[Vision2020] Council Budgets 3rd Street Bridge

Tue Aug 8 16:37:50 PDT 2017

It is extremely fortunate that a resolution signed by a former mayor is not
binding on a future, more practical, city council.

g

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> I invite your attention to a ten year-old Moscow (the one in Idaho)
> resolution.
>
> http://www.moscowcares.com/Our_Moscow/Third_Street_
> Bridge/Resolution_2007_30_Third_Street_Bridge.pdf
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> On Aug 8, 2017, at 2:56 PM, Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's in the 2018 budget.
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow Idaho USA
>
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:50 PM, g crabtree <direoutcome at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>    - By Taylor Nadauld, Daily News Staff Writer
>>>    - Aug 8, 2017 Updated 8 min ago
>>>    -  (0)
>>>    <http://dnews.com/moscow-city-council-approves-budget-in-heated-hearing/article_58361d22-7bff-11e7-a0d5-835c4d752594.html#comments>
>>>
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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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