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Laguna Pointe Properties
Phil Hardy, Brian Cronin
Idaho Press Club Awards | Public Relations Division | Public Affairs Campaign
Executive SummaryAfter the City of Eagle announced via press release that it would use eminent domain to seize subdivision owners property to extend the Greenbelt in Eagle, the Laguna Pointe HOA retained Strategies 360 to tell its side of the story in a long-running dispute rooted in mistakes and actions predating the construction of the subdivision itself.
THE STRATEGY
Strategies 360 carefully reviewed previous media reports and existing deeds and documents and prepared a plan which clearly demonstrated the City of Eagle had not properly taken advantage of an existing easement it already held to create new Greenbelt. Through a series of television, radio and print interviews, letters-to-the-editor, and guest opinion pieces, we presented the position of the HOA.
THE SUCCESS
Within a matter of weeks the City of Eagle rescinded its threat of eminent domain and other legal actions and negotiated a settlement agreeable to the existing homeowners and to the residents seeking additional Greenbelt along the Boise River.
Campaign Materials & Media Placement
PRESS RELEASES
“Laguna Pointe HOA Official Calls Upon City of Eagle to Resume Greenbelt Talks”
“Laguna Pointe Homeowners Demand Jury Trial over Eagle Eminent Domain Action”
OPINION PIECE
“Eagle Should Return to Talks, Not Take Private Property”
MEDIA PLACEMENT
“Eagle residents demand jury trial over Greenbelt location,” KTVB
“Battle Over Eagle Path In Court, On Ground,” Idaho Statesman
“City versus neighborhood over where to put Greenbelt path,” KBOI
“Guest Opinion: City of Eagle has misled public on need to seize private land,” Idaho Statesman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2014Contact: Phil Hardy208-340-8232 [email protected]
LAGUNA POINTE HOA OFFICIAL CALLS UPON CITY OF EAGLE TO RESUME GREENBELT TALKSEND THREAT OF ENMINENT DOMAIN PROPERTY SEIZURE
(EAGLE) – A local homeowners association is calling upon Eagle City leaders to resume discussions about a permanent solution to the placement and construction of a small segment of greenbelt through its subdivision. The Laguna Pointe Homeowners Association, which abuts Eagle Road, says it and the city were making substan-tive progress through ongoing meetings when the City of Eagle abruptly terminated all discussions six months ago. Repeated attempts by the HOA to resume talks have been ignored since last September and the city filed an eminent domain claim against homeowners on April 11th.
“It is a mystery to us why the city of Eagle cut off discussions in the midst of finding mutually agreeable solu-tions,” said Laguna Pointe HOA official and resident Darcy Hoellwarth. “We believed we had a solution that the previous Council would have agreed was a win-win for residents and recreationists alike. Instead, the city hired a negotiator that stifled all dialogue and now they’re trying to condemn our property. The city now wants to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to take private property when it already owns the land they need to develop the greenbelt. It makes no sense.”
When the Laguna Pointe subdivision was unanimously approved by the city in 2006, the city had already obtained an easement in 1999 for the greenbelt along the Boise River from a local family, the Joplin’s, within what would become Laguna Pointe. According to the Laguna Pointe HOA, the problem is twofold. First, the city did not build or maintain the greenbelt within the easement area it controlled and second, the city allowed the current partial path to be created years later outside of the easement by the developer.
“The city isn’t willing to recognize mistakes were made in 2006 when it signed off on the agreement with the developer regarding both the easement it acquired and the path it allowed the developer to build. We as home-owners accept that mistakes occur and we want to play a part in correcting them. The Joplin Easement, as it is known, is a terrific starting point for this solution. The problems that exist stem from several factors: the river changing course, the existing path being outside of the permitted area as allowed by the Army Corps of Engineers, and a simple lack of understanding on the part of recreationists that everything outside of the Joplin Easement is private property. But we have supplied creative solutions to all of these challenges, yet the city has walked away from them.”
The Joplin Easement, granted by the Joplin Family Trust in 1999, does currently incorporate parts of the existing path, but during flooding in 2006, the Boise River changed courses in several areas and the floodplain has either become overgrown or impassable. In areas such as these, Laguna Pointe has been willing to give up additional property to replace what is now either impassable or impractical to traverse with greenbelt.
