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\"If we're gonna have all this growth, it's — I mean, we need a new jail up here. We need a precinct up here,\" a longtime resident and former law enforcement commenter said, pressing planners to show how public safety services will scale with new development.

County staff and consultants described the required alignment between land‑use planning and capital facilities as a key control on where growth can safely occur. A county staff member explained that planners must analyze whether roads, sewer, water, fire and police can be built or expanded to serve growth; \"if you can't do those things,\" the staff member said, \"then you have to go back to your land use element and make a new plan.\" The staff member also cited the county’s responsibility to coordinate population allocations with cities under Growth Management Act rules.

Attendees raised permitting and enforcement issues: one resident said a recent four‑story complex nearby appeared to lack adequate snow‑storage and parking; others described lengthy county permitting timeframes compared with the city and reported inconsistent enforcement of landscaping, lighting and other plan commitments. A speaker who described a prior permitting dispute summarized the issue as \"the rigidity of the rules\" that made a minor alteration to a home difficult to approve under current code definitions.

County consultants said some developers respond to regulatory constraints by avoiding complex, more walkable designs, and that the comp plan/code update aims to create clearer, more predictable regulations that can incentivize desired outcomes. Staff acknowledged code and coordination problems and said the forthcoming EIS and subsequent code drafting are the stages when capital facilities analysis and regulatory changes will be addressed. Attendees urged stronger code enforcement and clearer maintenance expectations after development is built.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Spokane County 2046 Placemaking & Community Resiliency: What we heard and the next steps","oneSentenceSummary","During a placemaking workshop, residents asked whether planned growth is matched by police, fire, transportation and permitting capacity and raised long‑standing concerns about permitting delays, code rigidity, lighting and enforcement.","taxTitle","Spokane County, Washington","taxId",2643,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6239667,"Residents at Spokane County workshop say outreach was inadequate and trust is low",652,3034000,3686000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3336690-f194f43fad471fddcd747a00ee69d93c&start=3034&end=3686","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3336690-f194f43fad471fddcd747a00ee69d93c/thumbnail_3034000.jpg","/articles/6239667/Spokane-County/Washington/Residents-at-Spokane-County-workshop-say-outreach-was-inadequate-and-trust-is-low","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6239667-e276646c01b75d20bfcfc41aec2ebdf8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771125055&Signature=CirEu7lZmzqrsEwSufKyGGWn07e0ZqG7LERxkKVpU8XX1WYc~KZrGaH7rK9GczV~pDYFPd4W2FxwDsm2Txt8-wKAuUPlShkZphbnFrx5YG-rqF-N1JcbPmM7qb30dHRIKUHILtM8ymbAL5jXFR8iTsGLQOwMOFyvPSKof6JU7wzmql-kAOIqMx6kWnwdIdPK9wYjKehNQkIfuSWv0VcxaSnBNKMkf-rLtqoRuAYDdxOJ4HCUSlFm33bgF5dazvXKWX2yG7zw~oaVV3Mve152WhAIbbtLzI3YksInaEp6ce8v9lL4dFK5CSEpicxWdJcTAFgtzJciiQgeIyZn9ZX7-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Several residents who attended Spokane County’s placemaking workshop told planners they had not received clear or timely notice about the event and said outreach should be broader.

\"I only found out this was tonight because my friend texted me,\" one resident said during a public comment period, and multiple attendees said they had signed up for updates previously but did not receive notices. A participant identified as the clerk of the planning commission said the commission is updating a contact list to improve communication with developers and other stakeholders.

County consultants and staff described existing outreach channels — county web pages, QR codes on posters, social media posts and local news outreach — and acknowledged \"some weird hiccups\" with the project mailing list. A county presenter urged attendees to follow the Spokane County page and share notices on community pages and invited attendees to take QR‑coded flyers to distribute to neighbors.

Workshop attendees suggested additional methods of outreach, including mailed postcards to affected neighborhoods and targeted school messaging. Several residents said weak notification reduces willingness to participate: \"It makes people not wanna participate. They don't trust the government,\" a participant said.

