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Spokane County steering committee lays out EIS path for urban growth-area options and schedule
Summary
County staff presented three EIS alternatives — no action, density increases within current UGAs, and a hybrid that balances legislative housing mandates with market history — identified candidate parcels and set a DEIS timeline; the committee approved a 2026 work plan and will review a draft EIS in coming weeks.
County staff told a Spokane County steering committee meeting at the Northeast Community Center that the county will use an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process to decide whether and where to expand urban growth areas (UGAs) and how to meet statutory housing requirements.
The presenter (speaker 5) described three alternatives under study: a no‑action baseline that assumes no boundary changes; a density‑first approach that tightens zoning and increases intensity within existing UGAs; and a hybrid that tries to satisfy the legislature’s middle‑housing mandates while reflecting local market history. Staff said the hybrid was designed to balance the Growth Management Act (GMA) mandates and Spokane County’s suburban market dynamics.
Staff presented headline estimates used for modeling: the county’s…
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