2020, 08-25 Regular Formal MINUTES
SPOKANE VALLEY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
FORMAL FORMAT
Spokane Valley City Hall
Spokane Valley, Washington
August 25, 2020
Mayor Wick called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The meeting was held remotely via ZOOM meeting.
Attendance:
Councilmembers Staff
Ben Wick, Mayor Mark Calhoun, City Manager
Pam Haley, Councilmember John.Hohman, Deputy City Manager
Tim Hattenburg Councilmember Erik Lamb,Deputy City Attorney
Rod Higgins, Councilmember Mike Stone,Parks &Recreation Director
Linda Thompson, Councilmember Chaz Bates, Senior Planner
Arne Woodard, Councilmember Lori Barlow, Senior Planner
Mike Basinger,Economic Development Mgr
Absent: Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
Brandi Peetz,Deputy Mayor
ROLL CALL City Clerk Bainbridge called the roll; all Councilmembers were present except Deputy
Mayor Peetz. It was moved by Councilmember Thompson, seconded and unanimously agreed to excuse
Deputy Mayor Peetz front tonight's meeting.
APPROVAL OF AMENDED AGENDA It was moved by Councilmember Hattenburg, seconded and
unanimously agreed to approve the agenda.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS n/a
COMMITTEE,BOARD,LIAISON SUMMARY REPORTS
Councilmember Haley: said she heard that Councilmember Hattenburg gave a great rundown of what
happened at the STA(Spokane Transit Authority)meeting;she added that the STA received a federal transit
grant of$2.5 million to purchase seven, double-decker buses for the Cheney route; she also mentioned that
STA usually does not meet in August; and said she personally is busy grading housing first grant
applications.
Councilmember Higgins: said the Clean Air Agency will conduct final interviews tomorrow for the vacant
director position.
Councilmember Thompson: stated that she continues virtual meetings with the NLC (National League of
Cities) constituency groups, such as Women in Municipal government; said that an AWC (Association of
Washington Cities) group held their first equity workgroup meeting to discuss what leaders can do in
partnership with other elected officials; mentioned she personally sent a letter supporting Multi-Care's
request to have percutaneous coronary intervention capabilities at their hospital.
Councilmember Hattenburg: said he spent time in the community speaking with various small business
owners who are very supportive and thankful of being made aware of the CARES funds.
Councilmember Woodard: mentioned he attended a couple Farmers' Markets; and said that the HCDAC
(Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee) will meet in September.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Mayor Wick said that as chair of the Health District Board, they are working on guidance for all school
districts for potential re-opening and/or distance learning;said there was some confusion among the districts
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but they are working to find ways to safely open school; mentioned the letter of support for Multi-Care and
even though the deadline has passed, asked Council if they would like to send a letter from the Council;
Councilmembers nodded in agreement and Mayor Wick said he will check to see whether that will still
have an impact since the deadline has passed.
PROCLAMATION:Recognizing J00'''Anniversa;y of 19th Amendment Adoption
Mayor Wick read the proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th
Amendment.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY [11: Mayor Wick briefly explained the process for
giving public comment; he asked that people speak to matters within the City's jurisdiction, and to please
be civil. Three people had previously signed up to speak:
Ms. Diana Wilhite, Spokane Valley: regarding Council's interaction with the public, said that a past mayor
found it necessary to delete public comment for a time as he was not happy with what citizens had to say;
she said it is the right of the public to ask,comment or criticize actions or events that concerns city business;
today the present council has bent over backwards to allow citizens to speak their minds on matters that
have no connection to city action; said this is a terrible waste of Council's time to allow people to rail on
for their own personal vendetta; she suggested Council needs to change their Governance Manual to have
public comments pertain to city business and said she feels the City Attorney can draft language to make
that possible without restricting first amendment rights.
Ms.Barb Howard, Spokane Valley: said that since Mayor Wick is the chair of the Health Board,she wants
to know why we keep having rallies or protests with members from S.C.O.P.E. and the Sheriffs office,
with people not wearing masks; said she feels the Sheriff should enforce the wearing of masks.
Ms.Beva Miles, Spokane Valley: said she is a rules and procedure kind of person and that some people tell
her they won't watch or attend Council meetings as some people have taken that opportunity during their
comments,to chastise the Council or berate others;said she applauds Ms.Wilhite's comments and suggests
Council Iook at their Governance Manual and Roberts Rules of Order when it comes to dilatory comments
from the public; adding that she feels the public respects and appreciates Council.
