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City begins scoping for comprehensive‑plan periodic update and EIS; draft targeted for 2025
Summary
Planning staff told commissioners the periodic comprehensive‑plan update (required by Washington state) will include an environmental impact statement (EIS), climate elements and housing targets; scoping and public outreach are planned to start in February with a draft expected in 2025 and final adoption in 2026.
Planning staff briefed the Spokane Planning Commission on Jan. 8 on the city’s periodic comprehensive‑plan update and the associated State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) scoping process.
Terrell Black, a city planning staff member, said the update is required by the State of Washington and will incorporate a climate planning element, growth and housing targets and an EIS that evaluates at least three growth alternatives (staff noted the final preferred alternative may be a hybrid drawn from those scenarios). The city aims to complete a draft comprehensive plan and draft EIS in 2025 and to complete…
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