2026-11-04 - City Council Legislative Meeting

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Built from the City's meeting page (agenda items, ordinance and resolution numbers) and the YouTube manual caption transcript. The captions are rough: many words, numbers and names are garbled and votes are mostly not audible, so uncertain items are flagged. No minutes were found. Names of public speakers and staff are omitted.

  • The meeting opened with a land acknowledgment and roll call. Public hearings followed.
  • Hearing on Ordinance C36970, the 2027-2028 biennial budget: one member of the public spoke, about revenue lost in the wildfire and property tax relief for burned homes. The hearing was continued to November 11 (date as captioned; confirm).
  • Hearing on Ordinance C36962, the 2027 property tax levy: no public testimony is clear in the captions. One member said they would vote no, citing other tax increases; another said much of the budgeted increase is not property tax and that burned parcels are taxed on land only. The vote is not clear.
  • Public comment on the agenda covered sidewalks and pedestrian safety in the state legislative priorities, the timing of funding for a fire station planned for the Latah Valley area (captions garble the name), support from a disability advocacy coalition for the equitable budgeting ordinance with a request for more equity office funding and language access staffing, and several residents objecting to rising taxes, fees, bonds and a settlement payment (uncertain).
  • Pending items read: Resolution 2026-0076, 2027 state legislative agenda; Resolution 2026-0077, Development Services fee table, and Ordinance C36965, fees; a resolution setting a hearing on a right-of-way vacation of parts of Dalton Avenue and Oak Street (captioned 2026-0078); a resolution authorizing a limited tax general obligation bond and loan to repay a one-time transfer from the Development Services Fund to the General Fund (captioned 2026-0079, amount unclear); Resolution 2026-0080, utility pipe rehabilitation program; resolutions setting 2027 assessment hearings for the Downtown and East Sprague parking and business improvement areas (captioned 2026-0081 and 2026-0082); a water system plan amendment to add the six-year capital plan (captioned 2026-0083); and Resolution 2026-0070, Division Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan.
  • Pending special budget ordinances read: C36971 (accept a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to expand the mobile response program with a new emergency response team), C36972 (adjust pay ranges to align with a salary analysis) and C36973 (additional positions for the regional 911 network), all with emergency clauses, plus C36964, a capital improvement loan to the General Fund to repay the one-time Development Services Fund transfer. One member said they would vote against C36964 because the one-time transfer should not have been taken. Numbers are as captioned; the votes are not clear.
  • Pending ordinances read: Ordinance C36966, streamlining local improvement district formation and a nuisance properties ordinance amending chapter 10.68 (number unclear). One business owner commented on loitering and asked that penalties apply.
  • Equitable budgeting ordinance (final ordinance, number unclear in the captions; adds a new chapter to Title 18): public commenters and several members supported it as a data-driven process with a multi-year community impact plan and performance indicators, noting revisions made after committee. One member opposed it, citing no fiscal analysis of this version, staff training mandates, undefined language and a preference for zero-based or participatory budgeting. The vote is not clearly captioned; a tally of 6 to 1 is heard near the contracts item and may refer to a different item (uncertain).
  • Ordinance C36963, emergency loans of City equipment: brief remarks described it as enabling equipment loans between cities in an emergency; no objection is apparent and the vote is not clearly captioned.
  • Open forum: a neighborhood council speaker urged traffic calming and lower speeds on arterials, including the Maple Street bridge (a 30 mile per hour limit was requested, citing nearly 100 collisions in five years). Other speakers raised environmental and critical-area concerns about the comprehensive plan and its environmental review and a proposed heat exemption, opposed the infill and density approach of the comprehensive plan, spoke about gun violence and public safety after a recent shooting, asked what outreach followed a shelter closure, and thanked City staff for help. A federal Small Business Administration representative described wildfire disaster loans for businesses, nonprofits and homeowners, a disaster loan center, and an outreach request to the Council (amounts and the deadline of December 21 are as captioned and uncertain).
  • The presiding member announced a comprehensive plan hearing on Monday, November 9 (time captioned as 3:46 PM, uncertain), then the meeting adjourned. A short recap video is also posted: November 4th, 2026 Spokane City Council Legislative Session Recap.

Agenda

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Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuIPBBCywNk

Transcript

YouTube manual captions; lightly redacted for privacy. Names of speakers, public commenters and staff, street numbers and some personal details are replaced. The captions are garbled in many places and are reproduced as captioned.

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HE HE HE HE HE EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL I LOOK PLEADINGLY HE WILL FIND THE LAND NO GOOD WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE LAND OF THE KPK AND THAT THESE LANDS AND WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE

CANNOT PUT THIS THEY CAN MAKE IT THIS PLAGUE AND WELCOME OTHER AREA TRY DO THEY RELATIONS HE AND HIM ON WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LAND HERE THAT THE PLATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COCA ALL THE

ORIGINAL PEOPLE AND TIME IMMEMORIAL AND IF YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO CONCLUDE THE IMPACT YOU CALLED THE DAY HE KNEW ON FOOT NO TO AND WITH UNITY OF THE STATE CAN'T AND THE REALITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER

MAKING THAT BENEFIT ALL MAY WE GET SO 181 MIND AND ONE SPIRIT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ON THE GOOD WENT BACK AND PEOPLE IN AFRICA THOUGHT OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND ALL WE LIKE AND WE ASK THAT YOU RECOGNIZE

INJUSTICES THAT FOREVER TAKE A LIKE A GIFT THEY CAN PEOPLE AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE LOOK WE AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER TO STOP ALL ACT TAKING TOWARD NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALL OUR REALITY IT IS TIME FOR

RECONCILIATION. WE MUST ACT UPON THE TRUTH. IT COULD ACTUALLY THAT WILL CREATE A STORY AGAINST ALL PEOPLE. PLEASE ECONOMY IN THE WAKE OF A LEAKING HE CALLED IT OF THE PRESIDENT WELL COOKING PRESIDENT

COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER [name] COUNCILMEMBER [name] ON SUNDAY THE POEM IT COMES FROM THE GOING TO TELL IT COME FROM THE DIXIT YEAH LET THE RECORD REFLECT IT I'LL COME TO THEM AS A PRESENT TAKE A GOOD

TIME ON TAKE ON A QUICK AND RECORD AND I I GOING BACK OKAY THAT WAS HERE YESTERDAY AND YOU GET THE OTHER ONE AND LIKE THE WORK IN THE NEXT YEAR HE'S GOING TO MAKE I FOR ONE TO RECOGNIZE A KEY CRITICAL

THERE WAS HE IN THEIR LIFE YES THEY WILL BE TAKEN ME AND A SAY BACK AND AGAIN WE WE WILL NOW HAVE EXPRESSED HEY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR HEARING FOR YOU HAVE HEARING TONIGHT IT WILL CONTINUE WITH A

BETTER PRACTICE AND WITH A THIRD ACT WITH HEARING EACH ONE ON THE ON TO ADOPT THE BAIL BACK IN LIQUIDITY WE DOING F I N 2026 YEARS ZERO ONE HEARING ON ORDINANCE E36970 ADOPTING A BIENNIAL BUDGET FOR

THE CITY OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON FOR THE YEAR 2027 AND 2028 AND SETTING FORTH INCOME MAIN FORM THE TOTALS OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATION FOR EACH SEPARATE FUND YOU CAN PLAY FOR THE PUBLIC ON

THE MATTER OF THE BUDGET THERE IS NO STATUTE COURTS ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND FIRST I HAVE GOT THE F F IS GOING TO PAY AND I [name] THAT'S A PRESIDENT MAYOR [address] WASHINGTON AND I HAVE BUSINESS IN

THE GREAT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND AND SO QUESTION IN THE KEY I MEAN WE HAD THE GREAT FIRE AND WE LOST A LOT OF HOME AND WE ALSO LOST A LOT OF REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN AND SO I MEAN I EVEN

ATTEMPTED AT THE COUNCIL TO THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO TRY TO HELP THE CITY IN THAT AND THEY JUST KIND OF THUMB THEIR NOSE UP AT IT. OKAY. THAT WASN'T VERY GOOD. I MEAN AND THE STATE BUILDING CODE

COUNCIL THEY DID KIND OF I THINK THEY PRETTY MUCH KIND OF GIVE YOU A ROLLBACK ON YOUR TAX AND AND ON YOUR ON ON THE CODE FOR THE ROLLBACK TWO THOUSAND 15 AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A JOKE BUT THE 2000 15

IS A GOOD ROLLBACK LOCAL HOME BUILT IN 1980. OKAY SO 2015 CODE WAS ACTUALLY CALLING DOUBLE THE INSULATION VALUE THAT THOSE HAM HOMES HAD AT ANOTHER EXTREME COST. OKAY. AND I THINK COOK COUNTY I SEEN

THE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THE OTHER DAY IN SUN PAPER THAT ASKED THE STATE IF THEY WOULD ROLL BACK THE TAXES ON THOSE HOMES. I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH IT

TO THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LISTEN TO IT ANYWAY BUT HE PROBABLY WOULD LISTEN TO YOU PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND BECAUSE THAT MONEY WASN'T GOING TO BE IN

THE BUDGET ANYWAY AND SO PEOPLE THAT LOST EVERYTHING AT LEAST THAT WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD FOR THAT HEARING ITEM. THE AT THIS POINT I WILL TAKE THE MAKE CONTINUE THE

