Camas recently posted a public notice on it's official page to do so (there was no posting date provided for that notice). While this public notice page is technically at a public address and should satisfy the requirement, some readers may not have been aware it was there as the items posted rarely make it to the city's main homepage and the page itself if not linked to often, if ever, in more broad city communications. In some instances, the city is legally required by the state to give public notice for things like State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) issues or the addition/cancellation of public meetings as mandated by the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA).
The newest notice of public hearing is titled,
Comprehensive Six (6) Year Street Plan, June 1, 7:00 PM Zoom Meeting
Outside of the title above, there were no additional details provided. The actual comprehensive plan referenced was not attached to the Public Hearing announcement nor was a summary provided.
Readers can download/view the PDF that the city released below. WATCH Camas has reached out to the city of Camas to provide these supporting documents and will update this post should they provide them. The notice does say that, "further information may be obtained at City Hall, 616 Northeast Fourth Avenue" but city hall is currently closed.
If you or your neighbors have questions related to this proposal you can direct them to James Carothers, Engineering Manager, at (360) 817-1561 or email at jcarothers@cityofcamas.us
UPDATE: As of 5/26, the city of Camas has not responded to WATCH Camas' emailed public records request for supporting documents. Indirectly though, they posted an update on the city's homepage (but not on its Twitter feed) a couple days after this post was made. That was also after the email request was sent and after they'd posted the information quietly to the public notices page linked and described above. You can find those (three) new documents and the city's announcement here.
UPDATE 2: Hours after the last update to this article (6 days after WATCH Camas' initial request) the city responded by publicly releasing the information sought. Here is their response as written:
Here is a link to the materials - https://www.cityofcamas.us/97-public-works/publicworksnews/1625-city-of-camas-6-year-street-plan
UPDATE 2: Hours after the last update to this article (6 days after WATCH Camas' initial request) the city responded by publicly releasing the information sought. Here is their response as written:
This is just another example of change you can impact Camas. This information was not public before the inquiry and likely would not have been prior to tonight's council meeting as it wasn't attached to the initial public notice as detailed above.
Keep #WATCHING Camas!