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Resident urges council to resolve long-running water hookup and annexation dispute

Coeur d'Alene City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Virginia Tate told the council she has been unable to secure a permanent water hookup promised decades ago; she asked the city to complete a 'good neighbor' water connection and finalize an annexation agreement after temporary, above-ground hookups and denials of sewer/water main work.

Virginia Tate told the council she and her family have lived in Coeur d'Alene for generations and that a promise tied to past development and Armstrong Park included water and sewer hookups when she was ready to connect. Tate said she pursued construction of a water main in 2020, prepared engineering plans as requested by the city, and was told the city would not allow the main under then-current circumstances. She described temporary above-ground hookups…

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