Good morning. I am writing today to submit a comment on the drafted EIS for the City's PlanSpokane 2046.
I strongly prefer Alternative 3 as the City's selected growth alternative. This support is conditioned on the EIS adequately evaluating cumulative environmental impacts at the comprehensive plan level and ensuring that those impacts are avoided or mitigated through adopted development regulations, consistent with SEPA.
Alternative 3 provides the greatest long-term climate, land-use, water, transportation, and infrastructure-efficiency benefits
The City is considering expanded use of SEPA infill and housing exemptions. Given this approach, I urge the City to establish clear guardrails before broadly applying exemptions, including completing an inventory of existing urban natural assets - such as tree canopy, habitat value, and ecological connectivity to ensure that infill development does not result in unmitigated impacts to environmental resources within urban neighborhoods
I know myself and my neighbors oppose the blanket Environmental Review exemption in order to protect critical areas such as wetlands, forests, wildlife habitat and riparian areas in neighborhoods. Exhibit 7 in the EIS, shows all neighborhoods will be exempted from environmental review in two phases
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Leah Welki
Feb 18, 2026
Local Resident
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Good morning. I am writing today to submit a comment on the drafted EIS for the City's PlanSpokane 2046.
I strongly prefer Alternative 3 as the City's selected growth alternative. This support is conditioned on the EIS adequately evaluating cumulative environmental impacts at the comprehensive plan level and ensuring that those impacts are avoided or mitigated through adopted development regulations, consistent with SEPA.
Alternative 3 provides the greatest long-term climate, land-use, water, transportation, and infrastructure-efficiency benefits
The City is considering expanded use of SEPA infill and housing exemptions. Given this approach, I urge the City to establish clear guardrails before broadly applying exemptions, including completing an inventory of existing urban natural assets - such as tree canopy, habitat value, and ecological connectivity to ensure that infill development does not result in unmitigated impacts to environmental resources within urban neighborhoods
I know myself and my neighbors oppose the blanket Environmental Review exemption in order to protect critical areas such as wetlands, forests, wildlife habitat and riparian areas in neighborhoods. Exhibit 7 in the EIS, shows all neighborhoods will be exempted from environmental review in two phases
[Personal contact details omitted from the reading text.]