20 year picture,
the pattern continues. The D, e,
I s acknowledges on page 159
that that its analysis assumes
completion of all regional
transportation plan projects.
And if those projects are
delayed, impacts would be more
significant than indicated on
page 160. It acknowledges
significant growth in north
south travel demand that some
arterials have been built to
their ultimate design and can't
be realistically widened, and
that reducing level of service
standards is one of the options
being considered. The I-5 South
the I-5 southbound on ramp at
179 is essentially a capacity
in the D I s model, and freeway
congestion persists between the
I-5 205 merge and Ridgefield.
Even after completion of all
three major projects in the
corridor, the 205 1/34
interchange, the I-5 1/79
interchange and the I-5 219
Ridgefield Connector. Even
though the Ridgefield Connector
isn't in the RTP plan, this
isn't a problem with one
segment. It's a pattern across
Salmon Creek and fairgrounds
area. Near term failures before
the improvements are built and
long term congestion after
they're completed, before
committing to a design contract
for for an interchange we
already know have reason to
believe will be insufficient.
Doesn't it make sense to step
back and look at the area
holistically to understand how
these projects and roads
interact, where the real
pressure points are, and
whether the current design
actually addresses the problem.
Before we start spending on
engineering, I respectfully ask
the council to consider that
question before approving this
contract. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Jackie Lane, you've been
sent a request to unmute
yourself. Please do so and go
ahead with your comments. Carla,
you've been sent a request to
unmute yourself. Please do so.
State your name for the record
and go ahead with your comments.
>> I got it, sorry. It took a
while to for it to let me
unmute. Good evening,
councilors and staff. I'd like
to ask if someone Kol consent.
Agenda number five the contract
extension for related to comp
plan and explain to us and each
other what this means for the
comp plan timeline. In addition
to this contract, what other
impacts and costs will there be?
What is the new schedule?
Because one hasn't been posted?
What cost benefit analysis has
been done on this careless
ignoring of the state
requirements for the completion
of the comp plan, and when will
the new schedule be published?
Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Is there anyone
else? Nobody else. Okay. Oh,
okay. Let's take them.
>> Kaliner, you've been sent a
request to unmute yourself.
Please do so. State your name
for the record and go ahead
with your comments.
>> Good evening. My name is
Alex Luna. For the record, it's
been over a month since your
immigration statement, and yet
still no tangible action has
been taken from the council. So
far, the timeline has been that
the county manager told us at
the end of 2025 to expect the
Camp Bonneville FBI contract
back on the agenda in January
of 2026. During several
meetings in which we discussed
the council's immigration
statement, Councilor Young
stated, and most of you agreed
that he felt that Ice and any
other agencies collaborating
with them should not be allowed
to use our county resources.
There is proof beyond any doubt
that the FBI is collaborating
with Ice, and countless
examples of this have been sent
to you repeatedly, and yet this
item has still not made its way
back onto the agenda. I urge
you to bring this item back on
the agenda and say plainly that
you will discontinue the FBI's
use of Camp Bonneville
immediately. Furthermore,
councilors, I urge you to issue
a moratorium on all non
municipal detention centers to
prevent DHS from expanding
their concentration camps in
Clark County. This action has
been taken in many counties
across the US, including
Washington's own King County.
On March 3rd, the council
member who sponsored this
stated Kings County's King
County's land and resources
should be used to support the
health, safety and well-being
of our communities, not to
build systems that isolate,
intimidate and harm the very
people who make our region
strong. I could not have said
it better myself. In fact,
Councilor Young said something
very similar during the several
meetings I attended in which we
discussed the immigration
statement. If you truly believe
that federal enforcement
agencies who collaborate with
Ice and Ice activities should
not be allowed to use our
county resources, prove it. You
can at any time request this to
be added back to the agenda.
Change your vote and put this
issue to rest once and for all.
Thank you so much.
>> Thank you. Oh, we've got
another one.
>> Kaliner, you've been sent a
request to unmute yourself.
Please do so. State your name
for the record and go ahead
with your comments.
