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Spokane board questions 'black box' risk in multi‑criteria prioritization scoring
Summary
Consultants presented a multi‑criteria prioritization tool (MCPA) to rank climate policies; board members pressed for transparent scoring rubrics and examples, warned the weighting choices strongly affect outcomes, and asked that consultants circulate full scoring criteria ahead of December.
Consultants from Burke presented the multi‑criteria prioritization analysis (MCPA) the CRSB will use to narrow 50+ candidate policies to an achievable list of roughly 20–40 priorities.
Bethany, who led the session on the tool, told the board that “the guidance from the Department of Commerce is that city should develop 20 to 40 climate goals and policies,” and described a three‑phase approach: a relevance filter (city role), a scoring/weighting phase across themes (resilience, GHG reduction, equity, logistics and degree of certainty), and a holistic evaluation where the group considers balance and possible…
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