HEARING UNTIL NOVEMBER THE 11TH. ME AGAIN IF THE SECOND YEAR TO NOVEMBER 11TH ALL OF THE 30 IT LIKE NINE I KNOW TAKING A IT CAN TAKE IT TO BOOK I SECOND HEARING HEARING TO ORDINANCE 336 962 AN

ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL CITY OF SPOKANE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2020 87 IF YOU COULD COME AND PLAY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY THE HEARING ON OUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY

FOR 2015 PUBLIC STREET I HAVE AGAIN ON LIKE THREE TAKE A HAND THE REGIONAL CAPITAL COMMUNITY GET IT BUT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY YEAH I APOLOGIZE I'M THINK I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK BUT THANK YOU

THAT'S GOING TO MOVE ME FROM ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGICALLY THANK YOU. I THINK TODAY I WILL NOT MAKE IT I HAVE [name] IS AGAIN A VERY SYMBOLIC ONE. I COULD TESTIFY BUT IT WOULD BE UP ON THE AC AND THEN I

CAN SO I DID TALK ABOUT THE THINK IN THAT ONE THE TO THE 11 I COULD TESTIFY AGAIN I WILL NOW INDICATE A MAKING IT TAKING A SECOND TO MOVE I THINK THE CAKE AGAIN I THINK I I YOU KNOW I THINK THE YOU

KNOW MAKE IT GET ANY HEALTHIER COMMITTEE NOW THEN YEAH I'LL I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THE WE JUST COUNCIL MANICALLY RAISED EVERYBODY'S HEALTH TAXES WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND UTILITY TAXES BEYOND WHAT ANYBODY

EXPECTED THE LEAST WE COULD DO IS NOT RAISE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AND KICK THAT WE'VE NOT BE VOTING NO THANK YOU TAKE NO [name] YEAH I THINK YOU KNOW PART OF THIS PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION AND WHEN YOU

LOOK AT THE NUMBER IS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE TOGETHER SO CAN PROPERTY TAX THAT DID VOTE MAJORITY OF VOTERS SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT NUMBER I KNOW THAT THAT IS BUDGETED BUT THIS COUNCILMEMBER 50 MILLION IS

NOT A PROPERTY TAX AND I I DID WANT TO TAKE A NOTE THAT THE AK HAS GONE DOWN TO THE BURNED AREA AND ALREADY WE AFFECT ALL OF THOSE PROPERTY SO THEY WILL ONLY TAXED ON THE LAND NOW IF THAT IS PART OF

YOUR CONCERN I THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SALES TAX BUT AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT THAT KIND OF LIKE FIGURE THE CALENDAR WHICH WILL BE APPROVED NEXT WEEK HOPEFULLY BUT THE EFFECT IT HAS TAKING

CARE OF THE EXACT VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY YOU KNOW THE COUNTY I WILL IT CAME TO A KEY PUBLIC ACTIVITY FOR ME THINKING IT CAN MAKE IT ALL THEY COULD EIGHT I I IN NO NO I THINK YOU GOT [name] ONE ON NOW

ARE LET'S TAKE THEM IN WITH A TAKE THE MONEY YOU GET THIS AGREEMENT ON ANYTHING IN THE AGENDA HOWEVER YOU ONLY GET ONE UNLESS YOU COME BACK AND SPEAK OPEN THING APPEARS TO HAVE A POKER AND THEN

ACTUALLY ENLIGHTEN THANK YOU GOOD EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SEE ALL OF THE AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CREATING THE EXPRESS TESTIMONY OPTION THIS OFFERING HECK GOT TO INCREASE IT

CAN'T GET MY HUSBAND WOULD ACTUALLY GOING ONE OF THESE MEETINGS AND HE CAN ACTUALLY GET MONEY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SO I THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN NICE I DO KNOW I HAVE THE HONOR TO BE THE

CHAIR OF THE COMSTOCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF A ADVISORY BOARD AND THE CARE THE COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY COMMITTEE AND IT'S IN THAT CAPACITY THAT I'M EXPECTING SUPPORT

THIS EVENING. RELATED QUICKLY RESOLUTION 2026 OR SEVEN SIX AND THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES RELATED TO SIDEWALKS ,PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THE PARKING ACTUALLY TO TAKE THE SEVENTH AND HACK THE I-95

CORRIDOR AND THE LAKE PUBLIC ADDITIONALLY RELATED TO OH ARE THE KEY TO SIX NINE, SIX NINE AND THE SIX YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

COMMITTEE. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE $6 MILLION NEEDED FOR THE FIRE STATION IN THE LAKE VALLEY IN 2020 NINE. HOWEVER I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS UNFUNDED AT A TIME AND ASSUMING THAT THE FUNDS ARE

SECURED IT MAY BE SEVERAL PRIORITY COME NOW BEFORE THAT STATION IS COMPLETE IT I APPRECIATE THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS A BEST EFFORT SOLUTION TO A VERY EXPENSIVE NEED. HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD

SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE CONTACT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL HE CLEARLY HOPE THAT FUNDING CAN BE SECURED WELL BEFORE 2020 NINE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE HIGH FIRE RISK AT THAT AREA. ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN THIS

WEEKEND. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME [name] AND [name]. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS [name] AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF JURISDICTION

ACTING THE POLITICAL EMIGRATED FACTS AND PROGRESS AND NETWORKING NEARLY 40 DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DISABLED AND CORRECT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES TO APPROVE THE EQUITABLE BUDGETING

OR THE ORDINANCE TO FORMALLY EMBED EQUITY AND EFFECTIVE BUDGETING AND POLICY. WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL OF EQUITY SUBCOMMITTEE AND EQUITABLE BUDGETING GROUP FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK TO

DEVELOP THIS IMPORTANT ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT CAN REPORT EQUITY IMPACTS, MANDATES, PAY AND ESTABLISHES A MULTI YEAR PLANNING AND REPORTING STRUCTURE TO THE DISTRICT AND IMPROVE

OUTCOMES HISTORICALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THIS ORDINANCE IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE CRITICAL FOR THE OFFICER TO PROVIDE EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT PUT IN EQUITY INTO PRACTICE AND

ACTIONABLE AND TRANSPARENT MANNER. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY IS MAKING A COMMITMENT THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE JUSTICE EQUITY AND IN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR A THE TALENT THAT WE STILL FOR

INDICATED AN OUTCOME FOR RESIDENT IN SPOKANE WHETHER THEY CONVEY GENDER OR NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSING AND OTHER DISPARITIES BY STANDING IMPACTED COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WILL SUPPORT A

HEALTHY AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. WHAT WE REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE EQUITY EQUITABLE BUDGETING ORDINANCE IS THAT IT SAID THAT PERFECTLY EVEN A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH WITH HUMAN CENTERED INDICATORS TO

IDENTIFY, REMOVE AND MENTOR RACIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUITIES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI YEAR COMMUNITY IMPACT PLAN A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE AGREE TO FILL A MORE

EFFICIENT BUDGET FOCUS ON OUTCOMES THAT BENEFIT ALL OF US WITH A PACKAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE THEY CAN ALL BE DONE. OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN MODERNIZING OUR BUDGETING PROCESS BY EMBEDDING THAT

IN EQUITY IT IS AN ENTITY OUT OF WAY TO DELIVER SERVICES SO PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE. IN ADDITION, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE 2020 SEVEN

AND 2028 ANNUAL BUDGET IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT EQUITABLE BUDGETING IN IT IN ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS TRAINING AS WELL AS INCLUDE A FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ACTIVE PLAN TO HANDLE DISCRIMINATION

COMPLAINT AND HAVE CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. ONE MORE THAN ONE FULL TIME PROJECT INTEGRATED WELL WE ARE PLEASED THE CITY WAS ABLE TO HIRE CONTRACTORS USING THE LUNA REMOVAL ARPA

FUNDING THE PHENIX IMPLEMENTED THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDINANCE. IT WILL TAKE ONGOING SUPPORT AND COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S LANGUAGE ACTIVE GOALS ARE MET. ONE FTE IS NOT AT ALL ADEQUATE

SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S VISION A GROWING AND COMMITMENT TO EQUITY. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER I THINK A KEY I CAN TAKE EXPERT TESTIMONY. YOU WILL NOW GO TO THE PAVEMENT ITEMS AND

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR YEAH OH AND [address] GO THROUGH THAT FIRST OKAY AND I HAVE A BUSINESS IN DISTRICT ONE THREE RESIDENTIAL 20 20 600 EIGHT FIVE I IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT WE'RE GOING INTO THE

LAND BUSINESS THE CITY WITH THIS IN I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA IF THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO TO DO THIS STUFF AND THEN SO THEN LET'S GO TO

OUR F 2026 DASH OH 86 THE I ALREADY GOT IT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BOND RIGHT FOR HER DOWN RIVER GOLF COURSE AND NOW WE'RE GIVING THEM WE WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR BOND IT

BECAUSE WE CAN'T PAY OFF THE 2.5 MILLION OR WHAT WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY FLOATING HERE. OKAY. AND IN IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR IN YOUR WRITING WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING BUT IT

APPEARS TO ME THAT WE CAN'T PAY OFF THE 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR BOND RIGHT NOW. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF TO HELP PAY THE 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR BOND SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME

WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE PERSONALLY BECAUSE BOND THE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT THEY USED TO BE. SO SO WHY ARE WE DOING THE I MEAN WE COULD PAY OFF THE ORIGINAL BOND INSTEAD OF GETTING ANOTHER BOND TO HELP