1. CONSENT AGENDA: Consists of items considered routine which are approved as a group. Any
member of Council may ask that an item be removed from the Consent Agenda to be considered separately.
Proposed Motion: I move to approve the Consent Agenda.
a. Approval of claim vouchers on Aug 25,2020,Request for Council Action Form Total: $2,721,198.35
b. Approval of Payroll for Pay Period Ending August 15, 2020: $378,230.27
c.Approval of July 21,2020 Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session
d. Approval of July 28, 2020 Council Meeting Minutes, Regular Formal Format
e. Approval of August 4,2020 Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting Workshop
f. Approval of August 4,2020 Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting
g. Approval of August 11,2020 Council Meeting Minutes, Regular Formal Format
It was moved by Coinzcilmember Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the Consent
Agenda.
NEW BUSINESS:
2.First Reading Ordinance 20-007 Code Text Amendment,Annexation—Mike Basinger,Erik Lamb
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Haley and seconded
to advance Ordinance No. 20-007 to a second reading as proposed. Mr. Basinger briefly explained that
this ordinance will replace the current chapter 19.180 of the City's Code as it will strengthen the policy
framework for annexation in order to provide direction to potential applicants and staff regarding
annexation requests.There were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed..
none. Motion carried.
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3.First Reading Ordinance 20-008 Comprehensive Plan Amendments—Mike Basinger
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Haley and seconded
to advance Ordinance 20-008, Comprehensive Plan amendments, to a second reading as proposed. Mr.
Basinger gave an overview of the direction provided at the August 11 meeting, including the addition of
the R4 zone, which if approved would be a city-wide rezone.In response to a question about the difference
between R3 and R4,Mr.Basinger said staffs' approach to limit duplex subdivisions was through the use of
incentives; he said we don't usually take things away, but rather look for opportunities for incentives for
different types of development; he said the idea is if you were to go forward with a single family
development in the R3 zone you would get eight units per acre; and if you went forward with a duplex you
would get six units per acre and said the hope is that will be an incentive for single family development and
home ownership; said staff had some concerns with the R4 zone about where we might see cottage and
townhouse developments, and that the concern was, what is the most appropriate place for those types of
development; said staff feels that the areas where these types of homes should be built is in areas where we
have transportation and services,which he said is why staff looked at that half-mile distance from Sprague
Avenue down to 8t1i, and up to Broadway. There were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor:
unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried.
4. First Reading Ordinance 20-009 Comprehensive Plan Zoning Map Amendment—Mike Basinger
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Haley and seconded
to advance Ordinance 20-009, Official Zoning Amendments, to a second reading as proposed.Mr.Basinger
stated that this is the companion piece to the previous ordinance as this amends the zoning map. There were
no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried.
5. First Reading Ordinance 20-010 Code Text Amendment,Essential Public Facilities—Lori Barlow
After City Clerk Bainbridge read the ordinance title, it was moved by Councilmember Haley and seconded
to advance Ordinance No. 20-010 to a second reading as proposed. Senior Planner Barlow went through
the PowerPoint explaining the process of this City-initiated code text amendment to allow essential public
facilities within the mixed use zone and not be permitted in the residential zones. Ms. Barlow mentioned
the new R4 zone as per the comp plan proposed amendment, and said should that ordinance be adopted,
this ordinance will come forward at the second reading with the R4 zone included as a zone where essential
public facilities will not be permitted. There were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in favor:
unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried
6. Motion Consideration: Washington Dept. of Commerce Memorandum of Understanding—Chaz Bates
It was moved by Councilmember Hattenburg and seconded to authorize the City Manager to finalize and
execute the memorandum of Understanding between the Washington State Department of Commerce and
the City of Spokane Valley,for participation in the Manufacturing Roadmap program. After Mr. Bates'
brief explanation of the program, it was noted there were no public comments. Vote by acclamation: in
favor: unanimous. Opposed: none. Motion carried.
