Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill up to five seats on a fifteen-person board that advises the county on matters related to the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad.
Applicants with railroad or railroad-related experience, or business experience using freight-rail service desired.
Board members serve three-year terms. Terms are anticipated to begin after Jan. 1, 2025.
The Parks division of Clark County Public Works invites residents to an open house to view three draft concepts for a new neighborhood park. The property becoming a new neighborhood park is located along Northeast 27th Avenue and Northeast 162nd Street in the Mount Vista neighborhood (near Northeast 29th Avenue and Northeast 159th Street). The open house, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7th, will allow residents to view the draft concepts and provide feedback to project staff.
The Parks division of Clark County Public Works is beginning repairs to a footbridge located on a trail to the lower falls in Lacamas Regional Park. An announcement will be made when the repairs are completed and the trail is reopened.
The Clark County Clean Water Commission is hosting the Vancouver Lake Symposium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 17 to bring together community organizations, agencies, funders and decision-makers with the common goal of improving water quality in Vancouver Lake.
Residents are invited to learn more about the County’s 2025 – 2030 Stormwater Capital Plan at an upcoming open house hosted by the Clean Water division of Clark County Public Works. The proposed plan includes projects to update, repair, and build new stormwater infrastructure to protect clean water by removing pollutants and slowing runoff. Additional projects include tree planting, streamside habitat preservation and stream channel rehabilitation.
Clark County Public Works has started a repair project to address damaged, decaying or missing timber elements, including piles, posts, stringers, braces, and ties, on bridges along the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad. Additional repairs include replacing deficient abutment walls, sloughing approach ballast, and missing or loose bolts and other connection hardware. Several of the bridges are closed to rail traffic due to their condition.
Park planners will be available at Klineline Pond on Sept. 28 to discuss project plans
Clark County Public Works Parks will improve areas within Salmon Creek Regional Park. In 2023, Clark County Parks was awarded a grant from the Washington State legislature to improve the Klineline Pond section of Salmon Creek Regional Park. The Department of Commerce recognized Klineline Pond as a significant community resource due for major improvements.
Update 10/29: The bridge remains closed, and construction is expected to be complete by the second week of Nov.
Vancouver, Wash. –Clark County Public Works, Parks continues to repair and preserve the iconic wooden arch bridge at Moulton Falls Regional Park. The work, to be performed by a contractor, will include minor repairs to maintain the bridge’s structural integrity and refinishing the wood stain to protect the structure from weathering.
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County is accepting applications to fill two vacancies on the seven-member Parks Advisory Board. Both openings are for terms that begin Jan. 1, 2025.
Board members typically serve three-year terms. Upon expiration of a term, a member can apply again. There is no limit on how many terms a member can serve. The Parks Advisory Board advises the Clark County Council and county staff on parks planning, acquisition, development, and related issues. Applicants must be residents of Clark County.
The construction of a new picnic shelter at Klineline Pond is ready to resume. Construction began earlier this year but was paused this spring due to bald eagles nesting near the project site. Now that the eagles have left the nest, construction will resume.
Irreparable damage to the former Pondview shelter from a winter storm required demolition of the structure, and a new structure is being built in its place. Construction of the new shelter should be complete by November.
