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Mansfield Grocery Conditional Use Permit- *AGENCY* COMMENTS DUE 2/12/2025 by 5pm

Mansfield Grocery Conditional Use Permit- *AGENCY* COMMENTS DUE 2/12/2025 by 5pm

⚠️Important update regarding the Mansfield Grocery Conditional Use Permit – Public Comments Update, 2/4/25: The Agency / Department comments are due by Wednesday, 2/12/2025 at 5pm.⚠️
EGNC is one of the agencies that would be able to provide comments, and so, we are holding a special meeting on Monday, 2/10/25, at 6pm (location TBD and via Zoom) in order to discuss any comment that we wish to submit as a council.

Update, 2/4/25:
We received clarification from Steven Bafus via email with the following:

Just wanted to provide some clarification on the current status of the Mansfield Type III Conditional Use Permit.

  • The application is currently in the 14-day agency/department comment (aka Request for Comments (RFC)) period which ends on 2/12/2025. This period is intended for various agencies (including the E-G Neighborhood Council) and city departments to provide their comments on the proposal. Comments received from citizens during this time will be added to the record for the Hearing Examiner’s decision.
  • There will be a 15-day formal public comment period after the agency/department comment period is complete. Citizens can submit their comments during this time. Citizen comments received during the public comment period will be added to the record for the Hearing Examiner’s decision.  A citizen who provides a comment during the above-mentioned RFC may also submit their comment during this public comment period. All owners, taxpayers, and occupants within a 400’ radius of the site will receive a mailed notice of this public comment period.  A sign will also be posted on site. Both the mailed notice and sign will also contain information regarding the forthcoming public hearing.

I wanted to provide this clarification as I noticed the E-G website has a posting for comments due on 2/12/2025, which again is deadline for agency/department comments. Citizens will have a chance to provide their comments during the forthcoming 15-day public comment period as mentioned.


Mansfield Grocery Conditional Use Permit – The applicant is proposing a Retail Sales and Service use (grocery store) in the existing structure located at 601 W Mansfield Ave, parcel 35074.2512. Spokane Municipal Code 17C.370 – Existing Neighborhood Commercial Structures in Residential Zones will allow existing neighborhood commercial structures that once housed a legal neighborhood commercial use to be reused for low impact neighborhood scale and neighborhood serving businesses. 

👉Please send all comments to Steven Bafus, Planner at sbafus@spokanecity.org by 5pm 2/12/2025.

This is a Type III application and there will be a Public Hearing in front of the City Hearing Examiner. This proposal was initially processed as a Type II application under record number Z24-217CUP2. The decision for this record was appealed and remanded by the Hearing Examiner to be processed as Type III application. No changes to the original plans are proposed.

File/Application Number: Z25-047CUP3

Location: 601 W Mansfield Ave. Parcel no. 35074.2512, SHANNONS 2ND L12 B6

For more information about this application and how it relates to the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood council, you can read EGNC meeting minutes from April 2024 – now, and read this previous post.
Please note that the City posts updates like these on the City’s project webpage: https://my.spokanecity.org/projects

Notifications for Demolition Permits and Short Plat Plans

Notifications for Demolition Permits and Short Plat Plans

Please find the Demolition Permit Application for the demolition of a Commercial Building at 2223 N Ash St. below. You are being notified since the neighborhood you represent is within 600 feet of the address. You will have 10 calendar days to submit any comments or concerns before we accept the application and allow the demolition to begin. Please send any comments to permitteam@spokanecity.org.

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Please find the Demolition Permit Application for the demolition of a commercial building at 2417 N Division St below. You are being notified since the neighborhood you represent is within 600 feet of the address. You will have 10 calendar days to submit any comments or concerns before we accept the application and allow the demolition to begin. Please send any comments to permitteam@spokanecity.org.

demolition-permit-application Design Works 10.17.24Download

Please follow this link for the Request for Comments, General Application, Preliminary Short Plat Application, Preliminary Short Plat Map, Short Plat Narrative, and Subdivision Guarantee for the following project:

AH Land – Preliminary Short Plat  (2-lotpreliminary short plat).
File/Application Number: Z24-481PSP
Location: 1728 W. Buckeye Ave., Parcel 25121.0016, NE 1/4, SEC. 12, T. 25 N., R. 43 E., W.M.
Please note that this project is being reviewed as a “Minor Engineering” Preliminary Short Plat.
Please send all comments to Tavis Schmidt, Planner II at tschmidt@spokanecity.org by November 7, 2024, at 5PM.

Transportation Commission Liaison Committee Position Open

Transportation Commission Liaison Committee Position Open

As was mentioned in the last EGNC meeting, there is currently an open position for a Transportation Commission Liaison. More information below, from Annie Deasy, City of Spokane staff liaison to the Liaison Committee.

At its meeting last week the Community Assembly authorized its available liaison position on Spokane’s new Transportation Commission.

Applications for this position will be accepted by the Liaison Committee until Friday, Nov. 22.

Neighborhood council members interested in this position can download the application and the reference material at this city web address on the right side under Items of Interest.

The Transportation Commission Liaison Committee Position application package includes these items:
~ Transportation Commission Liaison Application Information
~ 2024 Transportation Commission Liaison Position Application
~ Municipal Code Chapter 04.40 Transportation Commission

The Corbin Park Tree Lighting Needs Community Help

The Corbin Park Tree Lighting Needs Community Help

As many of you know, Katie Joy is once again hard at work to organize another Corbin Park Tree Lighting event, which will no doubt be even more dazzling than last year. As she mentioned at the recent council meeting, there is a safety need to install a permanent outlet in the park, and with impending frost, there is a very tight timeline to get this work done. The Urban Forestry department is donating their time and Electric City has been incredibly kind to come out quickly to make a fast bid & will discount their electrical work. Here’s the message from Katie Joy:

Hey neighbors!
We are getting closer to making this tree lighting an annual event but we have hit a bigger financial need than expected & need your support! Our girl Emerald (my daughter’s nickname for the tree), needs a permanent electrical setup to keep things safe.

In order to make the tree lighting happen this year, we need to raise $6,000 in the next 2.5 weeks. Any businesses donating can come promote at the event, in different ways depending upon the tier of their donation-

🩶$50-$200 Silver tier = You will be promoted & thanked on the event page.

💛💛$250-$500 Gold tier = You will be promoted on the event page & be allowed to hand out fliers at the event.

🩶🩶🩶$550-$1,000 Platinum tier = You will be promoted on the event page, be allowed to hand out fliers & publicly thanked at the event.

💚💚💚💚💚$1,050+ EMERALD tier = You will be promoted on the event page, be allowed to hand out fliers, publicly thanked at the event & you will be allowed to have a table at the event.

*Money can be dropped off at Spokane City Credit Union on Monroe and checks should be made out to “North Monroe Business District Tree”. 

Please email katenewhouse@gmail.com once you have made your donation and note the amount. A receipt will be sent to you.

STA Connect 2035 Survey

STA Connect 2035 Survey

Help STA shape the future of public transit in the region by taking a survey to decide the final package of initiatives for Connect 2035’s 10-year strategic plan.

ACT NOW ~ The survey will be open until Monday, September 30, 2024.

👉 Survey link: https://www.spokanetransit.com/survey2035