>> Thank you. My name is Sarah
Newhouse and I'm a resident of
Vancouver. And I'm here to
state my concern that the
county council has still not
added the topic of Camp
Bonneville back to a meeting
agenda. I am asking you to
bring the topic back for a vote
and to end the FBI's use of
this land. Furthermore, I'm
asking you to issue a
moratorium on all non municipal
detention centers in Clark
County. The community is asking
you to take action, which is
very much in this council's
purview to do to prevent DHS
from expanding their power and
the concentration camps that
are being built in this country,
in our home. I know your
inboxes are full of proof and
justifications about why the
community is demanding action
of you. There is an abundance
of reporting that Ice detention
centers are inhumane. Ice is
unlawfully detaining
individuals who have no
criminal record. Ice detention
centers are killing people, and
the FBI is providing support
for these activities and is
targeting those who oppose DHS
actions through the Nspm seven
directive. Please stop wasting
time here. Us, represent us,
fight with us to keep our
community safe. Listen to the
news. Around the country.
Communities are winning the
fight when they stand up about
what they want for their
communities. This council has
to take responsibility and take
action on this matter. Thank
you for giving me time this
evening.
>> Thank you. Is there anyone
else? Oh, there's still one
more.
>> Wendy Cleveland, you've been
sent a request to unmute
yourself. Please do so and go
ahead with your comments.
>> Hi. Can you hear me? All
right.
>> Yes we can.
>> All right. So, Wendy
Cleveland, so from the rumors
I'm hearing on social media, I
have some questions, rhetorical
questions for now, but I would
love some answers. If the City
of Battleground is claiming
that it needs all of the wooded
land between its western city
limit and dollars corner and
beyond to develop. For light
industry to meet the projected
growth target of 6 or 7000 more
jobs by 2045. If that's the
case, why would they have
approved the sale of the last
remaining industrial land? Some
of the last of it anyway, which
seems like about more than 50
acres to what's rumored to be a
mega church. Did the city of
Battleground give away its last
industrial land for non
industrial use because of poor
planning? If that is the case,
then why would the council
assume that it would do any
better? If it's given more land?
Does the rumored church that
plans on building on some of
the last remaining large swaths
of industrial land in
battleground, have any
connection with Maddix? Do any
of the current past or present
city council, battleground,
city Council members or
planners have any personal
connection to Maddix or the
group that's building that
church, whoever they are, if it
is a church, what do they stand
to gain? And is the rumored
city hall that the rumored
church is rumored to be
building on that last large
swath of industrial land in
battleground? Is it really more
of a homeschool outpost or
co-op? These are all questions
I have. If any of you could
find out about that, I would
love a response. I can go ahead
and send questions via email
just so that you can get back
to me on the easier path. Just
before we just blindly approve
this site specific request of
dollars corner from
battleground, could we please
look at the land that they
already have, which is a
massive section of land still
in their city limits before
approving more land that is
heavily wooded and surrounded
by homes for more light
industry when they're not even
using the land that they have
now for that industry. And I
realize it goes to 2045. But
still, if the planners have set
themselves up to be in this
area where they need to ask for
more land, let's let's look at
what they're asking for. Thank
you. Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
>> Thank you. Oh, and we have
one more.
>> Caller. You've been sent a
request to unmute yourself.
Please do so. State your name
for the record and go ahead
with your comments.
>> Hi, my name is Liz Backstrom.
For the record, I'm a resident
of Vancouver. I just wanted to
also put in my opinion about
the FBI and I center, I would
like to encourage the council
to not support the building of
an ice center in the community.
I think that would be harmful
and not a good use of community
resources. And I've heard it
said, I saw an article in the
Columbian saying that we don't
have control over this, and I
don't think that's true based
on reading I've done about
other communities who have been
able to reject this. So I would
encourage you to use your
community power and listen to
the voice of the people who are
saying, we don't want this. At
least 12 other communities have
voted this down and have gotten
them out of their communities.
And I would also, I'm new to
council meetings, but I also am
just somewhat concerned that
there is a Christian prayer at
this meeting because this seems
like a government function and
I'm a Christian, so I don't
have a problem with God. But I
thought we're supposed to be a
little more neutral about these
things. So that's all I've got.
Thank you for the chance to
speak.
>> Thank you. Okay, now we're
done. All right. Thanks for all
those comments. Moving on to
the well, I guess just
following up, I have a question
based on some of the public
comments related to Camp
Bonneville and the FBI, as I
understand, we don't currently
have an agreement with the FBI
to use Camp Bonneville.
>> That is correct. And they're
not using Camp Bonneville.
