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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.