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Montero said the intensive behavioral health community type is new and not yet well defined in code, that the proposed project falls below thresholds commonly associated with regional facilities, and that residents are free to come and go. “I would recommend to the board to not deem this a community of regional significance,” he said, adding the facility is privately funded with partial assistance from the Washington State Department of Commerce.

He contrasted the project with detention settings, saying it “takes stabilized individuals and assists them in the daily care needs that they have with medication managements” and differs from neighboring enhanced service facilities mainly in staff‑to‑resident ratios.

Montero’s remarks were offered as public comment; the board did not record a vote or motion on the facility’s regional significance during the open forum. The meeting later approved the printed agenda items 3 and 4 (excluding item 4l) by unanimous voice vote, but no specific direction about the facility’s designation was entered in the public record at that time.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","2025.07.08 Legislative Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","A developer with experience in state‑licensed health care facilities told commissioners he recommends the county not designate a proposed 16‑bed intensive behavioral health facility as regionally significant, saying the project is privately funded, locally sited and comparable to assisted‑living or enhanced residential facilities.","taxTitle","Spokane County, Washington","taxId",2643,"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},6177820,"Impacted family member urges Spokane County to improve updates, records access after officer‑involved death",208,252000,460000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5332040-714a4f01fad96a5b8877fb2051395af4&start=252&end=460","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5332040-714a4f01fad96a5b8877fb2051395af4/thumbnail_252000.jpg","/articles/6177820/Spokane-County/Washington/Impacted-family-member-urges-Spokane-County-to-improve-updates-records-access-after-officerinvolved-death","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6177820-d7fcc5e979a41fb237080ac3429f52cb/orig.mp4?Expires=1773619754&Signature=TsTdM8iYLE9J0-HyLWkYy4i3EOgWqsNovvDIzkaHyH0QjHZTz1eIGx7Zj3eJ0cW-Zxqy6kWLar~R47kGfly9QNb3q7gLe8mMOFDByJCUF4FxVeG26F9kMtMTqtrMk~uURdXmuRAHR~UB84o-thNk8QJHvgL1F39GsrM14WpSZIDmO4SZxz2bJYX726A-y1Js8vf8C3Yb2Uzrzh9j3~McIirQrQNkg2P-qs~KC82IRM0fVkhT8P8Y6b6RsiTU3uavCxOwPMGJnhyaOXpPWLPbK2EknWVmIW1wEHfj2E-d0hvkbPdlnKezQwXKDZMsBAIwvOopk~I-X6V1Ndn8K3LxTQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Debbie Novak, an advocate with the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability and an impacted family member, told the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners during open public forum that families of people killed in officer‑involved incidents are not receiving timely updates required under Initiative 940.

Novak said her son, David Novak, was shot and killed in 2019 by a Spokane City police officer while on his porch; she described herself as an impacted family member and said other impacted family members were present at the meeting. Novak said Initiative 940, passed in December 2018, changed the legal standard from malice to what a reasonable officer would do and included a requirement that families receive regular updates.

“Try and imagine what it’s like for a family to go through what I have gone through,” Novak said. She told commissioners she has repeatedly been told investigators cannot release updates because of Initiative 940, but she said that is not the law and that families should receive at least weekly updates that need not compromise investigations. Novak also said public‑records releases are being delayed and cited state administrative rules (WACs), saying those rules require records release once investigations are delivered to the prosecuting attorney.

Novak told the board a sheriff’s office told a family member she had to view body‑worn camera footage in the sheriff’s office, in the sheriff’s presence, rather than receive copies. She urged the county and law enforcement agencies to provide more transparent updates and to release records to impacted families.

These comments were delivered during public comment; commissioners did not take formal action on Novak’s requests during the meeting.","An advocate with the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability told commissioners families are not receiving timely updates after officer‑involved incidents and urged release of public records and body‑worn camera footage to impacted families.",{"_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},6177824,"Spokane resident urges county to adopt 0.1% sales tax for affordable housing",172,64000,236000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5332040-714a4f01fad96a5b8877fb2051395af4&start=64&end=236","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5332040-714a4f01fad96a5b8877fb2051395af4/thumbnail_64000.jpg","/articles/6177824/Spokane-County/Washington/Spokane-resident-urges-county-to-adopt-01-sales-tax-for-affordable-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6177824-95043fef22c7189155b7a9d337e32487/orig.mp4?Expires=1773619754&Signature=cz~fWzb06MfQetWU~gUkuUpnwH7GBqHTYk4UKKYek3~Jfxdt-Amshq4YxvfIEVeKtIsu1771vp8jETIaBcTBUdyiCUjyk~k~A5ZhfbzE7ZSESiRyhNb5EAQ7dSoNUO5yDnPQ9aboNk91DHjLM63wMAQU9acMqqgk9rtDwXYvH~U~Fj2ZrYxhadnvAQ5i3BdpNBp3BWwnJk7dZ6gT0rpQDAAMuSW2tyZwQfinazRUC-HtcwxxGnOZ2jk9syIc3fQhDqop~2WPMZixp9~HcCDu6hA6VAo7tRFuX0ZTXPDHLh3tHnaCG1NikrN1~rhGL61OkXyELX5tSToonnr-ad7XdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Becky Dickerhoof, a Spokane resident, told the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners on July 8 that the board should enact what she called a “15 90 tax,” invoking RCW 82.14.530 to permit a county sales-and-use tax not to exceed one‑tenth of 1 percent to fund housing for people who are unsheltered.

Dickerhoof said the ordinance she described would require at least 60% of revenue to be used for construction of housing and related services, with the remainder for operations and delivery of services. “This will allow the county to create more homes for the unsheltered,” she said.

The comment came during the meeting’s open public forum and was not tied to any board motion or formal agenda item during the public comment period. Dickerhoof cited national advocates and data to frame the need: she referenced the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign and the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a screening of the documentary No Place to Grow Old, and a 2024 HUD point‑in‑time count to describe trends among older adults entering homelessness.

Dickerhoof presented several figures: she said older adults (age 55 and older) are among the fastest‑growing group entering homelessness and noted national counts of renter households and those with extremely low incomes. She also told commissioners that alternatives such as shelter and jail are more expensive locally, saying, “In Spokane, we know the track shelter and jail are examples of costly alternatives.”

The board took no action on the request during the meeting. No commissioner motion to place a tax measure on a future ballot or to direct staff to draft implementing ordinances was recorded during the public comment period.","A Spokane resident urged the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners to adopt a county sales-and-use tax under RCW 82.14.530 to fund construction and services for people experiencing homelessness, with at least 60% dedicated to housing construction.","actionData","errors"]

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