>> They're not using Camp
Bonneville. Is this something
that will come back before the
council, or do we have a
timeline?
>> I don't have a timeline
right now.
>> No timeline. Okay, thanks. I
just wanted to clear that up.
Is there anything from the
consent agenda that anyone, any
counselor would like to pull?
>> Share? Yes. Agenda item
number five for community
member Jackie Lane's request
had a couple of questions that
she wanted answered. I only
wrote one.
>> Oh, we can we'll bring it up
when we bring that topic up. Is
there any any other items that
you want to pull? Other
councilors I would like to pull
item 14, which I believe was
the engineering related to
179th, just to provide some
context there. Okay. That
leaves item one through 18 with
the exception of five and 14 if
there's a motion to approve.
>> So moved.
>> Thank you for your motion.
>> Second.
>> Moved and seconded. All
those in favor say I.
>> I, I.
>> Okay then moving on to item
five, Councilor Fuentes.
>> Yeah, as I mentioned earlier,
community member Jackie Lane
had a couple of questions. One
in particular was about the new
timeline timeline, if there in
fact is one. And she had
another question I do not
recall. I didn't get a chance
to write it down, and I was
hoping that Oliver perhaps had
an opportunity to write that
down.
>> And I believe Oliver's
online, but I can speak to the
timeline anyway. Right now
there isn't one. Okay, we're
waiting for the work session
tomorrow and to get direction
from Council on when we can
notice for a public hearing to
select an alternative. And once
we have that, Oliver and his
staff will solidify that into a
timeline.
>> Thank you.
>> And I just a follow up
question. So this item in and
of itself would, I guess, is
that would this mean extending
the timeline?
>> This is simply extending
this contract timeline through
the end of the year so that we
can, once we get that
information, they can continue
to work because the contract is
ending.
>> Because we have not made a
decision on the preferred
alternative.
>> That is correct.
>> That's delayed everything.
Yes. Oliver, would you like to
add anything to this?
>> Good evening. Councilors
know the county manager stated
it very well. This this will
not change the budget. Nothing.
It's just giving them the
opportunity to get back to
working when we have the
preferred, because there is the
firm that will complete the
final EIS. So nothing more to
add. Councilors, thank you for
the opportunity.
>> Thank you. Any other
questions? Councilor Fuentes.
>> I'd like to move to approve
consent agenda item number five.
>> Okay. Thank you for your
motion. Moved and seconded. Any
comments or thoughts? Hearing
none. All those in favor, say
aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank
you. Now. Item 14 related to
preliminary engineering
services on I-5 and northeast
179th. So Ken and Jeremy and
someone I haven't met yet.
Thank you for coming up. If you
could just provide some context
for this particular item. I
know there are a lot of issues
along 179th and the roads
leading into it, so thank you.
>> Of course. Thank you for the
opportunity. For the record,
Jeremy Provenza, County
Engineer, Public Works I have
with me Brian. He's the project
manager assigned to this to the
corridor for the moment. And
the item before you is related
to preliminary engineering
services being performed by
Wasch. Dot for unincorporated
Clark County, elements in close
proximity to the interchange
work that they're going to be
doing. They tie in nicely with
the work that they're already
doing, and there are some
efficiency gains by having them
do some of this work. We will
come back to council for right
of way and construction phases
in the future as this work
progresses. And I think if you,
Rebecca, if you're willing to
scroll down a little bit, a
couple of pages, there's a
proximity map that highlights
the areas that Washdot will be
working on.
>> Okay, so this is really
confined to I-5 and 179th. Is
there a timeline when this will
be this work will be begin.
>> The work. The work captured
here is part of the Wasch dot
contract I think would be
coupled with their construction
schedule for the interchange.
And Brian, do you have the
current schedule for that when
that would start construction?
>> Yes. So as we we understand
it now through coordination
with Wasch dot, their work is
to start in 2029, but that
would be specifically for the
bridges. That work will
continue on for about a year
and a half, a little bit over
that. Once they finish the
bridge construction across 179
there, then they would take on
some of these county road work
areas afterwards. They they are
still looking at potential to
work those in if they have the
opportunity to, at that time
frame where bridges are being
completed. But as of now,
coordination, they'll take on
sort of that work once they
finish the bridge work, which
again starts in 29. But we'll
continue on for about a year
and a half or over that. Then
they would take on some of
these areas in the county after.
