vision2020@moscow.com: Re: The Crime Revisited

Re: The Crime Revisited

Bill London (london@wsunix.wsu.edu)
Fri, 15 Dec 1995 06:35:51 -0800 (PST)

pam--
sorry, but I'm with fritz on this one. individually, elected
officials and staff may be concerned/traumatized by the tons (TONS) of
soil headed downstream across the Palouse, but the local
governments/powers-that-be are quite content to let the soil go away as
long as the money flows too.
BL

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Pam Palmer wrote:

> Fritz-
>
> I do not think that "the City of Moscow WANTS developers to act this way".
> Gary Presol will be giving a report to Public Works at 7 a.m. on Monday
> (Dec. 18) on the status of the Erosion Control language that he has been
> working on. Before the Council acts on anything, it needs to go through
> the Technical Code Review committee. I believe that it will help the
> Council to have this kind of technical review before we decide to make a
> new law.
>
> I also do not agree that "On the Palouse, local governments simply do not
> care about erosion or the water pollution that results from erosion."
>
> Pam Palmer
> Chair, Public Works Committee
> Moscow City Council
>
>
>
> On 12/14/95, Fritz Knorr wrote:
> >
> >Perhaps in the interim, there could be a site erosion control code in the
> >Moscow and Latah building codes. The EPA got involved because there is no
> >local law against what happened. The is no erosion control element in any
> >local laws.
> >
> >On the Palouse, local governments simply do not care about erosion or the
> >water pollution that results from erosion.
> >
> >In this case, the developer followed and obeyed ALL local code and
> >regulations. He did not break any local code or regulation. The City of
> >Moscow WANTS developers to act this way.
> >
> >Fritz
>
>
>


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