any internet
since last night, about 5pm or maybe even before.
It seems the
tower, which is on top of our mountain.. had iced up,
and they
couldn’t get to it until this morning..
I was
actually surprised that I wasn’t as upset as I usually am.
Seems
frustrating to me when it goes out.. But this time I just
found something
else to do.
Being the
first Tuesday of the month, that meant council meeting.
I am not a
council person, I am what I call….”the public”.
I use to
think it is a small town so not much for them to do.
When the King
became a council person, I found out there is a
lot more to
the job than just sitting there for 2 hours a month and
decide a few
things. And the pay is pittance, hardly enough to pay
for their gas
to get there. And they just don’t meet once a month.
There are
state laws that have to be followed. There are Ordinances to
be kept up to
date. Since Spring time, I have been involved in helping
for feed back
with their Ordinances and Zoning laws. They are redefining,
slightly changing
them to bring them in according to the state law. To
update them,
as some of them are 40 years old. Not as easy as it might
sound. They
have a consultant, who knows the Idaho laws inside out.
She is great
on keeping in the lines of the state but letting the council
have what
they want to have in our town. The
council, we have now and
those in the
past… as well as the Mayor, main concern is letting the
people still
have the freedom of having a town without too many rules and
defining those
they have, to be resident friendly.
Last night,
the council meeting had a few things on the agenda, but the most
Important had
to do with a piece of land that is in the county but borders
on the city
lines. And that could have the possibility
of it being annexed in
to the city
in the future. Being Kootenai is well
known for its high water level,
how this land
is used could effect the flooding of Kootenai.
So how the Commissioners
decide, could effect the town of Kootenai in
many ways…
some of it now as they build homes there.
The developer
wants to keep
the roads private.. which means they don’t have to make
the roads
according to Kootenai ordinances. It also concerns the town
because the
children of this area will be going to Kootenai school, the town
wonders what
route is the area going to have them take. Walking down
the highway
with the heavy traffic and now sidewalks? Which is a fair
distance, yet
going thru the town would have them walking across private property as there is
no road that connect this property to the town.
And if they
have it private and it doesn’t meet codes of the state as well
as the city,
then the likelihood of them ever being connect is slim to none. Starting off
with the width of the road being much smaller than the city’s.
So that is
one concern of the future.. and water table being the immediate
concern. All
of which is in the hands of the county, and Kootenai can only
voice their
concerns. And what happens if it does flood Kootenai? What
recourse does
the city have? Because if the county gives their blessing,
then it becomes
a debate between the developer and the city.
See nothing
as easy as it sounds.
So I was busy
enough to not miss the internet last night.
And waking to
sunshine, wind and internet is not a bad day.
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