[Vision2020] FW: Moscow Ice Rink

[Bill London]

The Latah County Commissioners have been unresponsive.
Very similar to the fate of Latah Health Services....
BL





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Storhok" <cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] FW: Moscow Ice Rink


> 
> Visionaries,
> My question to all of you is how in the heck does this happen:
> >
> >
> > BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Moscow issues cease-and-desist order for ice
> rink
> > County has until Jan. 25 to reach agreement on use permit
> >
> > Staff report
> >
> > Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Page Updated at 05:41:27 PM
> >
> > The city of Moscow has issued a cease-and-desist order for the Moscow
> > Rotary Veteran's Memorial Pavilion ice rink at the Latah County
> > Fairgrounds.
> >
> > A letter signed by City Attorney Randy Fife outlining the order was
> > presented to county commissioners during their Wednesday meeting.
> >
> > The ice rink will be forced to close Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. unless county
> > commissioners can reach an agreement with the city. Commissioners have
> > scheduled a public meeting for 2:30 p.m. Friday to discuss the
> situation.
> >
> > The city recently notified Latah County it was in violation of its
> special
> > use permit to operate the ice rink and the Latah County Fairgrounds
> because
> > it had not defined its parking area around the facility and failed to
> pave
> > the rink's parking lot by the specified date.
> >
> > The ice rink operates under a special use permit in the R3, or duplex
> zone.
> >
> > The county had until Sept. 30 to complete the paving project under
> > stipulations of the special use permit it signed in October 2005.
> >
> > The county has sought permanent status for the fairgrounds for years.
> Every
> > two to five years it must reapply for a special use permit to keep the
> > grounds open.
> >
> > The county has put down more gravel in the parking lot and plans to
> install
> > parking bumpers to show the city it is serious about meeting the
> special
> > use permit requirements.
> >
> > Moscow Mayor Nancy Chaney said Fife signed the cease-and-desist order
> > Wednesday afternoon.
> >
> > "I think it's in keeping with enforcing the city's laws. It did not
> slam
> > the door for possibilities of the ice rink," she said. "This is a
> wake-up
> > call and I hope for the best."
> >
> > Chaney said the previous warnings had not resulted in compliance by
> the
> > county.
> >
> > "I am hopeful that a workable, mutually agreeable solution may be the
> end
> > result," she said.
> >
> > The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to try to organize a meeting with
> Latah
> > County and Palouse Ice Rink Association officials to work toward a
> > solution.
> >
> > Chaney said the meeting is still being planned, but a time has not
> been
> > set.
> >
> > County commissioners Jack Nelson and Tom Stroschein declined comment
> on
> the
> > matter Wednesday evening. Both said they hadn't had a chance to read
> > through the cease-and-desist order.
> >
> >
> Chris S.
> N.P. AK
> 
> 
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