>> And if there was a delay in
our approval of this, what
impact would that have?
>> So the main the main element
with this agreement is it's
streamline the delivery and the
coordination efforts for these
areas. As we. We must design
and evaluate them concurrently
as these areas are where the
county and Rosdahl areas meet.
So without the approval for
this, it's. We would have to
sort of strategize to make sure
that we incorporate these areas
into our design. As far as
delaying construction, I don't
see that necessarily being as a
significant impact to delay the
construction as we're
anticipating right now, but it
does sort of make things a bit
more challenging and
delineating county versus Wasch
dot work and coordinating that
from design through
construction.
>> Great. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> All right. Any other
questions? I'll entertain a
motion for approval.
>> So moved.
>> Thank you. Is there a second?
Moved and seconded. All those
in favor, say I. I I. Thanks
very much.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay, then moving on to
separate business. So we have
our county auditor here tonight.
We're ready for your item
auditor's office elections. If
you want to come up and explain
this to you to us.
>> Well.
>> Zubaidy figure this out. Red
light on. I'm good.
>> Good. You'll get it. Thank
you. You'll get it by the end.
>> Of the year. Yeah. Finally.
Well, thank you for the record.
Greg Kimsey, Clark County
Auditor Actually, I think
Citizen Rick Ramirez did a
fantastic job of explaining the
situation here. We have a 20
year old envelope sorting
machine that doesn't just sort
envelopes. It also takes a
picture of every signature on
every envelope that goes
through that. So that's another
very important function of that
machine. It's 20 years old. We
learned we were hoping until
this January, we were hoping to
not replace that machine until
after the next presidential
election. But in January, we
learned from the vendor they
would no longer support the
machine. And so it's again, as
Mr. Ramirez explained, it is a
critical, critical piece of
equipment in the ballot, in the
ballot processing system. And I
urge you to approve our ability
to sign this contract.
>> Okay. Thank you. Are there
any questions from council?
Hearing none.
>> I just want to give you the
opportunity to address mail in
voting system that we have in
the state and how the
reliability of it.
>> Well, thank you, Councilor
Little, I appreciate that. So
the the voting system that has
been developed over many, many
years here in the state of
Washington, whereby every
registered voter is mailed a
ballot, is secure, it is
transparent, it provides good
accessibility for voters, it's
convenient for voters, and it
produces results that
accurately reflect the the
combined vote of all the voters
who choose to participate. As
you are very aware, there are a
large numbers, large number of
controls and procedures in
place to ensure the integrity
of that process, and I'm happy
to go into greater detail. If
you'd like me to, I can go as
long as you want.
>> I think you covered it well.
Okay. Thank you. With that, is
there a motion to approve?
>> So moved second.
>> So that separate business
item one for the purchase of
the Bluecrest mail sorting
machines. Thank you auditor. So
without any further comment,
all those in favor say I, I, I
okay motion carries. All right.
Item two. This is also the
assessor's office. Oh no, the
assessor's not the auditor. So
Michael Fish, welcome. Tell us
what you'd like us to know on
this item.
>> Good evening. Councilors
Michael Fish, chief deputy
Assessor, Assessor's Office
This is a staff report
partnered with our Information
Technology office. I'm not sure
if Mike Sprinkel is online.
Actually I do see him up there.
So Mike, if you don't mind,
I'll kick us off and please
feel free to jump in. We're
asking for pre-approval for our
fall supplemental budget of
$43,000 to fund our docu
project. What that does is it
gives us the funding, the
project development, migration
hours to move our existing
assessor's office Laserfiche
portals to their new hosted
environment, redraw, remap,
reconstruct the processes, the
portal in their own kind of
configuration, which actually
helps our office improve
efficiency. Longer term, these
the way they're designing the
new system will make these
processes easier for our teams
to manage internally, easier
for us to grow and expand these
services to other customers.
And this is really part of a
bigger countywide, enterprise
wide engagement, right, to
bring laserfiche solutions to
the county. So I think Mike
Sprinkle's already done a great
job of kind of proceeding and
talking about this project. So
I'll gladly hand it over to him.
