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Cruz said vehicle traffic often leaves cyclists without adequate room on roads near Monroe and other routes in Spokane, and that many students “are scared to be on the road a lot” so they often use back roads for group rides. He explained he sometimes serves as the group’s “sweeper” — carrying a med kit, tools and a pump to assist riders if someone breaks down.

Councilors thanked Cruz for stepping forward and representing young cyclists. The interview was introductory; staff said the board would follow its normal appointment process and Cruz would hear next steps from the Bicycle Advisory Board.

What’s next: The Bicycle Advisory Board will continue its vetting and appointment steps; Cruz said he expects to participate and the council asked staff to follow up.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","June 2nd, 2025 Spokane City Council Agenda Review Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Santiago Cruz told Spokane City Council members he bikes to school every day, described unsafe routes near Monroe and asked to join the Bicycle Advisory Board to help create safer routes for students and commuters.","taxTitle","Spokane, Spokane County, Washington","taxId",2644,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6217440,"Council defers decision to rename Post Street Bridge for Friends of the Falls to June 30",3892,733000,4625000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4&start=733&end=4625","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4/thumbnail_733000.jpg","/articles/6217440/Spokane/Spokane-County/Washington/Council-defers-decision-to-rename-Post-Street-Bridge-for-Friends-of-the-Falls-to-June-30","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6217440-ba040a2806079530d1f6a9b6d69de752/orig.mp4?Expires=1771122101&Signature=fgo65d7BrUtcSeGwzLLtUx8g1OxUSggG6YRO2Xmm0p1apOMxeE6ikxnU53CiIpCk~tGjpxGUhO9HMl-3ztE9xEkWCMD2is4f8oJTuzgKw2k8ZJnne8TyVCTHDHNQTtYE5KUbBRwLPg-H6afLxASnqqjsrQcMEUim4IYMmyqGMmEcRQA24y3IY3dUGE4VjNhKkEBIwxyhTXdxe~0H7XWX7etcUP94Mgsn2TRTCfi9tuefopDlX-FjK5pmra1Bi~w~kyg04DNMlAbDNWPFo37yiaLbLt-4itdHKhpWB0bP8dnWp9Ke3s3fpxM0bsoEeF-~1MbEA-h0HKtMYkg6SPKWqQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Spokane City Council on Wednesday voted to defer final action until June 30 on a resolution to give the Post Street Bridge an honorary name recognizing the Friends of the Falls and their role in the Great Gorge master plan.

City planning staff Marlene and Spencer briefed the council on the application and said the planning commission had unanimously recommended support. Marlene told the council the application included letters of support from multiple community members and past and present elected officials; staff noted letters came from former mayor David Condon, current Mayor Lisa Brown, Gavin Cooley, Rick Hastings, Jim Frank and former mayor John Powers, as well as several family members of the late state senator John Moyer.

\"The Post Street Bridge with its renovation completed the Great Gorge Loop Trail, and seems fitting that the Friends of the Falls should be honored in this way,\" staff told the council. Staff said the Friends of the Falls authored and promoted the Great Gorge master plan roughly 20 years ago, the group later disbanded and its remaining assets were turned over to the Spokane River Forum.

Council members asked for a concise summary of the group’s accomplishments suitable to share with constituents. Council member Zappone asked who drove the application and whether there was a clear record of the group’s accomplishments. Staff said they compiled hundreds of pages of supporting materials for the planning commission and offered to provide a condensed, one-page summary for the council and public.

Council agreed to defer the resolution to June 30 to allow time for a short public presentation and to give council members materials they could use to explain the name change to constituents.

What’s next: Staff said they would provide a condensed history and additional bullet points about accomplishments to accompany the resolution when it returns to the council on June 30.","City planning staff and supporters asked the council to give the Post Street Bridge an honorary name recognizing Friends of the Falls; the council voted to defer final action to June 30 and staff said a condensed history and outreach materials would be provided.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6217445,"Council adds urgent brush unit purchase to agenda after staff cites vehicle failures and 30-day letter of intent",2071,578000,2649000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4&start=578&end=2649","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4/thumbnail_578000.jpg","/articles/6217445/Spokane/Spokane-County/Washington/Council-adds-urgent-brush-unit-purchase-to-agenda-after-staff-cites-vehicle-failures-and-30-day-letter-of-intent","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6217445-094bbbb9e46b1c23ebcd57237aac95d7/orig.mp4?Expires=1771122101&Signature=QRSiDhfsfrUC26OJ1lkNc7FUSWEA4fZvYxhAPJxKa6HB1MYRLPX4FYlP0jOaPlUqi-hwHixEcgxSOasSTD2Raas3ncmLpHnGFcIf4HoKzJQMOkjO6zQzdVnMItTWGHQy59Ao4xLJMziNn42g2IrKQjAIPaLRagAfZj2nlvER5wP4TS5Z9au5BZ37COMwzCdnzHdP0RhOjQsjs66DzniOAqcARgTzSMHhRVUGhDH4-1ONhhYmMFiBWVaDk42kicoTJetJzEwanN8UNTccw-WLFFtX5ZYCt-~ZTeHQ0nR5oj6T51k14eF078McQ26uTBX4Ma5-OuEq-wVYasgq8SoKKA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City fire-department staff told the Spokane City Council on Wednesday they need to add consideration of a brush unit purchase to the consent agenda because three of the department’s nine brush units were found this spring to have “some kind of fluid other than oil” in their engines and the city had a 30-day letter of intent on a replacement demo vehicle.

