Those in the know 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, 350 Spokane urges 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 we 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
We Support environmental review exemption only if the proposed development area is 100% disturbed and impervious as identified in the Draft EIS Exhibit 3.1-3. Existing Hard (Impervious) Surfaces.
Jimmy Young
Feb 18, 2026
Local Resident
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Hey!,
Those in the know 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, 350 Spokane urges 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 we 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
We Support environmental review exemption only if the proposed development area is 100% disturbed and impervious as identified in the Draft EIS Exhibit 3.1-3. Existing Hard (Impervious) Surfaces.
Please pass this.