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Spokane climate advisory board forwards draft climate policies to Plan Commission, asks for added habitat-inventory consideration
Summary
The Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board voted unanimously to recommend final climate policies (CRSB recommendation 2026-001) to the Plan Commission and asked that the Plan Commission consider an additional public-comment proposal for a natural-lands and habitat-connectivity inventory.
The Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board voted unanimously on Feb. 12 to recommend that the City of Spokane Plan Commission include the board’s draft final climate policies, outlined in the Feb. 12, 2026 memorandum, in the 2026 periodic update of the city’s comprehensive plan.
The motion, introduced during a public hearing, also authorizes the CRSB chair to prepare and sign a written decision consistent with the board’s rules. During the meeting the board accepted a second, companion motion asking the Plan Commission to consider language submitted orally at the hearing by Spokane Urban Nature proposing an inventory and rubric for identifying natural lands and habitat connectivity in the city’s geographic information system.
Why it matters: The recommendation advances the integration of climate policy…
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