POST FALLS - Post Falls is hoping to expand its City Hall campus.

The city council tonight is expected to approve a sales agreement for three lots on Fourth Avenue for a total of $160,000 from Community Presbyterian Church of Post Falls.

"At this time, the area is planned for overflow parking and for event staging," said Shelly Enderud, Post Falls city administrator. "These lots are part of the overall City Hall campus."

The lots are between the chamber of commerce office building and the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center. The sale does not include the lot directly east of the chamber of commerce building as it has a separate owner.

The lots currently owned by the church would be purchased using the city's Capital Facilities Fund.

Enderud said the small house on one of the lots hasn't been occupied for several years and will likely be demolished.

"Once the property is acquired, an inspection will be performed on the small house ... to determine the safety of the building and if any measures need to be taken during demolition," Enderud said.

"It is highly unlikely the building would be safe enough to auction as the city did with some of the other houses acquired on this block during the City Hall construction process."

Enderud said an example of a community event in which the property could be used for staging is the Post Falls Festival.

Enderud said leaders of Community Presbyterian Church, which borders the city hall campus, earlier told the city that if they ever sell the property, they would allow the city to have the first option to buy the land.

The property purchase is on the Consent Calendar portion of tonight's agenda.

* In other business, the council will consider the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Purveyors Memorandum of Understanding.

Ten local municipal water providers that draw water from the aquifer, the region's drinking water source, would be a part of the MOU.

"The MOU documents agreements Post Falls already had with neighboring water purveyors," said John Beacham, Post Falls environmental manager, who will discuss the MOU. "The MOU is for long-term planning purposes in evaluating whether current water rights are sufficient for eventual service areas."

The council will also hear updates on the Spokane River wastewater discharge permit compliance process and the new teen court program.

The council will hold a workshop with the Planning and Zoning Commission on commercial codes at 5 p.m. in the basement conference room.