Welcome to Vancouver City
Council. I'm Anne McEnerny Ogle
mayor for the City of Vancouver
and it is June 8th, 2026. It is
630 and we will start our city
Council meeting. And with that,
let's go ahead and please join
me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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. Miss duller,
please call the Roll.
>> Council member. Harless.
Present. Perez. Here. Fox. Here.
Paulson. Stauber here. Hanson.
Mayor. McEnerny Ogle present.
>> Thank you. Councilors, you
have the minutes of May 18th,
2026. Are there any corrections
or changes? Mr. Hanson seconded
by Paulson. Paulson. All those
in favor say aye. Opposed.
Motion passes. Thank you. You
have the minutes of June 1st.
Are any corrections or changes
needed?
>> Move to approve.
>> Paulson. Seconded by Fox.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. We
have two proclamations this
evening. And let's go ahead and
start with our ride. Transit
month. And we have the CEO of
C-TRAN Lehan Carver with us
this evening. Hi, liane.
Whereas C-TRAN has provided
public transportation in Clark
County since 1981. Today,
operating local, regional and
express fixed route bus service,
C Van paratransit Service,
Vanpool and the current on
demand service and C-TRAN
provides cost effective, safe
and accessible public
transportation that empowers
the community by providing
mobility options that connect
them with places of employment,
education, health care,
shopping, entertainment,
recreation, social and
religious function. And whereas
transit demand is linked to
high need populations,
including seniors, people with
disabilities, and low income
households, transit provides
essential trips and essential
jobs for people living in
Vancouver, especially black,
Latinx, and immigrant community
members. Latinx and immigrant
community members who are more
likely to rely on public
transit. And whereas over
40,000 people 18 and younger in
Vancouver can ride C-TRAN for
free through the Youth
Opportunity Program. Now,
therefore, I Anne McEnerny Ogle,
Mayor of Vancouver, Washington,
do hereby proclaim the month of
June as Ride Transit Month in
the City of Vancouver and
encourage the federal
government, states, localities,
schools, nonprofit
organizations, businesses, and
other applicable entities along
with the people of the United
States to observe Ride Transit
Month with appropriate events
and activities to promote
public transportation. Lehan.
Let's step over to the side
here.
>> Thank you. Thank you, Mayor
and Council, for recognizing
Ride Transit Month, as you
mentioned, how important it is
to the community. And C-TRAN is
happy to be here to serve the
community. And for those that
don't ride transit, Ride
Transit month is especially for
those to get out there. And we
encourage you to try writing
and seeing how the system works
and what the benefit and value
it adds to our community. So
again, we thank you all for
everyone in your support in
making public transportation
and C-TRAN successful in our
community.
>> Thank you, liane. And our
second one is the Tourette's
syndrome. And we have Liam.
James. McMillan. McMahon.
>> McMahon.
>> McMahon. Okay. Tourette's
syndrome is an inherited
neurological disorder that is
characterized by involuntary
physical and vocal tics that
occur many times a day, and
more than 350,000 people.
>> Excuse me. Can you please
not call it a disability? And I
do have some message I would
like to share about why that's
harmful to people with
disabilities. Thank you.
>> Certainly. Go ahead and have
a seat. I'm reading the
proclamation that was sent in
to me to read 350,000 to
450,000 children and adults
with Tourette syndrome. And at
this time, there is no standard
treatment or known cure for
this. Whereas, positive actions
to assist children and families
living with Tourette syndrome
would result from a broadening
of public and professional
knowledge and acceptance. And
Whereas, the Tourette
Association of America is
actively providing services to
families, educating medical
professionals and teachers, and
supporting research to better
understand the signs and
treatments of Tourette syndrome.
Now therefore, I Anne McEnerny
Ogle, Mayor of Vancouver,
Washington, do hereby proclaim
the month of June as Syndrome
Awareness Month in the City of
Vancouver to promote
understanding, compassion, and
acceptance for all of our
fellow community members who
deserve and need our support to
break the stigma that surrounds
Tourette Syndrome. Liam.
>> Good evening. My name is
Liam McMahon and I'm the
representative for Washington
State with the Tourette
Association of America. I
myself have Tourette Syndrome
and Coprolalia. So if you hear
me make funny noises, curse or
say a slur, it is
uncontrollable function of my
disability. Firstly, thank you
on behalf of myself and the
Tourettes Association of
America. Thank you for
acknowledging and validating
the relevance of a highly
misunderstood disability. I
believe that this proclamation
is a meaningful step in
spreading awareness for those
who experience life with
Tourette Syndrome are in and
around the city of Vancouver.
