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Steering committee recommends updated countywide planning policies on housing, climate and tribal participation

2768297 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

Steering committee of elected officials recommended amendments to countywide planning policies to implement state housing legislation, add climate and resiliency policy language, and amend the steering-committee interlocal to add tribal voting seats; the Board will receive recommendations and consider them on the next legislative agenda.

County planning staff told commissioners on March 24 that the steering committee of elected officials has recommended several updates to Spokane County’s countywide planning policies, including housing guidance related to recent state legislation, a new chapter on climate and resiliency, and an amendment to the interlocal agreement to provide voting seats for the region’s tribes.

Scott Chesney summarized the recommendations: additions to chapter 7 on housing to implement House Bill 1220 (transcribed as “House Bill 12 20”),…

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