[Vision2020] Arboretum Update?

[Tim Lohrmann]

Visionaries,
     What's the latest news on the city plan to build
an extravagant softball field megaplex with a huge,
Rosauer's sized parking lot right next door to the UI
Arboretum?
     
     I understand that those in charge of the
arboretum, members of the Board of Directors of UI
Arboretum Associates, stewards of UI Arboretum and
Botanical Garden, have written a letter opposing
it(see http://www.uidaho.edu/arboretum/ ) and that the
vast majority of neighborhood residents around the
arboretum oppose this plan.
(http://savethearboretum.org/)
     
     Also, many residents say that while they were not
adequately notified about the plan as it was being
developed, they were told to "just move on" and "deal
with it" by some city decisionmakers.  Others have
raised questions about how the fields will be
irrigated because getting reclaimed water to the
proposed site is not economically feasible.
      
      But what's happening now?
      Are the elected officials just waiting until
after the election to make a decision?
      Anyone know?
        TL


		
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