Housing growth along evacuation routes

CARROLL. NEXT WILL BE DEBORAH PERKINS AND THEN SAMANTHA MACE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILKERSON. COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS LINDA CARROLL. I LIVE ON WAVERLY PLACE. THIS SIDE OF THE SPOKANE AREA SUFFERED THROUGH FOUR FIRES THE UPPER RIVER FIRE ,THE OLD TRAILS FIRE, THE FAIRVIEW FIRE, THE AMBER LAKE FIRE WHILE STILL RECOVERING FROM EARLIER FIRES AND MEDICAL LAKE IN DEER PARK. THIS YEAR'S FIRES WERE CLOSE TO THE HEART OF THE CITY AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION IN A DROUGHT STRICKEN REGION, EXPERTS PREDICT THAT THE WILD WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INTRODUCES NEW OR INCREASED HOUSING DENSITY NEAR FIRE PRONE AREAS THAT ARE ALSO NEAR OR ALONG ONE OR MORE CRITICAL EVACUATION ROUTES. THIS SHOWS UP VERY CLEARLY WHEN YOU COMPARE CURRENT AND FUTURE MAPS SIDE BY SIDE. IN DISTRICT ONE BEMIS HAS NEW DENSITY ALONG WELLESLEY, WHICH IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE. NEVADA HEIGHTS HAS NEW DENSITY ALONG UPRIVER DRIVE AND EVACUATION ROUTE. WHITMAN HAS NEW DENSITY ALONG BOTH WELLESLEY AND FRANCIS WHICH ARE EVACUATION ROUTES. IN DISTRICT TWO MANITOBA CANNON HILL HAS NEW DENSITY ALONG GRAND WHICH IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE. IN DISTRICT THREE EMERSON GARFIELD HAS ADDED DENSITY ATOP THE RIVER GORGE THE PART THAT HASN'T BURNED YET AND THEREFORE HAS A VERY HEAVY FUEL LOAD. ON NORTHWEST BOULEVARD WHICH IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE. NORTHVILLE HAS NEW DENSITY ALONG FRANCES NORTHWEST ALONG WELLESLEY. WEST CENTRAL HAS ADDED DENSITY ATOP THE RIVER GORGE ALONG SUMMIT WHICH IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE. IT'S NOT NICE TO FOR MOTHER NATURE BECAUSE MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T GET MAD SHE GETS EVEN AND THIS SUMMERS FOR FIRES WERE MOTHER NATURE GETTING EVEN FOR PAST MISTAKES? HOW WILL SHE GET EVEN FOR FUTURE MISTAKES? ISN'T THIS REASON ENOUGH TO REVIEW THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEBORAH PERKINS. NEXT WILL BE SAMANTHA MACE AND THEN CHRIS