[Winona Online Democracy]
I would not think that if the county begins the eminent domain process there
it would engender much animosity. They are telling everyone that it is a
way of preventing being thrown out of the old junior high building. If they
do not do that, they must immediately plan to house the Courts somewhere
else. The lease is only for 6 months. Co-operation would seem to dictate
that the lease should be extended. They should develop a win-win solution
for the next year. I think that the developer could wait that long since it
does not have financing yet in any case. The County needs to move on a plan
to rehab the courthouse regardless of the temporary measures it takes over
the next 2 or 3 years. The County discussions seem to be what can the
county do to make sure that it has the temporary space it needs and still go
on with rehab planning. It is easier for the county to negotiate from a
position of being able to solve its problems than being under the gun of not
knowing whether it has to move the entire court system to another location
in 2 months. The School Board wants to keep all its options open. It wants
to continue to lease to the county if the developer can't act. The
developer wants to be able to move if it gets financing, but does not want
to commit until it has all the financing in place. These are 3 divergent
views. Some of them have to make a decision. It seems to me that the
County has an opportunity to play the trump card forcing all others to do
something.
Pax vobiscum,
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From: Glen & Diane Schumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Winona Online Democracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Winona] Old Middle School
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Kranz
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:07 AM
> To: Winona Online Democracy
> Subject: Re: [Winona] Old Middle School
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> 1. Do you think the county's considering the use of eminent domain
against
> another local governmental body has any implications beyond the current
> issue?
>
> My Comment: Such a threat is not likely to engender cooperation, how it
all
> turns out is open to wild speculation.
>
> 2. What do you think the county should do to solve its space/courthouse
> problem?
>
> My Comment: Whatever is the most cost effective long term solution.
>
> 3. Are you concerned with what happens to the old middle school (how it
is
> developed) or do you think the school board should just pass the building
on
> to someone else (the county or another developer) and let the development
> discussion begin again?
>
> My Comment: the school board should attempt to get the best financial
result
> for itself that it can.
>
> 4. Do you think Winona has an affordable housing problem that needs to be
> addressed and, if so, who should address it?
>
> My Comment: I don't know, but with houses coming on the market in the $40-
> $50,000 range all the time I am skeptical. IF there is one, one way to
help
> would be to find a way to encourage development of property for factory
> built homes which can be had for $20,000 and up.
>
> Glen Schumann
> Winona, MN
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