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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Bob,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Here’s a bone-head question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dick asserts that businesses are the primary source of tax
revenue. Is that true? How does it break out, really?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Setting aside philosophical arguments that no one would have
money if their weren’t businesses, how does the tax and fee revenues to
the city split up? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>For example, my understanding is that MRL is a big payer, but
they may pay less proportionatley than residences (I don’t know); and if
the big supporters are MRL, NW energy, Qwest etc., in what way would the city “promote”
these big corporations? (Certainly not through tax breaks, because that would
be undermining the goal of increasing revenue.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
missoulagov-bounces@cmslists.com [mailto:missoulagov-bounces@cmslists.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Bob Jaffe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> missoulagov@cmslists.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 2-10-10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
morning in conservation we authorized a $38,000 grant from the DNRC to
implement a GIS based street tree inventory and do some kind of ecosystem
analysis. The city did an inventory back in 2003 but the data has not
been maintained. This grant will allow us to get updated software and start the
process of building the inventory. We also discussed the urban forest in
general. Currently we only budget enough for a pruning cycle of about 45
years. The ideal cycle for the health of the trees would be seven years.
We talked about activating the tree board and ideas for getting citizens more
involved in the care of the urban forest. We hope to get interns and other
students involved in the GIS inventory of the trees. There are lots of
opportunities in the urban forest for citizen science and citizen stewardship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
PAZ we finished up the historic preservation ordinance. The document was
reorganized to move the procedures into the general procedures chapter of title
20 but there were no more substantive changes. There were a few interesting
debates but no successful motions. One of the discussions had to do with
expanding the scope to include properties eligible for listing on the register.
Currently there are two such properties in Missoula. The Moon Randolph
homestead owned by the City and the Catholic block buildings other than the
church. To be eligible means that the lengthy process to get listed has been
completed but the owner hasn’t signed the paper. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jason
made the motion to include eligible properties and argued that the resource is
historic whether the owner wants it to be or not. We don’t tell
owners of property along the river that they have land that qualifies as a
riparian resource but since they haven’t registered it as such they
don’t need to protect it. This pretty well gets to the essence of the
issue. Do we consider cultural and historic resources to be community assets to
the degree that they deserve protecting, potentially against the will of the
owner? We regularly apply this standard for environmental resources. All the
same the motion failed. I think it was me, Jason, Dave, and Pam in favor and
everyone else against. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
ordinance will go to our next council meeting and hopefully get approved. Next
I expect there to be an effort to identify a neighborhood that wants to explore
establishing a historic district. Until then, please no more posts about
historic anything. I’m kind of sick of the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
A&F we approved the collective bargaining agreement with the parking
commission. It is a one year contract with 3.5% increases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
Public Works we finished up the revisions to title 12.22 related to parking.
There were tons of edits but the one we spent the most time on had to do with
parking in the setbacks. The final language reads like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=nospacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>A.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Parking <s>in</s> within the setbacks <s>per
(C) above </s>shall be removed when the <s>use</s> adjacent parking spaces are
removed from <s>located within</s> outside the required building setback <s>is
discontinued.</s> A curb cut and driveway approach, if existing, shall be
removed and the previous parking area shall be landscaped. The
driveway may be retained if it meets all the following conditions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=nospacing style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The driveway shall be a minimum of 20
(20’) feet long as measured from the property line<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=nospacing style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The driveway and apron must be paved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=nospacing style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The maximum width of the driveway
within the setback cannot exceed 20 (20’) feet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
also talked about sewers in Linda Vista. It’s hard to describe this
without the map but a deal had been worked out for the sewer line to run down
into that open land northwest of Linda Vista Blvd. It would go to a lift
station and then be pumped up to the area of the new roundabout. Instead, a
deal was worked with Lloyd Twite to put the lift station in the parking lot of
the golf course. The net savings to the city to build it this way is about
$130,000. We also learned that the bids for the roundabout came in
substantially below estimates and the project would for sure be built this
summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
last meeting of the day was COW for the goals discussion. Besides Ed’s
best efforts it went really well. Nothing actionable was accomplished but it
was good to hear people just talk about what was important to them. I was
most interested to hear from the conservative corner as I already know what the
folks on the left have to say. Renee was hoping we could get some kind of
inventory of city services so we could prioritize them and identify possible
duplications of service. I think this would be a good idea too. I think people
will be impressed to see the list of services they receive for an average price
of $60/month/household. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jon’s
highest priority goal is to keep small homes on small lots and multifamily
housing out of the Lewis and Clark neighborhood. His other goal was to see more
people elected to city council who can think for themselves. I’m not sure
why he found it necessary to lob an attack like that since he appeared to be
enjoying the conversation and stated as much. No one opted to take the
bait and challenge him on the attack. Sometimes you just have to shake your
head and move on even if it is bad for your heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dick
talked about how we appear to misunderstand the conservatives sometimes during
the budget discussions. They aren’t just about cutting everything. They
want to see many of the same projects and programs we do move forward. But they
think the funding for these things should come from clamping down on waste in
other areas. He also talked about the businesses being the primary source of
tax revenue and how we need to do more to promote them. At the end Lyn
criticized Pam’s suggestions that we look at things holistically and
focus on the big picture. Lyn thinks we should be more pragmatic and just hope
to survive. She said we need more high paying jobs and the city needs to be
more business friendly. As an example of how anti-business we are she offered a
rumor that a Texas firm wanted to come to Missoula and create 200 jobs paying
$12/hour. But they were told by the city that we didn’t want them. She
didn’t offer any additional details to the rumor and so far I haven’t
found anyone who knows what she is talking about. She pointed out that Billings
is #1 on the list of business friendly cities the mayor was bragging about us
being number ten on. We should look at Billings to see what regulations
they don’t have that make them so much better for business. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
other day, Jon Wilkins got applause from the crowd of builders when he
chastised Roger for comparing Missoula to other cities. Apparently we are only
supposed to learn from the experience of other cities when it serves one’s
argument. But I do think Jon had a point. You can only go so far comparing us
to other cities. We are not Billings (thank God). To name a few things we have
a different industry base, different location, and we are a different
size. In the end we will need to find solutions that are right for
Missoula. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you for your interest, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bob
Jaffe</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Missoula
City Council, Ward Three</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1225
South 2nd West</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Missoula,
MT 59801</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(406)
880-2052</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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