PAY THE BOND. ARE WE HAVING THOSE KIND OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HERE THAT WE CAN'T PAY OUR BILL SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO OUT AND BORROW MORE MONEY TO PAY OUR BILLS? THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO ME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY I GET THE MONEY ON TO PAY FOR THE SEVEN AND GET MORE QUICKLY. I THINK PENDING BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT JACKSON AND A PUBLIC COMMENT AND BE AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PENDING REPORTS

CONTRACTS AND CLAIM AND [name] FIVE NOW IS THAT RIGHT YEP YEAH I THINK I HAVE ONE ON THE BACK YEAH WELL YEAH UNDER 15 THREE IF ALL THAT AND IN OUR BUSINESS IN DISTRICT ONE IT'S WE'VE GOT THIS CASE AND

I TRIED TO DIG INTO IT A LITTLE BIT BUT WE GOT A MILLION IN A QUARTER GOING OUT TO SOME OF GROUP DID WE GET IN ANOTHER LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING HERE JUST TO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. OKAY. AND IT WASN'T VERY

CLEAR IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY AND WE LEFT THE EITHER THE VENDOR OF THE SOMETHING BUT IT BE AT LEAST NICE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON SOME OF THE IN AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I

COULDN'T I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON FROM WHAT YOU HAD WRITTEN IN YOU KNOW IN STUFF AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT I THINK IT SHOULD BE MAKE VERY CLEAR WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON.

YOU KNOW, APPARENTLY WE'VE GOT TO SPEND THE MONEY BUT IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT WE SPENDING AND OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY. PENDING BUDGET ORDINANCE ORDINANCE C THREE 6971 AMENDING ORDINANCE AND

THE C3679 FOUR AND TITLED IN PART AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MID BIENNIUM MODIFICATION BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SPOKANE AND THE BENEFIT TO ACCEPT THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE DISCRETIONARY FUND GRANT

TO EXPAND THE SPOKANE MOBILE RESPONSE MARK PROGRAM WITH A NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ANDY SPECIAL BUDGET ORDINANCE C36 972 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER C36794 ENTITLED IN

PART AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MID BIENNIAL MODIFICATION BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SPOKANE AND AMENDING IT TO ADJUST PAY RANGES TO ALIGN WITH SALARY ANALYSIS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ANDY SO WE ALL

PENDING SPECIAL BUDGET ORDINANCES ON PAGE SIX THANK THE ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ONE HERE WHEN WE ORDINANCE C THREE 6972I GOT TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T PLEASE WABASH OKAY AND IS THIS IN DISTRICT

ONE? THANK YOU. I LOOKED AT THAT I MEAN EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT SOMEBODY IS MAKING MORE MONEY THAN SOMEBODY ELSE AND AND AND AND IF WE CAN SEND PEOPLE OUT AND DO THIS STUFF RIGHT AND

BUT IF THE PARTY OKAY I MEAN WE KEEP RACKING THE CONCEPT COST UP IN THE PUBLIC HEY PEOPLE HERE YOU JUST VOTED INCREASE ALL THE PROPERTY TAXES I MEAN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY INCREASE FROM THE

GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK TO PAY FOR ALL THAT. YOU GUYS JUST KNOW THAT FOR THAT'S GOING I MEAN THE LEAGUE YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLD PEOPLE AT LEAST TO HAVE A BREAK HERE BUT WE KEEP LEAVING EVERYBODY IT'S YOU

WONDER WHY EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE IT'S BECAUSE YOU VOTED GIVING THEM THE MONEY AWAY YOU GOT A BIG DOWN YOU YOU YOU CAN'T KEEP RAISING EVERYTHING LIKE YOU'RE DOING IT'S A SPIRAL THAT THAT'S GOING OUT

THE SNOWBALL ABOUT READY TO TURN IT OVER AND IT'S RIGHT BEHIND IT OKAY THIS IS IT, RIGHT? I MEAN WE COULD HAVE COST WE GOT TO START HOLDING COSTS AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HOLD COST START SPENDING AND

INCREASING ANY CREAKY CREAKY ANY HOW MANY I NEVER SEE MANY TAX INCREASE IN A CITY I THINK THE MAYOR'S BEEN HERE OKAY THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY NOTHING REAL BAD ABOUT THE MAYOR BUT I

NEVER SEE SO MANY INCREASES IN TAXES SINCE THIS MAY JUST BE HERE AND IN THAT DID EVERYTHING ELSE GOES UP AND HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH IT? WE DON'T THINK OF IT PENDING SPECIAL BUDGET ORDINANCE 3369 SEVEN

THREE AND THEN IN ORDER C36794 AND ENTITLED IN PART THEN ADOPTING THE BID BIENNIAL MODIFICATION BUDGET FOR THE CITY AND AND THE MONEY AUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR THE SPOKANE UNITED NINE ONE

ONE NETWORK AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY A&E I I REALLY ENVY 15 ON THREE FOUR BACK I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST YEAH I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND AND CUT COST IT WE'RE INCREASING IT PIECEMEAL

INCREASING THE COST HOLDING UP ONLY SYSTEM WE DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY AND PEOPLE OUT HERE EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVING TO KILL YOU THEY JUST BURDEN ON THEIR BACK BECAUSE THE HAVE THE HUNDREDTH TIME PAYING

FOR THE FUEL BECAUSE THEN IT'S EXPENSIVE AND AND MINIMUM WAGE WENT WAY UP THE HIGHEST IN THE WHOLE NATION THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU'RE HURTING THE MOST THE LOW INCOME PEOPLE YOU KICK

ALL THIS AND YOU IN THE STREET AND IT'S OBVIOUS LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD COMPELLING EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON PEOPLE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COPE WITH THE PROBLEM BECOMING SO BIG THAT THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T

COPE WITH IT. SO WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY GO TO KIDS AND THEY AND THEY BLOW THE MIND OUT AND NOW WE'RE EVEN IN A SPIRAL. YOU DON'T CONTROL ONLY COST IT JUST BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVE YOU SOME

MONEY. HE COULD SAY NO, NO WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HELP ME I'M GOING TO SAY HEY, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, WE'VE GOT START LEARNING TO CONTROL OURSELVES. EVERYBODY LIKE YOU STUFF. BUT THIS IS

NOT THE TIME. WE'VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY AND I THOUGHT WE WERE A CITY FOR EVERYBODY AND NOW WE'RE CITY OF THE OF THE MAKE LITTLE PEOPLE THAT CAN BE HERE AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT

YOU HAVE ALL HAVE CHILDREN AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DEAL WITH IT'S OUT OF CONTROL THANK YOU VERY PENDING RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 2026 007 SIX ADOPTING THE CITY OF SPOKANE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE

2020 SEVEN STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION [name] AND RESOLUTION 20 26 THE SEVEN SEVEN APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TABLE PUBLIC WILL ANDY TOGETHER RESOLUTION 2020 60078 SETTING A HEARING FOR THE

RIGHT OF WAY VACATION OF PORTIONS OF DALTON AVENUE AND OAK STREET AND YOU KNOW I GO AGAIN OKAY RESOLUTION 20 26 0079 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A TAXABLE LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION

BOND IN THE AGGREGATE CONTRACTUAL OUT NOT TO EXCEED 4 MILLION $11,000 ESTABLISHING AND TO FUND LOAN FACILITIES FROM THE SPOKANE INVESTMENT BOARD TO FINANCE TO REPAYMENT OF A ONE TIME THE FUND TRANSFER

FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND AND PAY CERTAIN BOND ISSUANCE COSTS. ANDY SEEING HERE IS WE USED A BUNCH OF MONEY AND IT'S ALL GONE BUT WE NEED MORE MONEY SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT

MORE BOND AND GRAB SOME WOMAN BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BURNT THROUGH THE MONEY I, I, I THINK WE JUST GOT TO PUT A HOLD ON STUFF. IT'S IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. HE CAN SEE IT IN BLACK AND WHITE AND IF WE DON'T

START MAKING IT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY BOND RATING ANYMORE. SO WE DO REALLY NEED A BOND. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AT SUCH A RATE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND SAYING HEY,

WE'VE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE. OKAY? SO PLEASE, PLEASE START PULLING IN THE RANGE THESE PEOPLE THAT NEED MORE MONEY TO PAY OFF THE OTHER MONEY THAT THE BORROWED AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING AND THANK

DON'T LIKE THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU .RESOLUTION 2026 080 RELATING TO THE UTILITY PIPE REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR UNPAID SEPTIC SYSTEM SIDE SEWER AND WATER SERVICE LINES AND RESOLUTION 20 20 601

SETTING THE ASSESSMENT OR HEARING FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE 20 27 ASSESSMENTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS RESOLUTION 2026 008 CUTTING THE ASSESSMENT

WELL HEARING FOR THE EAST SPRAGUE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF THE 2020 SEVEN ASSESSMENTS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE LIEN [address] WABASH SPOKANE WASHINGTON A BUSINESS

IN THIS TOOK ONE AND I BELIEVE THIS HAS TO DO WITH EACH SPRING AREA THERE AND YOU KNOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS LOOK REALLY COOL BUT IF THEY DON'T FUNKY THEN THEN WE GOT A PROBLEM AND WITH THE FIRE IN ALL

THE BACKUP I MEAN WE DIDN'T WE COULDN'T USE MAPLE ASH WE COULDN'T USE FORENSIC AND AND WE HAD NO PLACE TO GO. OKAY. SPRAGUE USED TO BE A HIGHWAY AND NOW WE'RE MAKING IT LIKE A CIRCUS ACT DOWN THERE.

