Camas Earth Day Society DEIS Comments looked at the City’s posted map On October 18th saw no reason to consider the Nevin properties an issue. This questions whether that Camas resident would then react to County posting requirements thinking Nevin properties were not an issue. For public notice, the County’s are broader and less inclusive than a city’s obligations. Even with extreme due diligence, it is not reasonable to expect this Camas resident who followed the city’s own planning process to have the knowledge, understanding and elements of a di ff erent level of government’s independent process.
Screen shot of Preferred Land Use Map Oct. 18, 2025
Most in Camas lack knowledge of Camas’ proposed action for including the Nevin properties within the UGA. This demonstrates Camas’ planning process’ lack of transparency. There has been no analysis, or even acknowledgement, of the significant implications for Camas’ future. Discussion of the direct relationship between GHG emissions and Land Use this project would create are not present in the DEIS and should be. 2 Growth-Inducing Impacts. CEDS believes the Camas community deserves full consideration of the growth-inducing impacts from the proposed removal of agricultural protections AND moving the UGA to intrude into this large rural area. Requiring the extension of basic urban services inevitably leads to more growth.
The relationship between climate change, land use and brownfields are discussed in CEDS 2 comments to the Department of Commerce’s draft Climate Change Handbook. November 29, 2025 Page 3 of 11
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