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Medical Lake officials press Spokane County to prioritize local wildfire recovery in $44 million CDBG plan
Summary
Council members said Spokane County's draft disaster recovery action plan does not reflect public input from Medical Lake and urged residents and elected officials to push the county to limit Community Development Block Grant disaster-recovery spending to fire-impacted areas.
Medical Lake city officials and a council member who attended a Spokane County housing and community development meeting told the city council in June they are concerned the county's proposed plan for $44 million in CDBG disaster recovery funding could be used outside fire‑impacted areas.
Council member Pritchard, who attended the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee meeting, said public comments from Medical Lake and Silver Lake were received during county outreach but were not reflected in the county's action plan. "At the…
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