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Sandpoint parks staff outline Travis Park shelter, benches, skate shade, batting cages and City Beach improvements
Summary
Parks staff reported progress on a 24-by-36 picnic shelter foundation at Travis Park, new benches and picnic tables, a skate-park shade structure in production, batting cages scheduled for spring installation, and plans to move historic play equipment and display a carved Lake Pend Oreille sign at City Beach.
Sandpoint parks staff provided a multi-project status update at the parks commission meeting, reporting that construction work at Travis Park is under way and multiple amenities at City Beach and other parks are in planning or production.
Jason, parks staff liaison, said crews have “put the foundation in, like, as we speak for the 24 by 36 picnic shelter,” and that “the concrete should be in by the end of this week.” He said the project is waiting for a structural engineer’s stamped drawings from the shelter manufacturer before the city can issue a building permit, and that the shelter is expected to be erected “in October” if permitting proceeds on schedule. The concrete pad will be used in the commission’s planned Oct. 4 grand-opening event as a demonstration of the shelter location.
Why it matters: the shelter is part of a broader set of low-cost and donor-supported park improvements intended to…
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