![Clark County Community Planning is starting the process of updating the local Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, as required by the state’s Growth Management Act](https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Large_Clark-County-Today-Ridgefield-Roundabout-45th-Ave-Pioneer-St-02.jpg)
Kick off presentation scheduled for Jan. 19
VANCOUVER – Clark County Community Planning is starting the process of updating the local Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, as required by the state’s Growth Management Act (GMA). The plan, last updated in 2016, is a long-range policy guide for how the county plans to manage growth and development over a 20-year period.
The GMA requires jurisdictions to periodically update their comprehensive plan and development regulations to bring them up to date with changes to state law; changes to land use; population growth; and housing needs projections.
A kick-off meeting to provide decision makers and the public an overview of the requirements of the GMA and initial information on the county’s multi-year process is scheduled for 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thu., Jan. 19, in the sixth-floor Hearing Room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St. and virtually via Webex. The meeting will be shown live on CVTV channel 21/321 and available later that day for on-demand viewing on CVTV.org.
Dave Anderson, managing director of Growth Management Services for Washington State Department of Commerce will present along with county staff.
Following the Jan. 19 kick off meeting, planning staff will prepare a general framework to guide the process to completion by June 30, 2025.
County staff will need county council approval on several initial decisions which include:
• A proposed public participation plan
• A 20-year population projection
• A proposed scope of work
To find details and information about the project, upcoming meetings, and how to sign up for email updates, please visit the project page at https://clark.wa.gov/community-planning/2025-update.
Information provided by Clark Co. WA Communications.
Also read:
- Opinion: OIC tells consumers not to pay for ‘insurance’ you won’t likely benefit from: Does that include WA Cares?Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center believes you should consider yourself warned by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner about WA Cares and its maybe-only benefit.
- Opinion: Same road, different speed limit?Target Zero Manager Doug Dahl addresses a question about speed limit signs going into and leaving town.
- Progress being made at GRO Parade of Homes siteThe 2024 GRO Parade of Homes, presented by the Building Industry Association of Clark County, is a little more than a month away, and builders are busy completing the luxury homes before the big event, scheduled for Sept. 6 through 22 in Felida.
- Has trust in the media tanked over coverage of President Biden’s decline?After President Joe Biden’s calamitous debate performance against former President Donald Trump, and days after Biden’s decision Sunday not to seek reelection, there are still many questions about how the news media covered Biden’s mental and physical decline.
- Opinion: Hiding the growing cost of the Interstate Bridge replacementJoe Cortright of the City Observatory addresses the rising cost of the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement project.
- Letter: ‘This election I am NOT voting for Greg Cheney’Clark County resident Wynn Grcich shares her thoughts on Rep. Greg Cheney and the issue of fluoridation in area drinking water.
- Major gas line leak closes major arterial in Clark CountyFirefighters from Clark County Fire District 6 responded Thursday (July 25) afternoon to the scene of a major natural gas leak on NE 99th Street, directly in front of Columbia River High School.