>> The only other thing that I
would add is just that this is
kind of the actually the start
of a larger cost saving
initiative. So we're trying to
get Laserfiche ready to be a
truly enterprise solution for
the county. The current setup
is, is a little bit kind of
purposely limited to only the
assessor's office. And we're
happy to work with the
assessor's office to, to make
this an enterprise solution for
the whole county.
>> I would like to add one more
point. This is also a measure
for cost avoidance, partnering
with it and looking forward to
this enterprise content
management system. It's really
a cost avoidance for us too. We
have physical servers on
premise that would have to be
replaced, and then we have to
administer said servers, and
that's not cheap. So the amount
of extra money we're looking to
fund this is definitely cost
avoidance and helps improve
products for our citizens, our
team members and a lot of other
people moving forward.
>> Great. Thank you. Are there
any questions from council? I
would just say thank you. I
know the strategy has been we
are not getting the revenue to
keep up with all of the
expenses. And as we can move to
technology, technological
solutions as much as that's
possible. So thanks for your
work on this. Both. Both you.
Michaels. Thank you. Okay, with
that, I'll entertain a motion
to approve separate business.
Item number two.
>> So moved.
>> Thank you. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Moved and seconded. All
those in favor, say I.
>> I.
>> I motion carries. Okay.
Community services item three.
And Michael Torres, welcome.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Chair.
Council County manager, Michael
Torres, program manager at
Clark County Community Services.
And we are here to request
county Council approval to
provide $2,000 to the Community
Foundation of Southwest
Washington to facilitate the
distribution of Honorariums or
stipends to echo that's ending
community homelessness.
Organization members that have
lived. Experience of
homelessness. In addition, we'd
like to request the County
Manager to have the authority
to sign up the agreements and
any resulting amendments or
modifications. As background.
This is a request, this
provision of stipend by the
members of the Ending Community
Homelessness Organization that
is a convening of primarily
elected officials, which
includes representation from
the Clark County Council, the
City of Vancouver Council, and
councilors from every city in
the county, along with some
other entities such as the
Vancouver Housing Authority. To
provide stipends. The request
is to provide stipends to new
members to the Echo that
committee that have lived
experience with homelessness,
part of the Echo charter since
this creation, has called for
participation of people that
have lived. Experience of
homelessness to be able to
advise these elected
policymakers in the discussions
they're having on the issues
around homelessness and the
barriers to providing services.
Other government agencies, such
as the state, do offer
honorariums or stipends to
participants who are low income
to help them overcome barriers
to full participation in their
volunteer activities. In the
work, people would only receive
these stipends after they
participate in meetings. We
have consulted with the
auditor's office and our
prosecuting attorney to confirm
the legality and propriety of
of doing this. The volunteer
term would be approximately 12
months, with the possibility
for that to be extended, there
would be maximum of $1,000
going to each of the two
individuals, and that would be
provided proportionally
distributed after each meeting.
Over the course of the 12
months. This would be
administered by the Community
Foundation of Southwest
Washington, which has
experience. They have
established policies and
practices for providing
volunteers with stipends in
this manner, and I'm open to
any questions or discussion you
may have.
>> Thank you. Are there any
questions?
>> Sure.
>> Questions.
>> Go ahead. Michael, I just
have a question. So I'm looking
at the agenda versus what's on
here. So it's saying requesting
approval to provide $2,000 to
the Community Foundation of
Southwest Washington. But here
in the staff report, it talks
about what is it, 1000 maximum
per individual to be paid on a
monthly basis annually. So they
could be paid $1,000 a month?
>> No, that would be a total up
to. So it's $2,000 total
request. It would be put into a
contract with the Community
Foundation, Southwest
Washington. It would be as a
statement of work, stand alone
for the administration of these
stipends. So that's the total
$2,000 amount over a 12 month
period. There are potentially
two echo members that would be
individuals with lived
experience that would join the
the Echo as participants. And
then after they're
approximately how many meetings.
Jordan a year. 12. It's it's
monthly.
>> Yeah. Typically I would say,
you know, there's usually a
month or two. We end up
skipping if it falls on a
holiday or something like that.
So typically you're looking at
10 or 11 meetings a year of
echo.
>> So after each each meeting,
after an individual has been
confirmed to have attended and
participated in the meeting,
the Community Foundation of
Southwest Washington would give
a portion of that up to $1,000
that that individual could
receive throughout the course
of the whole year. So if it's
ten meetings that are scheduled
in the year, they'd probably be
entitled to $100 stipend for
attending that meeting. If they
did not attend all ten meetings,
they would not get to the
$1,000.