OKAY. AND IF WE HAVE A BAD ONE, WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD THAT HIGHWAY AND AGAIN AND THEY START GETTING THOSE BUILDING ON FIRE? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STOP IT WITH WHAT WE GOT RIGHT NOW. WE'VE ALREADY

SEEN THAT HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENED IN ONE IDAHO WHERE THE WHOLE TOWN LOOKED DOWN THE LOOK ON THE SOUTH HILL AND IT TREES THE WHOLE TREES WHICH IS GREAT BUT THAT IS SET UP IF WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET

THE TRUCK IN YOU KNOW, KIND IF WE CAN'T GET THAT TRUCK THERE BEFORE HE GETS UP TO THE TOP AND THE WIND'S GOING WE'RE IN REAL TROUBLE. YOU THINK ABOUT IT ON THAT SOUTH HILL COMING DOWN CONTROL BUILDING

GUNFIRE. WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY AND THE AIRPLANE YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD HAVE DONE TWO YEARS AGO WHAT I TOLD THEM TO DO GET SOME PLANES THAT CAN ACTUALLY PUT OUT SOME REAL AMOUNT OF WATER AND

THAT WOULD STAND A CHANCE. BUT THEY HAVEN'T. AND SO SO WE REALLY THINK ABOUT NEARLY THREE CUP IN A HOLE AND BACK ON MAKING SURE THAT I IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE AND THEN WE GET THE PEOPLE OUT IT'S JUST LIKE

A FIRE TRUCK IT'S THE PEOPLE TO THANK YOU LET'S SOLUTION 2020 600 EIGHT THREE RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE SEA SPOKANE'S WATER SYSTEM PLAN DATED SEPTEMBER 27TH. TECHNICALLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY IS

OKAY BY THE SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO INCLUDE THE SIX YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THE RESOLUTION 2026 SEVEN ZERO ADOPTING THE DIVISION STREET TRANSIT

ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND HOPE THIS IS A YOU AND THE VISION FOR THE BUSSES. I THINK WE CAN LIVE WITH BUS WAY AND CALI AND WITH LIKE THAT TELLS US WHERE THE BUSSES CAN GO BUT YET STILL LEAVE THE

ABILITY TO RUN THE CAR ALONGSIDE THEM OKAY BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE A BUS EVERY 15 MINUTES AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT THOSE LANE FOR BUSSES GOING TO RUN THROUGH THERE EVERY 15 MINUTES. WHAT GOOD

THAT I MEAN SURE IT GIVES HIM BILITY TO GET THROUGH THERE BUT I MEAN IF WE HAD LIKE ON THE STREET THAT SAID HEY YOU KNOW HOW MANY BUSSES OKAY SOME WAY TO SAY THAT WITHOUT TOTALLY BLOCKING IT OFF

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT RUBY IN DIVISION AT PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IT IS CLOGGED AND IF YOU FLIP IT OUT YOU'RE GOING TO EVEN MAKE IT WORTH AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM AND THEN LET'S SAY WE DO HAVE A

FIRE NOW WE'RE EVEN WORSE OFF. OKAY, YOU GOT TO KEEP THAT THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A HIGHWAY THROUGH THE VISION DIVISION. RUBY THAT'S A HIGHWAY IN AND WE'RE ONLY GOING THROUGH THERE. OKAY, BUT BUT WE

GOTTA LOOK AWAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BUS THERE AND HAVE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THE CARS TO BE THERE TOO AND WE NEED TO SIT BACK AND THINK OF A BETTER WAY RATHER THAN JUST ISOLATE AND OUT FROM THE

CARS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CONTROL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PENDING ORDINANCES ORDINANCES 36965 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FEES INCURRED AND THE MANY SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 08.02 OF THE BOOK AND IT COULD YOU

ONLY TALK ABOUT ONE ORDINANCE FEE 36966 AN ORDINANCE STREAMLINING THE CITY'S ADMINISTER THE PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMATION OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS REPEALING CHAPTER 07. ZERO FIVE ADOPTING A NEW

CHAPTER 7.05 A OF THE SPOKANE MUNICIPAL CODE ORDINANCE 3369 THREE SEVEN RELATING TO NUISANCE PROPERTIES AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 10.68 OF THE SPOKANE MUNICIPAL CODE AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE

AND [address] SPOKANE WASHINGTON WHERE I RESIGN AND I HAVE A BUSINESS IN THE THREE POINT I BELIEVE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE 711 DOWN ON THIRD I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND AS A

BUSINESS OWNER AND I'VE GOT A CONVENIENCE STORE MY JOB IS TO SELL PRODUCT AND AT THE RATE THAT I'M CHARGED TO RENT I GOT TO SELL A LOT OF PRODUCT AND I EXPECT THE CITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO KEEP

THE THE KEEP THE RIFFRAFF OFF MY PROPERTY. OKAY. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT. IT'S DON'T PUT IT BACK ON ME. I DIDN'T CAUSE THE RIFFRAFF TO COME IN. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE

THE PRODUCT AND SELL THE PRODUCT TO THE CONSUMER. OKAY, THAT'S MY JOB. AND MY JOB IS TO PAY YOUR TAXES EVERY YEAR SO THAT YOU DO YOUR JOB YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY FROM THE RIFF RAFF THAT'S

GOING OUT THERE. AND IF YOU IF YOU KEEP DOING THE REVOLVING DOOR THING, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. OKAY? THERE HAS TO BE I HATE TO SAY IT THERE HAVE TO BE PENALTY FOR WHAT YOU DO. OKAY? EVERYBODY HAS

TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND IF YOU CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE PENALTY. OKAY? AND YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN ALL THE PENALTIES AWAY. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO I THINK PROBABLY GUY HERE LAST NIGHT WHO TODAY

OKAY. PLUS ALL THOSE OTHER PEOPLE IF WE DON'T GET CLIQUEY FROM THE GROUND UP THE LITTLE STUFF BY THE TIME THE BIG STUFF HAPPENS IT'S TOO LATE AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED .IT'S ALL BACK THROUGH THE

WINDOW. YOU PAY A PENALTY. OKAY ?HILL WE DON'T PAY ANYTHING. SLAP ON THE WRIST. LET THEM GO. IT'S WRONG. THANK YOU VERY. FINAL LEGISLATIVE ITEM FINAL REPORTS COME BACK FROM 20 ECONOMIC BECAUSE

TECHNICALLY COUNCIL MEMBER YET CAN TAKE MEMBER 12 SEPARATELY HE LET ME WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO FINAL REPORT THE CONTRACT FRANKLY I DO I DID ON FINAL CONTRACT AND QUAKE YOU WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON

NUMBER TWO EGG A DAY THEN THE KEY THING I I YOU KNOW I THINK THAT I THINK 6 TO 1 FOR THE REGS THE CONTRACTS EQUATE EXPANDING INAND EGG LIKE THEY I I YOU KNOW I THINK THANK YOU THAT THANK YOU. THANK

YOU I KNOW SPECIAL BUDGET ORDINANCES THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO FINAL LIKE A BUDGET OR ANYTHING TO BE 69. FOUR BUDGET ORDINANCE P THREE 6964 AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 33679 FOUR

ENTITLED IN PART AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BID BY IN YOUR MODIFICATION BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF SPOKANE AND AMENDING IT TO ESTABLISH AN IMPROVEMENT CIP LOAN TO THE GENERAL FUND TO REPAY A ONE TIME AND TO

FUND TRANSFER FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY ECONOMIC ACCOUNTING INDICATED YEAH I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS. WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN A ONE TIME TRANSFER FROM THE

GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO BEGIN WITH THAT WAS GOING TO PUT IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT KIND OF CORRECT THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE COME IN NONE DECLARED TO VOTE. THANK YOU. THAT PAC SIX ONE FINAL

ORDINANCES JACKSON ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S FINAL ORDINANCES [name] HE MANY OF YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT HE BUT THE TECHNIQUE OF PUBLIC COMMENT TO TAKE MYSELF AND [name] I WAS BORN AND THEY CAN AND

CURRENTLY LIVE IN DIGNITY I GRADUATED WITH MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE YOU CAN CONTACT I WORK IN A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT I WANT TO AFFILIATE OF WAUKEGAN. I THINK I GET IT AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE CITY

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. IF YOU GET TO AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT IN MINE I TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YOU IN ORDER AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS PROFESSIONALLY AND THEN LIKE I GET STEADY I CAN COMFORTABLY STEADY BUT

A THE PUBLIC BANKING IN MONEY I CAN GET ACCEPTED AMONG MAKING A [name] YES IT STANDS OUT THE FOLLOWING WHEN DONE EFFECTIVELY PUBLIC BUDGETING TACTIC IF THEY TAKE A HIT THAT I PULLED DEMOCRATIC IDEALS

OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND WHICH LIKE PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CAN TAKE A HIT THEY'VE TAKEN OUR COMPREHENSIVE TAKE AGAIN PREDICTABILITY, DIGNITY, CONTESTABILITY, FLEXIBILITY AND

OF COURSE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY GOING TO BE BY TAKING ORDINANCE TICKET ALL OVER THE TONIGHT ON HOW CAN IT IS BECOMES MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IF I DIDN'T TAKE AND SUPPORTED IT WILL INCREASE

