[Vision2020] Council items

[Mark Seman]

 #9 - Moscow needs to discover and define what it wants to be.  When it
understands that, then direction can be given for its growth.
Administratively, any community can set its own guidelines for development.
An individual McDonald's doesn't always need to look like a corporate
McDonald's, just as WalMart doesn't need to look like WalMart.  What we want
to be is what we ought to demand of development.

#10 - When the dogma of religion(s) and selfish endeavor is overcome by the
compassion and truly good nature of the human spirit there is hope for
community.

Mark

Mark Seman, Architect
Heather Seman, Landscape Architect
1404 East 'F' Street  Moscow, Idaho 83843
v 208-883-3276 / f 208-883-0112

  -----Original Message-----
  From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of John Dickinson
  Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 12:26 AM
  To: 'Vision2020'
  Subject: [Vision2020] Council items


  Visionaries-

  Here are a couple of items on Monday's council agenda that I'd like some
comments on.



  9.   Large Scale Retail Development Regulations and Permit Process - Joel
Plaskon

  Because of the possibility of large scale retail developments for Moscow,
discussions have begun regarding development standards and process
requirements regulating large scale retail developments.  The Moscow Zoning
Code currently does not contain maximum floor area ratio (FAR) requirements,
lot coverage requirements, or maximum building square footage limits.  With
the national trend toward large retail warehouse-type stores and in light of
Moscow's growth and economic climate, it is probable that Moscow will see
such a development proposal in the future.  These types of developments,
because of their large scale, have traffic, economic, and visual impacts
which may be deserving of their own development criteria.



  There are two questions that I'd ask everyone - 1) should there be
separate development standards for stores above a certain size, and 2) if
development standards are a good idea they may take a while to create, so as
a stop gap measure should we modify our current process so that a public
hearing is required for every application for a building above a certain
size (one way to do this would be to require a conditional use permit for
larger buildings)?



  10.  Request for Funds for the Virtues Project - Dan Weaver

  The City of Moscow Human Rights Commission requests funding to support the
Virtues Project. Current plans include having a working team established in
June that includes community mentors and partners from within the community.
Funding would pay for training for the mentors, material and other expenses
associated with the Virtues Project.



  I am interested in hearing about your thoughts on the Virtues Project
(http://www.virtuesproject.com/) There are modest costs associated with this
program, but I am most interested in hearing comments about the value of the
project itself. Thanks.





  John Dickinson
  Moscow City Council


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20050618/e45eaef6/attachment-0001.htm