[Vision2020] Council Must Reject Rezone

Tue May 9 11:18:52 PDT 2006

RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject RezoneMy point is there are worse
things to put in besides retail.
Frankly the smell of cattle doesn't bother me, I've wound up face down in a
wet barnyard too many times. Frankly I find the cookie cutter housing
developments a bigger scourge.
This town needs to get its eggs diversified between retail, both local and
national, ag, some type of manufacturing and the university. Right now, it
seems as though everyone wants to throw all their eggs into the university
basket.
What happens when the grants fail to materialize or cutbacks are forced by
less taxpayer money? The UI is a hurting institution, BSU is rapidly
overtaking it as the state's premier public college. It is going to feel the
squeeze of competition by BYU as it expands it program in S. Idaho.
Relying too much one one industry is not a smart move.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Mark Solomon [mailto:msolomon at moscow.com]
  Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:57 AM
  To: Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor; Vision2020 at Moscow. Com
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject Rezone

  Except for that little water right detail. The county appropriately took
care of that when they adopted their Moscow Sub-basin groundwater ordinance
which limits the amount of animals at any confined facility in the
sub-basin. Theoretically, this would not be an issue in the City either if
they had followed their own code and rezoned the Thompson property when
annexed to Farm-Ranch Transitional which does not allow dairy operations
except as a conditional use on parcels larger than 20 acres and facilities
located more than 500' from a property line.

  The point I'm trying to make here, Kai, is flip statements regarding
community planning and zoning issues usually don't work.

  Mark

  m.

  At 10:28 AM -0700 5/9/06, Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor wrote:
    Ok, so put in a dairy.....same effect

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Mark Solomon [mailto:msolomon at moscow.com]
      Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:11 PM
      To: Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor; Vision2020 at Moscow. Com
      Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject Rezone

      Kai,

      Actually, they can't (put in a feedlot). The city zoning code does not
allow for feedlots. Even before last June's landowner requested annexation,
when it was in the county, city rules would have still applied as it is in
the Area of City Impact.

      B. Permitted Principal Uses and
      Structures:
      1. Agriculture, including the raising,
      harvesting, and selling of crops; on-site
      storage of grain and seed; the raising
      and sale of livestock or poultry;
      dairying and sale of dairy products; and
      other similar agricultural, horticultural,
      or animal husbandry uses, excluding
      feedlots with more than twenty (20)
      animals.

      As for purchasing the land and keeping it green space, word on the
street is Frank Bennett, who lives on the adjoining property, made
Thompson's an offer but was refused. I'm afraid I don't have Frank's ear so
have not been able to personally verify.

      Mark Solomon

      At 4:08 PM -0700 5/8/06, Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor wrote:

        Of course, the Thompsons could keep it agricultural and put a
feedlot there.
        It has good drainage, power to the property and easy highway access
for
        semi-trucks.
        The odor would be in keeping with Moscow's "rural ambience".
        Be careful what you wish for................

        -----Original Message-----
        From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
        [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Dan Carscallen
        Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:43 PM
        To: 'Moscow Vision 2020'
        Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject Rezone

        Tom says:
        "One suggestion to maintain a large portion of Moscow's "green"ery
would
        be not to pave a 77-acre parcel that may evolve into nothing more
than a
        weed-infested blacktop eye-sore."

        Another suggestion:  The best "zoning" is "owning".  You want to
keep it
        "green", buy the sucker.

        DC

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