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<P class=MsoBodyText>Donovan, </P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText>You said </P>
<P class=MsoBodyText> <o:p> </o:p> </P> <PRE>" <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">I <o:p> </o:p> </SPAN> </PRE> <PRE> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">guess one thing we could do is maybe maintain the roads, sidewalks, <o:p> </o:p> </SPAN> </PRE> <PRE> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Friendship square, and maybe have the city buy the original buildings and <o:p> </o:p> </SPAN> </PRE> <PRE> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">rent them whenever we can." <o:p> </o:p> </SPAN> </PRE> <PRE> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"> <o:p> </o:p> </SPAN> </PRE>
<P class=MsoBodyText>I find it interesting that you are suggesting that the city of Moscow should try to buy downtown buildings and fix them up. </P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText>How would that work? </P>
<P class=MsoBodyText> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">Would owners be fairly compensated at market rates? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">What if they didn't want to sell them? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">Would the city have to create a office of rental management? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">Who would pay the property tax on these building now? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">I imagine this property reduction would severely crimp city and county operating budgets thus forcing the city to raise rents on downtown businesses. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">This rent increase would force what small privately owned businesses to close or move out of the city leaving Moscow with a dead inner core. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">Good plan. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Citizen x </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in"> <o:p> </o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 3in">Helping sheep adjust to the herd. Move along. </P> </DIV>
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