City Hall

On Monday, September 6, 2010, Coeur d’Alene City Hall will be closed for Labor Day. Other city offices and facilities will be closed as well. Emergency calls for Police, Streets, and Fire can be made by dialing 9-1-1. Other city facilities have emergency numbers and can be reached if the need arises: Sewer Back-up 769-2241 and Water 755-9729.

City Hall and other city facilities will open Tuesday, September 7th, at 8:00 a.m. For more information, please call 769-2204.

On Thursday, September 9th, from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., in the Library Community Room, the city and many partners will come together to present information on the environment. They will share what the city and other agencies are doing to be environmentally responsible, offer citizens information, and seek public comments and suggestions.

Among the topics to be presented are: Stormwater Management, Single Stream Recycling, Water and Energy Conservation, Xeriscaping, River Water Quality, and Hazardous Waste Disposal.

Participants include:

1. Avista Utilities
2. CdA Engineering, Water, and Wastewater departments, Green Team
3. Community Action Partnership
4. Idaho Transportation Department
5. Kootenai County Solid Waste
6. Kootenai Environmental Alliance
7. Lakes Highway District
8. Panhandle Area Council
9. Post Falls Public Works
10. Waste Management

For more information, please contact Kim Harrington at 769-2214.

This summer’s last Outdoor Movie Night, sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, will be Saturday, August 14th. The CdA PD is excited to offer a free family event at City Park, which will take place in the Rotary band shell area.

The evening will kick off with Master of Ceremonies, Chief Wayne Longo, welcoming families to the park. He will then introduce Officer Tom Sparks, formerly of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, who will provide a Drug Free and Character Education presentation. At twilight (approximately 7:30 p.m.), the large movie screen will be filled with the lovely, enchanting movie “Charlotte’s Web.”

The city’s Fire Department will be there to make the free popcorn provided by the Panhandle Kiwanis Club. Police officers will be in attendance to greet children.

Chief Longo, sharing his enthusiasm for the movie night said, “We are excited about hosting an event to help draw families into City Park in the early evening hours. He added, “Next year we hope to host several free movies throughout the summer. All of the movie equipment was paid for with drug asset forfeiture dollars. We believe DARE/Character Education, as well as family involvement in positive events, is fundamental to curbing the use of drugs by minors.”

Families are encouraged to bring their blankets, chairs, and picnic baskets, and then to sit back and enjoy the show.

An Open House for the Education Corridor Transportation Plan will be held at the Lake City Senior Center on Lakewood Drive, Wednesday, August 11th, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to familiarize the public with selected alternatives for road alignments and widths, intersection locations, bike and pedestrian plans, and general infrastructure improvements. Public comments are welcome. Please call Chris Bates at 769-2228 for more information.

Background: On May 23, 2002, the city entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with North Idaho College (NIC), the University of Idaho (U of I), and the Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC) to develop a master plan for an education corridor. The purpose of the education corridor is to create a community where area youth can go to college locally, be eligible for local employment, and raise their families in the region.

In August 2009, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) awarded the city a grant to further study the education corridor project through the MICD Alumni Technical Assistance Program, a partnership program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Architectural Foundation, and the United States Conference of Mayors.

After listening to a broad spectrum of community members, urban design experts with the MICD mirrored back to the community the vision that they had heard. It was agreed that the next steps to be taken were: (1) preparing design and development criteria, (2) creating a traffic and engineering study for infrastructure development, and (3) finalizing the annexation agreement.

This past June, Building Inspector Raymond Kendall earned the Legacy Certification – a distinction that makes him a better building inspector, which makes Coeur d’Alene a safer place to live. Since he was hired by the city in September 2006, Kendall has spent most of his free time earning the Legacy Certification.

What does it mean to earn the Legacy Certification? The International Code Council (ICC) Legacy Certification Program recognizes individuals who have demonstrated their knowledge about a broad spectrum of building codes, across many jurisdictions. Legacy Certifications grew out of a need to recognize individuals who were not only ICC Certified, but also certified in uniform codes, standards and practices, and certified under the jurisdiction of additional codes and agencies.

“The achievement of the Legacy Certification goes above and beyond the normal requirements of Raymond’s position,” said Building Services Director Ed Wagner. “He spent a great deal of his personal time – it’s a reflection of his professional commitment as an inspector.”

Standardization and enforcement of building codes ensure that sound building practices are followed when structures are built. By doing the work required to earn the Legacy Certification, Kendall is better equipped to examine structures and require compliance with numerous building codes – mechanical, electrical, plumbing, etc. – codes that make the places citizens visit and dwell, habitable and secure.

There are only 300 individuals in the entire U.S. holding Legacy Combination Inspector certifications.

For more information, please contact 769-2204.