COUNCIL: Vote no for zone change
Wednesday, June 11, the Rathdrum City Council met to see if Hayden Homes had corrected their proposal to change the zoning from industrial to residential zone. Their 240-page proposal now includes an addition to correct the traffic problems at the Railway/Lancaster intersection which would result by building 500 homes on the Arestad property at Boekel and Meyer Road. This is but a small effort for an enormous problem that looms in the future if this proposal passes.
The Hayden Homes’s attorney found it necessary to silence one city council member by bringing accusations that John Hodgkins had some “ex-parte action” issues. Interesting that an article in the Institute for Local Government entitled, “The Ethics of Speaking One’s Mine” gives local city council members the freedom to communicate their views when it is to help their community. The council had heard 3+ hours of reasons why this building proposal is not a good one for Rathdrum at the May 15 city council meeting. The vote for the proposal was negative last month.
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