Friends of Livingston Mountain is a non profit group made up of neighbors and concerned citizens who wish to protect and preserve Livingston Mountain in Camas and East Vancouver Washington. Life on Livingston Mountain is being negatively impacted by the threat of expansion of gravel mining operations.
~ LATEST NEWS ~
Well...well...well...we have done a full circle. Policy, Codes and Enforcement is going back to the Planning Commission. There will be a work session and then a hearing. After the Planning Commission Hearing it will go to the BOCC Hearing for a final vote in late November.
Important Dates -- Mark your calendars!
A Planning Commission work session is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the latest version of staff recommendations on mineral resource lands policies and development regulations. A public hearing (public testifies) before the Planning Commission is scheduled for Thursday, November 20, at 6:30 p.m. Both will take place at the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, in Vancouver.
A review of the last couple months ~ Please read to catch up!
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a work session on August 27 to talk about the county's policies and development regulations related to mining. County staff was asked by BOCC to work with stakeholders to revise comprehensive plan policies and update development regulations related to mining.
County Staff met with Mining Interests on October 14th. Below is a letter from Storedahl's attorney and the County Staff recommendations after the meeting with the mining interests.
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Below is the County Staff recommendations to the Planning Commission after meeting with Friends of Livingston Mountain
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Friends of Livingston Mountain met with County Staff on September 23rd. Below is the recommendations we gave County Staff
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Friends of Livingston Mountain met with Commissioner Madore and Commissioner Barnes, we shared our concerns with the Planning Commission recommendations. The following week we met with Staff and had a very productive meeting. Attached is the Planning Commission Recommendations with the newly added Staff Recommendations. Friends of Livingston Mountain submitted a few proposed amendments to the BOCC on 8/26 to the new recommendations. The first is to Policy 3.5.7, secondly we are recommending periodic inspections by the county of our mines. Our amendments can be seen in red within the attached document.
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