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Spokane staff previews five-year review of Sustainability Action Plan, seeks board input on status tracking
Summary
Staff presented a draft spreadsheet assessing about 300 Sustainability Action Plan items, proposed status categories (in progress/ongoing/not started) and invited board guidance on clearer definitions, evidence links and barriers to progress.
City staff presented a first-draft review of the Sustainability Action Plan (SAP), walking the board through a spreadsheet that inventories roughly 300 action items and proposes current dispositions (e.g., in progress, ongoing, not started) and short notes about progress.
Staff said the tool is intended as a guidance document to identify where the city has made progress, which items may need deeper review, and where the board might prioritize follow-up work. Examples discussed included transit investments (city collaboration on bus rapid transit) and the public-dollars-for-public-benefit ordinance as concrete steps toward SAP goals.
Board members recommended refining status labels (adding an 'ongoing' category distinct from 'in progress'), linking evidence for each status (documents or ordinances), and adding a 'barriers to progress' field (such as funding or policy obstacles) to help prioritize future work. Staff said the draft will be revised and a second draft circulated for work-group review before posting as a more public draft.
Next steps: staff will prepare a revised spreadsheet with clearer definitions, add links or citations for evidence of progress where available, and identify SAP items the board may want to dive deeper into later in the year.