“What we have proactively offered to do has always been consistent with what greenbelt users have told us they wanted: the closest proximity to the Boise River (and the great views such proximity affords) and clearly marked trails for them to follow. Why the city is choosing to make this more difficult and more expensive than need be is beyond puzzling,” concludes Mrs. Hoellwarth.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : May 14, 2014Contact: Phil Hardy [email protected]
LAGUNA POINTE HOMEOWNERS DEMAND JURY TRIAL OVER EAGLE EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION
(EAGLE) – The Laguna Pointe Homeowners Association is demanding a jury trial in response to the City of Eagle’s April 11th notice of intent to seize private property from members of the HOA through eminent domain. In the legal notice, filed in the Fourth Judicial District, the Laguna Pointe HOA refutes the assertions of the City of Eagle in a point-by-point rebuttal.
The document reveals representatives from the HOA tentatively agreed upon a location for the greenbelt path with city officials in September 2013, only to have the same officials thereafter ignore the HOA’s repeated requests, over the course of five months, to complete a formal agreement. City officials then falsely claimed that the City’s eminent domain action was prompted by inaction on the part of homeowners.
“It is unfortunate the City of Eagle has chosen to take this matter to the courts, but since it has we, as property owners, need to stand up for our rights,” said Laguna Pointe HOA secretary, Darcy Hoellwarth. “People need to know the truth about how the City of Eagle operates and how it is choosing to spend taxpayer money.”Instead of formalizing the tentative agreement that had been reached, the City of Eagle hired, at taxpayer expense, a professional negotiator to complete a purchase of the additional easement from the homeowners.
However, the negotiator, Mr. Larry Rincover was not authorized to negotiate the location or terms of the private property in question. Laguna Pointe homeowners were offered a contract with no terms other than the immediate surrender of their property.
Finally, the HOA’s response points out that the legal basis for the City of Eagle’s attempted land seizure fails to satisfy the necessity test as required under Idaho Code because the city refuses to recognize the largely unused easement it already holds. The City obtained the easement in 1999 specifically for the purpose of extending the greenbelt but did nothing to maintain or improve the easement area. Further, that easement is the location permitted for greenbelt use by the Army Corps of Engineers.
The city’s necessity argument is further undermined by a letter, attached as an exhibit to the legal filing, from Larry Rincover of Negotiation Services, LLC in March 2014. In the letter, Mr. Rincover asserts that the city might, after two years, consider abandoning portions of the new easement it demanded if the homeowners built the public path at their own expense.
“For more than a year, the City of Eagle has acted in a capricious and inexplicable manner. On the one hand it says it needs to take our land through legal necessity. On the other hand, it contradicts itself by offering to give back the land at a future date if other land is later considered more suitable. The Eagle City Council should simply end this legal fight and memorialize the agreement it already made with homeowners. As a show of good faith, and at our own expense, we’ve cleared more trail area both within the existing easement and within our private property, which we are willing to make available as part of a final agreement,” said Hoellwarth.
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KTVB, KTVB.COM 3:44 p.m. MDT May 15, 2014
EAGLE, Idaho -- A homeowner’s association in an affluent Eagle subdivision wants a jury trial to help decide where a popular public pathway should be located.
The current tiff between the City of Eagle and the The Laguna Pointe Homeowner’s Association includes the threat of eminent domain by the city.
Reports indicate city officials have threatened to seize a small parcel of private land about a mile long that borders the Laguna Pointe neighborhood to the east along the Boise River.
The land includes a narrow, gravel pathway once used as an access road by canal employees. Over the years, the road has transformed into a default section of the Eagle Greenbelt.
Here’s the catch: representatives from the homeowner’s association say the current pathway is on private property, and was never intended to be used by the public, according to permits drawn up by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1980s.
Meanwhile, residents of the gated community complain that folks using the private pathway are invading their personal space and trespassing in backyards.
