Fwd: [Vision2020] rezone venue: city press release

[Steven Basoa]

Nancy Chaney asked me to forward this to Vision 2020:

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From: "Nancy Chaney" <nchaney at ci.moscow.id.us>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] rezone venue: city press release

Thank you for your interest in tonight’s City Council meeting. We  
anticipated larger than usual attendance, and investigated alternate  
venues. Availability, size, cost, accessibility, and legitimacy of  
use were all considered. Once notice of the meeting was published  
according to law, we determined that the venue could not be changed.  
While Council Chambers are adequate for most meetings, they are not  
large enough for all. How we decide what circumstances and thresholds  
justify moving from our usual publicly-familiar meeting place has yet  
to be determined, but formalizing that policy is on the City  
Council’s to-do list.

  We will have as many chairs available as Fire Code allows in  
Council Chambers tonight. Overflow seating will be accommodated just  
up the street in the 1912 Center, where a large screen television  
will be set up to show the meeting. Unfortunately, we were not able  
to secure a means of off-site citizen interaction via a closed- 
circuit system. It is conceivable that people who testify in City  
Hall may relinquish their seats to others waiting off-site to do so.

  I am encouraged by so much interest in participatory governance.  
That’s a big part of what makes Moscow, Moscow. We remain receptive  
to suggestions for how to improve service to our community.

  Sincerely,

Nancy Chaney

Mayor

From: Steven Basoa [mailto:sbasoa at moscow.com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:40 AM
To: Nancy Chaney
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] rezone venue: city press release



Mayor Chaney:



Since you know that tonight's city council meeting will involve  
greater than usual resident participation, why not make preparations  
for a larger venue that could accommodate everyone, council and all  
participants?   Shifting a large part of the community to an overflow  
seating area without the benefit of active participation does not  
seem to be a judicious move on the part of the council.  There are  
many voices that wish to be heard on these issues but they won't be  
if the plan listed below is put into effect.



Thanks for your consideration.

Steven Basoa



On May 1, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Mark Solomon wrote:



City of Moscow

Administration





Press Release

To:       Interested Media

From:   Gary J. Riedner, Moscow City Supervisor, 206 E. 3rd St.,  
Moscow, Idaho 83843, telephone: (208) 883-7006, Fax: (208) 883-7018,  
e-mail: griedner at moscow.com

cc:       Mayor, City Council, City Management Team

Date:    5/1/2006

Re:       CLC Rezone Hearing Meeting Accommodations

It has come to the City's attention that it was erroneously reported  
within the April 29th edition of the Moscow-Pullman Dailey News that  
the 7:00 p.m. May 1st CLC rezone hearing before the City Council had  
been moved to the Great Room of the 1912 Center.  The correct  
location of the meeting is the City Council Chambers of City Hall,  
located at 206 E. Third Street as the City advertised within the  
official public notice for the hearing.

However, in light of the anticipated interest in the CLC rezone  
application scheduled for public hearing before the City Council on  
Monday, May 1st, at 7:00 p.m., the City of Moscow has reserved the  
1912 Center Great Room for overflow seating for those who are  
interested in watching the meeting but who may not have access to the  
City's cable channel 13.  The 1912 Center will open at 6:30 p.m. and  
the televised meeting will be projected upon a large screen and  
seating will be provided.  The accommodations at the 1912 Center will  
only provide an opportunity to watch the meeting, and there will be  
no opportunity to testify before the City Council from the 1912 Center.





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