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Sandpoint staff finalizes downtown parking-lot design to preserve trees; two new plantings planned after construction
Summary
City staff presented final drawings for the downtown parking-lot project showing preserved tree islands, curb pours around tree wells and two additional trees to be planted after asphalt work; bids are due April 3 and a special City Council meeting is scheduled April 9 to award the contract.
City staff reported that final drawings for the downtown parking-lot reconstruction include the tree protections the Sandpoint Urban Forestry Commission requested and that contractors showed strong interest at a recent pre-bid meeting.
Eric Bush, city staff liaison, said the design “included everything that the final motion landed on that was included for saving trees,” and described enlarged planting islands, poured curbs around tree wells to reduce tire tracking, and retention of several existing trees. Bush said two additional trees will…
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