City officials and planning commissioners met in a joint session to align on the comprehensive plan update and work plan, stressing coordination, clearer public visuals and timelines, and next steps on critical areas, historic preservation, and mixed-use zoning.

Planning staff said the draft environmental impact statement for Plan Spokane 2046 should be ready for the commission's Dec. 10 meeting, with a preferred alternative targeted for March and subsequent hearings; staff emphasized housing affordability targets, transit-oriented development and utility capacity analysis as next steps.