City Council Legislative Meeting


Monday, August 12, 2024 at 6 p.m.

Ordinance C36548 - Relating to the establishment of a sales and use tax deferral program for affordable housing; retitling chapter 08.07D of the Spokane Municipal Code (SMC); and enacting a new chapter 08.07E to Title 08 of the SMC.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36550 - Amending Ordinance C-26051 that vacated Thirteenth Avenue and Woodland Boulevard from the southeast right of way line of I-90 to the west line of “A” Street, Evergreen Drive from the southeast right of way line of I-90 to the north line of Fourteenth Avenue and the unnamed strip of land south of Lot 12 and north of Lots 17, 18, and 19, Block 16, Woodland Heights Addition, from the west line of Evergreen Drive to the extended west line of said Lots 12 and 17, and providing for an effective date.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36552 - Relating to maximum residential heights and multi-unit open space standards amending Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Sections 17C.111.205 and 17C.111.420.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36553 - Relating to the Hamilton Form-Based Code amending Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 17C.123 Form Based Code Zones.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36554 - Relating to streamlining and expediting the land use review and approval process by relying on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the South Logan Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan by adopting a Planned Action; implementing the intent of the recently adopted by resolution South Logan TOD Plan; adopting Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 17C.420; and amending Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 17A.020.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36555 - Relating to height and height transition standards amending Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Sections 17C.111.230 and 17C.120.220.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36556 - Relating to the Center and Corridor and parking development regulations amending Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) Sections 17C.122.070, 17C.122.090, 17C.230.120, 17C.230.130, and 17C.300.130, repealing Sections 17C.122.080, 17C.122.100, 17C.122.110, and 17C.122T, and adopting new Sections 17C.122.200, 17C.122.210, 17C.122.220, 17C.122.230, 17C.122.240, and 17C.122.250

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Nay
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Ordinance C36560 - a. Vacation of the alley between Lee Street and Stone Street, from the south line of Broadway Avenue to the north line of Springfield Avenue, as requested by Richard Clemson. b. First Reading Ordinance C36560 vacating the alley between Lee Street and Stone Street, from the south line of Broadway Avenue to the north line of Springfield Avenue.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Nay
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Resolution 2024-0073 - Relating to modification of the City of Spokane's Retail Water Service Area (RWSA) to amend the RWSA boundaries to include areas within the current Spokane County Urban Growth Area (UGA) boundaries and authorizing amendment of the City's RWSA map on file with the Washington State Department of Health.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Resolution 2024-0074 - Expressing support for the federal administration’s new executive directive to keep immigrant and noncitizen families together, for local efforts to provide immigrant services, and for amending the City’s federal legislative agenda to include support for federal relief of immigrant legal services.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Nay
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Resolution 2024-0075 - Approving the appointment of Christine Shisler as the Retirement Director for the City of Spokane.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Resolution 2024-0076 - Approving the appointment of Laz Martinez as the Director of Information and Technology for the City of Spokane.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea

Resolution 2024-0077 - Acknowledging the recommendation of the Neighborhood Project Advisory Committee for the West Quadrant Tax Increment Financing district and accepting the use of $190,000 in TIF funding for public improvements to be installed as part of the NATIVE Project Children and Youth Behavioral Health Project.

Council Member Representing Vote
Betsy Wilkerson City Council President Absent
Jonathan Bingle District 1 Absent
Michael Cathcart District 1 Yea
Lili Navarrete District 2 Yea
Paul Dillon District 2 Yea
Kitty Klitzke District 3 Yea
Zack Zappone District 3 Yea