The first part is awareness,
and that is what brings me here
in front of you. It starts with
all of us in this room to
advocate for and understand the
complexities of this disability,
affecting a misrepresented
margin of people in varying
ways. And if I may share just a
few facts about Tourette's, I'd
appreciate it. Current
statistics state that one in
every 160 school age children
have Tourette syndrome, but it
is estimated that 50% go
undiagnosed, which likely means
the number is closer to 1 in 80.
Education on this disability
would provide more accurate
numbers. Tics vary widely from
person to person. I've known a
lady to smash her head into her
steering wheel, a man to flip
people off, a child to yell
obscenities, and myself to say
slurs or hoot like an owl. As
you probably have already heard.
But they can change. And
there's always a repertoire of
noises and actions involved.
There is no rhyme or reason for
tics, but if you may imagine,
they can lead someone with
Tourette syndrome to face
discrimination and feel
ostracized. I've had Tourette's
syndrome for 20 years, and I've
faced both a employment
discrimination and public
aggression. My hope is that by
Vancouver City publicizing
Tourette's Syndrome Awareness
Month. May 15th through June
15th, it will be an opportunity
for furthering discussions,
support and safe spaces for all
with Tourette Syndrome. I'll
leave you with three words
awareness, education, and
compassion. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you. And that
concludes our. Our
proclamations brings us into
community communication. Miss,
do you have any cards at all
for communication? No. Okay.
Thank you. I have no
pre-registration or cards for
this section, so I'll close the
community communication, bring
it into the consent agenda.
Counselors will be pulling item
number nine. Are there any
other items that you would like
to pull? Item number eight. Any
others? Okay. Let me read item
number seven in to the record.
An ordinance relating to water
resources protection by
establishing development
regulations and minimum
standards to reduce the risks
of contaminants entering water
resources. Amending sections
14.20 6.114 .26.1, ten, 14.26.1,
12, 14.26.1, 13 and 14.26.135
and adding section 14.26.137 of
the Vancouver Municipal Code.
I'll entertain a motion for
items one through 710 through
15.
>> I move to approve Council
Member Stober.
>> Stober, seconded by Perez.
All those in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Opposed. Motion passes.
Thank you, Councilor Fox. You
pulled item number eight.
>> Yes. So this is an item
changing the municipal code.
We've had this item on our
agenda before. There's been
some minor changes, but I it's
more of a ask that the next
time that it comes before us
should be coming back for a
second reading. That the staff
report include addressing a few
of those comments that we
raised in those meetings, which
was, you know, talking about
kind of how this code could be
in conflict with other sections
of public speech or campaign
signs. And staff has had other
conversations with us, not on
the dais, to tell us how those
particular sections of code are
not in conflict, but it would
be better if it was included in
the staff report, given that at
least I had raised those
concerns, because those were
concerns brought to me by
community members, and they
wouldn't have the benefit of
those other conversations. So
does that make sense?
>> Okay. Let me go ahead and
read the title into the record.
Item number eight is an
ordinance of the City of
Vancouver amending Vancouver
Municipal Code, section
7.04.020 pedestrian
interference, providing for
severability and setting an
effective date. Is this did you
wish Mr. Lande to.
>> Well, I suppose if we need
to kind of outline the
questions that we've discussed
in previous meetings, but they
are part of the record. So I'm
just maybe that's a question
back to staff or the city
manager if if we need to kind
of outline some of those
questions again, or if staff
can just ensure that there's a
section in the future staff
report that includes.
>> Yeah, I think it would be.
>> One of those.
>> Sorry. Lannen city Manager.
Yeah, we can address those with
the presentation at the public
hearing. And then it would be a
good practice for us anyway,
just because those those
concerns were raised at council,
we have had a chance to address
those, and we would want the
public to have the benefit of
knowing what we did to address
them, much like the City
Council does.
>> Yes, that's what I'm asking.
Okay.
>> So it'll be in the report
the next time we see this.
>> All right then.
>> Any other comments or
questions? I'll entertain a
motion on item number eight.
>> Move to approve item eight.
>> Seconded by Perez Perez.
