March 19th, 2026 Spokane City Council Joint Budget Meeting

City of Spokane — Budget Study Session · March 19, 2026

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Community centers: needs assessment and funding vision

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33:26 → 41:38(8m 12s)

City presenter introduced an independent needs assessment for three community centers and said the study found $17.4 million in unfunded capital needs for those facilities and urged a citywide conversation about long-term capital and operating funding. The presenter said existing annual operating contract funding has been relatively stagnant (about $450,000–$500,000) and that grants, ARPA and state funds have been used for some projects but the $17.4 million has no other identified city-external funding. Council members raised questions about ownership, maintenance responsibilities, shared/dup

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City of Spokane staff and council members held a budget study session to review a needs assessment showing $17.4 million in unfunded capital needs at three community centers and to discuss volatile sales-tax revenue projections and the schedule for the upcoming biennial budget and six-year capital program.

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