Camas City Workshop
Present in Person - Tim Hein, Jennifer Senescu, Marilyn Boerke, John Svilarich, Martin Elzingre Leslie Lewallen, Mayor Steve Hogan
Virtual: Tim Hein
Agenda and presentations at: https://meetings.municode.com/adaHtmlDocument/index?cc=CAMASWA&me=2abd0ba014e6417185448a8957e08ee7&ip=True
Public Comment - One comment pointing out the flaws in the City’s reasoning re: development of the mill property. One comment that the Northshore design has a lack of bike lanes. One comment supporting SunCal plans and one comment thanking City for various actions.
Workshop Topics
Johnston Dairy Development Agreement with SunCal - Presentation of the plans for the Northshore development. The land was incorporated into the Urban Growth Area in 2008. A Subarea plan for the property was adopted in 2018-19 and standards were set in 2023. Presently there is a development agreement between the owners/developers and the City. The presentation has zoning and site maps. The general plan is to have three areas - residential, employment and town center. Fred Meyer has already expressed interest in building there. A deep dive into the details will be presented to the Council on Nov. 17th. Council was generally positive. C. Boerke expressed interest in housing density and wanted to know what that looked like. Developer said they were looking at 350-450 units of garden apts. (3 story walk-ups) which would be mildly dense.
2026 Fee Schedule Presentation - How proposal for new fees was developed. As part of the strategic plan staff was tasked with performing a fee analysis study on all fees to assure adequate cost recovery. Metrics used were explained. What is being proposed is a 3% increase overall with fees for Parks and Rec a bit higher as they have not been readjusted in 3 years. Impact fees are set to increase by 1.2% (different metric). Fee schedule resolution will be brought before the Council Nov.17.Council asked clarifying questions. C. Hein wanted to know if fees on short-term rentals had been considered. Presently, short-term rentals are charged a lodging tax fee. However, it is on staff’s radar to develop some program fees. They do not have the capacity and tools to do that yet.
2026 Capital Budget Presentation - There are 49 capital packages of which almost half are water and sewer. Most of the projects are ongoing and have already been seen and approved in long range plans. Details can be viewed in presentation materials. Council asked clarifying questions. There will be a workshop on Nov 3, followed by revenue options on Nov 17. A revenue and adoption hearing will be Dec. 1
Legacy Lands Master Plan – Greenworks Professional Services Amendment #3 - The Park Director gave a bit of background. Legacy Lands acquired 165 acres of land in the Northshore area to create a regional park. Greenworks was hired in March 2024 to develop a master plan process. Community engagement was required before the project could begin. At that time the Parks Director left her position. It was 8 months before the current director was hired. In order to keep the process moving, Green works provided the community engagement process. The amendment is for $35,600 to cover those services.
Staff Updates - The City Administrator, Doug Quinn, introduced Henry who is a high schooler that is shadowing him as part of a school project.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - none
Councilor Comments - community events attended. C. Nohr said he continues to receive lots of complaints about electric motorcycles being driven by kids not old enough to drive. He praised the new apartment building, noting that it was a start to providing more diverse housing to meet the differing needs of the citizens. C Boerke also had high praise for the new apartment building. However, she noted that it was very high end and would not add to the affordable housing stock.
Camas City Council
Present in Person - Marilyn Boerke, Jennifer Senescu, Leslie Lewallen, John Nohr, John Svilarich, Martin Elzingre, Mayor Steve Hogan
Excused - Tim Hein
Agenda at: https://meetings.municode.com/adaHtmlDocument/index?cc=CAMASWA&me=8adf25bcd2714da8b57d3dd46dffc815&ip=False
Public Comment - seven public comments, two on requests for code changes to make ADUs more affordable, one on price of building permits and price of Lake Rd roundabout, one on fluoridation, two regarding a dispute with the City regarding code enforcement of tree protection, and one urging code changes to allow for building that encourages small local businesses
Consent Agenda - the Mayor pulled Item 3 - approved
Mayor Announcements - none
Meeting Agenda
Resolution No. 25-013 Setting a Public Hearing Concerning the Proposed Vacation of a portion of NE Everett Street - vacation is pre-requisite for construction of the new fire station. December 17th set for public hearing
Item #3 - $1,433,729.00 Mackay and Sposito, LLC, for Angelo Booster Station Design Phase 2 - staff was requesting a revision of the contract amount due to a fee tab error. The fee tab was not included in the total. Neither the contractor or the City staff caught the error at the time of signing. Some discussion was held with some council members wanting to withhold the extra funds arguing that the company should “eat it”. Staff noted that the amount had been included in the list of fees. The mistake was on both sides. Motion was made, seconded and passed to accept the amended amount.
Public Comments - Two comments upbraiding the City for PFAs in the water and one comment asking that the issue of fluoridation be reconsidered
No Staff Comments
Council Comments - thanked public commenters