[Vision2020] Council Budgets 3rd Street Bridge

[g crabtree]

Excellent news, connecting third st. has been long over due. Any indication
of when the project is to commence?

g

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:

> From today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News:
>
> Moscow City Council approves budget in heated hearingSome residents angry
> over motor bridge line item
>
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>    - Aug 8, 2017 Updated 8 min ago
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> The Moscow City Council approved its 2018 annual budget during its regular
> meeting Monday night to the annoyance and anger of several residents who
> showed up to oppose a line in the budget for the construction of a
> multi-modal bridge on Third Street.
>
> Some residents told the council the details of the $79,896,719 budget,
> which includes a $10 million bond to be voted on next year, were not made
> transparent enough before the Monday night meeting.
>
> “I think it’s a little late,” Gretchen Stewart of Citizens for a Liveable
> Community told the council during the public hearing for the budget.
>
> Stewart criticized the council for not including a copy of the budget
> online and for holding its public budget workshop in the middle of the
> summer.
>
> Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert said the workshop is held the same time every
> year. Other council members echoed that statement.
>
> “This is not being sprung out of the blue,” Councilman Walter Steed said.
>
> The council and public have debated for years whether the bridge, which
> would cross over Paradise Creek and fully connect East Third Street, would
> be restricted to pedestrians and bicyclists or include transportation of
> motor vehicles.
>
> Of the bridge’s total cost of $595,085, $15,085 comes from outside
> sources, including individual donations.
>
> Joann Muneta of Citizens for a Liveable Community asked that those who
> donated to make the bridge restricted to pedestrian and bicyclists receive
> a refund.
>
> Several residents argued the bridge would be unsafe, increase traffic and
> congestion and decrease nearby home values.
>
> Members of the organization said they had a petition with more than 400
> signatures opposing construction of a motor bridge.
>
> But Councilman Jim Boland said he believed a majority of Moscow residents
> supported the bridge and he moved to approve the ordinance, which was
> approved unanimously. Councilwoman Gina Taruscio said the budget, while not
> perfect, is for the greater good of the community.
>
> Other residents thanked the council for including budgeting for the
> bridge, though some criticized other line items.
>
> “I don’t think Moscow’s had this many people in a budget meeting in the
> time I’ve been here,” Steed said.
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
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