Those in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Opposed. Motion passes. Item
number nine is an ordinance
adopting an interim official
control pursuant to RC W 36.7,
a .390 relating to the
Evergreen School District
Capital Facilities Plan adopted
as part of the City of
Vancouver Comprehensive Plan in
accordance to VMC 20.9 15.060
and imposing a moratorium on
the calculation and collection
of school impact fees by the
City of Vancouver for Evergreen
School District and under.
Vancouver Municipal Code 20.915
.060 for the duration of six
months based on and adopting
certain findings of fact
justifying this action and
establishing an immediate
effective date. Chad. Go ahead.
>> Good evening. Chad Aitken,
community development director
for the city. I'll give you
just a brief staff report or
I'm here for questions. It's a
it's your pleasure.
>> Let's do a brief staff
report.
>> Okay. School impact fees
charged to new residential
development are based on a
district's need for new
facilities, as estimated in
their capital facilities plan
over a six year period. The
city collects such fees at the
time of building permit
issuance, and then passes them
on to each district. The
Evergreen School District
adopted an updated Capital
facilities Plan, or CFP, which
says that because the school
district has adequate capacity
at all grade levels for the
next six years and expects the
student population to actually
decrease, that, they do not
need to collect impact fees,
and that the city of Vancouver.
City of Camas and Clark County
should revise the impact fee to
be $0 per residential unit. The
reason for this request has to
do with timing. State law says
that for the city to collect or
revise school impact fees, it
must adopt the district's
capital Facilities plan in
conjunction with the
Comprehensive Plan or
alternatively, as part of the
city budget process.
Unfortunately, staff missed,
including the CFP in the recent
comp plan update because we had
decided to tackle impact fees
separately to address recent
changes in state law. As a
result, the next opportunity to
adopt the CFP is later this
year with the biennial budget,
staff believes it would not be
appropriate to continue to
collect impact fees for ESD
when their own analysis and CFP
indicates that there is not a
need for any increased capacity
or impact fees for the next
planning horizon, and therefore,
we are proposing a moratorium
on the collection of such fees.
We've been in contact with the
ESD Facilities Director and
Legal Counsel, and they have
not expressed any objection to
this proposal. If the interim
control ordinance is enacted
tonight, Council will need to
hold a public hearing within 60
days if there are no changes
following the public hearing,
the moratorium will continue
for the full six month period
or until the CFP is adopted and
the VMC is amended, whichever
is first. Be happy to answer
any questions.
>> Councilors, do you have any
questions? Yes, councilor
Paulson, go ahead.
>> Thank you, mayor. Thank you.
Chad, a couple of questions. So
this is a six month moratorium,
but it's a gateway to a longer
period of fee relief, correct?
>> That's correct. The it's
basically to get us through
this period before the capital
facilities plan can be adopted.
>> So in other words, we're not
anticipating that we're going
to suspend these fees just for
six months. We're anticipating
it will be much longer than
that. This just allows us to do
it until we can officially do
it using the normal process.
That's right. Okay. And what
are those fees currently or
what have they been?
>> I can give you the exact
amount. There are two different
fees. One is for single family
residences and a different fee
for multifamily residences per
unit. The. I just need to find
the right. The single family
fee for evergreen is $6,432 per
residence for multifamily
residential unit. The fee is
$3,753.
>> And both of those will go to
zero.
>> That's correct.
>> And we currently collect
those fees on behalf of the
Evergreen School District
because of an interlocal
agreement we have. Correct?
>> That's right. It's passed
through to the district.
>> So when a developer or a
private citizen comes and files
a permit for a single family
resident or multifamily
residence, we collect a total
fee. And a portion of that fee
is this fee that you're talking
about, correct? That's right.
And do you happen to know
ballpark approximately what
percentage of the total fees we
collect would be comprised of
that fee specifically?
>> I don't know offhand, but it
is a sizable proportion of the
overall fees that are collected.
>> Would you say close to 30%?
>> I'd say 20 to 30.
>> Yeah. Okay. So it's a pretty
significant reduction.
>> It is.
>> And it's a reduction. That's
not a temporary reduction. It's
not a six month reduction. It's
a longer term, potentially a
six year reduction.
>> Potentially longer if if
their student projections
continue to show no significant
increase in student population.
>> So that's good news for
those who are concerned about
the cost of new housing.
>> Absolutely. In this district.
