Plan Spokane 2046 draft EIS aims for December release and March preferred alternative; staff urges parcel-level work after EIS

Nov 13, 2025

Planning staff said the draft environmental impact statement for Plan Spokane 2046 should be ready for the commission's Dec. 10 meeting, with a preferred alternative targeted for March and subsequent hearings; staff emphasized housing affordability targets, transit-oriented development and utility capacity analysis as next steps.

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Tyrone, a city planning staff member, presented the outreach timeline and objectives for the Plan Spokane 2046 draft environmental impact statement (EIS). He said staff are "really trying hard to get it done by your meeting, the December 10," and outlined a schedule to move from draft EIS to a preferred alternative (targeted for March), a public hearing and final land-use map at parcel level to support council direction.

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