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<DIV>I understood you did not like your money going for these development costs for the now abandoned new high school site, but these landowners who might receive a "windfall" who pay property tax would be paying a fraction of these costs, as would every taxpaying property owner involved in supporting <SPAN class=correction id="">MSD</SPAN> with their taxes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Is it not possible to require landowners who may receive a "windfall" from a <SPAN class=correction id="">publicly</SPAN> funded development to pay a share of these development costs, if it is clear the landowners are going to, for example, build apartments that utilize the roads and sewers, etc. that were funded <SPAN class=correction id="">publicly</SPAN> through a new high school development? So if a landowner did build apartments to take advantage of the infrastructure built with tax money, they would be required to chip in for the costs of these developments, when the landowner aims to make profit off <SPAN class=correction id="">publicly</SPAN> funded development infrastructure.</DIV>
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<DIV>This seems like a simple solution to this problem you raised, though I do not know the law on this subject, so there may be some reason my idea is not workable.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted <SPAN class=correction id="">Moffett</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Bill London <london@moscow.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN>><BR>To: Tbertruss@aol.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN>; kjajmix1@msn.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=correction id="">Cc</SPAN>: vision2020@moscow.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN><BR>Sent: Fri, 29 <SPAN class=correction id="">Apr</SPAN> 2005 14:17:44 -0700<BR>Subject: Re: [<SPAN class=correction id="">Vision2020</SPAN>] RE: my suggestions for next school bond<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course, whenever tax money is spent, someone benefits. That was not my point. I referred to the huge windfall of having the taxpayers spend about $4million for roads, sewers, etc that those local landowners will not have to spend were they going to develop their land....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wasn't interested in seeing my money used in that manner</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('kjajmix1@msn.com');">kjajmix1@msn.com</A> ; <A title=london@moscow.com href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('london@moscow.com');">london@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('vision2020@moscow.com');">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 29, 2005 12:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] RE: my suggestions for next school bond</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">All:<BR><BR>Bill London wrote:<BR><BR>"The owners of undeveloped<BR>land near that high school site would reap a financial bonanza (they would<BR>not have to pay for development costs) and I would be helping pay for it.<BR>Not good."<BR><BR>Bill, correct me if I'm wrong, but these land owners near the proposed new high school site pay property taxes that go to support <SPAN class=correction id="">MSD</SPAN>, so at least in part they would pay for the development that would happen if the proposed high school went forward. Besides, you are opposed to your taxes benefiting landowners in the context of a debate on public education? Even a remodel of the old Moscow High School might use your tax dollars for the financial benefit of land owners in this area of Moscow if the remodeled high school raised their property values do to making the downtown area more of a va!
lued destination for shopping and business. Would you also object to this? <BR><BR>I can see the logic in wanting to stop sprawl via keeping the high school downtown, but any publicly funded construction is going to use tax dollars that will benefit someone or some business at taxpayers expense.<BR><BR>Ted <SPAN class=correction id="">Moffett</SPAN><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_8d7fd361-38a7-498f-9eb2-776f8759f192 --></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>