Officials with the City of Eagle, including the mayor, city council, and parks and recreation department declined commentary on this story, citing pending litigation. The city’s legal counsel was also not available for comment when this story went to air.
Laguna Pointe HOASecretary Darcy Hoellwarth says her organization plans to refute the city’s April 11 notice to seize the property.
What’s more, Hoellwarth accuses the city of mismanaging taxpayer money used to hire a private negotiator to draw up a contract to seize the property.
Hoellwarth blames the situation on a series of failed meetings between the city and homeowner’s association dating back to September of 2013.
The Laguna Pointe Homeowner’s Association recently hired a private contractor to clear a new pathway near the Boise River and away from the homes. Construction on the path was completed on Wednesday. The cost was approximately $4,000.
Members of the HOA hope the city will develop that pathway and give up plans to seize the current path now in use.
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Battle overEaglepathin court, onground
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main claim in April to force LagunaPointe property owners to sell easementsfor a public path that connects to theBoiseRiverGreenbelton the south sideofthe south channel — but homeownersaren’t waving awhite flag.
Laguna Pointe is on the offensive, andnot justwith its lawyers.
Thehomeowners associationhashiredpublic relations firm Strategies 360 andspent about $4,000 to clear anewpath forbicyclists, walkers and others along theriver.LagunaPointe is ahigh-end subdivi-sion east of EagleRoad and south of StateStreet.
“The Laguna Pointe homeowners felt,
and feel, they were being painted as thebad guys andwanted people to hear bothsides of the story,” said Phil Hardy ofStrategies 360.
A public path was part of the originaldevelopment agreement for LagunaPointe,which received final city approvalin 2006.
For unknown reasons, the grant ofeasementwasnotproperly recordedwiththe county. Months of negotiations on
path uses and location — homeownerssaid the existing path was outside theeasements—ended lastmonth,when thecity opted to use seizure laws to take con-trolof the landwhere thepathway liesandsettle thematter.
Rather thanwait for things toplayout incourt, the HOA created a new path. Thehomeowners want the city to suspend itseminent domain action and work towardanagreementon thenewpath,Hardysaid.
The Laguna Pointe group notified theU.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineersof its intentto clear a new path onApril 6, and the as-sociationwas told that theplan fellwithinits existing permit,Hardy said.
But work done in the flood plain alsorequiresacitypermit,EagleCityAttorney
While fighting a landseizure suit, the LagunaPointe homeownerscarve out a second path
KATYMOELLER/ [email protected] fromanoverflowchannel flowsthroughapathcreatedby theLagunaPointeHomeownersAssociation. It is shallowenough towade through,asa joggerdidonemorning lastweek.
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UV index is the risk ofoverexposure to the sun.0 to 2 minimal, 3 to 4 low,5 to 6 moderate, 7 to 9high, 10+ very highSource: Boise Valley Asthma andAllergy Clinic
110, Death Valley, Calif.
Pine: 75Ash: 3Maple: 18Grass: 19
41
SUN &MOON
Mixed sun & clouds with apossible shower. High 65-70.
