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Spokane County considers standalone climate‑resiliency chapter to integrate with housing, transportation and resource lands
Summary
County planners presented a new climate change and resiliency chapter required by recent state law (House Bill 1181) and recommended integrating its goals with housing, land use and transportation to produce practical, implementable policies rather than isolated guidance.
Spokane County planning staff told commissioners on Feb. 23 that House Bill 1181 added a climate‑resiliency goal to the Growth Management Act and that the county has drafted a standalone climate‑resiliency element to be integrated across the comprehensive plan.
"This is brand new... we're all learning how this is going to happen," Scott Chesy said, explaining the county's approach to treat the resilience goals as a separate element in this round but to fold the guidance into housing,…
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