Government Almanac
Spokane Finance Committee
Monday, 11 a.m. regular meeting, fifth-floor conference room
City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls
The committee will get an update on the downtown development plan.
Spokane Public Works Committee
Monday, 1:30 p.m. regular meeting, fifth-floor conference room
City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls
The committee will discuss the city’s leaf pick-up policy and wellhead protection.
Spokane City Council
Monday, 3:30 p.m. council briefing, lower-level conference room
6 p.m. regular meeting
City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls
The council will consider relaxing the restrictions on where manufactured homes can be built.
Spokane County Public Works Department
Monday, 6 p.m., Public Works Building, 1026 W. Broadway
The meeting is the first step toward designating and protecting aquifer recharge areas, as required under the state’s Growth Management Act.
Spokane County Commissioners
Tuesday, 9 a.m. briefing, county courthouse
At 2 p.m., weekly meeting for non-hearing items, Public Works Building
No 5 p.m. hearing this week.
Spokane Hearing Examiner
Tuesday, 9 a.m. regular meeting, second-floor conference room
City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls
At 9 a.m., Ronald Armacost will ask for a special permit to build a 1,960-square-foot restaurant at 1503 E. Illinois. At 10:30 a.m., Eddie Eng will ask to rezone three lots on the north side of Kiernan Avenue, 122 feet east of Division, to build a new Cathay Inn restaurant.
Spokane Arts Commission
Tuesday, 4 p.m. regular meeting, fourth-floor conference room
SIRTI, 665 N. Riverpoint
The commission will discuss arts awards and communication.
Spokane Human Rights Commission
Tuesday, 6 p.m. regular meeting, Newton Room
West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt
Agenda unavailable.
Spokane County Hearing Examiner
Wednesday, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Public Works Building
At 9 a.m., Hearing Examiner Mike Dempsey will consider a zone change requested by Cedar Builders Inc. and Rich Naccarato, who want to build a shopping center and more than 100 housing units at 57th and Regal.
At 1:30 p.m., Dempsey will consider whether to allow a beer garden at Wallaby’s Pub, 10505 W. Highway 2.
Spokane County Conservation District tour
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., meet at Spokane County Agriculture Service Center, 222 N. Havana
Four-stop tour featuring erosion-control farming practices. Lunch provided; reservations required. Call 353-2120
Spokane County Comprehensive Plan work committees
Thursday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; parks, open space and capital facilities committee; public works building
6:30-8:30 p.m.; transportation and housing committee; public works building
The committees are working on changes to the county’s comprehensive plan for land use, as required under the Growth Management Act.