EQUITY AND I THINK THAT I THINK CREATING IF DELIVERY CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT ORDINANCE ALWAYS A FULLY SUPPORTIVE ENTITY TRAFFIC AND COFFEE IN A TIME OF GREAT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY BUT SECONDLY I CAN ONLY

THING INTENDED ACADEMIC EXPENSE AND THEY ONE OF THE BEST A FAMILY DENTAL FOR THEM AND THEY LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE AT THE CITY INCREDIBLY COLLABORATIVE DURING THE TRAFFIC I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY THE

BEST OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR YOUR TIME EXPERTISE AND GET TO COLLABORATE WITH THE LEAGUE MAKES IT CAN MORE VIBRANT AND A PLACE I CAN THANK YOU [name] THAT GOOD THE FINAL WORD

AND SO IN THE FINAL ORDINANCE SECTION ORDINANCE E369 FOUR ESTABLISHING THE EQUITABLE BUDGETING PROCESSES FOR THE CITY OF SPOKANE AMENDING SECTION 03. 01B .021 RELATING TO THE OPPOSITE CIVIL RIGHTS

EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND ADOPTING A NEW A NEW CHAPTER 18 POINT ONE THREE TO TITLE 18 ALL OF THE SPOKANE MUNICIPAL CODE THANK THANK YOU IT'S IT YEAH AND THANKS FOR THE HONOR AND AND AND AND OTHER AND

I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ON THAT ORDINANCE ALONGSIDE AND AGAIN I WOULDN'T BE FORGOTTEN THE THAT AND I SEE [name] AND CORRECTION IN THE EQUITY FIGURE AND [name] AND LET'S GO BEFORE I GO IN TOWN HALL I

SERVED ON THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND WITH A KICK OFF OF A YEAR IT COULD TAKE A WHILE TO GET A THREE AND YOU SAID 3 OR 4 AND I THINK YOU BUT THE BIG ITEM THE KEY AND I LIKE THE COLOR ON THIS QUESTION OF

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE I DOLLARS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY THROUGHOUT A CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THAT FOR PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN FEEL IT AND AND BASED ON LOOKING

AT OTHER EXAMPLE FROM A CITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND KEEPING LANGUAGE YOU GOT FROM ORDINANCE I THINK REFLECTS WHAT I CAN EXPECT FROM THE CITY AND I HEAR THAT A BEGINNING OF A PROCESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO

REFINE AND ONE IN WHICH WERE ABLE TO YOU KNOW LOOK AT THE KEY NUMBERS AND TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING WITH COMMITTEE AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE AND I, I DID MENTION I FOR ONE WITH EQUITY AND I

THINK WE'RE HITTING WITH EVERYONE ONE I THINK THAT THE INFORMATIVE COME FROM OUR BETTER THAN PROFIT EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER BY AND CAN BE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE UNEMPLOYED AND I'M EXCITED TO VOTE ON IT TO

MAKE IT REALLY DO YOU THINK YOU LIKE TO THINK I'M TO SIT THERE WE'RE GOING TO OFFER A COUPLE PRESIDENT AND YOU KNOW THIS THIS CAME UP IN COMMITTEE AND THEN WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS IT WAS BOUNCED BACK

AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EDITING AND INTENTION AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF [name] AND [name] AS WELL. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WE IN THE PAST THE IMPULSES FOR EQUITABLE

CAPITAL SUBCOMMITTEE MADE HIM A STRONGER AND SO MOVING OUR BUDGET IN THIS DIRECTION AND HAVING MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND GIVE THAT FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS A VERY GOOD THING. IT DOES BRING MORE

ACCOUNTABILITY AND I ALSO THINK TO YOU KNOW THE PATH OF THE COUNTY I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH A LOT OF OUR BUDGET TIMELINE AND SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL KIND OF HELP MOVE THE NEEDLE

ON ON HAVING MORE OF THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND TRANSPARENCY AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS AND SAID HOW I THINK I THINK I CAN'T SPEAK I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE

EXPLAINED WHY WE THIS VERY ELOQUENTLY. I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN IT. [name] I'M GOING TO TAKE IT AND I THINK I GET IT IN A TEAM EFFORT AND I ALREADY LIKE [name]. THANK YOU TAKING THE

DECK. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE ME A THE ORIGINAL VERSION THAT CAME FORWARD I AFTER A FISCAL ANALYSIS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION NEVER GOT IT SO I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ONE FOR THIS

VERSION. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST US IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME. THERE'S A NUMBER OF MANDATES IN HERE IN TERMS OF TRAINING THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SEPARATE FROM THEIR

JOBS AND NOT TO MENTION JUST WITHIN THEIR DAY TO DAY. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THESE PRETTY BUILDING FROM ANALOGY AND I THINK THAT IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN A BETTER OUTCOME IF WE WANTED A

BETTER OUTCOME AND FRANKLY ONE THAT WAS I THINK SET WITHIN FISCAL DISCIPLINE THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING TO A ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS NOT NOT NECESSARILY THIS PROCESS THE PROCESS THE BIG GOALS RIGHT

NOW ACTUALLY WILL NOT GENERATE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE IT SAYS RIGHT IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE SAY IF WE DO AND WE'RE GOING TO REINVEST THEM IN NEW EQUITY PROGRAM,

WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY IN RESERVE. BUT WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING DOWN HERE AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR

AFTER YEAR. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ACTUAL OUTCOME ACTIVITY IN FACT IT SUGGESTS THAT PERHAPS THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE REDUCED WITH THEM. IT'S NOT CLEAR IS A

LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN HERE IS NOT DEFINED IF WE DECIDE IT'LL BE UP TO INTERPRETATION BUT IT IS GOING TO I CAN CREATE A LOT OF CLOUDINESS AND A LACK OF CLARITY FRANKLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW

HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE BUDGETING AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ON UNTIL THESE ANALYSIS ARE DONE. IF YOU AND SO THAT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO ME TO LEARN THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PATH THAT WE GO

DOWN. NOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BUT IT'S TAKEN I AM ALL FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. WE'LL PICK IT BECAUSE THE BUDGETING I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT MY TAKE COME ON THIS COUNCIL WE HAVE YET TO

INVEST A SINGLE CENT IN THE ACTUAL PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. IN FACT THIS LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED HALF OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT AUDIENCE THAT I HAD HELPED PATH THROUGH A FORMAL BUDGETING

PROCESS AND IT WE'VE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNE IDEAS FOR THE PUBLIC IF YOU BUDGETING COMPLICATION WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN AWAY THE ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO REALLY KNOW AND BE TAKEN AWAY THE

TRANSPARENCY YOU KNOW THEY CAN PROCESS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IT HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS YOU KNOW, I REALLY CANNOT GET BEHIND THIS COMMITTEE COULD EARLIER HEY IT'S SO

GREAT WE'RE GOING TO JOIN ALL THESE OTHER CITIES. HONESTLY, THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS BE ON THE LIST THAT PORTLAND CAN'T BE COULD GO CHICAGO SEATTLE NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE. OKAY EITHER CITIES AT

ALL HAVE MASSIVE SPENDING PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE MASSIVE ISSUES. THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL. OKAY. DESPITE THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT MAYBE OF THE FIFTH GRADE BETTER I JUST DON'T BUY IT SO FOR THOSE REASONS I

AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY REVITALIZE OUR BUDGETING PROCESS. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AS A CITY. I HAVE THE ZERO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT I DON'T BELIEVE CUTTING

SERVICES, MODIFYING SERVICES, PUTTING A WHOLE LOT OF STAFF TIME OR A WHOLE LOT OF MANDATES ON A STAFF TAKING THEIR TIME AWAY FROM THEIR DAY TO DAY JOBS. I DON'T BELIEVE THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO

RESULT IN ACTUAL COST SAVINGS AND EVEN IF THEY DO THE COST SAVINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOOD BASED ON THIS AUDIT IT COST SAVINGS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT ON THESE WE HAD DEFICIT. WE HAVE A DEFICIT DESPITE

MOVING MONEY AROUND WE HAD WE JUST FIXED AN ERROR BECAUSE WE TOOK ONE TIME FUNDING TO IDENTIFY IT. WE ARE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN EXPERIMENT WITH THE FOURTH OF THINGS WE COULD GET OUR HOUSE IN

ORDER. WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FISCALLY DISCIPLINED, FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE AND THEN YOU CAN I COULD PLAY WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER IDEAS BUT UNTIL THAT POINT IN TIME WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THERE. I

DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING DOWN THIS EXPERIMENT. OKAY. THE KEY TECHNICALITY WELL I'M EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERTISE THAT IT'S BEEN ON OUR

EQUITY COMMITTEE ESPECIALLY WITH GO. I ALSO AM REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TRAINING I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAINING THAT HE HAS GONE

THROUGH OVER THE YEARS I'M ALWAYS IN ALL HIS ABILITY TO FIND INFORMATION WHEN I'M TRYING TO SELL THE PROGRAM ON SOME OF THE REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE THAT I'VE BEEN ON. SO I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE

GOING TO BE DIRECTING. I'M EXCITED. WE ALWAYS INVEST IN TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES INTERNALLY LIKE NOT ONLY AND THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL THING BECAUSE THERE'S THE CATEGORY THAT WE'RE BRINGING UP BECAUSE OF

