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Clark County schedules Community Development and Pollinator proclamations after public comment presses for CDBG transparency
Summary
Council agreed to read a proclamation for National Community Development Week on March 17 and to issue a Pollinator Week proclamation in June; a public commenter asked for updated CDBG/HOME beneficiary reports and urged reductions in pesticide use.
Clark County councilors on March 4 agreed to move forward with two proclamations and heard a public commenter call for transparency about who benefits from federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME program funding.
"Kimberly Goheen, Alban," identified herself during public comment and urged the council to show who receives help from the county’s community development funds, asking for updated funded‑projects reports from 2020 through 2026 and questioning whether some funds were directed to government employees or undocumented migrants. “Show who gets the help,” she said, and asked specific questions about the types of clients served by the programs.
Jordan Bogie, the county policy analyst, told the council that historical award lists dating from 1975 through 2020 are available on the community services website and that more recent award tabs exist for the prior five years; he offered to confirm a community recipient to accept the proclamation when it is read. The council agreed to read the National Community Development Week proclamation — for April 6–10 — at its March 17 meeting, and a councilor volunteered to read it and suggested inviting a grant recipient to describe the program funded.
On a related proclamation, the council also supported a request from the Vancouver Bee Project to recognize Pollinator Week (June 22–28). Councilors recommended asking county departments to report any relevant activities so a "whereas" clause could be added to the proclamation showing departmental contributions and potential policy changes to support pollinators.
The meeting record shows councilors generally supported both proclamations and directed staff to coordinate recipients and departmental inputs; no formal vote on the proclamations was recorded at the meeting, and the council scheduled the Community Development proclamation for the March 17 agenda.
