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<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
Steven -- I wondered if someone would pick up on this and run with
it...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
streets are a very real concern. And you are absolutely right about the
precedent being set.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>There
are other issues. The lots are 5,000 square feet, and some are much
smaller. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
biggest problem I have is not with the developer, however, but with the process
this has followed with the planning department.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
application has come in piecemeal, and keeps changing. The engineering
deaprtment originally had 23 items that needed correction, and suddenly, they
have "all" be rectified - but I can't see anywhere where these items have
actually been addressed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Parking in this development is going to be a
nightmare!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Anyone
want to talk about this? Contact me off list.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=234194415-06022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bev
Bafus</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Steven Basoa<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, 2007 4:22
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Basoa Steven<BR><B>Cc:</B>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow City Council
Monday Agenda<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 72px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px">When I first read the
City Council agenda I laughed when I saw item 6 (pasted below). Oh my, I
said, how sad. It looks like someone is planning a gated
community. How insecure these people must be to want a gated community
here in Moscow. Why? When I read Ms. Bafus' post (also below), I
laughed some more and said, I should have known. But my concern isn't so
much about a gated community but the proposed bending of the rules for
it. The lot sizes have been changed, that doesn't seem to be so
much of a problem but the last line of #6 bothers me. The "public street
standards have been waived due to the fact that the internal roadways are to
be private." This seems wrong on several levels. The city of
Moscow, Latah County and the state of Idaho all have their building and
planning codes and regulations for a reason. I may not agree with all of
them, but they are our standards. All roadways within the city
should be built to the current standards. This allows for greater
traffic control and movement of safety vehicles (ambulances, fire trucks,
etc). What if the current owners decide to pack it in and move
elsewhere? What if they decide to break up the gated community and allow
it to become a 'normal' part of the community? Then we would have yet
another section of town with narrow and inefficient streets. Where
else will the building codes and rules be altered to ease someone else's
burden? Sidewalks? Plumbing? Electric? And when
the next developer comes along and says, "Well, you changed the rules for
them, why not for me?" Where does it stop? I urge the city council
to not waive the public street standards. I urge the city leaders
(including, and maybe especially, the city managers) to stop playing fast and
loose with the city codes and zoning issues. Consistency and fair,
unbiased enforcement of the building codes should be the order of the
day. Instead it appears that spot zoning and the waiving of building
standards have become the norm. </DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 72px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px">It has been hard to
write this post and not digress into a tirade about the lack of intelligent
planning on the part of Moscow's city leaders of the past two decades. I
think the city desperately needs some sort of master plan for growth and
development. Otherwise we will continue to grow in the sprawling and
disconnected manner of the recent past. And that ain't good for
anyone except maybe a few developers and contractors.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 72px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px">SB</DIV>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face="Times New Roman" size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Public Hearing – Greensides
Hill Preliminary Plat – Andrew Ackerman</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">On January 10, 2007, the
Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of a Preliminary Plat
for division of approximately 8.2 acres of land into 37 single family lots on
the west side of N. Polk Extension called Greensides Hill. The land
currently consists of three parcels, each developed with a single family
residence and zoned medium density, single family residential (R-2). The
proposal Preliminary Plat has associated with it an approved Preliminary
Planned Unit Development. The R-2 Zoning District has a 7,000 square
foot minimum lot size for single-family residential lots. Via the PUD process
the lots have been permitted to be reduced from the minimum standard.
Additionally, public street standards have been waived due to the fact that
the internal roadways are to be private.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV>On Feb 2, 2007, at 10:28 PM, Bev Bafus wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>For
anyone concerned about the direction of growth in the City of
Moscow.....</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>And
especially concerned about the way we allow growth in infill areas (lots
surrounded by city that are undeveloped or
underdeveloped).......</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>And
concerned about the capricious and inconsistent treatment of proposals by City
of Moscow Planning & Development........</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007>Please attend this meeting on
Monday.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>Pay
attention to the public hearing - item #6.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>This
is land on North Polk Street.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007>These parcels are owned by Mike & Linda Hoffman,
Doug & Nancy Wilson, and Matt & Laura Gray.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=906112306-03022007>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=906112306-03022007>Bev
Bafus</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=906112306-03022007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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