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Council acknowledges written comment on critical areas ordinance as meeting suffers internet disruptions

5393579 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

On July 15 the presiding officer told attendees the meeting would likely not be recorded because of repeated Zoom disconnects; council members acknowledged receipt of a written public comment concerning the city's Critical Areas Ordinance and agreed the clerk would keep written minutes as the official record.

The presiding officer of the Spokane Valley City Council told attendees at the start of the July 15 meeting that repeated internet disruptions had forced the council to treat the session as unrecorded and that the city clerk would keep written minutes as the official record.

“We are having internet difficulties, and we've already been bumped out a few times and able to reconnect, but it's not staying connected. So we're going to consider this a meeting that's not going to be recorded,” the presiding officer said, adding that staff would continue to reconnect and that “this meeting will have just written minutes as the official record.”

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