[Vision2020] The City This Week: An Occasional (very) Column and acouple of other announcements

[Linda Pall]

Dear Websiter and all,

No intent here to impute shallowness to the content of V2020! I was just
refering to my own reluctance to go into deep water and thus the comments I
have given in this missive are not intended to inspire a six month, rattle
the literatti, eviscerate the libraries series of responses...

All the best and thanks for reading...

Linda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Websiter" <websiter at gmail.com>
To: <lpall at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] The City This Week: An Occasional (very) Column
and acouple of other announcements


> Linda, calling v2020 "the shallows" may have a detrimental effect:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Linda Pall
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:10 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] The City This Week: An Occasional (very) Column
> and acouple of other announcements
>
>
> Hello, Visionaries!
>
> I hesitate to swim in the shallows here with the potential recall,
> etc., but here I am anyway!
>
> ANNOUNCEMENTS!
>
> 1. Winter Market, sponsored by Heart of the Arts, Inc., will warm your
> heart and give you something fun to do INSIDE this Saturday morning!
> Artisans, bakers, story tellers, musicians and maybe a juggler (?!?)
> will gather at the 1912 Center between 10 AM and 2 PM for your
> shopping, chatting and chewing/chugging pleasure. All the gossip about
> the latest in Moscow, dreams and imaginings for spring gardens, great
> pottery, jewelry and a new secret booth by Pam Peterson and superior
> hot coffee and breakfast pastries... be there!
>
> 2. Latah County Human Rights Task Force Annual Martin Luther King Jr.
> Breakfast on Dr. King's birthday, Saturday, January 15, 2005, at the
> multi-purpose room of the Moscow Junior High School at 9 A.M. Cherie
> Buckner Webb , Boise, will be the featured speaker. Cherie is a fine
> jazz singer and an even more impassioned community activist for human
> rights and dignity. You will find her message moving, inspiring and
> entertaining, all at the same time. Join us! Breakfast tickets are
> available at Bookpeople now... the breakfast sells out, so get your
> ticket right away.
>
> THE CITY THIS WEEK...
>
> City Council...
>
> The more things change, the more... oh, it always sounds better in
> French... you know what I mean.
>
> The Council reorganized last Monday night and life goes on. The parade
> ordinance (a good revision and clarification of city practices for
> parades by city attorney Randy Fife) made it through a second reading
> and will come up for the third reading at the next Council meeting
> Tuesday, January 18, (because of the MLK Jr. holiday). Take a look at
> the city's website www.ci.moscow.id.us for information about agendas.
> You can get a copy of the proposed ordinance from the City's
> Administrative Office on the third floor of City Hall (for some
> reason, it's not on the web or I can't find it).
>
> PUBLIC WORKS/FINANCE and ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES...
>
> Both Committees will meet Monday, January 10... Administrative
> Committee at 3 PM and Public Works Finance at 4:00 or 4:15 P.M. (check
> for the time). Council members assigned to these committees are Peg
> Hamlett, JoAnn Mack and John Dickinson, Administrative Committee, and
> Jon Kimberling, Nancy Chaney and Linda Pall, Public Works/Finance
> Committee. On the Public Works agenda will be further discussion of
> sidewalks and pedestrian mobility. The needs of those of Moscow who
> have mobility issues (read: wheel chair, cane, walker users, unsteady
> walkers for whatever reason and those with limited stamina) will be
> particularly reviewed.
>
> AND SPEAKING OF SIDEWALKS...
>
> Don't forget to remove the snow from your sidewalks within 24 hours of
> the snowfall!
>
> Whether you own or rent, your sidewalk can be a magnet for accidents
> and serious injury. Believe me, you would not want on your conscience
> the broken hip of a neighbor who slipped and fell because your
> sidewalk was an icey trap! That fall could be the beginning of a
> life-ending, declining experience for an elderly person.
>
> PLEASE clear your sidewalk during the winter... it makes it possible
> for people to move about with less fear and loathing of the winter ice
> and snow. I have been the beneficiary on many occasions of my
> neighbors and friends who have helped me keep ahead of the game AND,
> of course, the regular and wonderful service of Steve McClaine of Me
> and My Truck who, for a small fee, will put you on his regular list
> for sidewalk snow removal. He's great!
>
> ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SINCE YOU ASKED...
>
> The City has brought forward, from 2002, funds and a strategic plan
> goal of preparing and implementing an economic strategic plan. Some
> work was done on this in 2002 but many felt that a broader discussion
> was necessary. The City has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding
> with the Latah Economic Development Council and will soon be talking
> with them about the shape of things to come, including the scope and
> process of the planning effort.
>
> Meanwhile, at the National League of Cities meeting last December, I
> attended a thrilling (yes, really!) seminar on economic development
> that introduced me to a new group that Moscow might qualify to
> participate with, the New Cities Foundation. They have a New Cities
> Initiative that will be deciding which among a number of candidate
> cities of various sizes which 12 cities will be their first
> participants in the New Cities initiative. These 12 of varied sizes
> and varied locations will work with Foundation staff to bring their
> respective cities into the 21st century with a unified, progressive
> and innovative attitude and set of strategies for the community's
> economic life and more.
>
> The Council took a crack at the New Cities Assessment tool that
> covered interesting topics for any city council to look at with
> respect to Moscow. The exercise covered many questions under
> provocative topics: Connection to the Wider World; Encourage Youth,
> Diversity and Inclusiveness; Feed the Mind and Nurture the Soul;
> Embrace Healthy Living; Remain True to the City's Uniqueness; Don't
> merely Grow... Plan and Develop over Time; Build Beautifully and
> Steward the Environment; Cultivate Leadership and Civic Involvement;
> Recruit, Retain and Generate Wealth; Overcome Obstacles; Rethink
> Boundaries; Buy Locally, Sell Globally.
>
> We'll be looking at this opportunity which could give us more
> flexibility in our economic development expenditures and bring
> additional positive attention to Moscow, if we were ultimately
> selected from among the many cities who would like to be the first set
> of "New Cities."
>
> Stay tuned. In the meantime, read more about it on www.newcities.org
> Take a look at the press releases from December in the center/lower
> part of the home page on the Initiative. exciting, yes!?!
>
> I think we have "new" potential, especially if we move forward together!
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Linda Pall
> Moscow City Council
>
>