Present: Fritz Knorr, John Norton, Barry Ramsay, Miriam Abraham, Jay
Pengilly, Bill London, Bert Cross, Judy Brown, Joel Plaskon, Doro9thy Thomas,
Steve Cooke, Nels Reese, Priscilla Salant, Kenton Bird.
Priscilla reported on 2020's proposal to study changes in the population and
economy of Whitman and Latah County. This would be a follow-up to the
"Why is Moscow Growing?" study conducted in 1995. (KB and PS have written
a memo to the regional quarterly breakfast meeting of local officials
asking for comments on this idea.)
Patricia Limerick: 2020 agreed to be a co-sponsor of a mock divorce trial
at the UI law school on Friday, April 12, featuring University of Colorado
historian P. Limerick. The trial dramatizes conflict bet3ween urban and
rural areas in the West.
Steering committee: This currently consists of Priscilla Salant and Mark
Becker. kenton has been filling in since Susan Palmer resigned. (Bill
London has agreed to rejoin the committee July 1 and serve to the end of
1996.) At least one additional person is needed, especially if Priscilla
is appointed to the Moscow Planning & Zoning Commission. If you're
interested in helping to plan and coordinate 2020 events, please contact
me (kbird@wsu.edu) or Priscilla (salant@wsu.edu).
Business park series: Everyone agreed that the 3-part series in late
January and early February was a good format to explain the proposed
Business/Technology Park. It was a good model of a collaborative effort
at involving the public, co-sponsored by the EDC and Vision 2020.
Suggestions for future series:
1. Population growth and demographics.
2. Solid waste and recycling, rates and service levels.
3. Future of downtown Moscow (panel involving merchants & landlords)
4. Mountainview Road: how to build community consensus for improvements.
5. The Palouse Path (bicycle trail connecting Moscow & Pullman).
6. EDC projects: industrial zoning in Latah County
7. Future of Whitworth Building. (note: Friends of Whitworth will sponsor
a public forum on this topic April 25.)
8. Who decides on how and where we grow? (Does current policy reflect
community values on how big we should be/?)
9. Is Moscow process-impaired? (the missing link between values and
policy... related to #8)
Residential development -- ways to implement ideas of Michael Riehm,
Randall Arendt and others:
1) Latah Planning commission town meetings on rural residential zoning.
2) Moscow Linear Park task force
3) Palouse Land Trust (John Norton gave a brief overview of the Trust's
objectives and strategies)
4) Moscow P&Z comprehensive plan revision, especially sections on
transportation, land use, environment/natural resources, parks/recreation.
There was a lot of discussion about how to keep these issues on the public
agenda, but no volunteers came forward to pursue any of the public forum
ideas. If you have an interest in one ot these topics and would be
interested in setting up a single program or a series, please contact
Priscilla or Mark.
Sorry for the delay in re-posting these ideas. Please contact me if
you have any questions.
--Kenton