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Spokane council approves wildfire, greenway and mobility funding and rejects West Quadrant TIF sidewalk request
Summary
At a recent Spokane City Council meeting, Councilmember Paul Dillon (District 2) said the council approved a consent agenda that included funding for cleanup of Washington State Department of Transportation right-of-way sites near homeless encampments and graffiti, a Department of Ecology grant for fuels-reduction wildfire mitigation, design funding for the Pacific Avenue Greenway, and money for the Urban Mobility 27 by 27 network; the council also voted down a request to use West Quadrant tax-increment financing (TIF) funds for sidewalk improvements.
At a recent Spokane City Council meeting, Councilmember Paul Dillon (District 2) said the council approved a consent agenda that included funding for cleanup of Washington State Department of Transportation right-of-way sites near homeless encampments and graffiti, a Department of Ecology grant for fuels-reduction wildfire mitigation, design funding for the Pacific Avenue Greenway, and money for the Urban Mobility 27 by 27 network; the council also voted down a request to use West Quadrant tax-increment financing (TIF) funds for sidewalk improvements.
The actions affect multiple city priorities: encampment and right-of-way maintenance, wildfire prevention, active-transportation infrastructure and neighborhood mobility. "We've seen a lot of, amazing work, with this model for wildfire prevention," Dillon said when summarizing the Ecology grant. He also said the…
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