Commissioners call Tuesday work session
to get final recommendations for growth plan

The board of Clark County commissioners, nearing the end of its deliberations on completing its revised 20-year Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, has scheduled what may be the final work session on draft Environmental Impact Statement alternatives.

The board has said, collectively and individually, that it expects to complete the revised plan before the end of 2006.

The work session will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street.

After they approve a final Environmental Impact Statement, commissioners will schedule public hearings before making final changes in the growth plan.

A 20-year growth plan was adopted in 2005— but discarded before it was put into effect because it didn’t appear to have  predicted population and job growth accurately.

Robert Miller to discuss discovering
and conquering of America at museum

Robert Miller, author, lecturer, will discuss his book, Native America, Discovered and Conquered, at the Clark County Historical Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. There is no charge for the lecture, after which Miller will sign copies of his book.

Miller, who is an associate professor in the Lewis & Clark Law School, is a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and chief Court of Appeals Justice For the Grand Ronde Tribe. He has lectured extensively on the Lewis and Clark expedition over the past three years.

Miller will discuss the international legal principle called the Doctrine of Discovery and how that rule was transformed into the American policy of Manifest Destiny.

The lecture in presented in conjunction with the museum’s exhibit “Full Circle: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow,” which runs through December 30.

I-5 crossing task force to discuss
freight mobility Wednesday

Meeting in Portland at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Columbia River Crossing Task Force will discuss freight mobility and non-highway bridge options. The task force will also discuss how 12 separate alternative crossing proposals can be melded into a smaller number of proposals.

The meeting will be in the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs, 4134 N Vancouver Avenue. Public comment will be taken at 4:20 p.m.

Vancouver setting up urban
forestry management plan

An open house scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.24, is billed as a first public step in the development of a Vancouver urban forestry management plan. The meeting is in the Martin Luther King Elementary School, 4801 Idaho Street.

The city is also sponsoring an electronic survey on its website, www.cityofvancouver.us/urbanforestry. Survey respondents’ names will be entered into a drawing for five one-week passes to either the Firstenbug Community Center or the Jim Parsley Center. For further information, call 619-1108.

News brief

The deadline for submitting applications for three vacancies on the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission has been extended to November 6. Candidates must be residents of the city of Vancouver. For further information, call 696-8181.

Calendar

The Vancouver City Council, following a short meeting to consider consent items at 4 p.m. today, will convene a workshop to discuss budget items. That meeting is scheduled to continue until 8 p.m. n Clark Public Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session Tuesday, Oct. 24.n Clark County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. Commissioners will also hold a workshop session beginning at 4 p.m. to further discuss alternative scenarios for the 20-year growth management plan.

 

Monday headlines

20 Curtin Creek buildings denied--Columbian, Kathy Durbin

Fire District 11 asking for levy increase--Columbian, John Branton

Skilling gets 24 years--CNN.com, Shaheen Pasha

Dow adds triple-point gain--Washington Post, Bill Brubaker

Seattle Schools chief resigns--Seattle Times, Emily Heffter

IBM sues Amazon over patents--Seattle Times, Brian Bergstein

Hasselbeck to miss three games--Seattle P-I, Clare Farnsworth

Obama considering White House run in 08--Seattle P-I