Office of Neighborhood Services Monthly Report
Report made for: Comstock Neighborhood Council Date: 2-17-21
ONS Program Updates
• Traffic Calming
o Mobile Speed Feedback Applications are open, linked here.
o For speeding concerns, contact the Spokane Police Department’s Traffic Unit Hotline: 509.625.4150
o Council President Beggs and Shauna Harshman will be attending February’s PeTT Committee meeting on the 23rd, to discuss the changing Traffic Calming program
o Issue Identification Webinar Series: there will be one-hour training sessions for each City Council district, going over the issue-identification submission process for the new Traffic Calming program. Representatives from ONS and City Council will be present. See Neighborhood Calendar for meeting links.
District 1: Tuesday, March 2nd, 5:30-6:30 pm
District 2: Tuesday, March 30th, 5:30-6:30 pm
District 3: Tuesday, March 16th, 5:30-6:30 pm
• Community Engagement
o Upcoming Community Engagement Grant training and info session by the CA Budget Committee on February 25th, 6:30-7:30 pm via WebEx. Check the Neighborhood Calendar for the meeting link as the date gets closer and the event is updated, and contact Annie Deasy (adeasy@spokanecity.org) for further info.
o Applications open March 1st, close April 30th
• Clean-Up
o March 24th, 6—7:30 pm: 2021 Clean Up Program Training. Check the Neighborhood Calendar for the meeting link as the date gets closer. Contact Gabby Ryan for further info.
City Updates
• COVID-19 Updates available here. Washington State Department of Health Vaccine Phase Finder here. We are currently in Phase 1B tier 1 of vaccine distribution:
o The vaccine is available to anyone 65 and older, and all people 50 and older who also live in a multigenerational household. This is in addition to populations eligible during phase 1A including health care workers at high risk for COVID-19 infection, first responders, people who live or work in long-term care facilities, and all other workers in health settings who are at risk of COVID-19. Learn more about who gets the vaccine and when.
• Town Hall format different this year, at least in first part, as a result of COVID restrictions. District 2 neighborhood councils are signing up for individual City Council meetings to present during the first part of the year. Comstock is signed up for April 26th.
Community Assembly and Standing Committees
• Next CA Is Thursday, March 4th
• CA Land Use Committee: Thursday, February 18th at 5:30 PM
• CA BSN Committee: Monday, February 22nd at 12:00 PM
• CA Budget Committee: Monday, February 22nd at 6:30 PM
• CA Admin Committee: Tuesday, February 23rd at Noon
• CA PeTT Committee: Tuesday, February 23rd at 6 PM
