City organizes parks, sidewalks workshops
Sandpoint holds public workshops to discuss proposed sidewalk and park projects that would be funded by the proposed 7-year 1% sale tax.
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SANDPOINT — City-organized parks and sidewalk community workshops are underway and will continue into next week.
The city is holding a series of public workshops to meet and discuss park site concepts and proposed projects to be constructed with the proposed 7-year 1% local option sales tax to be considered by Sandpoint voters on Nov. 2.
The site plan concepts for City Beach, the downtown waterfront and Travers/Centennial/Great Northern Sports Complex were developed as part of the Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Master Plan, which was adopted in 2020. The sidewalk projects are identified as critical connections to schools, parks, the library and senior center in the city’s pedestrian priority network in the adopted 2021 Multimodal Transportation Plan.
Public workshops dates have been added, including evening times:
Thursday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m. – Sand Creek Downtown Waterfront. Meet up with city staff at Farmin’s Landing/Gunning’s Alley
Friday, Oct. 8, 12 p.m. – Travers/Centennial/Great Northern Sports Complex. Meet up with city staff at the Travers Skate Park
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m. p.m. — Travers/Centennial/Great Northern Sports Complex. Meet up with city staff at the Travers Skate Park
Thursday, Oct. 21, , 5:30-8 p.m. – Open house workshop – City Hall. Come anytime to learn more about all of the exciting new projects. (Sandpoint City Hall council chambers, 1123 Lake St.)
City encourages members of the public to dress for the weather and wear their walking shoes. More workshops will be announced every week during the month of October to inform the final design and phasing of projects.
More workshops will be scheduled once weather information is available, said Parks Planning & Development Manager Maeve Nevins-Lavtar.
The city estimates that the 1% sales tax will generate $12.9 million in revenue to support Sandpoint parks projects, purchase property for public open space, parks and recreation and fund sidewalk connectivity and improvements in the City’s Pedestrian Priority Network. Of every dollar raised, $.85 is from a non-city resident.
For more information, visit the city’s website www.sandpointidaho.gov.