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Gary (East Fork Alliance) said residents learned in recent weeks that the company leading surveying work for an 80‑mile transmission corridor is PacifiCorp and that the route would run from the Swift Reservoir area toward Troutdale. Residents described public meetings with strong turnout and said county staff and council had limited prior awareness of the project. Gary said residents had submitted a list of about 15 technical questions to county council and to the utility and that PacifiCorp had declined to answer those questions at a council presentation.

“We finally know who that is,” Gary said of the company doing surveying work, and he urged neighborhood groups to watch the proposal closely and to prepare for more meetings. Residents said the proposal would clear a wide corridor—residents estimated roughly 100 feet in some places—and that trees and other property features in the proposed route are a major point of concern.

Gary also reported that quarry complaints have become harder to resolve locally. He said county code enforcement has limited staffing and that, at the time of his remarks, the county had two code enforcement officers and no dedicated quarry officer; residents told him quarry operators had adjusted behavior in response. The staffing shortfall, residents said, reduces the county’s ability to investigate quarry complaints quickly.

Neighborhood leaders said they plan to organize larger public meetings and to invite county staff and elected representatives. Residents asked county staff to provide clearer points of contact for state, city and county roads and stressed that transmission‑line proceedings and major utility easements require robust public engagement.

Clarifying details
- Utility project: residents identified PacifiCorp as the utility conducting the corridor work; route described in meeting as running from the Swift Reservoir area toward Troutdale (detailed route maps were discussed at neighborhood meetings). (resident statements)
- Quarries/code enforcement: residents reported only two county code enforcement officers and no dedicated quarry enforcement staff; they said this has reduced enforcement responsiveness. (resident statements)
- Public process: residents said PacifiCorp representatives presented at a council meeting but did not answer detailed written questions submitted by residents. (resident statements)

Speakers (selected)
- Gary — East Fork Alliance neighborhood representative (spoke at length about transmission corridor and quarry enforcement)
- Glenn — neighborhood participant and former council/plan participant (commented on comp plan timeline and process)

Proper names mentioned
- PacifiCorp (utility; transcript referred to variants — article uses authoritative spelling)
- Swift Reservoir (referenced as the origin area for the proposed corridor)
- Troutdale (approximate destination area)
- Battleground Library (meeting venue referenced by residents)

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Julie, identified at the meeting as the county partner for port matters, said the port is converting an area to receive soda ash, which she described as “a very benign product. It's almost like baking soda.” She said the commodity arrives by train, will be stored in an enclosed warehouse and be shipped by vessel to overseas markets for use in glass manufacturing and solar panels. “It comes by train … it's unloaded and goes into a big dump pit … then there's a conveyor belt system that puts it in a big warehouse, and it's stored there until a ship comes,” Julie said.

Julie also said the port has opened a maritime academy in a converted building with Cascade Tech Academy, an affiliate of Evergreen Public Schools. She said the program currently has 18 students in a morning session and 25 in an afternoon session; classes were delayed for nearly two weeks because the regional schools were impacted by a strike. Julie said the academy is intended to help build a future workforce for port‑related industries.

She encouraged residents to visit the port booth at the local farmers market to learn more about Terminal 1 and upcoming activities; staff planned to hand out what she called a “Terminal 1 cookie.” Residents asked whether soda ash can disperse into the air and whether it presents environmental issues; Julie responded that the rail cars arrive covered and that the material must remain dry, and that many shipments are covered or sprayed to keep dust in place.

Residents also asked about the port’s role handling auto imports. Julie said Subaru imports remained strong and that she had not observed a change in import volumes at the port despite changing tariff headlines. “So far, so good,” she said.

Clarifying details
- Soda ash handling: Cars arrive covered; material unloaded into a pit and moved by conveyors into a covered warehouse prior to ship loading. (Julie)
- Maritime academy enrollment: 18 students in a morning session, 25 in an afternoon session; start delayed by almost two weeks due to a strike affecting schools. (Julie)
- Public outreach: Port staff planned to have an information booth at the farmers market and planned public outreach about Terminal 1. (Julie)

Speakers
- Julie — county partner for port matters (presenter)
- Debbie — resident who asked about environmental dispersion (questioner)
- Steve (neighborhood participant) — asked about Subaru arrivals (questioner)

Proper names mentioned
- Cascade Tech Academy (education program)
- Evergreen Public Schools (school district)
- Terminal 1 (port facility)
- Subaru (auto importer)

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The program is designed to give neighborhoods a formal annual way to request traffic‑calming measures and related responses, county staff said. “We are kind of starting on stuff right now,” said Susan Boisner, a transportation planner in the county’s community planning group. “We got a soft commitment today that the website will be up by November 1 … and you'll have the application on the website.”

