What: Resolution 2026-0073 is a joint resolution of the City Council and Spokane Parks supporting a Department of Natural Resources land exchange and land trust transfer for the Thorpe Road property (spelling as transcribed) in the Latah (Hangman) Valley area.
Where it stands: Passed 7-0 on October 14. The Park Board had passed it the week before.
Next: The resolution asks the state Legislature to fund the transfer in the coming session, while state budget writers are drafting.
Details
Built from the Whisper speech-to-text transcript of the October 14 Legislative Meeting; names and numbers may be misheard.
Members described the parcel as about 200 acres, roughly double the size of Riverfront Park, to be kept as a natural area with trails. They thanked the people who kept the effort alive.
One speaker supported the resolution as wildfire risk mitigation in the wildland-urban interface and asked for a development moratorium in the valley.