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County discusses deeding portion of Centennial Trail to Post Falls; debate centers on annexation, maintenance and access
Summary
Kootenai County staff and Post Falls city attorney outlined a proposal for the city to accept a half‑mile segment of the Centennial Trail; commissioners voiced support for transferring the green parcel but raised concerns about future annexation, private crossings and whether the access would be emergency-only.
Kootenai County commissioners discussed a proposal to transfer a roughly half-mile section of the Centennial Trail (shown as the green parcel in maps provided to the board) to the City of Post Falls. The county’s civil deputy prosecuting attorney, Pat Braden, introduced the item and said the city’s attorney had provided a memo outlining a proposal for the county to deed the green parcel to the city and for the city to accept maintenance responsibility.
"This is a continuation of an item that's been on this agenda before," Pat Braden said, and he described map colors showing county- and city-owned trail segments and an adjacent proposed subdivision that seeks a secondary…
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