Re: Palouse Mall landscaping

[dwhitney@moscow.com]

Dear Council Members: It does not really matter whether Kenton is right about 
the degree of maturity and health of the trees. What matters is that we do not 
want to see the mall or the store fronts from the highway-we know what is there 
and it is ugly, epecially with the addition of those ridiculous arches over the 
mall entrances. If these trees are diseased, then replace them, together with 
those which were removed with healthy trees of the same size, so as to destroy 
any so-called "view lines." 

Doug Whitney
939 E. 6th 
Moscow

> Dear council members,
> Thank you for your decision to delay a vote on the Palouse Mall's 
> landscaping.  As the questions raised at the meeting Monday night indicated, 
> there was too much last-minute information presented to allow thorough and 
> thoughtful consideration of the plan.
> 
> I remain opposed to the removal of mature and healthy trees from the buffer 
> strip along State Highway 8.  I do not accept the University of Idaho's 
> position that "view lines" need to be provided to businesses at the mall, or 
> that the proposal only widens existing openings.  Many of these openings did 
> not exist before the illegal removal of vegetation in November of 2000.
> 
> While I applaud the proposal to increase the number of trees within the mall 
> parking lot and along Farm Road, I fail to see the justification for 
> removing and/or relocating this many trees from the buffer strip. Please 
> review the proposal carefully before your decision on March 11.
> Sincerely,
> Kenton Bird
> 517 East B St.
> Moscow
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