Team A: Skylab

— are available on the city’s website and boards depicting the concepts will be on display in the City Hall council chambers Thursday, Aug. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. and Friday, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon, as well as Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Jeff Jones Square east of Farmin Park on Third Avenue and Main Street from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sandpoint City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton will also be on hand to answer questions and gather feedback.

An original design report from each team is also available from the reference desk at the East Bonner County Library Sandpoint branch (1407 Cedar St.). Other opportunities for community participation include a survey, which is open until noon on Monday, Aug. 14 and available at communityfeedback.opengov. com/13087.

This concept focuses on the downtown watershed, envisioning a corridor of redevelopment from the Granary District to Sand Creek and the beach. That includes a daylight stormwater treatment system that would result in a creek running from a “source” at the Jeff Jones Square through reimagined pedestrian-only “re-wilding blocks” along Main and Oak streets filled with trees and other vegetation — and flanked by multi-story mixed-use redevelopment at the current city parking lot — before spilling out into Sand Creek over a constructed waterfall.

The “source” would form a centerpiece for events surrounding Farmin Park — which would also be home to the Carousel of Smiles — and during winter would serve as an ice skating rink.

Along the waterfront would be floating wetlands, numerous docks, a floating screen for projecting movies and an observation tower providing views of the lake to the east and downtown to the west.

Team A proposes a bladder dam at the mouth of Sand Creek, near the railroad and byway overpass, that would keep water levels in Sand Creek at full pool level year round.

City Beach would feature much expanded parking and features including pickleball courts, a floating spa, floating surf pool, enclosed family swimming area, event spaces, a new playground and space for a cafe near an enlarged moorage area on the south side of the beach.

Skylab’s plan also proposes a mining-themed underpass with interpretive information about the area’s mineral extraction history through which pedestrians and motorists alike would access City Beach from Bridge Street.