County staff said the placemaking workshops are only one part of a broader public‑engagement program tied to the EIS and comp plan update and that additional public meetings — including rural open houses — and online comment windows are scheduled during the scoping period.","Participants at a Spokane County placemaking workshop criticized county outreach, saying notifications were insufficient and that many residents learned about meetings only by chance; staff described multiple outreach channels but acknowledged some mailing‑list issues.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6239673,"Spokane County lays out placemaking vision as EIS scoping for 2026 comp plan update begins",3240,1000,3241000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3336690-f194f43fad471fddcd747a00ee69d93c&start=1&end=3241","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3336690-f194f43fad471fddcd747a00ee69d93c/thumbnail_1000.jpg","/articles/6239673/Spokane-County/Washington/Spokane-County-lays-out-placemaking-vision-as-EIS-scoping-for-2026-comp-plan-update-begins","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6239673-b94db269e509e454ea831f9f97730385/orig.mp4?Expires=1771125055&Signature=DYZ8o6L9tANTBcO8DMRaZWjP80~~DTAoRhFJc3JSgoY24WUdlRrPP8HzaTjtVfZAV6KDIO3MvdzQmmLsrs33K0y3~amVPdRoeYQmWRZhy2A3NdJFfxmuUZg2DlMLfqksU22n7wy21mhqedBkFoBd7cXwlLkbnOTq3MflI9KZCs7E9VPVwGUlQerbBmQKAPCc2DYhjTu5rLlc9MxaP-0tvrNq2Z3MEyna7kYvpY5xW5Jv9SEizdT7xJGyv4DlBCymUmgOEo6AXdgDNcSsDEJS6H9vabLROaHlLn0O9SiDs0KM-7FnBaniQhCbLB6-MYAO2U~BA8Yo43L5RkdRLNHwpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Spokane County planners and their consultants on Wednesday presented a placemaking-focused approach to the county’s 2026 comprehensive plan update and said the Environmental Impact Statement scoping process is under way.

County staff described a set of six policy priorities — integrated environmental design and resilience, street connectivity, trails and park integration, streetscape design, neighborhood design and a broader land-use-category consolidation — that they say will guide updates to the county’s future land‑use map and implementing development code.

The discussion matters because the county must show how it will accommodate projected growth while complying with the Growth Management Act and coordinating capital facilities, transportation and service delivery, planners said. \"The county has to plan for roughly 30,000 new residents in its unincorporated urban growth areas,\" a county staff member told the meeting, and the EIS scoping process is intended to analyze alternatives and their infrastructure implications.

Consultants from Makers and Cassidy Consulting Group laid out examples and code concepts intended to produce walkable, mixed‑use neighborhood patterns rather than disconnected subdivisions. Bob Bangford, partner at Makers, read a draft placemaking vision that said suburban lands should “feature integrated parks, trails, natural areas, and civic gathering places, a mix of housing and pedestrian‑oriented neighborhood centers” and be resilient by integrating natural features as community amenities.

Planners and consultants described several regulatory ideas to translate those goals into on‑the‑ground results: trail requirements scaled to subdivision perimeter, a park‑edge standard that requires visibility and dwelling units facing at least 60% of a park’s perimeter, street‑type standards that limit pavement widths and mandate street trees and planting strips, and a tighter, more form‑oriented land‑use category structure to replace a long list of existing categories.

They also said the county will prepare alternatives for the EIS on which the Board of County Commissioners will take policy direction. \"The scoping meeting is next Wednesday, the seventh,\" a county presenter said, and the comment period for the scoping process \"runs through May 30.\" The presenters advised attendees to review the posters and submit preferences via the boards and the county project website.

Residents and workshop participants asked detailed questions about how the concepts would apply locally, citing examples they said showed poor integration of higher‑density housing with nearby parks and streets. The presenters stressed that the illustrations were conceptual examples, not site‑specific proposals. \"It's not a specific proposal for any place,\" one consultant said when attendees raised concerns about particular images.

Planners said the comp plan update will be followed by code changes where needed; they emphasized that a plan alone does not implement outcomes without explicit development regulations and enforcement. \"A plan is useless unless you've got code and investment decisions that are consistent with it,\" a county staff member said.

Next steps announced to meeting attendees included the EIS scoping meeting and additional rural open houses focused on rural character and agricultural preservation; participants were invited to provide sticker‑dot feedback on the placemaking posters and sign up for project updates on the county website.","County planners and consultants presented placemaking policies for the 2026 comprehensive plan update and said an Environmental Impact Statement scoping process has begun; residents raised concerns about density, environmental risks and implementation details.","actionData","errors"]

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At Spokane County workshop, residents press planners on police, services, permitting and code enforcement

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