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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Once again the New Saint Andrews scheme machine is churning out the same tired old ideas to recreate Oxford on the cheap (minus the authenticity and breadth of knowledge in the celebrated British original) on Main St. in Moscow. I sent the following note to the BOA – which I would like to share with V2020. If you are planning to attend the hearing go early as you can bet the entire student body of NSA will be there (probably not wearing the silly Harry Potter gowns however.) For those not able to join in the packed room fun apparently the hearing is being streamed at: <a href="https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/Pages/tvchannel.aspx">https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/Pages/tvchannel.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Integrity Matters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The commercial business district was never intended to be a venue for a privately owned religious school to enjoy a seven hundred seat auditorium, school offices, music practice rooms and a racket ball cum exercise area. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Past behavior is often predictive of future actions. The NSA conditional use permit expansion request comes with a history that should be considered when assessing how New Saint Andrews administrators, leadership, and members of the affiliated church have responded to previous Conditional Use Permit requirements. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The New Saint Andrews Admissions web page, under the subheading “Housing” <a href="http://www.nsa.edu/admissions/housing/">http://www.nsa.edu/admissions/housing/</a> includes, in part, the following statement: “Most students’ board with Christian families…” Average costs for boarding are described as at least $400.00 a month, which are presented as less expensive than apartment living. Twelve years ago eighty plus students boarded with Christ Church families. I have attached that 2005 list with addresses of boarding houses at that time. Because the school has grown and continues to encourage boarding as a first choice for students, I am confident that that number has increased. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The city of Moscow requires all boarding houses in Moscow to apply for Conditional Use Permits. Ten years ago the city addressed complaints related to New Saint Andrews boarding houses. The issue received a great deal of publicity. It is unlikely that any home owners who are allied with New Saint Andrews are ignorant of the city requirement for boarding house operators to obtain a conditional use permit. In anticipation of tonight’s hearing I stopped by the Mann Building a few weeks ago to ask how many boarding house CUPs and been granted in the last ten years. The answer was one – and it was unrelated to New Saint Andrews. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Integrity matters, particularly when one applies to the city and by extension the community for the special privilege of a conditional use permit. Why should the Board of Adjustment, or, for that matter the community give any consideration to this current request when it has been abundantly clear for over ten years that the very group asking for this conditional use permit is knowingly and willfully in clear violation of other conditional use permit requirements. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Given the history of violations of the requirement for boarding house conditional use permits there is little doubt that these violations will increase if NSA is permitted to more than double their enrollment. It is my hope that members of the Board of Adjustment are mindful of this history as they consider the matter before them this evening. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Fortunately, the recent purchase of a land in north-eastern Moscow offers NSA a rare opportunity to visually reproduce their curriculum efforts to recreate a medieval scholastic tradition. Logos School has received a conditional use permit for the site. In addition to their plans for a K – 12 school, <u>after</u> securing the appropriate permission from the city they could also invite New Saint Andrews to join them. Perhaps they might consider including student dormitories which would also mitigate their tradition of non-compliant boarding houses. New Saint Andrews now has a golden opportunity to construct their very own version of a cathedral close right here in Moscow thus finally putting to rest all their ambitious out- of-compliance property notions in an appropriate, arguably, charming way.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>>>>>>>>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In the note to the BOA I included a list of boarding houses from 2005 Christ Church directory. I will not attach that here because if some home owners have moved from the homes listed in the church directory I would not want some innocent family tarred by the previous owners brush.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>It is also necessary to point out that since I sent the original list to the city Christ Church in 2005 Christ Church has stopped listing addresses for NSA students – or conceals them on-line for members access only. This is strictly an undercover operation. Do you suppose the revenue is accurately reported to the state and federal revenue services? For example, based on Doug Wilson’s own blog site he has four borders (which he typically has had for many years and at minimally $4,000 a head he’s bringing in 16 K a year. Multiply that by church wide boarders and the annual take is several hundred thousand dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“Sabbath Dinner<br></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>One of the things that makes this all go is the fact that Nancy is amazing. Every week we launch the Lord’s Day at 6 pm Saturday night. We have the two of us, three kids, their spouses, and seventeen grandkids. We bring my dad over for sabbath, which makes us a cool 26. <b>In the school year we have four boarders who usually join us</b>, which brings us to 30.” from Doug Wilson’s blog: <a href="https://dougwils.com/personal/dont-get-everything-done.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://dougwils.com/personal/dont-get-everything-done.html</span></a> [July 13, 2016]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“The College is a non-residential campus, meaning we provide no on-campus housing. <b>Most students board with local Christian families</b> or share apartments with other NSA students. . . Costs for boarding with local Christian families vary considerably, depending on the living and meal arrangements. Two bedroom apartments typically rent in the $500-$600 per month range, and duplexes and houses go for between $800 per month to $1,200 per month. On average, full-time students should expect to pay about $4,000 for room and board per academic year.” <a href="http://www.nsa.edu/admissions/housing"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.nsa.edu/admissions/housing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“Passed new zoning rules for “boarding houses” that do nothing to stop party houses, but <b>removes the freedom of owner-occupied family homes from showing hospitality to students—especially NSA students</b>—or missionaries—especially Mormons, others.” <a href="https://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/no-incumbents.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/no-incumbents.html</span></a> [10-27/07] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>These holy go pious jackasses really know how to represent Christianity in a powerfully good way, don’t they?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rosemary Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>