Public Hearing - Proposal to repeal ordinance which added surface mining overlay to 330 acres

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Clark County Council will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. in the Councilors Hearing Room, sixth floor, Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver, Wash. to consider the following:

1. Amendment to Ordinance 2022-07-01: A proposal to repeal subsection 5 of section 2 of Ordinance 2022-07-01 related to CPZ 2021-00006 Chelatchie Bluff which added a Surface Mining Overlay (SMO) to four parcels totaling 330 acres. This proposed action is in response to the Growth Management Hearings Board Final Order that concluded that the county's action to add the overlay did not comply with the Growth Management Act and is invalid as interfering with the GMA goals due to a SEPA violation.

Staff Contact: Jose Alvarez, Jose.Alvarez@clark.wa.gov, 564-397-4898. Project

web page: https://clark. wa.qov/community-planning/cpz2021-00006

County Council meetings will be held in a hybrid format and the public is encouraged to participate in the following ways:

• In person attendance in the Council's Hearing Room, 6th Floor, Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, Vancouver, WA 98666
• Virtually via WebEx Uoin by phone or computer): information for the meetings will be posted on the Meeting Agendas & Archives page one week prior to the meeting: https://clark.wa.gov/councilors/clark-county-council-meetings
• Watch the meeting live on CVTV (Comcast channel 23)
• Livestream from a personal computer at www.cvtv.org
• Submit written comments via the County website at https://clark.wa.gov/councilors/public-comment or via the US Postal Service to the Clark County Council, c/o Rebecca Messinger, PO Box 5000, Vancouver, WA 98666-5000
• Read your comments into the record. Instructions are available on the County website at https://clark.wa.gov/councilors/clark-county-council-meetings. They can be found at the top of the meeting page, as well as in the related document portion of that meeting entry.
• You may submit items like maps, photos, graphics, articles, legal history, etc., to become part of the record of the county's decision. To do so, you must provide the item. Hand it to staff at the meeting, attach it to your digital testimony, or physically send it via USPS or a delivery service that will get it to the county before the meeting. Referring to an item, sending a link to an item, or showing an item during testimony without giving it to staff, for example, would not enter an item into the record.

The staff report and related materials will be available 15 days prior to the hearing date on the county's web pages listed above, by each project description. Copies are also available by request to the staff member listed above, by each project description. For other formats, contact the Clark County ADA Office at ADA@clark.wa.gov,voice 564-397-2322, Relay 711 or 800-833-6388, Fax 564- 397-6165.

Staff would appreciate receiving written testimony at least 24 hours before the hearings to ensure that it is forwarded to the Councilors by the hearings. Written testimony may also be submitted for the record during the hearings.