Public Hearing Planned Regarding Drug Program

Thu., Feb. 26, 1998

By Kathy Mulady kathymu@spokesman.com

Here are updates on North Side planning projects:

Nevada-Lidgerwood

A public hearing on a proposal to open a drug treatment program in the former Regency Care Center has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 10 in the city council chambers at City Hall.

Nevada-Lidgerwood residents asked Hearing Examiner Greg Smith to take testimony in the evening so more neighbors can attend.

A traffic scoping meeting was held Feb. 14 in the Nevada-Lidgerwood neighborhood to take comments from neighbors on a commercial project proposed by Harlan Douglass.

The 125,000-square-foot retail building is planned on a block of Division Street between Wedgewood and Lyons streets.

Three neighborhood council representatives attended the meeting, along with city representatives, engineers, and Douglass.

Concerns included traffic turning from the site onto Division Street and a possible increase in traffic on neighborhood streets.

Comments on traffic will be accepted by JUB Engineers through March 6.

Five Mile Prairie

Falcon Ridge, formerly Sunset Meadows and one of five projects being developed by Five Mile Corporation, has been granted an extension until June 10.

Developers said they need more time to complete the Environmental Impact Study for the project.

The five projects proposed along the west edge of Five Mile Prairie cover 300 acres and total 700 houses and manufactured homes.

Falcon Ridge is 122 acres and 290 homes. Steep slopes, groundwater and stormwater runoff are key issues in the development.

In a report on the project, Brenda Sims, county stormwater manager, said she is concerned about potential drainage problems and downstream impacts of the project.

An October letter from Budinger and Associates, geotechnical engineers, said a blanket requirement for the entire development is unnecessary.

“We have heard a suggestion of placing a buyers warning on property titles not to assume a right to a dry basement, which we believe is reasonable,” according to engineer John Finnegan.

Gleneden

Spokane County Hearing Examiner Michael Dempsey is expected to make a decision next week on an 11-acre, 55-home planned unit development in the Gleneden neighborhood.

Gleneden Homeowners filed a suit in Spokane County Superior Court against the county, asking for a reversal of the project’s approval.

Homeowners still argue the project doesn’t meet requirements for a PUD including drainage structures, playground equipment and setbacks.

Spokane County Fire District 4 also submitted comments, noting the side yards are less than minimum requirements for two-story homes.

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