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Open House planned for May 14, 2008

An Open House will be held on Wednesday May 14 between 5:30 and 7:30pm.  At the West Central Community Center in the Mason Auditorium.  This will be the last Open House for the Shoreline Master Program Update before information is presented and discussed with the Plan Commission.  Click on the link to view more information for the Open House.


In the spring of 2005, the City of Spokane Planning Services Department received a grant from the State Department of Ecology to update the city’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP), which was originally adopted on March 22, 1976. RCW 90.58.080 requires governments to develop or amend a master program for regulation of uses of the shorelines of the state consistent with the required elements of the guidelines adopted by the Department of Ecology. The City of Spokane SMP update deals with the shorelines of the Spokane River and Latah Creek within the limits  of the City of Spokane. The process to update the program includes 11 tasks mandated by the State and is expected to last through June of 2007. A short word document was created to explain the tasks involved.

The nature of the Spokane River and Latah Creek necessitates regional involvement in the creation of a meaningful SMP.  To address regional concerns and the need to coordinate across jurisdictions, the Planning Services Department recently formed a Technical Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from local, regional, and state agencies or organizations to contribute their expertise to this endeavor. Members of the Technical Advisory Committee will be called upon for advice, when needed, and the committee will meet occasionally to coordinate technical advisory efforts. For more information on the Shoreline Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).

In addition, Planning Staff has developed a citizen participation plan for the update process. The City will be following the citizen participation plan requirements of RCW 90.58.130. Stakeholder round table discussions and public open houses are being held periodically as the process unfolds.  We will notify the public of program progress and events through  newspaper notices and media releases. The City of Spokane Plan Commission and City Council will be kept informed throughout the process until final adoption of the plan. The State of Washington Department of Ecology also approves and adopts the plan, and staff will be working closely with the state during the process. 

The City hired URS Corporation to help with the SMP update. The majority of their work will focus on inventory and analysis of conditions of shorelines of state significance, development of a restoration plan, and assisting staff in developing shoreline designations, goals, and policies. URS gathered data for the inventory and conducted field work in the spring of 2006. The final draft inventory and analysis was completed in March 2007 and is available for review in the URS webpage. Non-digital versions of URS documents are available by request from the Planning Services Department. Please take the opportunity to review these materials and if you have any comments please contact the Planning Services Shoreline Update Team at shorelines@spokanecity.org .

 

 

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