"Please sir, can I have some more?"<br> <br> -------<font size="-1">Charles Dickens<br> <br> </font>How many parking spaces does each entity downtown suppose to get? How much does each downtown business pay into the maintenance, repair and enforcement of parking regulations?<br> <br> I think if a downtown establishment pays a great deal, they should get more spaces, if they pay little, they should have fewer spaces.<br> <br> If they pay nothing, they should not complain at all and be thankful they get free parking. Most other businesses, ones not downtown, in our community have to pay a fortune to make, clean, repair, and maintain their own parking spots. If a business person is getting this service for FREE courtesy of the Moscow taxpayer, including those that d!
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shop downtown, they have no room to complain about there not being enough. <br> <br> I say your problem with downtown is not how little room there is for MORE cars, it is that there are TOO MANY cars. Shut downtown off from cars, use trolleys and shuttles around the center of town. The campus did it. We don't need 20,000 cars and trucks zooming around a town only 2 miles by 4 miles; it is silly and wasteful. If the city made vehicular travel more cumbersome and public and pedestrain transportation more accessible they would see stock in the downtown area rise. I hate transportation downtown, you cannot access idowntown because of all the cars and congestion. And the cars really detract from the otherwise pleasant shopping experience downtown. Downtown was not designed to hold all that traffic and shove cars in like sardines. It is much easier and safer to go to the mall when downtown gets abused with that much traffic and congestion. <br> <br> _DJA<br><br><!
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Ford <privatejf32@hotmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Good post...however, it leaves out Mr. Atwoods own words that they have <br>received "signifcant numbers of applications" for attendance at NSA. This <br>coupled with the fact that NO school can stay at a small number of FTE's and <br>survive their accreditation reviews IMPLIES that they will be increasing. <br>Now, they are planning on expanding into other states:<br><br>NOTE: Atwoods "State of The College" has been changed on-line, so the <br>referenced above statement is no longer available. But, it clearly was <br>there in Feb, when I first made comments on it.<br><br>However, it has been replaced by this statement by Attwood:<br><br>"With the Colleges remarkable success and growth in demand, and in keeping <br>with our commitment to a limited enrollment model at any one location <br>(keeping enrollmen!
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200 FTE students), New Saint Andrews is pleased to <br>announce that we have begun planning for the establishment of several sister <br>colleges elsewhere around the country. We should begin to see the first <br>fruits of this planning, Lord willing, within the next 3-5 years."<br><br>Parking is NOT the only issue that should be focused on regarding NSA's CUP. <br> It is just another smoke-screen NSA/CC is using to confuse the real issue <br>- that being, NSA intends to stay despite their illegal occupation in a <br>building that is NOT zoned to house a college.<br><br><br>J :]<br><br><br><br><br>>From: "Bill London" <london @moscow.com=""><br>>To: <vision2020 @moscow.com=""><br>>Subject: [Vision2020] parking downtown again<br>>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:44:34 -0800<br>><br>>Yes, again, the issue is parking in downtown Moscow and ultimately the <br>>viability of downtown retail.<br>><br>>The New St. Andrews College (NSA) PR machine has been worki!
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overtime to <br>>confuse Moscow residents about the issues involved. In a recent letter to <br>>local businesses (available at <br>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/NSA/hieronymus_letter.htm ), NSA claims that <br>>they use "fewer parking places than the previous occupant of the building."<br>><br>>That is incorrect and intentionally misleading.<br>><br>>That previous occupant was Verizon (earlier GTE). Years ago, GTE had <br>>hundreds of workers at their three buildings (on Howard Street by the <br>>American Legion Cabin, on E Street by Rosauers, and downtown). About 100 <br>>worked downtown in the years before Verizon closed down that site.<br>><br>>In this same PR letter, NSA claims to presently have 140 students and 17 <br>>staff. They also clearly state that they have plans to expand to 200 <br>>students and 25 staff.<br>><br>>Comparing the two, NSA will have twice as many people in their downtown <br>>building - and!
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likely twice as many automobiles seeking parking places <br>>- as the former occupant of that space.<br>><br>>Plus, NSA conveniently ignored the fact that GTE/Verizon provided a private <br>>parking lot for its employees (on Jackson Street, by the present San <br>>Miguel's Tacos).<br>><br>>This parking issue is crucial to the future of Moscow's downtown, and the <br>>public will have a last opportunity to comment at the Board of Adjustment <br>>hearing, Tuesday, March 28, 7pm, city council chambers. In addition, <br>>written comments may be hand-delivered to the Community Development <br>>Department, 221 East 2nd Street, before the hearing for those who can not <br>>attend. The hearing focuses on whether or not to grant a Conditional Use <br>>Permit to allow NSA to be in that retail zone downtown.<br>><br>>For the future of Moscow, an enforced condition for that permit should <br>>require that NSA provide a parking lot for it!
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and students.<br>><br>>That will help solve our downtown parking problem, and at least make NSA's <br>>impact and contribution equal to what GTE provided.<br>><br>><br>><br>>BL<br><br><br>>_____________________________________________________<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! <br>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/<br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net !
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