Streets Sustainability Committee

Presentation of findings to City Council

City employees shared the findings of the Streets Sustainability Committee (SSC) and community survey focusing on the city’s Pavement Management Program (PMP) in a report presented to City Council on Nov. 9, 2021.

The committee and survey were part of a city-led initiative to identify long-term funding options for sustaining the PMP. The committee met seven times from April through October 2021. In addition, survey responses were collected from the general public between mid-July and mid-September.

City employees identified nine key findings based on 1,018 public survey responses and 22 responses provided by committee members:

Regarding their interest and support for maintaining city streets and suggesting pavement condition goals, respondents:

1. Describe the pavement condition of City streets as “fair” or better.
2. Indicate the PMP should be prioritized in the City’s budget planning process.

Regarding their preference for maintaining city streets, types of treatments used, and long-term levels of service, respondents:

3. Support increasing the prioritization of local access streets.
4. Support implementing surface treatments in the PMP
5. Support increasing PMP funding to maintain the streets in their current condition.

Regarding investigating current revenues and potential future funding sources to maintain city streets at the recommended level of service, respondents:

6. Do not support reduced funding of other City programs to increase funding of the PMP
7. Identify a Transportation Benefit District is the most-preferred funding option.
8. Indicate new funding should evenly distribute costs to everyone.
9. Indicate PMP funding should not rely on annual surplus fund transfers.

The report provides a detailed summary and conclusions identified through the public engagement process.

View Final Report presented to City Council
View Appendix A: SSC Questionnaire Response Forms/Summary
View Appendix B: Public Survey Response Forms/Summary
View Appendix C: Categorized Public Comments

Tasks of Committee

The Streets Sustainability Committee was tasked with:

Evaluating citizens’ interest and support for maintaining city streets and suggesting pavement condition goals.
Identifying options for maintaining streets, types of treatments used, and long-term levels of service.
Investigating current revenues and potential funding sources for street maintenance at various levels of service.

Click here to learn more about the Pavement Management Program.

Meeting Videos

These videos were reviewed by committee members prior to meetings.

Past Meetings

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes
Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings)
Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2 | Breakout Group 3

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes
Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings)
Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2
Breakout Group 3 | Breakout Group 4

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes
Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings)
Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2 | Breakout Group 3

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes

Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings)
Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2 | Breakout Group 3

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes
Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings)
Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2 | Breakout Group
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Minutes
Meeting Recording (excludes breakout group recordings) Breakout Group 1 | Breakout Group 2 | Breakout Group 3
Breakout Group 4 | Breakout Group 5 | Breakout Group 6

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:00 PM - Agenda | Meeting Recording | Meeting Minutes

Committee members

The City Council approved the following individuals on March 23 to serve on the committee:

Name	Category	Employer
Lance Beck	Business – General	Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce
Frank Tombari	Business – General	Banner Bank
Cheryl Stewart	Business – General	Assoc. of General Contractors – Inland NW
Kevin Person	Business – Large	Wagstaff
Kyle England	Business – Large	Kaiser Aluminum
Greg Repetti	Business – Large	Valley Hospital
Jesse Granado	Business – Large	Waste Management
Robin DeRuwe	Business – Small	Fitness Finatics
Tom Dingus	Business – Small	Dingus, Zarecor & Associates, PLLC
Matt Ewers	Freight	Inland Empire Distribution Services
Ben Small	Schools	Central Valley School District
Cal Coblentz	Social Services	Spokane Valley Partners
Mike Frucci	Transportation	Washington State Dept. of Transportation
Karl Otterstrom	Transportation	Spokane Transit Authority
Kelly Fukai	Transportation	Washington State Transportation Commission
Kevin Wallace (Replacement: Lois Bollenback)	Transportation	Spokane Regional Transportation Council
Joe Tortorelli	Transportation	Spokane Good Roads Association
Todd Henry	Utility Company	Vera Water and Power
Melanie Rose	Utility Company	Avista Utilities
Chris Moan	Citizen Representative
Diana Wilhite	Citizen Representative
Kathe Williams	Citizen Representative

More information

Adam Jackson
Pavement Management Program Coordinator, City of Spokane Valley
StreetSolutions@spokanevalley.org
509.720.5024