THIS ORDINANCE I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S KIND OF AN OKAY, HE'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. I THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP MAKE IT MORE EASILY PUT HIS PAY IN THE BEGINNING. I THINK HE CAN MAKE IT KIND WE CAN SAY

EVERYBODY BUT HE IN NUMBERS BUT WITHOUT THE GIG IT'S JUST LIKE THEY'D BE WILLING TO TWEAK NUMBERS WITHOUT A STORY DON'T REALLY ANYTHING AND WILL HELP GIVE US THE STORY IN THOSE HOLES SO I'M EXCITED

ABOUT THE I THINK IT COULD END UP WITH 18 OR COULD END UP MAKING ME MORE MINDFUL AND THINK WITH A MUCH BETTER AWARENESS OF HOW THEY'RE AFFECTING OUR THINKING THINKING OF DISPARATE INCOME I THINK THAT

WE HAD PLENTY OF STUDY SHOWING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND AT THE HEALTH DISTRICT MEDICAID OUTCOMES BETWEEN GETTING GOOD CAREGIVER TARGETED WITH HIGHER INCOMES AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE LIVE TEN YEARS WITH

LONG AND GET PAID IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THAT IN OUR BUDGET IS NOT GIFT MONEY A STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE BENEFITING FROM THAT METRIC IF

WE'RE GOING TO DO A THIRD EXPERIMENT TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF GROUND AND A LOT OF INEQUITY AND REALLY KIND OF AN ISOLATED MEDICAL AREA INSIDE OF A RURAL AREA AND SAY WHERE THE EXPENSE AND TAKEN LIKE A

HAPPY INITIATIVE AGAIN AND IT'S BEEN I COOK FOR YOU PROBABLY 20 YEARS NOW WHEN THEY CAN WE GET ALL OF AND I THINK WHEN WE GET THEM IT'S A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO WORK AND WE DO GET GOOD OUTCOMES AND YEAH

THINGS I LIKE VERY MUCH LIKE CHICAGO ARE GETTING GREAT OUTCOMES LIKE THIS. I WAS JUST IN CHICAGO FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 2250 AND COFFEE AND IT WAS FANTASTIC BEAUTIFUL AND VERY EASY TO GET AROUND I, I

DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULDN'T ASPIRE TO BE LIKE SOME OF THAT. OKAY AMERICAN CITY BUT WE ARE VERY MAKE BELIEVE THEY CAN SO THAT IS WHY WE ACTUALLY GAVE AND BE A LIVING LABORATORY UNTIL WE GET TO WHERE WE

WANT TO BE. SO I WILL BE PUTTING THANK YOU I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AND I'M EXCITED TO GO. I KNOW THAT I WILL BE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO THANK THE EQUITY COMPANY COMING OUT OF COVID WITH THE LACK OF A KEY

GATE AND I SEE A HIGH ON ME WITH THIS BIG IN EQUITY IN THAT I HEAR COUNCILMEMBER [name] ABOUT THE ARTICLE NOW HE GAVE IT THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THEIR COMMITMENT HE DID HIS WORK HE DID HE IT IS NOT

HAPPENING. PLEASE COME BACK AND TAKE THIS LOOK FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE TONIGHT BY VOTING DIG IN. WE HAVE TO LEAD AND WE HAVE TO. SO WHAT THE IMPORTANT TO US AND BY GATES WE ARE

GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER. IT MAY BE AFTER WE THINK SOME PEOPLE BUT WHEN YOU PLAN FOR THE FUTURE THAT'S I THOUGHT HERE WE ARE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD NOT TODAY BUT WHAT WILL OUR CITY LOOK LIKE NOW AND

HOW WERE THE PEOPLE HE SERVED THAT WE GET ELECTED KICKING AND HE MAKES THE THIS EQUITABLY BASED NOT ON WHERE THEY LIVE BUT THE QUALITY OF THE CITY. SO WITH THAT I'LL BE SUPPORTING YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY

AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THOSE WHO WORKED ON THIS. I WILL SAY HE QUICKLY CRITICAL BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY TO GET US TO DIG AND I WANT THE EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR REALLY STAYING THE COURSE

AND STAYING THE COURSE I THANK YOU THANK MEMBER YEAH YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THE BACK AND THEN JUMP IN YEAH ALL RIGHT I HAVE NO I JUST VERY QUICK I JUST TALKED ABOUT THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND

COUNCILMEMBER [name] AND ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR REALLY WORKING ON THAT FOR ME OR AND [name] INITIALLY I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION AND I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE WITH MANY MINISTRATION TO

LEAVE PAC OR DIDN'T DO THAT WE'RE NOT IMPLEMENTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS ALIGNED WITH THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION INSTEAD OF CUTTING OFF PROMISES FOR THE GUILTY

ABOUT THE ACTION THAT WAS GOING TO BE CREATED. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE. BUT ON TOP OF THAT THE MAYOR PROPOSED IN HER BUDGET TO

MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A KEY PART OF THE MINISTRY FROM GOING FORWARD OF LOOKING AT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE WHOLE CITY AND DOING THAT IN AN EQUITABLE WAY, EQUITABLE WAY AND BEING

ABLE TO TRACK DE LA PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION THAT YOU COULD PAY INTO AND EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR THAT AND THINK THAT THAT IS AN ALIGNMENT ONE THINK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR LOOKING NUMBER NUMBER FOR

FEEDBACK AND COLLECTING WHAT THE CITY ONE COMING NUMBER SAID THAT BUDGET THAT REPRESENTATION OF A VALUE EQUITY THEY ALSO LEO WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY THE THE DOLLARS AND THE RECORDS BEHIND THAT AND THE

OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IN A COMMUNITY TO OVERCOME THAT THE THINK AGAIN SO I'M EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING YOU HERE TODAY. THANK YOU THAT [name] ONE FINAL ORDINANCE E3696 THREE AN ORDINANCE

RELATED TO EMERGENCY LOANS OF CITY EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY A GAP IN A NEW SECTION ZERO TWO .04.105 AND REPEALING SECTION ZERO THREE .13.050 OF THE SPOKANE MUNICIPAL CODE. THEY CAN PROTECT MONEY AND THE

COUNTY I THINK WITH THE COMPLEX BY HOW THE MUNICIPAL ARE WORKING AND WE REALLY LIKE TO TAKE CARE BUT IT REALLY WAS ALL ABOUT COLLABORATION THAT THE EMERGENCY LOAN BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT FROM ONE CITY

TO ANOTHER TO MAKE I THINK THAT COMPARED TO THOSE IT DID IT THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU THAT COMPLETE WEEK OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE E.D. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE THE OPEN FORUM. YOU HAVE TO

MINUTE PLEASE ADDRESS ALL YOUR COMMITTEE CARE FIRST I HAVE BY NAME AND AN EQUITY [name] THANK GOODNESS COUNCIL MY NAME IS [name] SPEAKING TONIGHT. OKAY SO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK AND SHED LIGHT ON LAST WEEK'S I THINK IT MEANT THAT BY [omitted] WAS KILLED IN ONE CENTRAL BY A DRIVER ON MAXWELL AVENUE WHILE GETTING IN HER CAR IN FRONT OF HER HOME

[omitted] AND FRANKLY SHE DESERVED BETTER AND HER DEATH IS REINFORCED. MY CONCERN THAT A BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY PROBLEM IS EVIDENT BUT AGAIN IT WAS A CULTURE OF SPEEDING THAT HAS GONE UNCHECKED ON

ARTERIALS AND STREETS. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL IS REPEATEDLY ADVOCATED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFE SPEEDS ALONG ARTERIALS LIKE MAPLE ASH MACFARLANE BROADWAY PARTICULARLY NEAR SCHOOLS LIKE CUT BRIAN

THAT DURING CROSSINGS AND BICYCLE ETC. THIS PLAN WAS CENTRAL IN TWO OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS RECENTLY CAME TOGETHER TO CALL FOR SPEED REDUCTIONS ON THE MAPLE STREET BRIDGE TO THE 30 MILE AN

HOUR SPEED LIMIT NEARLY 100 DOCUMENTED COLLISIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH CARS MAINTAINING DANGEROUSLY IDS AS THEY ENTER AND EXIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE BRIDGE. YOU KNOW, JUST LAST WEEK, A

COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE MAN HAD DIED, I HAD WE HAD BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SOME SEMBLANCE OF CALMING ON ARTERIALS PARTICULARLY THE MAPLE STREET BRIDGE IN NORTH AFRICA AS SHE DIED IN TRAFFIC, ENGINEERS SAID

SIMPLY ONLY LOOKED AT SCENARIOS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING ON ARTERIAL. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAKES IT GO FAST AND RECOGNIZE THAT MEANINGFUL INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES TAKE TIME AND

RESOURCES BUT WE CANNOT ALLOW THE NEED FOR LONG TERM ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR INACTION ON SPEED REDUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT TODAY. SO WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO

HELP AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR GETTING A HANDLE ON ARTERIAL SPEEDS WHICH ARE FRANKLY COMPLETELY UNCHECKED. SO THANK YOU [name] AND GO NEXT WILL BE [name] AND EVENING [name] AND

I'M SPEAKING RAPIDLY IN URBAN AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FDA THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PLAN TO BEGIN AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND APPENDIX YOU CAN TAKE A DECADE THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY A VAST NUMBER OF SPOKANE RESIDENTS THAT COMMENTED ON THE DRAFT AND THE ACTIVE RELIES EXCLUSIVELY ON MITIGATION MEASURES UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS WHILE FINDING CLINICALLY

