HomeMy Public PortalAbout2022.02.19 D Gallipoli Ideas for the April 7th discussionFrom:David Gallipoli
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Subject:Ideas for the April 7th discussion
Date:Saturday, February 19, 2022 9:19:36 AM
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Ideas for April 7th Moratorium discussion
Moratoriums will not impact remodeling, maintenance, or any project that has started or has
been approved.
And a rush for approvals would not be helpful to solve our issues. And that needs to be
addressed.
Moratoriums will not inflate property prices.
Sustainable growth would be preferable to businesses rather than boom and bust cycles.
Unchecked rampant growth creates boom and bust cycles.
Before issuing a suspension, moratoriums can be crafted as broad-based or specific, based on
public and city staff discussions.
A moratorium could be crafted on short-term rentals to correct the safety risks they create for
visitors and people in our community.
A citizens advisory board of hydrologists, wildlife, forest, wildfire, ecologists, and other
experts drawn from our community would be helpful to solve all of our issues. And include
members of our community who are not always involved in policies that impact them.
Moratoriums(182 days) provide a break, a pause, to take the time to solve issues and problems
for people in our community. "A good neighborhood is an economic asset to all of its
members." Wendell Berry.
The solutions would be completed before a moratorium is issued.
Then, during the moratorium, the city staff would have the time to implement the solutions
they hear from public discussions.
Moratoriums are not anti-growth policies.
Moratoriums are not anti-property rights. They are not the taking of property or land.
The goal of a moratorium is to solve the multitude of issues brewing for years that have
harmed people in our community and the natural world surrounding us.
Problems:
Sewer Capacity and sewer treatment are inadequate for our community.
This issue alone should halt any approvals until Payette Lakes Recreational Water and Sewer
District, PLRWSD, completes a new sewer master plan.
Temporary solutions will not solve capacity issues, and a refusal to listen to the
recommendations of PLRWSD will lead to a sewer spill that will impact our watershed.
Water treatment and filtration are inadequate for our community.
Idaho is in drought, and water restrictions are in place. Adding more development will only
worsen our water issues.
We need a solution for our lack of affordable housing. We can look at what the community of
Hailey (Hailey takes aim at 'bidding wars' with new housing ordinance | Hailey |
mtexpress.com) is proposing or other communities in the West as a guide or develop our plan.
The labor shortage is connected to the lack of affordable housing.
Partners tackle housing problems | Coeur d'Alene Press (cdapress.com)
STRs are responsible for the lack of long-term rentals, added to sewer and water issues, and
have fragmented our neighborhoods. The law prevents the city from prohibiting STR. Still,
that does not prevent the city from implementing new ordinances to address the multitude of
issues STR creates for our community. Inspections, fees, taxes should be considered for STR's
more significant impacts on McCall. The lack of inspections on STRs used like small motels
places visitors who stay in STRs and the residents where STRs are embedded in danger.
Sun Valley steps toward regulating short-term rentals | Sun Valley | mtexpress.com
EMS is inadequate for our community, and emergency response times are increasing, which
places visitors who rent STRs and residents who live here at risk.
The rampant uncontrolled development we are witnessing in McCall impacts our natural
world, watersheds, and wildlife.
There is an urgency to act against investors and developers who only see McCall as a place to
exploit for profit. What causes developers and investors to deny their impact and destroy what
residents and visitors love about McCall? The answer is what all extractors have done in the
West; they take and leave; they have no stake in the community or their effects on the natural
world. Their goal is to profit at the expense of our community and our natural world.
Those who live in McCall have a choice: we can do nothing about the present growth trend or
choose an innovative, sustainable growth model for future generations.
David J Gallipoli
www.gonefishinstories.com
gallipolifish@gmail.com
203 314 1377