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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did I miss something? Why are you posting this info
about Mack? Is it another zone problem?</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=joanopyr@earthlink.net href="mailto:joanopyr@earthlink.net">Joan
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:53
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] More on City
Councilwoman JoAnn Mack's son, Dan</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>October 16, 2003<BR><I>Moscow-Pullman Daily
News<BR><BR></I>Moscow landowner has plans for new trailer park; Evictions
will precede construction.<BR>By Hillary Hamm<BR> <BR>Dan Mack doesn’t
want to be a “slumlord.” Mack said he bought Renaissance Park, a 15-space
trailer park east of Moscow in 2001 as an investment. He did not expect to
pick up trash and maintain trailers that aren’t his. He wants to demolish the
park and start from scratch. “This park is going to fall apart,” Mack said.
“There’s a year or two years until this thing is really going to be a problem.
Some of these trailers really aren’t worth anything.”<BR><BR>By next year,
Mack said he expects to have 36 new two- and three-bedroom, single-wide homes
in place. In order to begin construction, Mack must first clear the existing
park by evicting all the tenants. “When and if this development happens, these
trailers have to go, whether people are living in them or not,” he said. “Once
we develop it, the lot they’re sitting on is going to be worth more than it is
right now.”<BR><BR>Thirteen of the park’s trailers are owned by independent
landlords, while the remaining two are owned by the people who live in them.
As development furthers, landlords will have 120 days to move their trailers
off the property. Latah County Deputy Prosecutor Robin Eckmann said Mack is
within his rights to evict tenants. Mack has to provide tenants with a written
90-day notice that indicates he doesn’t want to renew the lease agreement. He
also doesn’t have to provide a reason for eviction. “I’m not aware of any law
violations based on my knowledge of this,” Eckmann said. “I’m not aware of any
illegal conduct.”<BR><BR>A number of residents of the park recently sent
letters to Latah County commissioners to voice their opposition to the future
development. Residents of the park and owners of trailers declined to comment
to the <I>Daily News</I>. Mack said he purchased the park with the best of
intentions: to clean it up and provide a better living environment for
tenants. “It’s an investment that I want to make. I think there’s a need for
more family type housing out here,” he said. “What I’m trying to do will
benefit everyone.”<BR><BR>But Mack said the project has been frustrating
because the park is located in the area of city impact. The 10,818-acre impact
area surrounds the city of Moscow and is designated for future city growth.
The city and county have been in negotiations for the last six months
regarding how the area is to be governed. <B>City codes will be enforced in
the area, said Moscow Assistant City Planner Bill Belknap.</B><BR><BR>Belknap
said Mack went through the city process and his project has been recommended
to the county for approval. The recommendation comes with some conditions.
Mack must widen the internal roads of the park and provide a stormwater
detention pond, Belknap said. “It went fairly well,” Belknap said of Mack’s
discussions with the city. “It’s a pretty long process.”<BR><BR>Mack said he
feels he is being given the run-around by the city and county on what he can
and cannot do on his property. “I’m trying to meet two entities of governing
that have two vehicles of governing that don’t mesh,” Mack said. “I’m caught
between two different things right now.”<BR><BR>Mack had his first meeting
with the county Tuesday. Commissioners and county planning and building
officials will review Mack’s request. Also on Tuesday, Mack approached
commissioners about leasing a 1-acre parcel of county-owned land. Mack would
like to lease the parcel for $1 to meet city code and to increase the
aesthetics of the park. The parcel is adjacent to the park, on the corner of
Carmichael Road and the Troy Highway. Commissioners have not made a
decision.<BR><BR>The land, Mack said, would meet his requirements for a
trailer park recreation area and provide visitors to the Latah Trail a place
to rest. Mack said he would invest nearly $60,000 into the project for grass,
trees and maintenance of the parcel. “We want this to be a nice park,” he
said. “No matter what happens, if this is developed it would be a benefit to
my tenants.” Mack has begun to build a new pump station and replace water
mains to increase the water potability on the 5-acre park. The project has
cost him more than $20,000.<BR> <BR>Mack said he intends to give both the
landlords and residents ample warning to move out, but because of a stop and
start work schedule, he can’t give them much more information. “We don’t have
anything to tell them,” he said. “I would like to tell them (to leave) and get
moving on this. They’re going to have to go sooner or later.”<BR><BR>Clearing
the trailer park may not be easy. Under city code, trailers built before 1976
must meet certain window, wiring and plumbing requirements before being moved.
Mack said many of the trailers in his park are old and may pose problems. “I
really don’t feel it’s my responsibility to take care of these people after
they chose to move there,” he said. “But I’m sure some of them will figure out
that it would be cheaper to leave their trailer. And at what point do people
feel sorry for the landlord who has to move all their
junk?”<BR><BR>Regardless, Mack said he intends to go ahead with the
development and finish the job. “We’re trying to fix these things, but we
can’t do it with the trailers there,” he said. “Something has to be done one
way or another, and I’d just as soon develop it than patch it up as it is.
What we have now is a dilapidated park. I’m getting nickled and dimed out of
this.”<BR> <?fontfamily><?param Helvetica><BR><?/fontfamily>
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