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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle
Editor [mailto:editor@lataheagle.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 09, 2006
12:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mark Solomon<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Council
Must Reject Rezone<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=936312719-09052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I may
be there, but that is the week my daughter is graduating high school and we'll
have family here from out of state.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=936312719-09052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As for
her graduation, I'd like to state a line from "Clash of the
Titans"......"Release the Kracken!!" as she takes her place in the adult
world.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=936312719-09052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
luck everyone, you are going to need it with this hardheaded, opinionated,
sarcastic and<SPAN class=808271620-09052006> , </SPAN> might I add
intelligent and beautifu<SPAN class=808271620-09052006> l, </SPAN>young
lady free to roam the world.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=936312719-09052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=936312719-09052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>soon
to be an empty nester</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mark Solomon
[mailto:msolomon@moscow.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor; Vision2020@Moscow.
Com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject
Rezone<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I agree with you entirely on the zoning/diversification issues. That's
why I have argued for decades that the City is shooting itself in the foot
every time it rezones Light Industrial ground to some commercial zone and why
we have asked for the Comp Plan map for the Thompson land to be designated in
part as Light Industrial.</DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, there is a hearing in front of p&z 5/24 to rezone another
8.5 acres from Light Industrial to Motor Business. This time it's the area
around the Renaissance Mall between 3rd, A, Line and Lieuallen. See you there,
Kai?</DIV>
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size=+1>http://www.moscow.id.us/PublicNotices/PubNotice.asp</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Mark</DIV>
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<DIV>At 11:18 AM -0700 5/9/06, Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>My
point is there are worse things to put in besides retail.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=-1>Frankly the smell of cattle doesn't bother me, I've wound up face
down in a wet barnyard too many times. Frankly I find the cookie cutter
housing developments a bigger scourge.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>This
town needs to get its eggs diversified between retail, both local and
national, ag, some type of manufacturing and the university. Right now, it
seems as though everyone wants to throw all their eggs into the university
basket.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>What
happens when the grants fail to materialize or cutbacks are forced by less
taxpayer money? The UI is a hurting institution, BSU is rapidly overtaking
it as the state's premier public college. It is going to feel the squeeze of
competition by BYU as it expands it program in S. Idaho.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=-1>Relying too much one one industry is not a smart move.</FONT><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=-1>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mark
Solomon [mailto:msolomon@moscow.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 09, 2006
10:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor; Vision2020@Moscow.
Com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Council Must Reject
Rezone</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Except for that little water right detail. The county
appropriately took care of that when they adopted their Moscow Sub-basin
groundwater ordinance which limits the amount of animals at any confined
facility in the sub-basin. Theoretically, this would not be an issue in
the City either if they had followed their own code and rezoned the
Thompson property when annexed to Farm-Ranch Transitional which does not
allow dairy operations except as a conditional use on parcels larger than
20 acres and facilities located more than 500' from a property
line.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>The point I'm trying to make here, Kai, is flip statements
regarding community planning and zoning issues usually don't
work.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Mark</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>m.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>At 10:28 AM -0700 5/9/06, Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=-1>Ok, so put in a dairy.....same effect</FONT><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=-1>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Mark Solomon [mailto:msolomon@moscow.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May
08, 2006 6:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor;
Vision2020@Moscow. Com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Council
Must Reject Rezone</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Kai,<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Actually, they can't (put in a feedlot). The city zoning
code does not allow for feedlots. Even before last June's landowner
requested annexation, when it was in the county, city rules would have
still applied as it is in the Area of City Impact.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><FONT color=#000000>B. Permitted Principal Uses
and<BR>Structures:<BR>1. Agriculture, including the
raising,<BR>harvesting, and selling of crops; on-site<BR>storage of
grain and seed; the raising<BR>and sale of livestock or
poultry;<BR>dairying and sale of dairy products; and<BR>other similar
agricultural, horticultural,<BR>or animal husbandry uses,
excluding<BR>feedlots with more than twenty
(20)</FONT></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><FONT
color=#000000>animals.</FONT></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>As for purchasing the land and keeping it green space,
word on the street is Frank Bennett, who lives on the adjoining
property, made Thompson's an offer but was refused. I'm afraid I don't
have Frank's ear so have not been able to personally
verify.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Mark Solomon<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>At 4:08 PM -0700 5/8/06, Kai Eiselein, LatahEagle Editor
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Of course, the Thompsons could keep
it agricultural and put a feedlot there.<BR>It has good drainage,
power to the property and easy highway access
for<BR>semi-trucks.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>The odor would be in keeping with Moscow's "rural
ambience".</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Be careful what you wish
for................<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com<BR>[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Dan Carscallen<BR>Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:43
PM<BR>To: 'Moscow Vision 2020'<BR>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Council
Must Reject Rezone<BR><BR><BR>Tom says:<BR>"One suggestion to
maintain a large portion of Moscow's "green"ery would<BR>be not to
pave a 77-acre parcel that may evolve into nothing more than
a<BR>weed-infested blacktop eye-sore."<BR><BR>Another
suggestion: The best "zoning" is "owning". You want to
keep it<BR>"green", buy the
sucker.<BR><BR>DC<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR> List
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