7. Motion Consideration: Spokane Valley Chamber CARES A reement Amendment — Erik Lamb Jeff
Kleingartner
It was moved by Councilmember Haley and seconded to approve the amended Agreement between the City
of Spokane Valley and the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce for CARES Act Coronavirus
Relief Fund grant, and authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute the agreement as amended in
substantially the form presented. Deputy City Attorney Lamb stated that following his explanation of this
amendment,Mr.Kleingartner will give Council an update on our efforts to market this program.Mr. Lamb
explained that since Council approved the agreement, two issues have come up: first, the program was
intended to begin a week after the Spokane County program application period ended;but Spokane County
extended their application period to August 14, and accordingly, the Chamber recommended and staff
agreed that our program should be pushed one week to begin August 24. Second,Mr.Lamb explained,the
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chamber identified a potential issue with the prohibition of us awarding grants to nonprofits that received a
County grant; said this is due to the limited number of nonprofits within the County and the large number
that provide services regionally throughout the County;therefore,he explained,the Chamber has requested
and staff agreed to propose an amendment to the agreement to allow the City funds to be awarded to
nonprofits only, even if they had been awarded County funds, provided they demonstrated expenses and
lost revenues in an amount supporting both a County grant and a City grant to prevent duplicate payments
of federal funds for the same lost expenses or revenues. There was some brief discussion about businesses
versus nonprofits with Mr.Lamb explaining that if you are a business, Council identified they wanted the
business to be in Spokane Valley but with nonprofits, they don't have to be located in Spokane Valley but
they still must provide that 18% service in Spokane Valley; he said there are 380 businesses with a zip
code that could be in Spokane Valley under the County program; and only about 300 nonprofits region-
wide. Although no one signed up to speak to this publicly, Mayor Wick permitted Chamber President Mr.
Lance Beck to speak. Mr. Lance briefly stated that the assumption is there is a different level of demand on
businesses versus nonprofits; that county-wide there is about a 10:1 ratio of small businesses compared
with nonprofits. Public Information officer Kleingartner then went through his PowerPoint explaining the
marketing campaign, its overview, digital advertising with KREM and social media, postcard mailings,
press releases and emails, newspaper ads, social media posts, and articles on our website as well as a large
website homepage banner to run until September 4. Vote by acclamation: in favor: unanimous. Opposed:
none. Motion carried.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY [21:
Mayor Wick mentioned that the comments are limited to three minutes each. It was noted that two people
had previously signed up to comment:
Ms. Barb Howard, Spokane Valley: mentioned that she had called. Parks & Recreation Director Stone to
thank him for the drive-in movies, and asked that that feature remain as it helps keep a lot of kids out of
problems.
Ms.Pete Miller Spokane Valley: read a portion of an e-mail from John Patrouch,which was one of four e-
mailed comments she submitted earlier to the City Clerk in favor of the establishment of the R4 zone; and
she thanked staff for their work and thanked Council for moving this forward. City Clerk Bainbridge
mentioned that she previously e-mailed the noted e-mails to Councilmembers.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:
8. CounciI 2021 Budget Goals—Mark Calhoun
Mr. Calhoun went over the goals included on his August 25, 2020 Request for Council Action form, and
explained that each year we prepare an annual budget,and these goals will be included in the 2021 budget
cycle once adopted in November; adding that the goals are the same as in the 2020 budget,as the goals tend
to be large in nature; and that tonight he seeks consensus for approval. Couneilmember Thompson
suggested the following changes: goal#2: instead of`continue to pursue a plan' change to `actively' pursue
a plan; goal#4: instead of`continue with and expand where possible' change to `sustain and expand where
possible'; and for goal #9: not pursue, but increase community interactions sharing of information and
obtain feedback on current and future projects and priorities. There were no objections from
Councilmembers to the changes. Mr. Calhoun noted the list of goals will move forward, and that these
goals will be included in the initial October 13 draft language.
8.Advance Agenda—Mayor Wick
There were no suggested changes to the Advance Agenda.
9. Department Monthly Reports
The Department Monthly Reports were for information only and were not reported or discussed.
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CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Calhoun Mark mentioned that there is only one item on the September 1 meeting, and he
proposed moving that to the September 8 meeting,and thereby cancelling that September 1 meeting. There
were no objections. Mr. Calhoun noted that staff and Council have spent a lot of time on the Pines grade
separation project, and he showed the newly created video to supplement the project's presentations.
