<DIV>As a matter of compassion, I think it would be appropriate for us to ask ourselves, "what can we do to help these people who will be evicted?" <BR><BR><B><I>J Ford <privatejf32@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I think you're missing one of the main concerns here, Tom.<BR><BR>Mr. Mack went to the county, asked for and received a break on the water <BR>because he said he was trying to do right by his tenants and then in less <BR>time than it takes to run to a land developer, basically back-stabs those <BR>same tenants by evicting them and deeming them less than desireables.<BR><BR>The APPEARANCE is that Mr. Mack had a plan in mind from the beginning <BR>regarding his land and went about it in a very harmful and hurtful <BR>manner...the PEOPLE of those trailers are not his concern - the land is.<BR><BR>Feel sorry for him is you must, but remember that onc!
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the poor are <BR>the ones paying the price for some greedy so-n-so's wants.<BR><BR>J ;)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>>From: Tom Ivie <THE_IVIES3@YAHOO.COM><BR>>To: Vision2020 Moscow <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More on City Councilwoman JoAnn Mack's son, Dan<BR>>Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 09:27:22 -0800 (PST)<BR>><BR>>One person's junk is another person's home. It would be interesting to see <BR>>how many of the tenants are single mothers or low income retired. That <BR>>being said, it is well within his rights as a property owner to do what he <BR>>wants to his property. It also would be interesting to see how many of the <BR>>"independent landlords" will give adequate notice to their tenants. You <BR>>see, technically, Mr. Mack only has to give eviction notice to the owner of <BR>>the trailers. It will be up to those owners to give notice to their <BR>>tenants. Hopefully they read the newspaper and see the writing on the wa!
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<BR>>so they can prepare for it.<BR>><BR>> I feel bad for the two owners that actually live in their trailers but <BR>>not for the slumlords that are "individual landlords." There certainly <BR>>will be no trailer park willing to take their trailers because they are too <BR>>old. But this certainly poses a problem for Mr. Mack too. The owners are <BR>>forced to abandon the trailers because there is no where to move them to <BR>>and even if there was, they would be required to purchase new windows that <BR>>would cost more than the trailer is even worth. So what does Mr. Mack do <BR>>with them? He will have to pay someone to come in and haul them away. <BR>>Then he will likely have to pay someone to take them off of his hands as <BR>>well. There aren't any trailer junk yards like we have for cars.<BR>><BR>> As I sit here and type this, I am starting to feel for Mr. Mack and see <BR>>his point on this. Four to six months is certain!
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than fair notice. <BR>>Plus only two of the people who live there actually own their trailer. <BR>>Honestly, his investment in this park appears to be a "money pit" and will <BR>>take some development for him to get out of it.<BR>><BR>>Joan Opyr <JOANOPYR@EARTHLINK.NET>wrote:<BR>> October 16, 2003<BR>>Moscow-Pullman Daily News<BR>><BR>>Moscow landowner has plans for new trailer park; Evictions will precede<BR>>construction.<BR>>By Hillary Hamm<BR>><BR>>Dan Mack doesn’t want to be a “slumlord.” Mack said he bought<BR>>Renaissance Park, a 15-space trailer park east of Moscow in 2001 as an<BR>>investment. He did not expect to pick up trash and maintain trailers<BR>>that aren’t his. He wants to demolish the park and start from scratch.<BR>>“This park is going to fall apart,” Mack said. “There’s a year or two<BR>>years until this thing is really going to be a problem. Some of these<BR>>trailers really aren’t worth
anything.”<BR>><BR>>By next year, Mack said he expects to have 36 new two- and<BR>>three-bedroom, single-wide homes in place. In order to begin<BR>>construction, Mack must first clear the existing park by evicting all<BR>>the tenants. “When and if this development happens, these trailers have<BR>>to go, whether people are living in them or not,” he said. “Once we<BR>>develop it, the lot they’re sitting on is going to be worth more than<BR>>it is right now.”<BR>><BR>>Thirteen of the park’s trailers are owned by independent landlords,<BR>>while the remaining two are owned by the people who live in them. As<BR>>development furthers, landlords will have 120 days to move their<BR>>trailers off the property. Latah County Deputy Prosecutor Robin Eckmann<BR>>said Mack is within his rights to evict tenants. Mack has to provide<BR>>tenants with a written 90-day notice that indicates he doesn’t want to<BR>>renew the lease agreement. He a!
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doesn’t have to provide a reason for<BR>>eviction. “I’m not aware of any law violations based on my knowledge of<BR>>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<BR>>commissioners to voice their opposition to the future development.<BR>>Residents of the park and owners of trailers declined to comment to the<BR>>Daily News. Mack said he purchased the park with the best of<BR>>intentions: to clean it up and provide a better living environment for<BR>>tenants. “It’s an investment that I want to make. I think there’s a<BR>>need for more family type housing out here,” he said. “What I’m trying<BR>>to do will benefit everyone.”<BR>><BR>>But Mack said the project has been frustrating because the park is<BR>>located in the area of city impact. The 10,818-acre impact area<BR>>surrounds the city of Moscow and is designated for future city
growth.<BR>>The city and county have been in negotiations for the last six months<BR>>regarding how the area is to be governed. City codes will be enforced<BR>>in the area, said Moscow Assistant City Planner Bill Belknap.<BR>><BR>>Belknap said Mack went through the city process and his project has<BR>>been recommended to the county for approval. The recommendation comes<BR>>with some conditions. Mack must widen the internal roads of the park<BR>>and provide a stormwater detention pond, Belknap said. “It went fairly<BR>>well,” Belknap said of Mack’s discussions with the city. “It’s a pretty<BR>>long process.”<BR>><BR>>Mack said he feels he is being given the run-around by the city and<BR>>county on what he can and cannot do on his property. “I’m trying to<BR>>meet two entities of governing that have two vehicles of governing that<BR>>don’t mesh,” Mack said. “I’m caught between two different things right<BR>>now.”<BR>><BR>>!
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his first meeting with the county Tuesday. Commissioners and<BR>>county planning and building officials will review Mack’s request. Also<BR>>on Tuesday, Mack approached commissioners about leasing a 1-acre parcel<BR>>of county-owned land. Mack would like to lease the parcel for $1 to<BR>>meet city code and to increase the aesthetics of the park. The parcel<BR>>is adjacent to the park, on the corner of Carmichael Road and the Troy<BR>>Highway. Commissioners have not made a decision.<BR>><BR>>The land, Mack said, would meet his requirements for a trailer park<BR>>recreation area and provide visitors to the Latah Trail a place to<BR>>rest. Mack said he would invest nearly $60,000 into the project for<BR>>grass, trees and maintenance of the parcel. “We want this to be a nice<BR>>park,” he said. “No matter what happens, if this is developed it would<BR>>be a benefit to my tenants.” Mack has begun to build a new pump station<BR>>and repla!
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mains to increase the water potability on the 5-acre<BR>>park. The project has cost him more than $20,000.<BR>><BR>>Mack said he intends to give both the landlords and residents ample<BR>>warning to move out, but because of a stop and start work schedule, he<BR>>can’t give them much more information. “We don’t have anything to tell<BR>>them,” he said. “I would like to tell them (to leave) and get moving on<BR>>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<BR>>built before 1976 must meet certain window, wiring and plumbing<BR>>requirements before being moved. Mack said many of the trailers in his<BR>>park are old and may pose problems. “I really don’t feel it’s my<BR>>responsibility to take care of these people after they chose to move<BR>>there,” he said. “But I’m sure some of them will figure out that it<BR>>would be cheaper to leave their traile!
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