Planning director outlines 2026 work program, flags ADA access, HOSAP study and housing-data reporting
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Summary
Oliver Ojeko presented the 2026 Community Planning work program, detailing four program areas, ongoing HOSAP study implementation funded with council money, new ADA/web-accessibility requirements for documents, and housing data reporting to the University of Washington; councilors also raised transportation sequencing and road-standard concerns.
Oliver Ojeko, Clark County community planning director, presented the county’s 2026 Community Planning work program to the council on March 25, describing administration, land use, plan monitoring and transportation components.
Ojeko told the council staff are working to make planning documents ADA- and web-accessible under recent requirements and that those accessibility updates are consuming staff time. "We are now required, I believe by April, to make sure that all our documents, materials, are in digital form that can be accessed by everyone," he said.
The program includes continuing implementation of the HOSAP study, which Ojeko said received approximately $200,000 in council support to continue implementation. He also described a new housing-data collection requirement: staff will provide data to the University of Washington real estate division so the state can incorporate county information for future legislative or reporting work.
On transportation, Ojeko and councilors discussed circulation and subarea plans as tools to sequence infrastructure and manage growth—councilors raised concerns about the adequacy of relying on developer-built streets and sidewalks, and about coordination with state projects such as a major interchange on the 179 corridor. "When that comes up, we work with public works and come before the council and get authority to do that," Ojeko said describing how staff would sequence planning and state coordination.
Council members suggested additions including a transfer-of-development-rights (TDR) program, changes to the public benefit rating system and a road-mode/road-standards review; staff said some review work is already underway and that implementing a TDR program could take more than two years.
The council gave a general thumbs-up to the work program and asked staff to return with details as items move toward implementation and budget planning.
Next steps: staff will continue the periodic review and begin implementing accessibility and data-collection tasks, return with any proposed code changes or TDR program timelines, and brief the council ahead of the plan adoption process.