Tom Williams briefed the council on the department’s apparatus fleet and the urgency behind the added item. \"We have 9 of them. 6 of them were built in 02/2004,\" Williams said. He said several older units have older slide-in tanks and pumps — in some cases original to the 2004 chassis — and that off-road operation accelerates wear. Williams listed lead time as a reason for urgency: \"Right now it's 12 to 15 months to get a new brush unit built and delivered to us. This is a demo model with less than 4,000 miles on it. Only has about an hour on the pump.\"

Williams said the demo unit could access places some current units cannot and would replace one of the nine trucks. He told the council the city had signed a letter of intent with a 30-day expiration and that another city in Oregon was also interested, creating a limited window to decide.

Council voted to add the brush unit purchase to the meeting’s consent agenda so the item could be considered that night. City staff flagged that the added item was OPR 2025-0438 on the agenda packet.

What’s next: The council added the item to the agenda for consideration that evening. The transcript shows the item was added to the consent agenda, but does not record a final vote approving the purchase during the excerpt provided.","Fire Department staff told the council three older off-road brush units showed signs of non-oil fluids in engines; staff said a demo unit with under 4,000 miles is available under a 30-day letter of intent and the council voted to add the item to the meeting agenda for consideration.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6217450,"Council delays action on joint regional letter to study criminal-justice and behavioral-health gaps",598,1136000,1734000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4&start=1136&end=1734","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4/thumbnail_1136000.jpg","/articles/6217450/Spokane/Spokane-County/Washington/Council-delays-action-on-joint-regional-letter-to-study-criminal-justice-and-behavioral-health-gaps","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6217450-00c3c3d134f78465b707a9f44e2b1a72/orig.mp4?Expires=1771122101&Signature=LFFgmOg~Td-viAuqXwbu1pWv-soQVbaGc1vwvEhioWxkwLm2tKRnN0xSm1QV69S3KeTdTP9j4zxoOfUzQs20AASGfbgPblJ46iQFiPXV~EyzEkUE6cRorxDIlQzxbCDsl9ERKnPrcUhxki~VOWqiN0-5nv1ut2vXiVxhJ0izGuLov0qe8h27nfspkxmowZ7NWj1EVYnSgkseaJd03dKjL-pNV9IIm03n9qgheiMxglpYQPMyLYRH3ceD-c4U2hCBqsBWTWgnwwiWdEGAB2YffQsmRmUDmqr-00Fgq0SDdxoacADhX1LIgkIhAq2UUp3NWBnerjRXVsjxMYevQ2aMsA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Spokane City Council on Wednesday voted to defer for two weeks consideration of a proposed joint letter that would signal municipal support for a regional study of criminal-justice system gaps and behavioral-health capacity.

Maggie Yates, who presented the item, told the council the joint letter is a staff-drafted document intended to show municipal alignment in a privately shepherded regional effort to evaluate criminal-justice and behavioral-health needs. \"This joint agreement is just us coming together trying to figure out our criminal justice in our jail system in this engagement,\" Council President Wilkerson said during discussion.

Several council members urged caution about moving forward without clear, sustained support from other municipal partners. Council member Abingale asked how community partners reacted; Council member Bingle and others said they had heard “not great things” from some Valley and county participants in the last two weeks. Council member Cathcart raised legal concerns the county had cited relating to open-meetings law, and Wilkerson said the county’s legal questions largely involved the Open Public Meetings Act and whether task-force subcommittees would need to meet publicly.

Yates said the joint letter does not require the city to provide funding: “The city's not putting in a dime. It doesn't require our signature, the Spokane Valley's not putting in a dime, nor is the county.” She said the process was being convened by business leaders, philanthropy and community groups who planned to shepherd outreach and engagement.

