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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Visionaries-<br>
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Here are a couple of items on Monday’s council agenda that I’d like
some comments on.<br>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>9. </span></font><u><font
size=2 color="#993300"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993300'>Large Scale
Retail Development Regulations and Permit Process – Joel Plaskon<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color="#993300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993300'>Because of
the possibility of large scale retail developments for Moscow, discussions have
begun regarding development standards and process requirements regulating large
scale retail developments. The Moscow Zoning Code currently does not
contain maximum floor area ratio (FAR) requirements, lot coverage requirements,
or maximum building square footage limits. With the national trend toward
large retail warehouse-type stores and in light of Moscow’s growth and
economic climate, it is probable that Moscow will see such a development
proposal in the future. These types of developments, because of their
large scale, have traffic, economic, and visual impacts which may be deserving
of their own development criteria. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There are two questions that I’d ask everyone –
1) should there be separate development standards for stores above a certain
size, and 2) if development standards are a good idea they may take a while to
create, so as a stop gap measure should we modify our current process so that a
public hearing is required for every application for a building above a certain
size (one way to do this would be to require a conditional use permit for
larger buildings)? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 color="#993300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993300'>10. <u>Request
for Funds for the Virtues Project – Dan Weaver</u><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color="#993300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#993300'>The City of
Moscow Human Rights Commission requests funding to support the Virtues Project.
Current plans include having a working team established in June that includes
community mentors and partners from within the community. Funding would pay for
training for the mentors, material and other expenses associated with the
Virtues Project.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am interested in hearing about your thoughts on the
Virtues Project (<a href="http://www.virtuesproject.com/">http://www.virtuesproject.com/</a>)
There are modest costs associated with this program, but I am most interested
in hearing comments about the value of the project itself. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Dickinson<br>
Moscow City Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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