A4 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022
Pawsitive
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Cascade Lakes released a
Pawsitive Pale Ale for the fund-
raiser in 2021, bringing in about
$800, along with money from
raffles at the release party.
Between events from Cascade
Lakes and other community
support for its capital campaign,
BrightSide has raised enough to
replace all of its outdoor kennels
— and to build structures for a
couple new ones. This means
“all of our dogs can be outside in
the sunshine every day,” Bowling
said, as long as the weather co-
operates.
Cascade Lakes hopes to help
BrightSide even more with this
year’s launch party, an event that
also celebrates Cascade Lakes’
new patio. “We just opened this
patio a few weeks ago,” Rhine
said. “We’re really excited about
it.”
He said Cascade Lakes plans
on installing roll-down drapes
and heaters and is looking at
putting in a couple TVs to
“make it a really great outdoor
Bond
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The facility would be built on
land already purchased by RAPRD
in 2009 while the annexation
would link the building to city util-
ities and connections.
According to Matt Gilman, the
chairman of the RAPRD Board
of Directors, the current rec cen-
ter was not designed to serve the
number of residents now clamor-
ing for its services. Swim lessons
are at capacity — and a long wait-
list means many residents miss
out.
RAPRD is severely lacking in
pool space, gym space, soccer
fields, pickleball courts, workout
areas and fitness classes, Gilman
said.
In the past, RAPRD was able
to use the activity center at Odem
Medo and Canal to offer activ-
ities such as Zumba, basketball,
yoga, racquetball and weightlift-
ing. In 2020, however, the center
was forced to close after the city of
Redmond decided to demolish it
to move a road through the prop-
dining experience.”
And in the meantime, the pa-
tio will serve as a home for Pups
on the Patio and Cascade Lakes’
new Pawsitive IPA. Rhine said
this year’s brew is “a west coast-
style IPA, really clean, fresh and
an easy drink for the summer.”
Even prior to the brewing
collaboration, BrightSide has
hosted weekly Thursday night
bingo at Cascade Lakes’ Red-
mond location since 2016.
“They’re wonderful,” Bowling
said of Cascade Lakes. “It’s peo-
ple like that — really longtime
supporters, constant support
that we can depend on, we know
they’re there for us. That’s what
keeps us going.”
For Bowling and Rhine, the
event is also a way to give back to
the people who have supported
them over the years.
“Supporting and taking care
of our community is incredibly
important to us,” Rhine said.
“Any give-back opportunity that
we can afford to do is something
that we’re going to try to do.”
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Cascade Lakes in Redmond will host the “Pups on the Patio” event July 15.
erty.
Currently, RAPRD is running
these programs in “tiny rooms” at
the Redmond Senior Center, ac-
cording to Gilman, where the max
class size is just 10 participants.
“The thirst for programming
and more activities is obvious
from the community,” he said.
“People want these things.”
The bond would cost taxpayers
$23.35 per $500,000 of assessed
property value each month. The
levy, meanwhile, would cost $12
per $500,000 of assessed property
per month — about $54 a year for
its five-year duration.
While RAPRD recognizes this is
a large ask for taxpayers, it’s what
they found the community wanted
during their months-long public
outreach program. Much of the
feedback they received was “to
build something that was usable
for our community for the next 20
years,” Hammer said.
The $49 million price tag will
fulfill this wish.
“We have a real plan in place,”
Gilman said, “of what people actu-
ally want.”
Recreation district residents
would receive a 30% discount
on facility use, classes and more.
There will also be options for
punch cards as well as monthly
and annual passes for repeat vis-
itors.
City councilor Cliff Evelyn
noted that it’s important to have
a safe place for local youth to play
and have fun — especially in the
dark winter months. Currently, he
said, if you have a child between
the ages of 11 and 17, there’s not
much for them to do in Redmond.
“I think it’s important,” Evelyn
said Tuesday night. “The time is
now. I don’t know why it took this
long to even have an athletic cen-
ter, but now the time is here so let’s
try to do the best we can to move
this forward.”
Councilor Krisanna Clark-En-
dicott said the facility could bring
outside dollars and knock-on in-
vestment to Redmond.
“It’s something that can be quite
lucrative in bringing people to our
area,” she said.
After failing to pass in 2008 and
2019, this will be the third time
a bond has been proposed to ex-
pand recreational offerings in the
district. The first two failed to con-
vince a majority of voters. In 2019
a $40 million bond and levy gar-
nered roughly 45 percent of the
vote.
Gilman said that the district has
learned from past defeats. The last
time a facility went to voters, they
did not have a location picked out
or produced renderings for the
public. This time, Gilman said
they are more prepared and have
done extensive community out-
reach.
“This year we’re doing things
different,” said Gilman.
And, members of the city coun-
cil are hoping these different tac-
tics will pay off.
“Let’s hope the third time’s the
charm,” said Mayor George End-
icott.
Current plans call for keeping
the Cascade Swim Center in oper-
ation if the bond and levy pass in
November. If it passes, the bond
would have a duration of 20 years.
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Housing
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Councilor Cliff Evelyn noted concern
about the lack of public transportation
that would connect the development to
downtown and other parts of the city.
Joe Bessman, traffic engineer at Tran-
sight Consulting, noted that the develop-
ment would tax current city infrastructure
in the area, noting there may be a need for
improvements to Maple Avenue and its
intersections at 9th and 19th streets.
Councilors passed along some ideas to
Hayden staff, who said they would take
them under consideration before coming
back to council for annexation approval.
“We’re committed to trying to get to
an agreement to enable them to move
forward,” said deputy city manager John
Roberts. He said that could be finished by
mid-August.
In other city council news:
— Heard proposal from the Redmond
Area Park and Recreation District about
plans for a November bond and levy to
fund a new recreation center in Redmond.
— Council underwent review and dis-
cussion of the blasting regulations in the
city.
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