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Sandpoint staff weigh using $100,000 in CIP funds to buy design-ready parking-lot plans after WIF offer declined
Summary
Parks staff told commissioners Aug. 13 that City Council accepted a $950,000 RB fund grant for City Beach and that staff propose reallocating $100,000 in capital improvement funds to produce bid-ready engineering for the City Beach parking lot and the RV park.
Parks staff told commissioners Aug. 13 that City Council has accepted a $950,000 RB fund grant for City Beach and that the parks department declined a separate Waterways Improvement Fund (WIF) offer because the WIF award would have required a $100,000 local match.
Staff proposed using $100,000 currently in the parks capital improvement fund as match money to pay for design and engineering for the existing City Beach parking lot and to combine that scope with planned design work for the RV park. Staff said the combined design contract would produce bid-ready documents for both projects, making future grant applications and contractor procurement faster and more competitive.
Staff explained that the WIF reviewer…
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