[Vision2020] Council Budgets 3rd Street Bridge

Tue Aug 8 14:54:29 PDT 2017

I was pleased, too.  It will be nice to lighten the traffic load on 6th and
other thru streets.

On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:50 PM, g crabtree <direoutcome at gmail.com> wrote:

> Excellent news, connecting third st. has been long over due. Any
> indication of when the project is to commence?
>
> g
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> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Ron Force <ronforce at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From today's Moscow-Pullman Daily News:
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>> Moscow City Council approves budget in heated hearingSome residents
>> angry over motor bridge line item
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>> The Moscow City Council approved its 2018 annual budget during its
>> regular meeting Monday night to the annoyance and anger of several
>> residents who showed up to oppose a line in the budget for the construction
>> of a multi-modal bridge on Third Street.
>>
>> Some residents told the council the details of the $79,896,719 budget,
>> which includes a $10 million bond to be voted on next year, were not made
>> transparent enough before the Monday night meeting.
>>
>> “I think it’s a little late,” Gretchen Stewart of Citizens for a Liveable
>> Community told the council during the public hearing for the budget.
>>
>> Stewart criticized the council for not including a copy of the budget
>> online and for holding its public budget workshop in the middle of the
>> summer.
>>
>> Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert said the workshop is held the same time every
>> year. Other council members echoed that statement.
>>
>> “This is not being sprung out of the blue,” Councilman Walter Steed said.
>>
>> The council and public have debated for years whether the bridge, which
>> would cross over Paradise Creek and fully connect East Third Street, would
>> be restricted to pedestrians and bicyclists or include transportation of
>> motor vehicles.
>>
>> Of the bridge’s total cost of $595,085, $15,085 comes from outside
>> sources, including individual donations.
>>
>> Joann Muneta of Citizens for a Liveable Community asked that those who
>> donated to make the bridge restricted to pedestrian and bicyclists receive
>> a refund.
>>
>> Several residents argued the bridge would be unsafe, increase traffic and
>> congestion and decrease nearby home values.
>>
>> Members of the organization said they had a petition with more than 400
>> signatures opposing construction of a motor bridge.
>>
>> But Councilman Jim Boland said he believed a majority of Moscow residents
>> supported the bridge and he moved to approve the ordinance, which was
>> approved unanimously. Councilwoman Gina Taruscio said the budget, while not
>> perfect, is for the greater good of the community.
>>
>> Other residents thanked the council for including budgeting for the
>> bridge, though some criticized other line items.
>>
>> “I don’t think Moscow’s had this many people in a budget meeting in the
>> time I’ve been here,” Steed said.
>> Ron Force
>> Moscow Idaho USA
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