- From:
- Brenda Nelson
- Cc:
- Mary Brooks
Hi Phil,
It was great to speak with you today. As mentioned, following is the status update from Jeff White, with whom you have spoken before.
Jeff McMorris, Spokane County’s Budget and Finance Director seemed encouraged as he has experienced projects of this size taking six months at a minimum and up to a year through all the approval stages.
I hope this helps. Please reach out anytime.
Best,
Brenda
P.S. We are looking forward to presenting the Proclamation for National Sportsmanship Day on Tuesday, February 24th at 2:00pm.
Brenda Nelson
Executive Assistant to Commissioner Mary Kuney
1116 W. Broadway
Spokane, WA 99260
509-477-2742 (O)
bnelson@spokanecounty.org
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5 messages- From:
- White, Jeffery R. JWHITE@spokanecounty.gov
- Sent:
- Monday, January 5, 2026 4:19 PM
- To:
- McMorris, Jeffrey Jeffrey McMorris
- Cc:
- Zarecor, Matt Matt Zarecor ; Twohig, Kyle Kyle Twohig ; Martin, Chris CMARTIN@spokanecounty.gov
- Subject:
- RE: From Mary FW: HUB LIFT/TIF fund question
Good afternoon Jeff,
I have chatted a bit with Kyle Dixon from Liberty Lake about our timeline for the reimbursement request as he had reached out with the same inquiry, and attached that correspondent. I have completed the resolution,
staff report and attachments that will be presented to the BOCC for the reimbursement as well as the PP briefing. I have also reached out to our Transportation Engineer for the cost analysis to ensure the amount being requested is appropriate. I am waiting
for his response to move forward, from there I will meet with Matt Zarecor to discuss when to request dates to go to hearing. I was able to move a bit faster on this request as I was not sure about requirements for completion if the BOCC did not approve the
extension of the TIF and LIFT programs for the Liberty Lake Area. Looking through previous requests, most have a much longer timeline for completion due to the amount of material there is to review. I have let Kyle Dixon as well as the previous proponents
know on previous reimbursement requests this is a long process and we do work to get these through as quickly as possible. Let me know if you need anything else, or further clarification of our processes.
Jeff White
Spokane County Public Works
RID Administration
Public Works: 509-477-3600
Direct: 509-477-7404
jwhite@spokanecounty.org
movingpermits@spokanecounty.org
PublicworksRID@spokanecounty.org
1026 W Broadway Ave
Spokane WA 99260-0170
- From:
- McMorris, Jeffrey Jeffrey McMorris
- Sent:
- Monday, January 5, 2026 1:35 PM
- To:
- White, Jeffery R. JWHITE@spokanecounty.gov
- Subject:
- FW: From Mary FW: HUB LIFT/TIF fund question
Jeff,
The HUB has reached out to Commissioner Kuney – see below…
Commissioner Kuney asked me to find out your estimated timeline on completing the County’s due diligence? And, if there is any way to expedite this process to minimize the interest the HUB is paying on their
loan?
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeffrey McMorris
Senior Director, Finance & Administration
Spokane County
1116 West Broadway Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260
Office: 509.477.2246 |Cell: 509.378.9232
- From:
- Kuney, Mary Mary Brooks
- Sent:
- Monday, January 5, 2026 1:05 PM
- To:
- McMorris, Jeffrey Jeffrey McMorris
- Subject:
- From Mary FW: HUB LIFT/TIF fund question
Hi Jeff,
Do you know if there is any way to accommodate Phil’s request below?
Thanks,
Brenda
Brenda Nelson
Executive Assistant to Commissioner Mary Kuney
1116 W. Broadway
Spokane, WA 99260
509-477-2742 (O)
bnelson@spokanecounty.org
- From:
- Phil Champlin phil@hubsportscenter.org
- Sent:
- Monday, January 5, 2026 11:36 AM
- To:
- Kuney, Mary Mary Brooks
- Cc:
- Nelson, Brenda M. Brenda Nelson
- Subject:
- HUB LIFT/TIF fund question
Mary,
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season with family and friends.
I am reaching out to request your assistance with our LIFT/TIF reimbursement request with Spokane County for a portion of our field development and construction. City of Liberty Lake approved and submitted
the request November 7th to the County. I communicated with Jeff White in early December and provided him some additional materials he requested for his team’s review. In a subsequent conversation, he indicated that it may be into March/April before
there review is concluded and it gets before the commissioners for their approval.
If there is any way to speed up this timeline, that would be greatly appreciated. We are spending around $15,000 a month in interest on the $2.5MM. The original timeline for this to be completed was by the
end of 2025 (from discussions with City of Liberty Lake regarding the timing of these reimbursements). I think the City got the information to County later than they originally thought they would. Then we had holidays and yearend.
Thank you for any assistance you can provide with giving this approval added priority for Q1. Please let me know if you would like to discuss further or have some questions.
Sincerely,
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