>> So they not they may not
necessarily even be talking.
It's just based on attendance.
>> It I guess their
participation in the meeting
would vary depending on what's
going on in the meeting. I'm
sure that, you know, there may
be meetings where those
individuals are not necessarily
being asked something actively,
but I would expect they would.
There's generally it's there's
pretty adequate participation
from all members on the echo.
And there may also be some
subcommittee work that they are
asked to participate in.
>> Okay. I was part of that
committee for a year. I think
it was my second year in
council. So I'm very familiar
with what they do. I just I
have some issue with this
because we are in a deficit as
a county. So I think you.
>> Other questions?
>> Yeah. What would be the
selection process for folks? Is
there would there be a slate of
candidates to choose from? And
would there be an interview
process? How do you appoint
people?
>> So the, the actual process
of selection and appointment is
not run by community services.
But what I expect it will be
echo that drives it. What I do
expect will happen is I know
that if this stipend gets
approved shortly after that
approval, the County manager's
office, Michelle Fenning, will
be issuing Uhl through county
communications. An announcement
of the volunteer opportunity
that will be posted in the
community and distributed and
applicants. Based on that
opportunity will be identified.
I'm sure that they will be
brought to the Echo like their,
you know, whatever application
paperwork is generated from
that, it'll be brought to the
Echo for screening and
selection. I believe there will
be some kind of interview
process. And I imagine out of
that it's going to be selection
from the Echo. What
recommendation for appointment?
I would assume it will come
back to the council, but I
think I'll defer to Jordan if
you have any details. But
that's not going to be the
community services process.
That's going to be echo.
>> Thanks, Michael. Yes, for
the record. Jordan Boger so
yeah, so I think the plan that
we have currently for
recruiting folks with lived
experience of homelessness,
this is something that's
identified in the Echo Charter,
but for many years just hasn't
really happened. There had been
some recruiting efforts
previously. They'd fallen out
and the group really would like
to get some folks with lived
experience with homelessness.
We think that the group thinks
that this will help sort of
incentivize folks to to
participate, even if maybe
they're, you know, low income
or may otherwise, you know,
have some financial barriers to
participating otherwise. But
the process would be we have a
draft press release that the
group has worked on put
together. We would put out that
press release, send that out to
the community, solicit
applications. We'd have a
subcommittee from echo review
those applications. And yeah,
if needed, would do an
interview process with the
finalists and then those
recommendations. That's my
understanding as well, Michael,
that those nominations that
echo says, hey, we think these
are the folks that we think
should be in this group, would
come back to council, kind of
like how you approve other
boards and commissions that the
county manager puts forward for
your approval, and then they
would go forward, and then the
stipend process would work, as
Michael described it.
Essentially, we'd need
verification that they attended
the meetings and participated,
and then the community
foundation would be able to
manage that program and provide
that stipend.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Other questions? Council.
>> Have a comment. This just to
me, we have a lot of people on
different boards and committees
for the county. I mean, why,
why, if we're going to open
stipends up for this particular
board, why aren't we opening it
up to. I just think that this
is there's some equity issues
here. I just. Yeah, I why
aren't we paying all our other
people that are on boards and
committees? I just that seems
like it would be more fair. And
why is it, is it just part of
the chart? I guess I'm trying
to get to the root of it. Why
is it an exception for echo and
not the other boards and
committees?
>> Thank you for the question.
I, I can't really answer that
because this is a did I am I on
I'm on. I'm sorry the light
didn't come on. I can't really
answer that because it is. This
is a really that's a policy
question. And the, the want to
do this has really come from
the Echo membership and
providing direction from the
Echo membership to community
services to bring this to the
council to approve, to provide
the stipends from sitting and
listening to the discussions at
the Echo. What I can report is
that there there is recognition
and concern that without
stipends, you know, the
meetings take place during
working hours. They take place
at this location. And the the
people they are trying to get
participation from in the
meetings might have barriers to
being able to participate
because they're not paid staff
there taking time. The they may
also be asked to do
subcommittee work. This would
help with transportation. This
would help with childcare. If
childcare is an issue, this
could help with, you know, work
absences, but I think those
those are the, the, the issues
that were identified for why a
stipend would be desirable and,
you know, the want of the Echo
to make it happen.
