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widening of corridor



A message from Denise Ortiz....

> >UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Or is it? You know, I feel sadly vindicated a bit
> >here. Too many people I know keep saying we must take the moderate
> >route and compromise and allow "some development" in the corridor.
> >But they never recognize that if you give these folks an inch,
> >they'll take a yard. If not this year, next year. Or next decade.
> >There will always be "a good reason."  It's a philosophical thing.
> >Thanks for the notice Scotty......... Denise
> >
> >
> >Date:          Fri, 16 Jul 1999 07:45:37 -0700
> >To:            "Denise Ortiz" <ORTIZ@novell.uidaho.edu>, bryder@wsu.edu,
> >                nmack@mail.wsu.edu, rold@pullman.com, ortiz@uidaho.edu,
> >                Tom Lamar <lamar@pcei.org>, Diane.cornelius@wsu.edu
> >From:          Scotty Cornelius <petro@pullman.com>
> >Subject:       widening of corridor
> >
> >   Check out yesterday's (ie 7/15 edition) of the Whitman County Gazette.
> >The latest plan to come out of Colfax is for the Corridor Enterprise Zone
> >to include not only the Pullman-Moscow hwy, but Airport Road and the Old
> >Moscow Pullman hwy (mostly gravel) as well.
> >
> >   This idea from the Whitman County Commissioner's attorney Ron Shirley.
> >Mr
> >Shirley believes, what with that troublesome trail and creek, there just
> >isn't enough retail space available on just the Pullman-Moscow hwy.   Why
> >Mr. Shirley takes it upon himself to act as a land use planner is 
>anybody's
> >guess.
> >
> >   The Commissoner's are also caving on the requirment for 50% of a
> >developer's parcel to remain undeveloped.  Good idea - we wouldn't want 
>any
> >open space that could be bringing in retail dollars!
> >
> >   I believe the public hearing in front of the Whitman County Commission
> >is
> >Monday, July 26th, in Colfax.  The Commission comprises three people:  
>Nora
> >Mae Keifer, Hollis Jamison, and Les Wigen.  They can vote into law the 
>plan
> >proposed by the WC Planning Commission.  If they want to make changes, 
>e.g.
> >the above two items, I believe it will revert to the Planning Commission
> >for SEPA, etc.
> >
> >-Scotty Cornelius
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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