[Vision2020] Fwd: Planning and Zoning Meeting Tonight

[Joan Opyr]

Reminder that the P&Z meeting is tonight, 7:30pm 2nd Floor of City 
Hall.  More details below from a message sent on Monday which you might 
not have received because the title was omitted. 

JO [Jerry Owen, not Joan Opyr]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Owen [mailto:jerry at economicmodeling.com]
Sent: Monday, August  29, 2005 12:28 PM
To: 'kjell at ccbenefits.com'

Interested People,

Bob Heironymus gave me this email list from the last time he emailed 
out about the P&Z meeting. If you'd like to be removed or would like to 
add someone, let me know.

The past zoning meetings have been generally dominated by those who 
would oppose certain schools downtown (the code has been recently 
interpreted in such a way that NSA, Moscow High School, and the 
Alternative School are in violation). While it's a good thing that 
people on our side are not normally busy-body, complaint-driven nags 
who attend every committee and city council meeting, now is a crucial 
time for us to respectfully let our concerns be heard. 

The next P&Z meeting on Schools in Non Residential Zones is set for 
this coming Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall, located at 3rd and 
Washington on the second floor. This is supposed to be a work session 
where no public comment on the issue will be allowed, but at the last 
meeting a time rule was ignored so Dustin/Scott/Whoknows Bauer could go 
on.  Regardless, having a cordial and intelligent witness at the next 
couple of meetings will likely be decisive in the P&Z’s 
decision/recommendation to City Council. It's likely that the 
opposition will show up early and in good number, so plan on getting 
there at least half an hour to an hour early. It's also likely that you 
won’t get a seat, but it would also be good to stay anyway—-out on the 
steps, in the hall, wherever the spill out flows. The current topic is 
downtown zoning.  The next will likely be home schools and/or boarding 
houses. Already some people have been issues Cease and Desist orders 
for home schooling. 

None of this changes our fundamental conviction that worship is our 
focus. But this is a good opportunity to get the salt out of the salt 
shaker. It would be good if we had 500+ people there politely 
advocating for schools to be expressly permitted downtown. Invite a 
friend. Contact me if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Jerry Owen
Director of Business Development
Economic Modeling Specialists Inc.
www.economicmodeling.com
Office 208.883.3500
Cell 208.596.2687
Fax 208.882.3317
jerry at economicmodeling.com