>> Yeah. Thank you Chad.
>> Thank you.
>> Any other questions?
Councilor Perez.
>> Thank you. Just to go off a
little bit on those numbers.
The key question is whether
those savings will actually
translate into lower housing
prices, prices, lower rents, or
more housing supply for working
families. Is there a way to
measure that?
>> Yes, I can do.
>> It now. I'm sorry.
>> Well, it will absolutely
bring down the cost of building
a new project. Residential
project. You're asking how to
quantify that, or.
>> How can we prove that those
savings are actually
translating to lower costs for
working families.
>> That I don't know.
>> Okay. Maybe we could put
some thought into that later.
Yeah. Thanks.
>> Any other questions?
>> Well, let me clarify that.
Not maybe let's put some
thought into how we're going to
look at that.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Do you want a solution right
now?
>> I'm sorry ma'am, this is not
your opportunity. Any other
questions, counselors? I'll
entertain a motion for item
number nine.
>> Move to approve.
>> Paulson. Seconded by Stuebe.
Roll call. Vote, please.
>> Council member Harless I
Perez I Fox. I Paulson I
Stauber. I Hanson. I mayor
McEnerny Ogle I.
>> Motion passes. Thank you.
That concludes our consent
agenda brings us into
communications from the Council
councilor Harless pass.
Councilor Perez.
>> None for me tonight. Thank
you.
>> Councilor Fox.
>> I think I'm wondering and
just following up on just the
conversation we just had,
actually, and I'm thinking to
myself that the state has
actually convened many working
groups and studies on how to
how the effect of fees and
impact fees and permit
timelines and all of those
things affect the cost of
housing and the housing and how
it affects housing production.
So I'm not sure our individual
staff would have a particular
answer for us on, on how I mean,
reduction of one fee, of course,
will reduce the cost of that
particular housing development.
But beyond that, for more in
depth, you know, information on
fees in general, on production
of housing or affordability or
fees in general on the cost of
rent. I'm I'm just doubting
that I think that's beyond the
scope of our staff. But the
state has done a lot of work on
it. And so maybe I'm also
offering the fact that I have a
lot of that information, a
whole policy team that works
adjacent to me, if that's of
interest to this council. Okay.
I see heads nodding. All right.
Thank you.
>> Thank you. Any other
comments, mayor Pro tem okay.
Paulson Stauber.
>> I'm going to pass.
>> And Hanson, just a quick
note. We had over 300
entrepreneurs in Esther Short
Park this Saturday for the
lemonade day, sponsored by the
Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce, 317 27. There were a
ton of them, and I'm sorry it
rained on them a little bit,
but what a nice variety they
had to develop their business
plan, create a product or a
service and market it. And very
creative children.
Congratulations to all of them.
And then the bell tower is now
working. Although with all the
rain and such, we want to keep
it closed. Unfortunately,
everything was working except
the speaker, so you could read.
The diorama turned and we all
cheered for it. It has been
years since that was working
appropriately. We'll fix the
speaker. City manager. Any
comments?
>> Yeah, just a couple of
things to ensure I track
everything for follow up. After
the meetings tonight, I've got
an item from the dinner
discussion about ensuring that
the council understands how the
nonconforming use
interpretation would apply to
lots that are vacant in
existing neighborhoods, in
areas where there might be
controlling Keesee and AHS.
Request to amend our staff
report to provide some more
clarity around the adjustments
made for the ordinance related
to occupying medians, and then
to do some research to see to
determine a method to try to
track cost reduction impacts on
the end user for fee reductions.
And we will look at external
resources to see if there's
already ways to do that, in
addition to the possibility
that Councilor Fox mentioned,
of course, we have a continuing
relationship with Eco Northwest,
who does a lot of research into
the housing markets around the
area, and they may be able to
provide some assistance in that.
>> Okay. Anything missed?
Sounds like quite a list. Thank
you so much, City Attorney.
Anything?
>> Nothing from legal tonight,
mayor. Thank you.
>> Thank you. That concludes
the business portion of our
meeting. We will now go into
the portion where we have a
community forum as our policy
that this gives us an
opportunity to hear from our
community members. We will be
turning off CVTV and continue
with our audio recording. I
have two green cards filled out
ready to go. So Miss Dollar, if
you would kind of give CVTV
there one minute warning to
turn off the videos.
>> Wait before you