[Vision2020] 1912 Sidewalks/was Moscow Ice Rink

[Jerry Weitz]

Sunil, the northern side walk of the 1912 does not exist.  There is 
an  mud/dirt embankment dug out on the north which has trees in it.  If the 
right conditions occur the trees may be uprooted.

The point: why hassle the 1912 or the ice rink at this stage. I think there 
are more important issues such as the UI losing its flagship role to 
BSU.  (The steep enrollment declines for UI are very 
problematic).  Businesses such as James Toyota that are given no 
alternative but to leave Moscow, due to lack of available/suitable 
land.  Recall that James Toyota was issued a directive from Toyota that the 
dealership must bring its facility up to Toyota's standards or lose the 
franchise.  I personally alerted Chaney, the council, and city staff over a 
year ago, with no action/interest being taken.

There are a number of experts/publications on  recruitment/retention of the 
our young people who are the movers and shakers of the U.S. economy.  With 
the challenges of recruitment and retention of students and 
faculty/researchers at UI, would it be more reasonable to center the debate 
on the UI's/Moscow's prospersity than on issuing eviction notices to the 
Alt kids, causing extreme hardship for elementary kids in need of a gym at 
St Mary's, hassling the ice rink, streamling rather than causing costly 
delays to development and making sure Moscow is a welcoming community?

With development for example:  Mayor Chaney unbundled the development 
process. The result for Good Sam was a 20% cost increase.  Presently, Good 
Sam has no plans to expand in Moscow. Good Sam nationally has over 200 
homes. A 20% overrun due to local encumberance hurts us all. Moscow now 
lacks capacity for nursing home patients.  The two nursing homes I 
contacted came here, looked at the facility, reviewed the happenings of 
Moscow, had Latah Commissioners site visit,
and determined that the area is in need of nursing home capacity.  One 
would need 20-40 acres and the other really does not desire to go up 
against Gritman nor make waves.  One is examining Pullman.   Jerry


At 09:03 AM 1/19/07, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
>Jerry,
>
>What's unsafe about the 1912 sidewalks?  Is it something on 4th Street?
>
>Sunil
>
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