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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is truly quite simple:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tax-exempt, non—retail entities DO
NOT belong in what is probably the most prized location smack-dab in the middle
of the Central BUSINESS District. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'> “Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a
ride!'”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Pat Kraut<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 14, 2005
11:04 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Business
parking</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, if we get the NSA out and some other business goes in
then when we have trouble finding a parking spot we have no complaints? I have
lived here since 1962 and can tell you that the complaints about parking are
not new. It is one of the reasons the UI let the mall go in and that didn't
help either. The 1912 building razed would have provided some spots!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:joanopyr@earthlink.net" title="joanopyr@earthlink.net">Joan Opyr</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020
Moscow</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:lpall@moscow.com" title="lpall@moscow.com">Linda Pall</a> ; <a
href="mailto:nchaney@moscow.com" title="nchaney@moscow.com">Nancy Chaney</a> ; <a
href="mailto:lblackburn@turbonet.com" title="lblackburn@turbonet.com">Lois
Blackburn</a> ; <a href="mailto:johnd@moscow.com" title="johnd@moscow.com">John
Dickinson</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Wednesday,
December 14, 2005 7:03 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Vision2020]
Business parking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 14 Dec 2005, at 05:56,
g. crabtree wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>With regard to my brief answer to the question of allowing N.S.A. the
right to have it's students and staff park downtown, I really don't see how it
could confuse you. It strikes me as massively unfair to single them out for
some kind of burdensome parking restriction. All businesses downtown us up
parking to one degree or another. Restaurants, coffee shops, and apartments all
require parking. I suspect that residents at the Moscow Hotel use up far more
parking in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jackson</st1:place></st1:City>
st. lot than the school does and there is still plenty of left over spaces.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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The reason NSA should be "singled out" in terms of parking, Mr.
Crabtree, is because NSA is not a business. It is a college. Its students don't
park for an hour and then leave; they come and park for several hours. Some
park in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jackson</st1:place></st1:City>
lot all day. The businesses dependent on the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Jackson</st1:place></st1:City> lot -- Bookpeople, Paradise Creek
Bicycles, Sweet Peas and Sage, the Wild Hare, and the various restaurants in
the Central Business District need that parking for their customers. If people
can't find parking downtown, then people will stop shopping downtown. They'll
go instead to the mall.<br>
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U of I students and employees pay for the privilege of parking on campus. NSA
students pay nothing to park in the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Jackson
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> lot. What's more, their parking is
subsidized by the tax-paying businesses downtown. This is unfair; it's
detrimental to downtown retail; and it's a pain in the ass for both customers
and shop-keepers. According to city zoning ordinance, NSA should not be in the
Central Business District. If the code is amended to allow them to stay, then
something must be done to ensure that NSA's 150 to 200 students (their
projected growth) don't clog up parking for retail. Surely as the owner of the
Lock Shop in the Third Street Mall, you can appreciate having your business parking
hogged up by non-customers. For years, Food Co-Op customers parked in front of
your shop despite the clear signs asking them not to. (I didn't park in front
of your shop; I respected your signs advising me not to. I also didn't want to
be towed.)<br>
<br>
BTW, I apologize for suggesting you might benefit from a dose of Fletcher's
Castoria. My friend, Dr. Seuss, has advised me that re: the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Mack</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trailer Park</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
evictions, constipation is not your problem -- it's just that your heart is
four sizes too small. The good doctor suggests a diet of Roast Beast and a
rousing chorus of "Bah-hoo Doray" with Cindy Lou Who.<br>
<br>
Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<br>
www.joanopyr.com<br>
<br>
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