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County staff push West Plains aquifer protection area to August ballot with $15-per-parcel fee proposal
Summary
County staff presented a proposed West Plains Aquifer Protection Area modeled on the SVRP APA, proposing $15 annual parcel fees (water-use and septic tracks), a list of allowable expenditures, and a May 1 elections filing deadline to reach the August 2026 ballot.
County staff described a proposed West Plains Aquifer Protection Area (APA) at the March 17 Spokane County meeting and asked the board to approve a notice of public hearing to meet the May 1 elections filing deadline needed for an August ballot measure.
Amy (speaker 4) and Kyle (speaker 8) told commissioners the APA would model its parcel-rate structure after the Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie (SVRP) APA and estimated around 18,000 parcels in the proposed boundary. The proposal…
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