Comments on: Brent Coles Tells P&Z Not To Rezone Library https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/ A different slant on the news. Sat, 18 May 2019 23:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Forced Air https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/#comment-106390 Sat, 18 May 2019 23:54:19 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=15712#comment-106390 Who says that this palace is “long overdue?” Keeping bridges intact is actually long overdue. Kudos to Coles for questioning this travesty.

]]> By: Paul 46 https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/#comment-106387 Fri, 17 May 2019 17:07:53 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=15712#comment-106387 I always liked former Mayor Brent Coles. He put on a training program that I attended about keeping drugs and illegal activity out of rental property. I was not a Boise resident or landlord but Mayor Coles allowed me to attend this training. I got the chance to meet him at this training and he came through as someone who was first and foremost was in it to make Boise a better place for everyone.

]]> By: Don at BoiseDev https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/#comment-106379 Tue, 14 May 2019 20:17:38 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=15712#comment-106379 I believe Mr. Coles was there to testify on the next agenda item (NW Boise housing project) and decided to testify on the library since he was already there. He wasn’t signed up on “the list” for the library, but was for the NW Boise project.

EDITOR NOTE–Don, thanks for sharing. Interesting how it all turned out.

]]> By: TFBoy https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/#comment-106376 Tue, 14 May 2019 17:47:18 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=15712#comment-106376 So, Brent Coles surfaces to throw shade on a project that is long overdue (regardless of the current fiasco). Wonder who he is carrying water for.

]]> By: katie fite https://boiseguardian.com/2019/05/13/brent-coles-tells-pz-not-to-rezone-library/#comment-106370 Tue, 14 May 2019 06:25:01 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=15712#comment-106370 The City has no final plan for the palatial Library. The City staff charged with constructing stories to tell about WHY a re-zone was needed had no real justification for the scheme — other than mumbling something about “Blueprint Boise” and “Downtown Core”.

Commisioner Gillespie made the motion to deny the re-zone, and said something like “We need to have a plan to justify re-zones”. So the City pretending this precedent-setting re-zone was really just a little zoning housekeeping tidying up loose ends fell on flat ears. The Commissioners were as baffled as the public about why the city needed to re-zpne the Greenbelt for high density use and buildings as tall as 9 stories …

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