Monday evening, Clark County Commissioners voted to eliminate park fees for the six county parks. We called the commissioners to get their comment via phone.
Clark County to use taxes to lobby against voters.
C-Tran snubs voters December 11 who said No to funding Light Rail and BRT in the General Election. The C-Tran Board voted to rush ahead on the CRC Light Rail Tolling project and BRT anyway.
The next step in the process to push Portland’s light rail into Vancouver is to secure taxes to fund expenses for operation and maintenance (O&M). Unlike the cost to construct light rail – which is funneled through state and federal taxes – monies for operation and maintenance are derived from ...
The Columbia River Crossing story of intrigue continues to reveal bizarre twists and turns that baffle common sense. For the first time in recent years, a legislative body was able to hear from sources other than the CRC yesterday. What was presented was nothing short of jaw dropping. To understand ...
After some hemming and hawing, the C-Tran board approved a $330,000 contract Tuesday night to hire engineering firm BergerABAM to assist in the preparation of a vote on high capacity transit financing for Fall 2012...
The C-Tran board wants to make it perfectly clear that a sales tax measure it hopes to bring to voters this November to support high capacity transit in Clark County will not be a referendum on light rail. However, unless the board comes up with a back-up funding plan, a ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) has officially entered its “pre-construction” phase, even though planners have yet to secure a penny of the estimated $10 billion* they will need to fund capital costs. The announcement came Thursday during the final meeting of the CRC Project Sponsors Council, a ...
There still may be a minor league baseball team in Clark County’s future, but it won't be the Class A Yakima Bears. The team’s bid to move to Vancouver was scuttled Tuesday when the Board of County Commissioners voted 2 to 1 to reject a proposed 5 percent tax
If Clark County gives the green light, more than just baseball fans could end up paying for the construction of a $23 million, 6,000–seat stadium at Vancouver’s Clark College. An admissions tax could charge moviegoers, golfers, motocross fans, and concertgoers five percent per ticket in an effort to cover most ...
Vancouver’s love of baseball wasn’t debated this morning as the board of Clark County commissioners agreed to sign a non-binding letter of intent with Short Season LLC which hopes to relocate the Yakima Bears minor league team to Vancouver. But commissioners and the public in attendance did debate the proposed finance ...
The executive director of C-Tran did not ask the transit agency’s board of directors to review additional Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project* documents as was scheduled to continue during Tuesday evening’s board meeting. The board reviewed the CRC draft environmental impact statement during its June meeting and was scheduled ...