[Vision2020] Daily News
Dick Schmidt
dickschmidt@moscow.com
Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:02:08 -0800
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Visionaries,
Two items caught my eye in this morning's Daily News.
The first is a letter by Jeanne Clothiaux dealing with the severe water =
problem we have in Moscow. I hope you are all aware that the council has =
4 options they are looking at and may decide on in their next meeting.=20
I guess I have a problem with a lame duck council making this decision. =
I think we need to wait 2 more weeks. After all we have been waiting for =
a lot of years for something to be enacted that will work and to correct =
the problem. This has been critical for at least 7 months and nothing =
constructive happened. I am afraid we may have a couple council people =
who have been making decisions according to how it will affect their own =
pockets and not in the best interest of the citizens of Moscow. I think =
this is a decision that should be made by the new council people.
The second item is the "strongly worded request or demand" that the city =
or state make some sort of crossing on Pullman road for the students =
living north of the highway. I think the first I heard of this was from =
Linda Pall when she was campaigning for council. I have several thoughts =
on this.
First the students are saying they have to walk an extra mile in some =
cases to cross the street. I haven't got out there in my car to measure =
this but I am sure that maybe 1/4 mile might be closer to the real =
figure. I will probably take my GPS out and measure it later today.
I think that there should be some sort of elevated crosswalk in that =
area to prevent having to make another stop on our way out of town or to =
the businesses out there. This is a state highway and there are enough =
stop lights there now. I suggest thinking about making a special =
assessment district and assess those apartment owners that are affected =
a fee such as $10 per bed per year. I would also agree to maybe the city =
going 1/4 the state 1/2 (its a state highway) and the assessment =
district paying 1/4. There could be a bond floated for the project and =
paid off in a certain number of years.
Dick Schmidt
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Visionaries,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Two items caught my eye in this =
morning's Daily=20
News.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The first is a letter by Jeanne =
Clothiaux dealing=20
with the severe water problem we have in Moscow. I hope you are all =
aware that=20
the council has 4 options they are looking at and may decide on in their =
next=20
meeting. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I guess I have a problem with a lame =
duck council=20
making this decision. I think we need to wait 2 more weeks. After all we =
have=20
been waiting for a lot of years for something to be enacted that will =
work and=20
to correct the problem. This has been critical for at least 7 =
months and=20
nothing constructive happened. I am afraid we may have a couple =
council=20
people who have been making decisions according to how it will affect =
their own=20
pockets and not in the best interest of the citizens of Moscow. I think =
this is=20
a decision that should be made by the new council people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The second item is the "strongly worded =
request or=20
demand" that the city or state make some sort of crossing on Pullman =
road for=20
the students living north of the highway. I think the first I heard of =
this was=20
from Linda Pall when she was campaigning for council. I have several =
thoughts on=20
this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>First the students are saying they have =
to walk an=20
extra mile in some cases to cross the street. I haven't got out there in =
my car=20
to measure this but I am sure that maybe 1/4 mile might be closer to the =
real=20
figure. I will probably take my GPS out and measure it later =
today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think that there should be some sort =
of elevated=20
crosswalk in that area to prevent having to make another stop on our way =
out of=20
town or to the businesses out there. This is a state highway and there =
are=20
enough stop lights there now. I suggest thinking about making a =
special=20
assessment district and assess those apartment owners that are affected =
a fee=20
such as $10 per bed per year. I would also agree to maybe the city going =
1/4 the=20
state 1/2 (its a state highway) and the assessment district paying 1/4. =
There=20
could be a bond floated for the project and paid off in a certain number =
of=20
years.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dick Schmidt</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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