Land owners in a Spokane County water district will have a say on the future of a proposed housing development in the Pasadena Park Neighborhood north of the Spokane River.

Cowles Real Estate is proposing to build a subdivision with a maximum of 400 homes on about 100 acres near the Maringo Trailhead of the Centennial Trail in unincorporated Spokane County. Nearby residents raised concerns about the development’s potential impact on water rights, traffic and schools in the area during a board meeting of Pasadena Park Irrigation District 17 on Aug. 14, said Aaron Dunham, the irrigation district’s attorney. The testimony lasted about three hours, he said.

Cowles Real Estate, which is requesting the land be annexed into the water district, is owned by the Cowles Co., which also owns The Spo

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