CLEANING THAT QUOTE NO ADDITIONAL MITIGATION WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR ADVERSE IMPACTS AND AS A RESULT NONE IS PROPOSED. I LOOK AT THESE ON PAGE 280 THE DOCUMENT CONTRADICTS ITSELF THE CIRCULAR READING

TO THANK THOSE OF US WHO HAVE READ IT AND WHO CARE ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING IMPACTS THAT WIDESPREAD HEAT EXEMPTIONS WOULD HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK SOME THINGS MAY REMOVE AN

IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND CRITICAL AREA OF ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTATION EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IF AT THE ACT OF NOT REQUIRING THAT QUICKLY A CRITICAL AREA SCREENING AND

DOCUMENTATION DURING THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR US TO KNOW WHETHER PLANNING IS OPERATE FROM AN ADEQUATE, CONSISTENT AND DEFENSIVE PROCESS BEFORE EXPAND CATEGORICAL EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE

THAT ITS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURE RELIABLY IDENTIFY CRITICAL AREAS AND TRIGGER THE NECESSARY BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS INDEPENDENTLY AKITA DUE TO THE CONFUSING AND CONTRADICT NATURE OF THE ACT AND

THE WIDESPREAD PRESENCE OF CRITICAL AREAS HERE CASES LIKE LAKE HEILMAN VALLEY. SO I RECOMMEND THAT YOU REQUEST THE REMOVAL OF THE ACT FROM THE WHOM COMPLETELY AND THAT YOU REVISE PHASE ONE AND HEAT

THE EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE ONLY LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE 100% DISTURBED THINK I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD BE TRIGGERED AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROJECT LEVEL PERMITTING PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WE

ASSURE YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ADEQUATE PROTECTIONS EXIST FOR CRITICAL AREAS AND OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY. THIS UPDATE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE WITH LAND PLANNING

STATEMENTS MAKING GREAT WORK IN THE NEXT PLENARY STORE .GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS [name] AND I LIVE IN SPOKANE. I CITY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER ITS SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I BELIEVE

THE PLAN AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN WILL SERIOUSLY HARM SPOKANE'S NEIGHBORHOOD. I SUPPORT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SPOKANE AND THE WASHINGTON STATE LAW REQUIRING CITIES LIKE OURS TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE AND

MIDDLE HOUSING. BUT I DISAGREE WITH THE SPOKANE THE SPOKANE PLAN COMMISSION TO POKE THE RECENT OTHER INFILL AND PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UP BY A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL ACROSS THE CITY FOCUSING ON

INCREASING DENSITY. INCREASED EQUITY IS A REASONABLE GOAL BUT IT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS LIVABILITY. I WORRY THAT THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL ALLOW

PROFIT WITHIN DEVELOPMENT TO REPLACE MODEST SINGLE FAMILY HOME FOR CROWDED EXPENSIVE HOME AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT DO NOT FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS NOT SPECULATION. I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.

NEXT DOOR TO ME A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 40 MATURE TREES AND A LARGE COLD OUTCROPPING WERE REMOVED TO MAKE WAY FOR THICK SKINNY HOUSES MARKETED $700,000. THE THE HOUSES DO NOT FIT MY NEIGHBORHOOD

CHARACTER OR ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE LOSS OF TREES AND ROCK DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND BECAUSE THE OFF THE PARKING IS NOT REQUIRED CAUSING THIS HOME TO CROWD OUT NEVER TO

OBSTRUCT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND MAKE EVACUATION DURING A FIRE MORE DIFFICULT. THE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING DOES MORE THAN ADD UNITS MARKET CHANGES THE ESTABLISHED

NEIGHBORHOODS PHYSICAL CHARACTER. WE CAN BUILD MORE HOUSING WITHOUT NEEDING EVERY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING UNRESTRICTED REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY YET WE ARE NOT IN MY BACKYARD. OBJECTION ALL

DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING ACROSS A CAN NOT JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IF AND IT'S TOO LATE TO THE THINGS THAT MY CITY BUT IT'S NOT TO PROTECT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE

HOUSING WHILE PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF A CANCER SCARRED BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. I COULD GO IN. THAT COULD BE [name] YEAR AHEAD. AND SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY COULD AND SECURITY DECADE BY NOTING

MEDICALLY CITED THE CITY IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN EXAMINATION OF UTILITY AID WATER AND LAND YOU CAN DIG CAN AND GATED COMMUNITY COULD BUY TECH BILLIONAIRE FOR AN IDEOLOGICAL FANTASY COMPANY BECAME

ENGAGED SUPPORTED BY URBAN THEY BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENTAL REGULATE ENVIRONMENT WITH GOOD DEVELOPMENT ON ZONING CODE NEIGHBORHOODS TAKE EVEN A WEEK COULD BE MINIMAL RECORD ELIMINATING UNFIT REGULATE

ELIMINATE I THINK BE A KEY EVIDENCE WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT ABUNDANT WILL NATURALLY KICK YOU DEVELOPMENT OF LAND FOR THE BEST YOU AND THAT BEST KIND OF LIKE MARKET FORCES MARKET DRIVEN BY GAME

DEVELOPERS AND THE BILLIONAIRE BACK I TAKE THIS ARGUMENT BY URBAN THAT MARKET FORCES CAN LEAD TO THE THE CULPRIT E THE PUBLIC IGNORES THE RICH QUICKLY THE UNREGULATED EXPLOIT [name] CREEK AND RURAL

AREAS BY WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER MUCK BOISE THEY CAN'T BE THE PLAN CALLED EXCITING HIGH EXACTLY BUT ALSO LOW IMPACT FLEXIBLE HE GOT THE EQUITY QUOTE TECH HUB MARKET IN THAT HE MAKE HE CREATED

PRODUCTS EQUAL IDENTITY AS PART OF THE LOGIC LOCAL AREAS LOCATED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME TYPICALLY COMPANY PLAN BASED ON THE URBAN CONCEPTION OF ABUNDANT WHICH THEY CLAIM THEY COULD ALL MAKE

REGULATE IT GOVERNANCE AND TAKE ON THAT URBAN ENVIRONMENT. NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LIMITED I FIGURE AND GET IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPERS AND THE BILLIONAIRE BACKERS HE KNOW WHAT ALL THIS AGAIN I URGE REPLICATE

HE QUICKLY NOT URBAN OR DEVELOPERS AND THE BILLIONAIRE BECKY THANK YOU [name] AND AN EQUITY HAD TO HAVE WAY VOLUME EMPLOYED GOOD ILLEGAL GET PREGNANT AND COUNCILMEMBER MY NAME IS [name] I'M TAKING A

LIKE MAKING I'M ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 2ND AT APPROXIMATELY 430 IN THE MORNING A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED NAKED TICKETED AND IT'LL KILL THIS HAPPENED RIGHT NEXT TO ME WHERE MY VEHICLE MAN WAS AND I'VE DONE

IT FOR THE LAST NIGHT YOU GET ANOTHER GOING TO TAKE A QUICK IN INCLUDING OTHER COMMENT YESTERDAY THE [name] PLANT [omitted] AND I THINK ME TAKING OUT AN ISOLATED CONCERN ACCORDING TO THEY CAN TAKE

APARTMENT DADDY RECORDED 2026 PEOPLE RECORDED A REPORTED 160 IN 25 OTHER 101 HUNDRED AND NINE WERE FATAL IN 20 2400 57 INCLUDING THAT MEANS THEY CAN KEEP ME IF YOU I LIKE THE GUNFIRE CAN I COMMUNITY

AGAIN YOUNG IN AN AK 40 I DO THAT TODAY AND EVERYONE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THEY GET CODE AND I THINK THEY CAN SEE THE KKK TAKING ON BY LIKE I DID AND GOT TO QUOTE GREEK PEOPLE. LIKE I

SAID, YOU CAN VIOLENCE TO TAKE A VEHICLE ON DAY LIKE I GUESS YOU CAN NOT ONLY GET ON THEY HAVE THE KNIFE AND THE EVENT THEY TRY TO DO EXACTLY THEY HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THE NUMBERS I WANT TO LEAVE YOU

WITH ONE QUESTION HOW MANY MORE HAPPILY SOMEONE TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I DON'T WANT TO STAND HERE NEXT NEXT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER LIKE KNIFE. I WANT TO STAND HERE TALKING

ABOUT THE LIFE [name] HE [name] GOING QUITE OKAY GETTING THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS [name]. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SPOKANE AND I AM THE MOTHER OF [name] WHO JUST SPOKE AS A

MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. SO [name] MAKING ME RECOGNIZE ME COMPLETELY CLEARLY WHEN I ATTENDED A PART OF MY DAUGHTER. BUT TONIGHT I CAME BEFORE YOU DEFINITELY I'M HEARTBROKEN. NOTHING AND

EXHAUSTED AND STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. MY HEART SCATTERED MY THOUGHTS OF SAFETY IN MY OWN HOME AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THERE TODAY [omitted] 5:00 MONDAY MORNING LEAVING FOR THE GYM. MY HAND

WAS ON THE DOOR HANDLE WHEN I HEARD A GUNSHOT BY MY APARTMENT A MAN'S LIFE WAS TAKEN OF BEHIND MY CAR. HAD I OPENED THAT DOOR I COULDN'T EARLIER I COULD HAVE WALKED INTO GETTING THE GUNFIRE AND MY

