[Vision2020] Business parking

[Tom Hansen]

It is truly quite simple:

 

Tax-exempt, non—retail entities DO NOT belong in what is probably the most
prized location smack-dab in the middle of the Central BUSINESS District.  

 

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 Pat Kraut
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:04 PM
To: vision2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Business parking

 

So, if we get the NSA out and some other business goes in then when we have
trouble finding a parking spot we have no complaints? I have lived here
since 1962 and can tell you that the complaints about parking are not new.
It is one of the reasons the UI let the mall go in and that didn't help
either. The 1912 building razed would have provided some spots!

 

----- 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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