[MissoulaGov] Committee Update 3-18-09

[Shakespeare & Co.]

And it'll be even more interesting to hear from someone who's seen anyone save
for an odd professional driver or trucker using a 
CB radio in town in the last 30
years: "Uh, yeah, breaker 1-9er this is the old 
Britney-spaniel callin' the Tiff-dawg /
Yeah, Brit, you've got the 'dawg, come on back / 
Hey, what are you wearing to the pot
luck tonight? / I totally can't decide. Do you 
think Brad's gonna show up? / No idea,
and don't look now, girlfriend, but you better 
back off the hammer; we got a bear
trap just off SW Higgins right near your crib and 
you don't need another Christmas
card this week, come back / ..."

At 09:52 AM 3/19/2009, Paradigm1 at aol.com wrote:


>Hi Bob... These updates are great-- thank you very much!

>It will be interesting to learn how talking on a 

>CB  or Two way Radio while driving, is less dangerous than talking on a phone ?

>

>Carl P.

>

>In a message dated 3/19/2009 9:39:22 A.M. 

>Mountain Daylight Time, echilders at ci.missoula.mt.us writes:

>Thanks, Bob. Wonderful job. As I mentioned on 

>the Council floor, I wish John H. would do one.

>The leash conversation is likely to be spirited. 

>Judging from public comments and from my 

>previous experience,  we'll also discuss dogs 

>in-town. And probably leashing cats, before we're done. :)

>

>

>Ed Childers, City Council, Ward6

>Bob Jaffe wrote:

>>Greetings,

>>We changed things up today and started with 

>>Public Works this morning.  We discussed the 

>>situation with the right of way vacations on 

>>Miller Creek road. Here is a very brief synopsis for folks who are unfamiliar.

>>We are doing a project to rebuild the 

>>intersection between upper and lower miller 

>>creek on down to the Walmart.  The project 

>>requires some right of way acquisition. During 

>>the process of researching the right of way 

>>boundaries it was discovered that over 100 

>>years ago additional right of way was 

>>established that no one was aware of.  This 

>>additional right of way expanded the public 

>>property right through some of the homes on the 

>>west side of miller creek road. It goes without 

>>saying that the folks affected were not so 

>>happy. What was a negotiation to sell us right 

>>of way turned into a negotiation to ask us to 

>>vacate right of way. The City was not to hot on 

>>the idea of vacating right of way that we would 

>>have to buy back later the next time the road needed to expand.

>>So the engineering folks drafted up what the 

>>anticipated future needs would be and we will vacate the balance.

>>

>>In Conservation we had interviews and made 

>>appointments to the greenhouse gas committee. 

>>We had four applicants for one position. We 

>>picked one but were so impressed with the other 

>>applicants that we want to talk to the 

>>committee about expanding their membership so 

>>we can also appoint the others. Recently this 

>>committee has become much more active and is 

>>actually taking on work projects. It seems 

>>wrong to turn down such qualified people who want to volunteer.

>>

>>In PAZ we did six interviews for three spots on 

>>the historic preservation committee.  For the 

>>first time since I have been chair of the 

>>committee we have an open PAZ schedule. We may 

>>actually skip PAZ for a few weeks until the 

>>zoning update stuff makes it through planning 

>>board. I assume this is indicative of the building slowdown.

>>

>>In Public Safety we discussed the driving with 

>>cell phone ordinance.  CB and two way radios 

>>have been removed from the proposal. Discussion 

>>focused on having different rules in Missoula 

>>from the rest of the state; Primary or 

>>secondary offence; are the reckless driving 

>>laws already adequate. We set a public hearing for I believe April 13th.

>>

>>Then we had a joint Public Safety and 

>>Conservation meeting to discuss the 

>>conservation land leash laws.  The press was 

>>there for that one. We had TV cameras and 

>>Missoulian photographers and a bunch of public 

>>comment. We mostly just walked through the 

>>history of the subject from the last five or so 

>>years. The likely outcome of all this is that 

>>there will be work done in the context of our 

>>conservation lands management plan to establish 

>>a policy.  Then we will modify ordinance as 

>>needed to memorialize that policy. A great deal 

>>of the public comment received to the council 

>>and in conversations I have had with people is 

>>in regards to dogs in parks and on the commuter 

>>trails. Dogs are required to be on leashes in 

>>these places. The current issue before council 

>>pertains only to the north hills, mount jumbo, 

>>and the kim Williams trail east of the university.

>>

>>We finished the day with committee of the whole 

>>to discuss the revisions to the ward boundaries 

>>and a resolution regarding transportation 

>>funding. By law we are required to keep the 

>>wards equal to maintain equal rights of the 

>>electors. The courts have set the bar at around 

>>10% variance between wards. Based on our best 

>>estimates we have a 13% variance with ward two 

>>being too large. The best way to fix it is to 

>>shift the population clockwise around the map. 

>>So part of ward two goes to one, part of one 

>>then goes to three, three then to four. Five 

>>and six are about right the way they are.

>>So the proposal has all of the northside now 

>>part of ward one.  If Mr. Hendrickson is 

>>considering another term this is good news for 

>>him. The University becomes part of ward three. 

>>I plan to run again so this is probably good 

>>news for me. Unless I end up running against 

>>someone more liberal than me. I believe I have 

>>become more conservative during my term. There 

>>is something about this experience that pulls 

>>you towards the middle. The area southeast of 

>>Arthur and Beckwith goes to ward four. I’ll 

>>miss Molly but probably not Philip. The Wapikia 

>>neighborhood goes to ward five. I don’t think ward six changes.

>>

>>The transportation funding resolution came out 

>>of TTAC. It outlines the various ways we are 

>>being screwed on transportation funding by DOT 

>>and the state.  John Hendrickson, Dick, Renee, 

>>and Lynn voted against the resolution. Mr. 

>>Hendrickson suggested that he would like to put 

>>forth a minority report countering the request 

>>for more equitable distribution of funds to 

>>Missoula. I look forward to seeing this 

>>minority report because I am a little baffled 

>>by the suggestion. I encourage folks to read 

>>the resolution. We are being robbed to support 

>>incredibly irresponsible funding priorities and bloated DOT bureaucracy.

>><ftp://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/Packets/Council/2009/2009-03-23/TransportationResolution.pdf>ftp://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/Packets/Council/2009/2009-03-23/TransportationResolution.pdf

>>

>>  Thanks for your interest,

>>

>>Bob Jaffe

>>Missoula City Council, Ward 3

>

>

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