Council To Discuss Long-Range Plan

Sat., Aug. 17, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

The Spokane City Council is trading Monday’s routine business session for an all-day retreat aimed a drafting a long-range plan.

“That’s the only way we can get a semblance of order,” said Acting City Manager Bill Pupo. “You have to have a plan, and the plan has to be focused, built around priorities.

“We have to have a long-range view.”

Council members hope retreat discussions lead to a plan that guides the city through the end of the century, said Councilwoman Phyllis Holmes. “We need to identify where we want to be in a given time frame, and how we’re going to get there.”

The council plans to discuss the status of the five priorities for 1996 that were set during a February retreat. Those include public safety, economic development, transportation and other infrastructure needs, reorganizing city services and growth management.

In past years, the council hired consultants for retreats, but not this time.

Deputy Fire Chief Terry Reed will lead discussions and keep the council on track for free, Pupo said. “He’s just helping out.”

The retreat is scheduled to end about 5 p.m., but Pupo isn’t sure that will happen.

“I’m not making any dinner plans,” he said.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: RETREAT The retreat starts at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the fourth-floor board room of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd.

This sidebar appeared with the story: RETREAT The retreat starts at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the fourth-floor board room of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd.

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