[Vision2020] Living on the Border

[Donovan Arnold]

WOW! Imagine someone WANTING to steal Moscow water? Would we be held liable for the side effects on the children?
  
  _DJA

Area Man <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:      Message        Vision people (and illustrious City people),
   
  After  reading the articles in last night's Daily News (March 14) and  this morning's Lewiston Trib (March 15), it got me thinking (dangerous  prospect, I know).
   
  There  was some talk about how there is the "physical" (but not  necessarily "legal" or "desirable") ability to connect water  and sewer to the proposed shopping center across the border (http://www.hawkinscompanies.com/fliers/WA_Pullman_Hwy270_AirportRd_F.pdf --  for those who haven't seen it), and also talk of how allowing such a  hookup would be a "momentous decision."  There are questions  as to whether the city of Moscow can even collect fees for allowing  such a hookup.
   
  I  wonder how other places do it.  The first place that popped into  my head was Kansas City Missouri/Kansas, which obviously straddles the  border between those two states.  Then I started thinking about  places in Idaho, and two jump out at me:  Oldtown ID/Newport WA up  North, and Fruitland ID/Ontario OR to the South.   Lewiston/Clarkston would be a good example as well, but I don't believe  there is much sharing of infrastructure due to the geographic  seperation by the Snake River.
   
  Anyhow,  these are probably only a miniscule few of such communities.  I  think the City of Moscow should look at how things are done in such  cases to help guide them in making this work the best for everyone,  especially for Moscow.  I hate to say it, but I think this  development across the border is inevitable, due to the Whitman County  Commission's recent turn toward retail development in the county.   None of us have to like it, but wouldn't it behoove the City of Moscow  to do all they can to make it benefit us as much as possible over here  on the east side of the border?  
   
  Starting to hear a sucking sound from the west . . .
   
  Dan Carscallen
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