It was moved by Counciltnember Thompson, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
ATT Ste`'''
Ben Wick, Mayor
Christine Bainbridge, City Clerk
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August 22, 2020
Spokane Valley City Council
10210 E. Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
Re: First Reading-Ordinance 20-007 and 20-I •n Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Dear Mayor Wick and Members of the City &uncil,
I am writing in support of the City initiated C$ttprehensive Plan Amendment number CPA-2020-0007.
This amendment establishes a new R-4 zoning district.
The R-4 "Single Family Residential Urban ' zoning district, as presented in city staff prepared
documents, provides a focused zoning area thL t supports higher density alternative residential uses and
developments.The R-4 zone, centered on Sim we Avenue and generally bounded by Broadway and 8'''
Avenues better aligns higher density resident I uses with existing public transportation, commercial
services anti utilities. This designation, proms es reinvestment in the City's core and acts to preserve
outlying neighborhoods,
The R-4 designation refines what is current') the existing R-3 "Single Family Residential" zone by
identifying higher densities at locations that love infrastructure and amenities to support them. The
proposed 11-3 zone provides some protection for existing R-3 zoned neighborhoods from the recent
large scale multi-handy (duplex) developmen that have been occurring. It is noted that the proposed
changes to the R-3 zone increase the allow We density from six dwelling units per acre to eight
dwelling units per acre.
The revised zoning designations allows for o rortunity and diversity within neighborhoods, promotes
orderly growth, maintains the City's core, p otects existing neighborhoods, complies with the City
Comprehensive Plan and Growth Manageme it Provisions. In my opinion, this is good long range
planning.
Respectfully,
lry
John C. Patrouch, PE
18009 h; Riverway
Spokane Valley, WA 99010
o4petesake@comcas#.net
From: Joyce Bishop <Joyce@Cibertynwaccounting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 4:26 PM
To: o4petesake@comcast,iet
Subject: In support of CPA-2020-0007
I am totally in support of CPA-2020-007.
Thank you for all your efforts on behalf of your neighbors.
Your success Is our bottom Tine.
Joyce Bishop
Liberty NW Accounting Services LLC.
23403 E. Mission Ave Suite 205
Liberty Lake,WA 99019
509.385.5333
www.LibertyNWAccounting.com
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o4petesake@comcast.net
From. o4petesake@comcast.let
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2m20 12:22 PM
To: 'Pete Miller'
Subject: FW:R-3
From:Wiliam Mcdonald<boomcd2009@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday,August 18,2020 10:41 AM
To:o4petesake@comcast.net
Subject: R-3
I. Please look at the persons per square mile area of our Greermcres Area;it's much greater than most areas of Spokane with the
addition of unlimited duplex rentals being built it is getting cv;n worse. Example just drive down Arc between Boone and East
Mission.
2.Traffic is bad now(because of population density);add that to when the school re-open and more duplexes are built;getting out of
your driveway will be very,very difficult to say the least, It is now very difficult.
3. Because of the population density,apartments density,duplex density my property value is going down instead of going up.
4. After a few years(3 to 5)the rental properties will not be taken care of as well and will further lower my property value.
5. 1 have already noticed an dramatic increase in the trash I fir'd on my property thanks to passer byes.
b.The streets are much noisier now with a much higher amou St of traffic including a constant parade of l8 wheel tractor-trailers.
Thank you,
Bill McDonald
Spokane Valley
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o4petesake@comcast.net
From: Bryan Everard <bcever@comcast.net>
Sent; Monday, August 24, 2020 11:31 PM
To: o4petesake@comcast.iet
Subject: Zoning changes
To the Spokane Valley City Council:
As a 30 year resident of Spokane Valley and was supportive of the new City of
Spokane Valley, 1 am dismayed by what I see everywhere in new housing
projects. All of them are massive rent I multi-family apartment complexes and
rental duplexes. Look on Boone Ave. , roadway Ave, and Sprague Ave. to start
naming a few new projects.
Where and I mean where are the single family homes? Where are the families
ready to send down roots?
We are turning Spokane Valley into acity of transit people. These renters do not
have the Cityof Spokane Valleybest i�terests. Theyare just here long enough to
p
move to the South Hill, 5 mile , Shiloh -lilts or Mead. Must I go on.
These renters are lower to lower middle class income levels. They spend their tax
dollars in the areas mention above.
That is why I am supportive of CPA-2020-0007. Please reconsider your vote to
turn down this amendment.
Bryan and Cheryl Everard
17505 E. Boone Ave.
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