In brief: Second phase of PUD planned

Spokane Valley has begun processing an application for the second phase of a controversial housing development in the Ponderosa neighborhood.

Plans for the Ponderosa PUD would divide 17 acres in the city south of 44th Avenue and west of Farr Road into 81 lots for single-family houses.

A 100-house subdivision in Spokane County adjacent to the new project prompted a 1 1/2 year legal fight with neighbors who feared the two exits from the neighborhood would not be able to handle the new residents in the event of a forest fire.

A judge last year ruled in favor of developer Lanzce Douglass, who is in the process of receiving a mitigated determination of nonsignificance from the city for the new subdivision.

The comment period for the MDNS ends June 29.

– Peter Barnes

GREENACRES

Neighborhood association meets Tuesday

The North Greenacres Neighborhood Association will hold a meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at Greenacres Christian Church, 18010 E. Mission Ave.

Officials from Consolidated Irrigation District No. 19 have been invited to discuss water main breaks beneath Indiana Avenue. A survey will be distributed on what neighbors would like to see built in a new neighborhood park, and candidates for the contested City Council seat have been invited to speak.

A dessert potluck will precede the meeting at 6:30.

– Peter Barnes

CITY HALL

Service groups can apply for funding

Spokane Valley is seeking applications from social service and economic development groups who would like to request funding from the city’s 2008 budget.

Each year, the City Council sets aside a small portion of its budget for agencies outside of the city.

Applications are due in City Hall by July 27 and reviewed in August by the council, which makes a decision by the end of October.

A list of required application materials is available at www.spokanevalley.org.

For more information, call Jason Faulkner at 688-0184.

– Peter Barnes