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Bonner County weighs stopping maintenance or paying BNSF to keep Dog Beach open
Summary
Parks staff told commissioners maintaining Dog Beach costs roughly $6,000 annually and that BNSF has offered a lease option requiring an application fee and annual charge; commissioners asked staff to return with options and legal detail before deciding whether to continue county maintenance.
Bonner County Parks and Waterways presented commissioners with options for Dog Beach, a popular dog-access shoreline area located on railroad right-of-way, and said the county currently spends roughly $6,000 a year maintaining the site without a formal agreement.
Parks and Waterways Director Matt Zoeller said the county's historical, informal maintenance of the area is not supported by a written contract and that the underlying land is BNSF railroad right-of-way. "So I guess the discussion will be is, do we continue to maintain something that costs us $6,000 a year that is not ours," Zoeller said, noting a recent…
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