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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Visionaries:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>I’m sharing the “quick & dirty” comments I’ve emailed to the Board of Adjustment for the New St. Andrews Conditional Use Permit application hearing this evening. I’ve decided I’ll spare those in what might be a crowded room the . . . pleasure of my presence after being without running water since 7 AM </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#44546A'>J</span><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Saundra Lund<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 25, 2017 3:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> boa@ci.moscow.id.us; rcash@ci.moscow.id.us<br><b>Subject:</b> New St. Andrews Conditional Use Permit Public Hearing<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Dear Board of Adjustment Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>I am writing to urge you to vote NO on the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application submitted by New St. Andrews (NSA).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>First, I trust each of you has done your due diligence regarding NSA’s embarrassing zoning history in our town and are aware of the extensive history of zoning violations by this entity. Essentially, NSA was granted the initial CUP to avoid potential costly litigation because the City failed to notice what was going on under its nose right on Friendship Square. Not only had the building already been purchased, but significant money had been “invested” in renovating the building for NSA’s <b>unpermitted</b> use in the Central <b>Business</b> District, a bevy of activity that somehow escaped detection by the City until concerned citizens started asking questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>While I disagreed with the eventual decision to grant a CUP to NSA, I understood the complications of denying the (belated) CUP application and the black eye the City might have received from trying to shut the barn door long after the horse escaped.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>There are good reasons “educational institutions” are not a permitted use in our CBD and special permission in the form of a CUP is required. It seems a matter of common sense to me that special permission would be reserved for those who not only meet relevant criteria standards but <b>also</b> for entities that don’t have an extensive history of intentionally violating our community’s reasonable and lawful standards. Common sense dictates this is sufficient reason to deny NSA’s current CUP application to further expand downtown.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Second, I have significant concern about the wisdom of allowing a <b>second</b> CUP for a <b>single</b> special interest religious educational institution in our CBD. At what point will the line be drawn to keep our CBD a secular <b>business</b> district rather than a religious Main Street? There are important lessons to be learned from what happened in Antelope, OR and in Leith, ND, and I urge this Board to take the opportunity to shut the barn door <b>before</b> the horse escapes this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Third, I object to a <b>second</b> property in our CBD being removed not only from commercial use but also from the tax rolls for the benefit of a <b>single</b> religious educational institution. When property is removed from the tax rolls, the rest of we-the-people are providing forced subsidy, and in this instance, we are already subsidizing this religious educational institution in our vital CBD. It’s flatly unfair to ask taxpayers and business owners to accept the removal of a <b>second</b> significant downtown business property from the tax rolls for a <b>single</b> religious educational institution, particularly for a single religious educational institution that rejects essential “secular” values held by the vast majority of our community. As a community member, I’m aware that our City budget is tight enough that we often can’t afford even simple and inexpensive projects that would benefit the majority of our community, and it smacks of an entitled attitude when we as taxpayers are being asked to provide a <b>second</b> subsidy for a <b>single</b> religious institution downtown.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Finally, I am extremely concerned about the parking problems that will inevitably arise from allowing a <b>second</b> downtown location for <b>single</b> religious educational institution that’s expected to more than double its student enrollment where parking is already scarce. I’m not up-to-date on what current “parking surveys” may show, but I can speak from my personal experience: parking in the area of the proposed second CUP location is already scarce-to-absent at some times during some days. Further, the extensive work done by City staff doesn’t seem to take into account the high volume parking and traffic issues a 680 seat multi-use “music performance space” would regularly require, which I find puzzling. Perhaps City staff simply isn’t aware of the other private uses the space will likely be used for? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>For instance, NSA recently co-sponsored the Grace Agenda conference. Because it didn’t have its own facility in which to hold events, one of the venues used was the Church of the Nazarene. I don’t know how large that dedicated parking lot is, but it was virtually full and there was a significant increase in traffic on the surrounding streets from around 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM or so that Friday during the “women’s only” seminar. While I didn’t see it myself, I was told the situation was the same around Trinity Reformed Church during the “men’s only” seminar the same day. I’ve been told by folks who attend NSA, Christ Church, and/or Trinity Reformed and have read in online postings that they look forward to holding many similar large events in the new NSA space.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Because those “other” uses weren’t included in NSA’s CUP application, it seems likely City staff was unable to accurately and completely evaluate the traffic and parking impacts that would arise from approving a second CUP for NSA in the CBD. With incomplete/inaccurate information available, I urge the Board to reject NSA’s current CUP application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Thank you in advance for your consideration of my concerns, and thank you for the hard work you are tasked with accomplishing. I sincerely apologize for my lateness in submitting my concerns. I had planned to attend the hearing this evening to listen, learn, and hope some or all of my concerns might be addressed before offering testimony. Unfortunately, my neighborhood is without water today from 7 AM to 7 PM today, and while I was hopeful the work would be completed earlier, the lateness of the hour still without water convinces me my optimism was unrealistic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#44546A'><address deleted><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>