>> Other comments go ahead.
>> Yeah, I, I get the question
and I get what you're saying
there. Would. Uhl. Would it
would it only apply to people
who are currently experiencing
homelessness, or would it apply
to anybody who has had lived
experience at any point in
their history that would if it
was the latter, it would. I'd
have some questions about the
equity of that.
>> So the Charter of Echo calls
for the membership to of these
individuals to have lived
experience the conversation in.
That's taking place within the
Echo. It's pretty clear to me
that they are looking for
people that are experiencing
homelessness and have been
working. Either they have
experience interacting with the
service system of homelessness
in Clark County now. But your
your question in terms of is
echo going to require active,
active homelessness? I can't, I
think. Do you have any insight
to that?
>> Yeah. So the press release
that was put together talks
about, I think current or
recent. So it's recent doesn't
have a definition. I don't
think we're saying it's got to
be within the last year or five
years or something like that
from the group. But that would
be at the discretion of, of the
group to look at. But but that
it's not the intention to just
be folks who are currently
experiencing homelessness. And
in fact, I know there's been
some conversation in echo that
it probably would be quite
difficult to get someone who is
actively experiencing
homelessness to participate in
the group. So it it might be
more realistic to expect that
someone, maybe who has recently
come out of homelessness, who
maybe has access services and
is on their way to finding
stability is more likely to to
join the group. Just given the
challenges that folks who are
homeless experience.
>> And I think I would just add
that this is not unique for
people who participate. I
understand that the climate
action plan, that there are
participants that were paid to
represent their community, so
they were actively engaged
because.
>> Childcare, transportation,
there's so many things, time of
day that a meeting is held.
There's so many things that can
be barriers to participation.
And if we are to get and know
that the policies and our
programs are working, really
who better to consult with than
people who've experienced it
themselves? So I'd be very
supportive of this. And it's
been a long time coming. I
think there have been years
when echo has talked about
having representation from
people who have lived
experience. So I'm really
pleased to see this come
forward. Any other comments or
questions? Okay, with that,
I'll entertain a motion.
>> Chair motion to approve
separate business item number
three.
>> Thank you. Is there a second?
I'll second it. All those in
favor, say I.
>> I.
>> I opposed no, no. Okay,
three. Two one. The eyes have
it. Motion carries. Thank you
very much.
>> Thank you. Council.
>> Okay. Moving on to public
works. Sarah Hansen and Jeremy
is back. Thanks.
>> Good evening. For the record,
Jeremy, County engineer, public
works. I have with me Sarah
Hansen, the PM project manager
assigned to the Mill Creek
Barrier Improvements Project.
And we are requesting council
to authorize a professional
services agreement for Otec to
provide engineering services
for the design of this project.
>> Okay. Did you want to fill
in anything or just respond to
questions?
>> I don't really have any any
presentation prepared, so I
guess go ahead and share your
questions my way. Okay.
>> Thank you. Are there any
questions or comments from the
council?
>> No.
>> Okay. Hearing none, we don't
have Councilor Young here
tonight.
>> So I was.
>> Wondering where he was.
>> Chair.
>> Yes. Go ahead.
>> I'd like to motion to
approve separate business item
number four.
>> Thank you. Is there a second?
>> Second.
>> Moved and seconded. All in
favor, say I, I I. Okay, thanks
very much.
>> Thank you.
>> Okay. Moving on to item five.
>> J. This is me actually, for
the record, Jordan Boguhn
putting on my public works hat
tonight. So this is a request
by a couple of property owners
to annex a couple of properties
into the Clark Regional
Wastewater District's boundary
area. And so this is something
that in my time working for the
county, I think I've presented
to council once before, maybe a
couple of years ago. But just
to give you a little bit of
background, the Clark Regional
Wastewater District was
approached by a couple of
property owners who would like
to be annexed into their sewer
area. So these are folks who
live in the urban growth area.
There is a 2017 comprehensive
general Sewer plan that was
adopted by the regional
wastewater District, the county,
as well as the Washington State
Department of Ecology, and it
provides a plan to get sewer
service to unserved areas
within the UGA. And so these
folks and Rebecca, if you're
able to scroll down to. I think
it's page five in this report,
it's got a map that you can see
where this is happening. But
basically, you know, as septic
systems age or fail, the intent
of the plan is to move these
properties into sewer service.
