Pend Oreille Recreation District

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Pend Oreille Recreation District
Sandpoint Community
Swimming Pool and Water Park
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Sandpoint Centre Corporation

• Formed in 2000 as non-profit Corporation (501c 3)
• Community Volunteers
• Donations are tax-deductible

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Sandpoint Centre Corporation

• Mission Statement
• To provide a multi-use facilities to enhance the
  quality of life of our children and our community.

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Sandpoint Centre Corporation

• Answers to the Basic Questions
• What
• Why
• How Much

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What

• Community indoor lap pool
• Water Park for small children
• Current Pool
• Hot water spa

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What

• Meeting Rooms for Community use
• After school programs (activities)
• Outreach program for at risk children
• Concerts, dances, meetings, shows

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What

• 1200 seat Ice Arena
• Family skating
• After school skating (free for residents)
• Figure skating
• Youth and Adult ice hockey
• Amateur junior B hockey team
• Rentals and teen skate parties

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What

• Indoor Walking / Jogging track
• Water aerobic and classes for adults/seniors

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Multi-Use Community Sports Facility
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Multi-Use Community Center

• Winter Season Offerings
• Summer Season Offerings
• Year-Round Offerings

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Multi-Use Community Facility

• Winter Offerings (Remove the winter Blues)
• Family Swimming and Skating
• After School Activities for area youth
• Sports (swim teams, figure skating and hockey)
• Ice Shows / Special Events
• Private Rentals
• Junior Hockey and Adult Hockey

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Multi-Use Community Sports Facility

• Summer Offerings
• Summer Camps / Boy Scouts / Cub Scouts
• Sports (swimming, roller skating, indoor soccer)
• Dances / Parties for youth
• Graduation
• Church Groups
• Large Gathering Place
• Lost in the 50s
• Arts and Crafts Fair
• Flea Market

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Multi-Use Community Sports Facility

• Year-Round Offerings
• Large Meeting / Activity Rooms
• Family and Youth Gathering Place
• Non-Video Games
• Ping-Pong
• Air Hockey
• Billiards
• Board Games

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• Functional
• Durable
• Low-Maintenance
• Aesthetic match for long-term Community Plan

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Sandpoint Centre Corporation

• Answers to the Basic Questions
• What
• Why
• How Much

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Our most valuable assets
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The Reasons Why

• For our youth
• Gathering place for activities and sports
• Fun, healthy, structured, and safe environment
• Fills giant need for affordable winter activities
• Fills need for after-school activities
• Gathering place for dances / parties
• Meeting rooms functional family centre

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Filling the Void

• After School most dangerous period for
  inappropriate youth behavior
• Drug experimentation
• Teen pregnancy
• Delinquent and High-Risk Behaviors

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Sandpoint Centre

• After School Programs
• Constructive Activity (non-TV / video games)
• Physical Activity
• Supervised
• Fun

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The Reasons Why

• For our Families
• A place for family activities / sports
• Affordable winter recreation for families
• A safe place for our kids
• A place for youth and adult interaction
• A place for shows, concerts, dances, parties

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The Reasons Why

• For Our Business Community
• Increased revenue (especially in the winter) from
  special winter events (shows, tournaments, and
  parties)
• Easier to attract quality employees and their
  families
• Closer realization of destination resort status
• Visitors will be intrigued with the offerings of
  our community

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The Reasons Why

• For Our Entire Community
• Gathering place for Community Groups
• Church
• Youth
• Private
• A Facility for our Families
• Source of pride for our Community

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Why?

• Summary
• For our Youth
• For our Families
• For our Business Community
• For our Entire Community

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• Bonner County Alliance for Youth and Family
• Project Yo-Yo (youth opinion your opinion)
• Bonner County Study March 21, 2003
• Project Yo-Yo (youth opinion your opinion)
• A view from the perspective of our youth
• What the kids feel they need

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Project Yo-Yo

• Only 18 of our communities children feel that
  the community values them.
• Why?
• The children do not see that the community has
  created anything for them to do

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What do our kids say they need?

• Youth center (all inclusive)
• Unique sports (skating / hockey)
• Various clubs (special interest)
• Cultural opportunities
• Skate park
• Computer access
• Better library hours / study areas
• Mentors and tutors
• Better transportation
• Sandpoint Centre will address
• Sandpoint Centre could address

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Sandpoint Centre Corporation

• Answers to the Basic Questions
• What
• Why
• How Much

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Financing

• Facilities such as this do not attract private
  businesses
• With a for-profit business, prices must be high
  and thus exclude many in the community
• Success depends on public money

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Tax Increase (ahhhhh)

• We are proposing a 38.00-48.00 dollar per 100K
  assessed value increase in taxes
• For a 150K home this means 3.15-4.00 dollars
  per month
• For the average home (240K) in our county this
  means a 6.33-8.00 per month increase

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Relative Cost

• This is the cost of a small pizza per month

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Financing

• Funding of these facilities is common
• Estimate of facility cost is 12 M dollars
• Estimate of grants and donations are 2 M
• Financing 10 M dollars will necessitate a 761K
  dollar per year payment

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Financing

• Estimated revenue from the tax increase will
  generate between 823K and 1.02 M in the first
  year
• This leaves 62K to 259K dollars in excess of the
  payment
• Subsequent years will generate additional revenue

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Financing

• Additional funds will be used to supplement
  operational costs of the Recreation Center
  (especially during the first years)
• Additional funds will also be used to work on
  future phases for the Recreation District (such
  as basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts and
  baseball, indoor and outdoor soccer, and softball
  fields)

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Federal / State Grants

• HUD (500K matching grant-McCall)
• State of Idaho (500K grant McCall)
• USA Swimming
• National Hockey Association
• National Ice Skating Association
• Other Federal / State Grants
• Other Private Grants

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• How you can help?

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• Make sure your friends and family have accurate
  information and

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• Vote

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• You can also donate to help us spread the word

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• Thank You
• for your attention and
  your assistance