The City Council isn’t going to approve the recommended map, though. The board members recommended the City Council approve Map 1, which evened out population differences but left the existing district boundaries mostly unchanged. It was an undramatic conclusion to a monthslong effort. They made more than a dozen of them, whittled the list down to a final four and eventually settled on one they could unanimously support. Those three redistricting board members – Rick Friedlander, Heather Beebe-Stevens and Jennifer Thomas – worked on maps through the summer and into the fall. The city earlier this year tasked three volunteers, appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council, with drawing a new map.
Spokane will soon have new City Council districts that unite neighborhoods, but the proposed map is causing controversy because it was put forward by a council member whose re-election odds will improve after its adoption.Įvery decade, Spokane redraws the boundaries of its three City Council districts to ensure each has the same number of residents.
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