Committee record. Sent to the Executive Committee and reported to the Council at its next general meeting, November 19, 2026.
Monday, September 28, 2026 · Cafe Coco, 24 W. Main Ave. · Called to order 5:30 p.m. · Adjourned 7:20 p.m.
Meeting details
- Presiding: Eme Ray
- Recorder and vote counter: Jeff Kingsbury
- Attendance: 30 (29 signed in, plus Celeste Shaw)
- Voting eligibility announced; the committee confirmed it is open to all neighbors
- Sign-in sheets attached; visioning report, maps, and handouts distributed
How votes were counted
A statement is supported when Agree plus Can live with is a majority. Recommendation votes were a show of hands of everyone present. Residents of other neighborhoods took part in the discussion, as Bylaws section 12.B allows. Because 12.B limits voting on committee business to Council members, the committee checked the effect: removing every vote that could have come from outside the neighborhood (up to 11 attendees) would not change the outcome of any statement or of the motion to forward.
Voted committee recommendations
- 1. Growth: Agree 28, Can live with 0, Disagree 1. Supported
- 2. What should guide growth: Agree 27, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported
- 3. Agriculture: Agree 28, Can live with 1, Disagree 0. Supported as amended
- 4. Latah Creek: Agree 29, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported as amended
- 5. Neighborhood-serving Mixed Use: Withdrawn
- 6. Location of Mixed Use: Agree 14, Can live with 8, Disagree 8. Supported, with 8 opposed
- 7. Residential High: Withdrawn
- 8. Scale and distribution: Agree 30, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported
- 9. Scale and transitions: Agree 27, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported
- 10. Creek protection: Agree 29, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported as amended
- 11. Infrastructure and safety: Agree 30, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported as amended
- 12. Meaningful Mixed Use: Withdrawn
- 13. Continued neighborhood involvement: Agree 26, Can live with 0, Disagree 0. Supported
Amendments made at the meeting
- Statement 3: removed “significant” before “areas of existing agricultural land.”
- Statement 4: added the creek’s tributaries, and added “according to the best available science.”
- Statement 10: added the creek’s tributaries, and added “with environmental planning and tribal engagement.”
- Statement 11: replaced “be considered alongside” with “ensure concurrency with,” and added fire access.
Formal committee action
Motion: that the Vinegar Flats Planning Committee forward the voting results, including the complete vote counts, the Neighbor Concerns and Questions Report, and the Future Zoning Conditions and Considerations Report, to the Latah-Hangman Neighborhood Council Executive Committee for consideration. Moved by Jeff Kingsbury, seconded by Steve Sohns. Yes 29, No 0, Abstain 0. Carried.
What happened next
The Executive Committee, acting for the Council under Section 11(C) of the Bylaws, adopted the Council’s position on the draft Future Land Use Map on October 1, 2026, based on the Committee’s recommendations.