DAUGHTER WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW COULD HAVE BEEN STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES I LIVED WITH I WAS A HERE ENFORCEMENT SURROUNDED BUILDING AND FROM THAT SHELTERED IN PLACE

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE GUNMAN MIGHT WELL WHETHER WE WERE SAFE. I WANT TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THAT TAKING A THE PERIMETER THE ORDINARY PROVOKED A MOVEMENT DEDICATION THAT THIS COULD IN THE PUBLIC

SAFETY INVOLVED MORE THAN RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE AND PREVENTING RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I RECOGNIZE THE LIMITS OF THIS AUTHORITY BUT YOU KNOW WHO MEET YOU. HOW DO WE GET FROM THE

PEOPLE TO BRING BEFORE THOSE WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ACT? YOU CAN LITERALLY BOYCOTT A RESIDENT AFRAID TO LEAVE AND TO HAVE PERMANENT VOICE FOR THE MOTHER THAT I MET LAST NIGHT OF THE VICTIM ACTRESS ONE

OF THE FAMILY WE WANT TO CALL HOME AND THEY CAN'T GET OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE THE WEEKEND BECAUSE WHEN THAT HE COMES THEN I COME AND THEY SIMPLY GO HE HE HE HE FROM [name] AND THEN I WILL BE FINE. FINE

MY NAME'S AND AND I LIVE AT [address] WABASH NOW THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY GOING TO SEE AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHICAGO CHICAGO HAD ONE POINT AND 1.8 DEATHS PER DAY IN THE CHICAGO AND

THAT WAS JUST THE DEATH HE WAS SHOOTING. WELL PEOPLE WERE HIT EVERY DAY. I HAVE MILK FLU THAT I WANT TO DO ANYTHING IN CHICAGO. BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU PEOPLE HERE IS I'VE TALKED ABOUT EVERYBODY

IS IN CASE HERE IN THIS CITY AND LAST TIME WE HAD A LADY THAT WALKED UP HERE WITH A YOUNG LADY BESIDE HER AND 42 OF THOSE YOUNG LADIES WERE GIVEN A PLASTIC BAG AND TOLD TO GET THIS STUFF TOGETHER AND

GET THE HECK OUT OF A BUILDING. THAT MONEY WAS FINANCED FROM THE CITY TO HELP THE HOMELESS. NOW IT'S BEEN A WEEK AND HOW MANY HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THOSE 40 TWO LADY THAT NEED HELP EACH ONE OF YOU

DID THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. NONE OF YOU. YOU LEFT THE POINT. YOU GO SIT THERE AND THERE IN THE STREETS. A LOT OF THEM. WHAT KIND OF INCLUSIVE IS THIS YOU WANT TO SPEND 40 MILLION UP AT NATO?

YOU WANT TO SPEND 18 MILLION OVER HERE? AT WHAT POINT AND WE CAN'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE THE PEOPLE THAT IF WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM, PUT THEM TO SCHOOL, GIVE THEM A JOB,

GIVE THEM A HOME TO LIVE IN, MAYBE THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT CURE CANCER OR SOMETHING AND SOME DAY YOU MAY BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD DO SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR THIS CITY BECAUSE WE DID SOMETHING FOR

THEM INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEM IN THE SEWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU .HE OKAY THE NEXT WILL BE [name]. WE'LL GOING HOME WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE I GUESS. I THINK I JUST RECEIVED MY FIRST OF FIVE SETTLEMENT.

YEAH. COOL. WELL, TRY TO TALK HOMELESS PEOPLE. YOU TAKING? WE'RE VERY EDUCATED. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY PHONES ALL DAY LONG. THAT BEAUTIFUL LAWNS. SO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU COME OUT A HOMELESS PERSON

SIDEWAYS WE'RE NOT STUPID. THAT'S WHAT THE SETTLEMENT PEOPLE THAT DID THAT IS WRONG BECAUSE I WAS HOMELESS SO I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING PHIL IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS HELP ME IN A WAY TO

OVERCOME SOMETHING. WOW. HOMELESS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAS GIVEN ME EXACT IN MY FORWARD WORK AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO I PLEASE ON THE COX THANK YOU LIKE PORTLAND WHERE WE CAN'T GET

THEM TO COME AND PLEASE KEEP ON THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE HELPING THE HOMELESS PEOPLE A LOT MORE THAN YOU THINK AND LOOK AT HOW CAN I GET IN ON THE STREET REAL ESTATE HEALTH IS NOTICING THAT WE WENT THE

OLD CLUB DOING IT NOW WE'RE ALL FUNDED. WHAT THE HECK? LOOK AT THAT ANYWAYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. OKAY. AND IN THE NEXT WILL BE [name] EVENING COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS [name] AND I'M THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST FOR THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE DISASTER AID AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGED THROUGHOUT EASTERN WASHINGTON FOLLOWING

THE WILDFIRES. MY PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO INTRODUCE NBA PRESENCE IN THE REGION AND TO OUTLINE SOME AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND ALSO TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES COORDINATED WITH THE CITY AND RECOVERY EFFORTS

UNDER THE CURRENT DISASTER DECLARATION ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL TO ASSIST WITH PHYSICAL DAMAGE. ALSO BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS THEY QUALIFY FOR THE

ECONOMIC ENTITY DISASTER LOAN. COULD THAT QUALIFY FOR DISASTER RELATED WORKING CAPITAL? THE EVENING WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND HOMEOWNERS MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO $500,000 FOR A RESIDENCE

DAMAGE AND HOMEOWNERS WHO ENTERED MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO 100,000 UNDER THE PERSON THE COUPLE IF FIRE HAS ESTABLISHED THE DISASTER LOAN CENTER AT THE LOCAL MALL WHERE REPRESENTATIVE OR AVAILABLE TO ASK

THE QUESTIONS AND ASSIST APPLICANTS, OUR PHYSICAL DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 21ST SO WE AIM TO MAKE A TIMELY OUTREACH ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BEYOND IMMEDIATE RECOVERY ALSO HELP MOLOKAI RESILIENT FOR ELIGIBLE

BORROWERS THAT REQUEST ADDITIONAL DISASTER LOAN FUNDING TO APPROVED LITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS. CURLEY WE ARE WORKING TO GET OUR MOBILE RECOVERY VEHICLE WHICH ALLOWS US TO BRING DISASTER ASSISTANCE

INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO EFFECT IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESS DISTRICT AND ALSO COMMUNITY RESOURCE LOCATION. I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE CITY TO PARTNER AND IDENTIFY OUR LOCATIONS

ALSO TO SEE IF THE RESOURCES TO MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATION CHANNEL AND ALSO HELPING US CONNECT WITH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE. I SENT EMAILS OUT TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST

WEEK. I DID HEAR BACK FROM DISTRICT THREE FROM BOTH OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE BUT I BELIEVE THAT ALL AT THIS POINT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ALONGSIDE EVERYONE TO OFFICES AND TO THOSE THAT

WERE IMPACTED BY THE FIRE. THANK YOU YANKEE ON A GREAT YEAR AND THEN NEXT WOULD BE [name], PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER PLATO SUGGESTED IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE DANDY AND THE STRONG. HE ALSO CONDUCTED

IN THE LIFE THE CONDUCT OF THE STATE IF POSSIBLE A A FIRST A FIRST EXAMPLE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. MY LITTLE TAKE IT HE GETS THIS ANYWAY IS THE THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JUSTICE

WILL NOT BE FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAFFECTED AS UGLY IF THOSE WHO ARE AND ALL HE WENT ON TO SAY AT HIS BEST MAN IS THE NOBLE IF THE BALL IN SEPARATING LAW AND JUSTICE HE IS THE WORLD THAT SHE WILL CONSUME

GOD LOVE YOU YOU MUST HAVE GAINED STEAM LAST WEEK A MAN CAME TO CLEVELAND THE WASHINGTON STATE I THINK IS CALLED SIMPLY GET IF HIS WORK AS PRESIDENT WILL BE STEPPED IN QUIETLY THE GUY DIDN'T LIKE IF

HE CAME. YOU DON'T LIVE IN A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE CITY DOING YOU HAVE TO BUY HE DIDN'T LIKE IF HE DID BUT FUNNY ENOUGH I THINK COME BACK TO IT DIDN'T APPEAL TO ME. I WONDER WHY THE BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS

AN OPINION HE'S THE GUY TO DO IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT BUT HE'LL BE ABLE TO OPINION WHEN WE START DOING THAT WE THINK THE PEOPLE HE SHOULDN'T BE DOING AND DON'T LISTEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE

PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANTI I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING FOR ME TO CUT FIGHTING AGAIN LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE PLEASANT LOOK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU

SUPPORT IT AND SAY LET'S DO SOMETHING ACTUALLY YOU CAN'T IS NOT INCLUDED WITH BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT INCLUDED AND SPEAKING AT AN ALL I COULD DO IS ANSWER EMAIL TURN THE PHONE CALL AND WE COULD TALK

ABOUT IT. THANK YOU [name]. THANK. YOU GOT HERE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT FOR OPEN FOR OPEN FORM I GET AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE NINTH WILL BE THE HEARING WITH A COURT PLAN HEARING 3:46

P.M.. SO AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMIC THAT WANT TO GO THINKING ON THE RECORD PLEASE GO UP AT THAT TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR JUDGMENT IN 30 YOU INDICATE BY THING I I IN NO I THINK WE ARE TAKING

A GOOD NIGHT OKAY ANYTHING A E E E E E A E