And over time, you know, kind
of build out our sewer
infrastructure in the county
and the UGA. And so per state
law, I believe it's c w 5702
040. The county council is also
required to approve these
annexations. So the regional
wastewater district has
reviewed this, has approved it.
Now it's coming to the council.
If you don't want to approve it.
We do have to have a hearing on
it within 60 days, which I
think would be. Like the next
council meeting essentially. So
this is something that, yeah,
the property owners have
requested. And so bring this
forward to Council to to make
sure that you concur that you
want to bring these properties
into the sewer service area.
And I'm happy to try to answer
any questions you might have.
And I know we've got some
public works folks that could
help answer some technical
questions. If you've got those.
>> I am just wondering where
the urban growth boundary is.
Is it that orange line up there?
>> It is indeed that orange
line up there.
>> Thank you. Other questions?
>> Just a really quick question,
Jordan or anybody in public
works. So I think I heard you
say that by annexing these
properties into the the
regional wastewater district.
It also helps us expanding
water services into
unincorporated Clark County
that currently doesn't have
access to that. Is that correct?
>> That is correct. My
understanding, if you're
looking at the map right there,
I believe that those green
lines on the map are the active
sewer system. And that little
blue area is the annexation
area. So they would extend the
sewer up into those properties.
>> So we're building more
infrastructure for something
that we're going to do in the
future anyways.
>> Correct.
>> I think the future is today.
>> It's today. Yes. Thank you.
>> Go ahead.
>> What would be the budget
implications?
>> I don't believe there are
any. Well before.
>> I believe it's all in the
wastewater district.
>> Yeah. I'm.
>> They build it and then they
they build whoever or they bill
whoever gets hooked up.
>> Okay. Thanks.
>> Yeah. There may be some de
minimis staff time or something,
but I. But I don't think
there's any cost anticipated to
the county.
>> Yeah. I think this is
something just as we're
expanding the urban holding was
lifted a number of years ago,
but it's only now that the
growth is warranting an
expansion of the wastewater
districts.
>> Correct. And this also
happens at the request of the
property owners. So when
they're ready to try to get
hooked up on the sewer. Right.
>> Okay. Any other questions?
If not, I'll entertain a motion.
>> I move to approve separate
business item number five.
>> Thank you. Is there a second?
Moved and seconded. All those
in favor, say I, I. Okay.
Motion carries. That brings us
to item six. Our add on item.
Oh, the temporary road closure.
Jeremy. Welcome back.
>> Yeah. Like a bad penny. I am
requesting council approve a
resolution to ratify a
temporary road closure that was
implemented last week. During
the rain event that we had. It
was reported to me Thursday
morning, and I think it was
open by Friday morning. If I if
my memory serves. So a little
bit of a retroactive action,
but it's important for
housekeeping to get this on the
on the books.
>> Great. Thank you.
>> Just clarify. So this does
happen from time to time when
there is an emergency outside
or in between. Council meetings
and road closures require
council's approval. I did get
the okay verbally from the vice
chair, Councilor Young on the
phone, and then we do the
emergency resolution and bring
it back to the next regular
meeting for council's
ratification.
>> So great. Thanks for
everyone's quick action on that.
If there are no questions, I
don't think there are any
questions. I'll entertain a
motion.
>> I move separate business
item number six.
>> Thank you. Moved and
seconded. All those in favor
say I. I I. Okay. Motion
carries County manager's report.
Thank you.
>> The only thing I wanted to
mention tonight is last
Thursday, they hit a milestone
out at our work center. They
had. That's called a top out
ceremony. I know Councilor
Belkot was able to attend. It's
an opportunity for those who
have been leaders in this
project to sign their names
before the infrastructure gets
closed. So Councilor Belkot
name chair, we did get your
name on there. My name was on
there as well and others. So
it's just another sign that
we're moving forward with the
jail work center still on track
to open up, hopefully at the
end of this year.
>> Great. Thank you. I was
thinking I might when they pour
the cement, you know, stick a
hand in there. Okay. Just
kidding. All right. Thank you
for that report. And I guess
that's completes our agenda.
Without objection, this meeting
is adjourned