What's next
The Rural Lands Task Force will meet on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Dollars Corner Fire Station, 21609 NE 72nd Avenue, Battle Ground. This will be a joint meeting of the Task Force and the Board of Clark County Commissioners. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the Task Force recommendations on rural lands issues. All task force meetings are open to the public.
Task Force Recommendations-March 2010 (PDF)
A work session with the Board of County Commissioners was held Wednesday, February 3rd, to discuss task force recommendations with the Board.
Feb. 3, 2010 BOCC Work Session presentation (PDF)
The online survey to collect public opinion is still active and you can take the survey here.
BOCC Rural Principles and Values
Project summary
Current rural land zoning in the county was established in 1994 with the adoption of the County's first comprehensive plan under the Growth Management Act (GMA). The County has completed two comprehensive plan updates since then (2004 and 2007), but their focus has been on urban areas and how to accommodate projected growth. After completion of the 2007 update, the BOCC directed a review of rural lands.
The Rural Lands Review is planned to be completed in two phases. The first phase is to develop a rural vision of the county, and to define what the GMA calls "rural character". A task force formed in May 2008 accomplished this task during the June and July meetings, and their recommendation was presented to the public at the Clark County Fair in August of 2008.
The public comments received during the Fair were presented to the BOCC on September 17, 2008.
The goal of the second phase will be to examine County policy and to ensure that the county's comprehensive plan reflects the rural vision. The process will likely include a review of land uses, parcel sizes, and rural centers. It is expected that this phase of the process will take a year or so and be completed sometime in 2010. The BOCC held work sessions on February 18, March 17, and March 24, 2009, at which they developed a set of rural principles and values.
Meeting minutes
June 2, 2009
June 16, 2009
June 30, 2009
July 14, 2009
July 28, 2009
August 11, 2009
August 25, 2009
September 8, 2009
September 22, 2009
October 13, 2009
October 27, 2009
November 10, 2009
December 8, 2009
January 12, 2010
January 26, 2010
February 9, 2010
February 23, 2010
Task force members
Ginger Burr
Sharon Bussler
Ingrid Dankmeyer
Dan Dupuis
Russ Grattan
Doug Hagedorn
David Halme
Rocque Merritt
Monty Multanen
Mike Posey
Danny Walsh
Byron Woltersdorf
Bill Zimmerman
Robert Zumstein
Related links
- Growth Management Act (Washington State RCW Chapter 36.70A)
- Clark County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 3 Rural Element
Agriculture Reports from 2007 Comprehensive Plan
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Staff Report - Bringing Resource Lands into UGAs, May 21, 2007 (PDF - 83KB)
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Attachment A - Agricultural Viability Study Areas-Preferred Alternative Maps, (PDF - 8.65MB)
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Attachment B - Assessment of Resource Land (PDF - 87KB)
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Attachment C - Assessed Value by Zone (PDF - 61KB)
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Attachment D - Analysis of Agricultural Economic Trends & Conditions in Clark County, Washington, April 16, 2007 (PDF - 6.6MB)
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Attachment E - Agriculture and Farmland Properties in the Preferred UGA (PDF - 43KB)
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Attachment F - Letter from Rural Property Owner (PDF - 3MB)
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Project contact:
Gordy Euler, Clark County Community Planning
(360) 397-2280 ext. 4968
gordon.euler@clark.wa.gov
