City officials could start selling off an estimated $11 million worth of surplus land this spring.
The proceeds from the roughly 230 acres, situated all around the city, would help pay for the city's list of capital projects, including neighborhood libraries.
Next spring, the city hopes to spur development on Fairview Avenue near the Boise River by selling off several parcels and placing restrictions on how the land can be developed. The city's plan to revive the neighborhood around 30th Street envisions a walkable extension of Downtown, connected to the rest of the city by a trolley.
The city also wants to sell off a fire training and storage facility on North Liberty Road — once the department moves into the new City Hall West near Cloverdale Road — and the old Armory on East Reserve Street. City officials said these properties likely will be auctioned next fall.
Earlier this year, city leaders abandoned a plan to create an industrial park at the city's southeast outskirts near Micron Technology.
At that time, council members voted to surplus a little more than 200 acres out of 325 the city owns near Eisenman Road.
City leaders asked an engineering firm to update a study looking at what roads and utilities are needed to support public facilities such as a solid waste transfer site or a university research center, said Jade Riley, a staffer to Mayor Dave Bieter.
Since 2006, officials have inventoried city-owned land and compared it to estimated city needs for fire stations, libraries and other facilities over the next 20 years.
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