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Staff briefs council on Complete Streets ordinance update ahead of August 15 grant deadline
Summary
City staff said the Complete Streets ordinance is being revised to harmonize with state law, incorporate the pedestrian master plan and add industry-standard elements to improve Transportation Improvement Board grant scoring; staff flagged an Aug. 15 deadline for potential grant bonus points.
City staff gave an update on the Complete Streets ordinance (C36720), saying the draft would harmonize local code with state law, incorporate the pedestrian master plan, and add elements considered best practices to improve competitiveness for Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant scoring. Staff identified the TIB application deadline as a key timing driver.
"Opening and closing the hearing and voting on it tonight would put us in a really good position to have those bonus points for the August 15 deadline," a staff presenter said, describing how adopting the ordinance before the TIB round could affect scoring. The update reiterated prior briefings and framed the revisions as alignment with state requirements and current city plans.
Staff said the changes are intended to make Spokane more competitive in TIB scoring as funding rounds become more competitive and to reflect plans that were not in place when the original ordinance was adopted. No formal council action on the ordinance occurred at the agenda-review meeting; the item was presented as a briefing to help council consider scheduling a hearing and vote in time for the TIB deadline.
No public testimony or final ordinance text was adopted at this meeting; staff indicated the timing is driven by outside grant deadlines and plan alignment rather than an immediate local funding decision.
