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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know what would make you say that. Colton
was certainly willing to work with Hawkins on water. Whitman Co. is floating a
9+ million dollar bond to help out. They certainly made no protest to any
of the proposed water right transfers. Judging from what I read on various
internet sites the people of Pullman (aside from the usual suspects) are
supportive of the development. Sounds like a neck being stuck out to
me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Saundra Lund" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "'Jeff Harkins'" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jeffh@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; "'Kenneth
Marcy'" <</FONT><A href="mailto:kmmos1@verizon.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>kmmos1@verizon.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>; <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:46
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Advanced Real Estate
Question</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi Jeff & Other Interested Visionaries,<BR><BR>I'm at risk for going
over the V2020 voluntarily daily posting limit, but .<BR>. . I think this will
slide in under the voluntary wire :-)<BR><BR>I, too. Found Ken Marcy's
suggestion intriguing, but I'm wondering why you<BR>think ID land would be more
likely to be purchased by WA? After all,<BR>neither Pullman, Whitman
County, nor any other WA entity was willing to<BR>stick their necks out to
provide water and/or sewer services to the Hawkins<BR>development ostensibly to
be located in the state of Washington . . . <BR><BR><BR>Saundra Lund<BR>Moscow,
ID<BR><BR>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
do<BR>nothing.<BR>~ Edmund Burke<BR><BR>***** Original material contained herein
is Copyright 2008 through life plus<BR>70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy,
forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside<BR>the Vision 2020 forum without the
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[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>On Behalf Of Jeff Harkins<BR>Sent:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:38 PM<BR>To: Kenneth Marcy; </FONT><A
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size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Advanced Real Estate Question<BR><BR>Ken,<BR><BR>Interesting idea,
but the economics favor a purchase of Moscow by <BR>Washington. Maybe you
could spearhead that project. Pullman has <BR>industry, a PAC10
University, an airport, a new four lane highway and <BR>a desire to expand their
opportunities for prosperity.<BR><BR>At 03:00 PM 2/11/2008, you wrote:<BR>>On
Monday 11 February 2008 13:40, g. crabtree wrote:<BR>> > The most glaring
problem I see with this plan would have to be that the<BR>> > land in
question doesn't belong to the State of Washington, it belongs<BR>to<BR>>
> Hawkins. I can not imagine a circumstance where by they would be
anxious<BR>> > to sell their property other than to offer them an obscene
amount of the<BR>> > tax payers money. As to adjusting the
Idaho/Washington boundary, under<BR>> > what scenario would that be
advantageous to Whitman County much less<BR>> > Washington
State?<BR>><BR>>Good questions. I am not suggesting that Hawkins give up
their bundle of<BR>>rights to the land they now have. What I am suggesting is
that the State of<BR>>Washington sell a portion of its domain of statehood to
the State of Idaho,<BR>>thus moving the boundary between the states. By
domain of statehood I mean<BR>>a right held by the state, not by an
individual property owner, to claim a<BR>>particular parcel of land as part
of that state. I suggest this is a<BR>>separate property right, distinct from
Hawkins' ownership interest, that<BR>>can be transferred for consideration,
$1 or more, as agreed, between the<BR>>states.<BR>><BR>>Why would
Washington state want to do that? Because it is the right thing,<BR>>the
moral thing to do to avoid Latah county and Moscow city residents
being<BR>>forced, de facto, to subsidize development over which they have
inadequate<BR>>legal control. If the State of Washington wants some sort of
monetary<BR>>adjustment for its right of domain of statehood over the parcel,
I think<BR>>that value can be assessed and agreed upon by the parties, i.e.,
the<BR>>states, in consultation with the local entities.<BR>><BR>>Why
would Whitman county want to assent to such a plan? Well, for starters,<BR>>I
understand that it would take quite a bit of utility investment
to<BR>>properly serve that property if state lines, and various fresh water
and<BR>>waste water regulations, were honored in letter as well as in spirit.
Said<BR>>another way, the combination of Hawkins Development Group and
Whitman<BR>>county property tax payers can save a pile of dollars if more
realistic<BR>>engineering plans can be brought to bear on the proposed
project.<BR>>Unfortunately, at the moment, such more realistic plans put
Idaho Palouse<BR>>residents at some considerable disadvantage. Assuming the
Idaho Palousites<BR>>can persuade themselves not to give away the barn and
the bathtub inside,<BR>>some other more equitable plan, that also happens to
be more physically<BR>>realistic, needs to be devised.<BR>><BR>> >
What would make much more sense would be for all the folks who do
not<BR>> > wish to see this piece of property to be developed to pool
their<BR>> > resources and acquire the land themselves. Then it would be
100% up to<BR>> > them what happens on the land. Of course I suspect that
Hawkins will<BR>take<BR>> > the profit from the sale and simply acquire an
even larger parcel of<BR>land<BR>> > in or near the corridor and the
process will start anew.<BR>><BR>>No.<BR>><BR>>There may be folks
who would prefer to not see the Moscow-Pullman corridor<BR>>developed.
Unfortunately for the prospect of their prevalent success, I<BR>>think they
may be related to King Canute, who is reported to have commanded<BR>>the tide
to not come in, with predictable disobedience from the sea. In<BR>>other
words, given that the corridor will be developed, the relevant<BR>>questions
relate to how best to accomplish the larger, overall project<BR>>without
putting one group of citizens at inequitable disadvantage.<BR>><BR>> >
Mean while the folks with the newly acquired land that they recently<BR>>
> rescued can relocate their homes to their new, hard won purchase.
Of<BR>> > course residential development will unquestionably use up
a<BR>significantly<BR>> > greater amount of water then the previous
development ever would have...<BR>><BR>>This prospect is a good reason why
the entire overall corridor development<BR>>should be looked at as a regional
planning project, at least, and should<BR>>have the open public consideration
of all of the relevant stakeholders<BR>>whose interests are affected. Surely
that includes more than just a few<BR>>present or near future property
holders in the immediate area or adjacent<BR>>to this
parcel.<BR>><BR>><BR>>Ken<BR>><BR>>=======================================================<BR>>
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