Government Almanac For The Week Of April 13
Spokane Finance Committee
Monday, 10 a.m. regular meeting, lower-level conference room
Spokane City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Committee members will discuss a contract with a consultant who would lobby for Spokane’s interests in Washington, D.C.
Spokane Public Works Committee
Monday, 1:30 p.m. regular meeting, fifth-floor conference room
Spokane City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Committee members will discuss art for the Lincoln Street bridge project, widening Indian Trail Road and flooding along Latah Creek.
Spokane City Council
Monday, 3:30 p.m. council briefing, lower-level conference room
6 p.m. regular meeting
Spokane City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
The council will consider a resolution offering support for the county commissioners’ request that Dawn Mining not be allowed to truck low-level radioactive waste through Spokane.
Spokane’s Solid Waste Advisory Board
Monday, 3 p.m. regular meeting, fifth-floor conference room
City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
Agenda unavailable.
Spokane County commissioners
Tuesday, 9 a.m. briefing, county courthouse, 1116 W. Broadway Ave.
2 p.m. weekly meeting for non-hearing items, public works hearing room, public works hearing room, 1026 W. Broadway
5 p.m. meeting, public works hearing room
Among other business, the board will decide at its 5 p.m. meeting whether to ban Jet-Skis and other power boats from free-flowing stretches of the Spokane River.
Spokane’s Sports, Entertainment, Arts and Convention Advisory Board
Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. regular meeting, executive conference room
Agricultural Trade Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
The board will discuss progress on the convention center expansion study.
Spokane County Water Quality Advisory Committee
Wednesday, 7 a.m., fourth floor, Public Works Building
The board will be briefed on Chester Creek flood control work and the Liberty Lake sewage treatment plant.
Spokane Airport Board
Wednesday, 9 a.m., Spokane International Airport
Among other business, the board will consider a bid for $2.8 million for paving access roads.
Spokane Library Board
Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. regular meeting
Shadle Branch Library, 2111 W. Wellesley
The board will discuss its planning process.
Spokane County Planning Commission
Thursday, 9 a.m., public works hearing room
Among other business, the commission will be briefed on the state’s Growth Management Act.
Spokane Regional Health District
Thursday, 1:30 p.m., public health center, 1101 W. College Ave.
The board will decide whether to conduct a $10,000 survey to determine how much people know about the sexual habits of teenagers.
Spokane County Library District
Thursday, 4:15 p.m., Valley Library, 12004 E. Main
Among other business, the board of trustees will discuss the location of a new Deer Park library, which will be built with part of the $7.6 million bond issue voters approved last year. Following the meeting is a reception for the volunteer group, Friends of the Library.
Citizens League of Greater Spokane
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Europa Pizzeria, 125 S. Wall
A discussion about water issues facing the region. This is the first in a series of informal discussions, called “Brew-Pubs,” about Spokane issues.
Spokane Horizons
Thursday, 7 p.m. regular meeting, lower-level briefing room
The group working on the city’s long-range land use plan will discuss its progress.
Growth Management Steering Committee
Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Spokane Transit Authority board room, 1230 W. Boone Ave.
The committee of county, city and small-town elected officials, which was disbanded in February, is meeting to discuss issues related to the state’s Growth Management Act.