<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<TITLE>Message</TITLE>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>Vision people (and illustrious City people),</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>After reading the articles in last night's Daily News (March 14) and
this morning's Lewiston Trib (March 15), it got me thinking (dangerous prospect,
I know).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>There was some talk about how there is the "physical" (but not
necessarily "legal" or "desirable") ability to connect water and
sewer to the proposed shopping center across the border (<A
href="http://www.hawkinscompanies.com/fliers/WA_Pullman_Hwy270_AirportRd_F.pdf">http://www.hawkinscompanies.com/fliers/WA_Pullman_Hwy270_AirportRd_F.pdf</A> --
for those who haven't seen it), and also talk of how allowing such a hookup
would be a "momentous decision." There are questions as to whether
the city of Moscow can even collect fees for allowing such a
hookup.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>I wonder how other places do it. The first place that popped into
my head was Kansas City Missouri/Kansas, which obviously straddles the border
between those two states. Then I started thinking about places in Idaho,
and two jump out at me: Oldtown ID/Newport WA up North, and Fruitland
ID/Ontario OR to the South. Lewiston/Clarkston would be a good example as
well, but I don't believe there is much sharing of infrastructure due to the
geographic seperation by the Snake River.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>Anyhow, these are probably only a miniscule few of such
communities. I think the City of Moscow should look at how things are done
in such cases to help guide them in making this work the best for everyone,
especially for Moscow. I hate to say it, but I think this development
across the border is inevitable, due to the Whitman County Commission's recent
turn toward retail development in the county. None of us have to like it,
but wouldn't it behoove the City of Moscow to do all they can to make it benefit
us as much as possible over here on the east side of the border?
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>Starting to hear a sucking sound from the west . . .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=562121417-15032006><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000
size=2>Dan Carscallen</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>