The nut of the program is to identify local residential streets with speeding, cut‑through traffic or crash histories and rank requests for limited county resources. Steve Gallup of the county’s Public Works transportation division said staff expect an annual application window, probably in the first months of the year, that will remain open for about six weeks. After the application window closes, staff will evaluate and rank requests, conduct data collection where necessary, engage with neighborhoods and then select projects for implementation.

County staff said the program’s initial tools include speed‑feedback radar signs, temporary counters (the rubber “tube” counters people sometimes see across a road), signing and striping, optical speed bars and, on lower‑speed local streets, speed humps. Gallup cautioned that some tools—speed humps in particular—are intended only for lower‑volume local streets and are not appropriate on bus routes, collectors or arterials.

The county plans to hire two full‑time employees to run the program. “This first year, we're gonna be kinda going a little slow,” Gallup said, adding that the two hires will allow staff to be more responsive and to move projects into design and construction in future years. Staff told attendees they expect the program to begin more fully in 2026.

Neighborhood leaders pressed staff on jurisdictional limits and coordination. Residents asked how the program would treat state or city roads such as Patton Parkway and raised concerns about traffic at specific local corridors including 90 Fourth and 80 Sixth. Gallup said the program is primarily intended for county roads and local residential streets but that the county will evaluate collector and arterial requests and use other tools—signing, signal timing coordination and signal timing changes—where traffic volumes or speeds make some physical calming measures infeasible. Staff said they will coordinate with emergency service providers and C‑Tran to avoid measures that would impede response times or transit service.

Data collection and eligibility criteria will include road classification, traffic volumes, presence of sidewalks or bike lanes, proximity to parks or schools, speeds and crash history. Gallup said the county receives roughly 400 traffic requests a year through existing channels and that the new program is intended to organize those requests and prioritize projects.

Staff emphasized that some items raised by neighborhoods—state highway enforcement, signal timing on Patton Parkway or larger signal projects tied to the city—are outside the county’s sole control and will require coordination. For state roads, Gallup advised residents to note the jurisdiction on their application because road ownership determines which agency must approve changes.

Discussion points
- County Council adopted the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program on May 5; staff described the program’s process, tools and timeline. (Discussion)
- Neighborhoods raised specific concerns about speeding, truck noise and the impacts of new nearby developments and the city’s operations center on local intersections such as 90 Fourth and 80 Sixth. (Discussion)
- Residents sought clarity on whether state roads and city signals would be considered; staff said those are out‑of‑county jurisdictional issues and will require coordination. (Discussion)

Directions / staff next steps
- County staff will post the NTMP application and informational materials to a public web page; staff said they expect the site and application to be live by Nov. 1. (Direction)
- The county intends to hire two full‑time employees to run the program, with program ramp‑up through early 2026. (Direction)
- Staff will collect data (speed and traffic counts, crash history) as part of the evaluation and ranking process. (Direction)

Decisions
- County Council adopted the NTMP on May 5; the meeting did not record any new vote on the program. (Decision: adoption referenced)

Quotes (selected)
- “We are kind of starting on stuff right now,” Susan Boisner, transportation planner, said when describing the program rollout.
- “This first year, we're gonna be kinda going a little slow … but the first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna go out and try to hire two new employees,” said Steve Gallup, Public Works transportation division.

Clarifying details
- Application window: staff indicated requests will be collected once a year; the intake period is expected to be about six weeks in the first months of the year. (statement from staff)
- Staffing: the program will add two full‑time positions to run NTMP beginning in the new year. (staff statement)
- Website: staff said they have a soft commitment that the public application page will be live by Nov. 1. (staff statement)
- Current request volume: transportation staff receive about 400 traffic requests annually through existing channels. (staff statement)
- Tools available: speed‑feedback radar signs (collect speeds and counts), speed humps (for low‑speed, low‑volume local streets only), optical speed bars, signing and striping, speed studies and traffic counts. (staff statement)

Proper names mentioned (selection)
- Clark County (agency)
- Steve Gallup (person, Public Works transportation)
- Susan Boisner (person, community planning — transportation planner)
- C‑Tran (transit agency)
- Patton Parkway (state road)

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