Local officials report new parks, housing and major Air National Guard projects in Klamath County
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Summary
City and county leaders at the Feb. 3 intergovernmental meeting highlighted a forthcoming Bone Park groundbreaking in Bonanza, new affordable housing in Klamath Falls, an airport‑side Air National Guard construction program estimated at $400–$450 million, and approved demolition for a downtown food‑hub site.
City and county officials used the Feb. 3 Council of Governments meeting to update partners on parks, housing and large construction plans. Ashley Trichell, a Bonanza city councilor, said Bone Park will break ground soon and thanked county partners for help addressing a burned, ordinance‑violating property in Bonanza. "Bone Park is gonna be doing a ground break breaking soon," Trichell said, and she described DLCD housing‑ordinance work and a Pacific Power Mobility grant application that could provide an EV charger, an electric vehicle and a UTV for public works.
Jonathan Tigard, Klamath Falls city manager, described a series of agreements at the airport with the Air National Guard. "We have entered into our sixth military cooperative construction agreement (MCCA) with the Air National Guard," Tigard said, adding six projects are in design and that the city anticipates construction "approaching $400 to $450,000,000 over the next several years," with one training center estimated at about $88,000,000. He said the city is preparing congressional funding applications and planning a delegation trip to Washington, D.C.
Tigard also reported housing progress: the Mountain View townhouses opened with about 88 affordable units and the county contributed, he said, roughly $400,000 toward the project's lift station. He said several national fast‑food retailers have applied for local permits, and the city expects to learn more by the next meeting.
Participants noted smaller but visible community projects: a new restroom at Veterans Park, additional playground work and continued downtown livability efforts. A city representative said the board approved funding and selected a contractor to demolish the former Hanscom bowling alley to create a clean site for a future food hub.
Why it matters: the mix of federal‑scale construction at the airport and local investments in housing, parks and a food hub shows overlapping priorities that will require county‑city coordination on permitting, infrastructure and outreach. Tigard said coordination with county staff and congressional offices will continue as projects advance.
The officials did not take formal votes on these items during the meeting; staff and elected leaders said they will return with more details and potential requests for partnership or funding at future meetings.