Council members agreed to delay formal action so staff and councilors could continue outreach to municipal partners and community stakeholders. Council member Bingle moved to defer for two weeks; the motion was seconded and the council approved the deferral.

What’s next: Council staff said the underlying regional study could proceed without council signatures, but that the deferral was intended to allow time for additional coordination so municipal leaders could present a more unified front when the letter returns for consideration.","Spokane City Council voted to defer consideration of a proposed joint letter supporting a regional study of criminal-justice capacity and behavioral-health services to allow more outreach to municipal partners after some elected officials expressed concern that partner buy-in had weakened.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6217455,"Council approves consolidated amendments to mayor’s homelessness package amid heated procedural fight",1419,2784000,4203000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4&start=2784&end=4203","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3645732-27fd57ff2498f3de4d1b7fc8d86743b4/thumbnail_2784000.jpg","/articles/6217455/Spokane/Spokane-County/Washington/Council-approves-consolidated-amendments-to-mayors-homelessness-package-amid-heated-procedural-fight","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6217455-2d11f8f83e9446e8b7c1f7e82ab62b00/orig.mp4?Expires=1771122101&Signature=VBusgmKnweP56png3LCpl8A-4CsTg9XbsMr0qCDcF8XTYJJdTBN-SG~Kd~NJyIonx~IVuTfYu60EyX9u7ZVtFqSsemWoes0VUt-9hg7e39HeQKFBKUxmlHspeR6f~ZZmwXBIaJFkb2itO~4pnhzDU7MJB0Z7pEgmpSPkEtW~zeCs5Bdd-FwqxvjFJCthWweB8YmMRJ4Pl846BorRkTWmXZQrqWRPYo~hYUhgSkBgTjouPXqq90OlFaBC3hLbb-WqYyM22tySLcHk3Wn049X-4TW53ItFlHzCGTUgFqG~nJPytpNKHR94Hm4-HYYOsJaucaZBjph7tEDRQ1ZcKk~s4w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Spokane City Council on Wednesday approved a consolidated set of late amendments to the mayor’s homelessness and housing package after several hours of debate that centered as much on procedure as on substance.

Council members approved a motion to suspend the rules and consider multiple amendments together, a step opponents said effectively prevented some proposed changes from being discussed on the floor.

The measures under consideration bundle changes to several ordinances: the mayor’s HOME initiative (document 36691), the weather-activation and shelter-siting ordinance (36692), an unlawful-camping replacement (36693 / related 36679), and a short ordinance addressing aggressive solicitation (36694). City staff explained the package as largely “clean up” language and technical revisions intended to align code with implementation practices and stakeholder feedback.

City staff member Wright told the council the weather-activation portion moves activation language into a different part of the municipal code (from Title 18 to Title 4) and updates trigger language to refer to standardized meteorological measures such as heat index and wind chill. Wright said the revised shelter-siting rules would explicitly cover “city-funded shelters” as well as city-owned facilities, and that shelters receiving $50,000 or more in city funds and housing more than 20 beds would be subject to siting procedures including an open house and a required good-neighbor agreement.

Council member Cathcart had proposed separate amendments that would have added specified remedies for breaches of good-neighbor agreements and broadened the agreements’ scope to include more support services. Those Cathcart amendments were inconsistent with the consolidated motion the council approved, meaning the council did not take them up separately.

Opponents of the suspension argued the maneuver curtailed minority members’ ability to have their amendments heard. Council member Bingle spoke at length about procedural fairness, saying the suspension “effectively eliminates certain perspectives from being brought forward.” Council members Zappone and others asked for appeals and points of order related to decorum and whether members were being accused of improper motives during the debate. The chair’s rulings on decorum were appealed and the council voted to uphold the chair.

On specific items, the council also indefinitely deferred the administration’s earlier unlawful-camping ordinance (36693) after staff said it conflicts with a recently amended council ordinance (36679). Council also approved changes to interfund-transfer rules (ordinance 36682) after staff, the finance director and council negotiators revised language intended to preserve council oversight while clarifying administrative processes.

Council President Wilkerson and members who supported the consolidated approach said the changes reflect stakeholder input and clarify how programs will be implemented. Opponents said that bundling late changes and suspending rules was an improper way to limit debate and that more public engagement should inform final language.

What’s next: councilors who sought to propose competing language said they will continue to use the amendment process at future readings and that some issues (notably remedies in good-neighbor agreements) could be reintroduced as amendments or policy actions before final ordinance adoption.","Spokane City Council voted to consolidate and adopt a package of late amendments to multiple homelessness and related ordinances after contentious debate about rule suspensions, minority representation and the scope of shelter siting and activation rules.","actionData","errors"]

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