[Vision2020] Business parking

[Tom Hansen]

Gee, Gee, Gee –

 

Perhaps the students, “staff”, and “faculty” of NSA are legally permitted to
park in the Jackson Street parking lot.  However, each parking spot occupied
by persons, other than owners and customers of retail outlets located on
Main Street, deprives the owners of those retail outlets of an opportunity
to earn an honest buck.

 

In my humble opinion Christianity entails decency within community support
(doing right by your community), a characteristic not directly attributable
to your postings and/or suggestions.  

 

Perhaps one suggestion might be to meter the Jackson Street parking lot.
Another might be to require city parking permits (much like UI parking
permits).

 

Thoughts?

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

 “Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'”

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of g. crabtree
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:07 PM
To: Joan Opyr; Vision2020 Moscow
Cc: Linda Pall; Nancy Chaney; Lois Blackburn; John Dickinson
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Business parking

 

Ms Opyr, It is amazing how consisantly you almost get it right. Folks in
apts. downtown park for days on end in the jackson st. lot and still spare
spaces. N.S.A. students come & go as well as shop downtown. The only time
parking seems to be difficult is at times N.S.A. is not in session--farmers
market & after 5:00 etc.

 

Error number two would be that I am not the owner of the Lock Shop. I am but
the lowly cook & bottle washer, But thanks for the promotion(aww and you
pretend that ya don't like me)

 

Error number three. Faulty comparisons. "Third Street Mall" parking lot is
private property. Jackson st. is public. Co-Op customers parked in front of
my place of employment all the time, as was their right. There are no signs
advising customers of the shopping center not too. The Co-Op was, all in
all, a good neighbor and while parking was sometimes tight, we did O.K. I
expect it will be the same with our new tennants.

 

With regard to your recomendations for my health and personal betterment,
Thank you. I will consider the source and take them under advisement.

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Joan Opyr <mailto:joanopyr at earthlink.net>  

To: Vision2020 <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>  Moscow 

Cc: Linda Pall <mailto:lpall at moscow.com>  ; Nancy Chaney
<mailto:nchaney at moscow.com>  ; Lois <mailto:lblackburn at turbonet.com>
Blackburn ; John <mailto:johnd at moscow.com>  Dickinson 

Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:03 PM

Subject: [Vision2020] Business parking

 

On 14 Dec 2005, at 05:56, g. crabtree wrote:

With regard to my brief answer to the question of allowing N.S.A. the right
to have it's students and staff park downtown, I really don't see how it
could confuse you. It strikes me as massively unfair to single them out for
some kind of burdensome parking restriction. All businesses downtown us up
parking to one degree or another. Restaurants, coffee shops, and apartments
all require parking. I suspect that residents at the Moscow Hotel use up far
more parking in the Jackson st. lot than the school does and there is still
plenty of left over spaces.


The reason NSA should be "singled out" in terms of parking, Mr. Crabtree, is
because NSA is not a business. It is a college. Its students don't park for
an hour and then leave; they come and park for several hours. Some park in
the Jackson lot all day. The businesses dependent on the Jackson lot --
Bookpeople, Paradise Creek Bicycles, Sweet Peas and Sage, the Wild Hare, and
the various restaurants in the Central Business District need that parking
for their customers. If people can't find parking downtown, then people will
stop shopping downtown. They'll go instead to the mall.

U of I students and employees pay for the privilege of parking on campus.
NSA students pay nothing to park in the Jackson Street lot. What's more,
their parking is subsidized by the tax-paying businesses downtown. This is
unfair; it's detrimental to downtown retail; and it's a pain in the ass for
both customers and shop-keepers. According to city zoning ordinance, NSA
should not be in the Central Business District. If the code is amended to
allow them to stay, then something must be done to ensure that NSA's 150 to
200 students (their projected growth) don't clog up parking for retail.
Surely as the owner of the Lock Shop in the Third Street Mall, you can
appreciate having your business parking hogged up by non-customers. For
years, Food Co-Op customers parked in front of your shop despite the clear
signs asking them not to. (I didn't park in front of your shop; I respected
your signs advising me not to. I also didn't want to be towed.)

BTW, I apologize for suggesting you might benefit from a dose of Fletcher's
Castoria. My friend, Dr. Seuss, has advised me that re: the Mack Trailer
Park evictions, constipation is not your problem -- it's just that your
heart is four sizes too small. The good doctor suggests a diet of Roast
Beast and a rousing chorus of "Bah-hoo Doray" with Cindy Lou Who.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com





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