SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane City Council approved a citywide package of traffic‑calming projects for 2026 and 2027 and adopted the city’s legislative priorities for the 2026 state session, Council member Kate Telles said in a Dec. 8 recap of the meeting.

“We approved our 2026 and 2027 traffic calming project to be paid from our Spokane safe streets for all fund,” said Council member Kate Telles, who represents District 2. “These projects total roughly $6,000,000 citywide and include protected bike lanes, sidewalk infill, pedestrian crossing, and intersection improvements.”

The approval allocates funding from the Spokane Safe Streets for All fund for a mix of bike, pedestrian and intersection work. Telles said the projects are intended to improve safety and connectivity citywide; the council did not provide an itemized project list or a timeline in the recap.

The council also adopted the City of Spokane’s legislative agenda for the 2026 state legislative session. Telles said priorities in that agenda include requests for state support to implement technologies that reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions, expansion of a state sales‑tax deferral to encourage conversions of surface parking lots to affordable housing, and authority for cities to exempt certain buildings and improvements from local property taxes to incentivize development of vacant or underutilized property.

The council amended its municipal code to bring the city into compliance with state law by allowing “co‑living” housing developments in more areas and setting standards that can apply to such units, Telles said. She listed examples of co‑living units as single‑room occupancy, rooming or boarding houses, and private dormitories, and said the state’s stated goal is to support housing affordability and flexible housing options.

Two agenda items were deferred: the vacation of the alley between College Ave and Bridge Ave was postponed to Dec. 15, and the city’s pathways to an eviction diversion ordinance was deferred to Jan. 12. Telles closed by announcing the council’s next meeting — the final meeting of the year — will be Monday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

The recap provided by Telles did not include vote tallies, individual motions, ordinance numbers, department implementation plans, or an itemized breakdown of the traffic‑calming projects. The council’s published minutes or staff reports would be the source for those details.