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City staff recommend placing aquifer protection area renewal on ballot; would add $15/year fee
Summary
City staff briefed the PIES committee on joining Spokane County's Aquifer Protection Area (APA) renewal, which would assess roughly $15 per household and is projected to raise about $1.8 million a year for city uses if council approves putting the measure before voters and enters an interlocal agreement with the county.
Marlene Feist, presenting as director for the city, told the PIES committee the city has the opportunity to rejoin Spokane County's Aquifer Protection Area and that “the current authorization for that area expires at the end of 2025. And the county will ask voters to renew the aquifer protection area.”
The nut graf: joining the county APA would require the City Council to adopt a resolution allowing the county to place the renewal before city voters and would trigger an interlocal agreement to manage shared revenue and administration. City staff estimate the APA would raise about $1.8 million a year for spending within the city portion of the area.
Feist said state law in the Revised Code of Washington, chapter…
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