NW wind 10-15 mph.70/4765/43Coeur d'Alene
70/4765/43Spokane
67/4361/40Moscow
74/4970/45Lewiston
65/4558/41Grangeville
67/4061/36Baker City
76/4970/45Ontario
61/3654/31McCall
70/3661/34Salmon
61/3854/34Challis
72/4767/41Nampa
59/2954/25Stanley
65/4056/36Sun Valley 63/43
58/38Idaho Falls
70/4367/38Mountain Home
70/4765/38Pocatello
70/4565/43Twin Falls
56/3454/36Jackpot
73/4167/44Boise
Yesterday's high:
Yesterday's low:72, Idaho Falls
34, Stanley
POLLEN UV INDEX
354045505560657075808590
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Birch: 1
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74/58/pc
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71/49/sBaltimoreBaltimore87/69/pc85/68/pcAustinAustin77/55/pc71/48/pcAtlantic CityAtlantic City82/60/pc75/53/pcAtlantaAtlanta62/43/pc61/41/pcAnchorageAnchorage87/55/pc87/56/pcAlbuquerqueAlbuquerque76/51/pc67/42/shAlbanyAlbany
MMinneapolisLnMinneapolis368 / 53568 / 53/68 / 53868 / 53668 / 53eSeattleeSeattlelSeattletSeattletSeattleaSeattleeSeattleSSeattle sBillingssBillingssBillingssBillingsgBillingsgBillingsgBillingsgBillingsnBillingsnBillingsnBillingsnBillingsnBillingsiBillingsiBillingslBillingslBillingslBillingslBillingslBillingslBillingsiBillingsiBillingsiBillingsiBillingsBBillingsBBillingsBBillingsBBillings /63 / 56/63 / 56/63 / 56/63 / 56/63 / 56363 / 56363 / 56363 / 56363 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56
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556 / 45556 / 45556 / 45556 / 45456 / 45456 / 45456 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45656 / 45656 / 45656 / 45656 / 45656 / 45556 / 45556 / 45556 / 45556 / 45uJuneauuJuneauaJuneauaJuneaueJuneaueJuneaunJuneaunJuneaunJuneauuJuneauuJuneauJJuneauJJuneauJJuneau
sBillings 363 / 56BillingsMinneapolis
556 / 45
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556 / 45
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uJuneau556 / 45656 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45
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56 / 4556 / 45/56 / 45656 / 45/56 / 4556 / 45/56 / 45
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368 / 5368 / 53568 / 5368 / 53/68 / 5368 / 53868 / 5368 / 53668 / 5368 / 5368 / 53eSeattleSeattleSeattletSeattleSeattleSeattletSeattleSeattletSeattleaSeattletSeattleeSeattleSeattleSSeattleSeattleSeattle BillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingssBillingsgBillingsgBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsnBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBBillingsBBillingsBBillingsBBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillingsBillings 663 / 56663 / 56363 / 56/63 / 56/63 / 56/63 / 5663 / 56/63 / 56363 / 56363 / 5663 / 5663 / 56363 / 5663 / 56363 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 56363 / 56663 / 56663 / 5663 / 5663 / 56663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 56363 / 56663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 56
nMinneapolis63 / 56
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56 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45456 / 45456 / 4556 / 45456 / 45456 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45456 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 45/56 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45Juneau56 / 45656 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45656 / 45656 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45656 / 45656 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 4556 / 45
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oMinneapolis663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 5663 / 56pMinneapolis563 / 56563 / 56563 / 56563 / 56563 / 56563 / 56pMinneapolissMinneapolissMinneapolissMinneapolissMinneapolisiMinneapolisiMinneapolisiMinneapolisiMinneapolislMinneapolislMinneapolisoMinneapolisoMinneapolispMinneapolispMinneapolispMinneapolis
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pMinneapolis563 / 56
sMinneapolis563 / 56563 / 56563 / 5663 / 56
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pMinneapolis63 / 56
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pMinneapolis63 / 56
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MinneapolisMinneapolis63 / 56
Minneapolis63 / 5663 / 56
MinneapolisMinneapolispMinneapolisaMinneapolis63 / 56
MinneapolisMinneapolisaMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolisaMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolisMinneapolis63 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 5663 / 56
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73/60/t67/48/pcClevelandCleveland82/63/pc74/54/pcCincinnatiCincinnati82/62/pc70/56/pcChicagoChicago66/45/t72/45/tCheyenneCheyenne86/60/pc79/56/pcChattanoogaChattanooga78/59/pc75/50/pcCharlotteCharlotte80/62/pc75/47/pcCharleston, WVCharleston, WV82/62/s77/55/pcCharleston, SCCharleston, SC71/56/pc66/46/pcBuffaloBuffalo67/40/t62/37/tBozemanBozeman68/54/t68/51/tBostonBoston65/44/pc75/47/pcBismarckBismarck84/66/s79/63/pcBirminghamBirmingham66/45/t67/43/pcBillingsBillings67/37/pc63/38/tBend, ORBend, OR74/58/pc71/49/s
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oLos AngelesLos AngelesLLos AngelesLos AngelesLos Angeles
368 / 53568 / 53/68 / 53868 / 53668 / 53 67 / 43gBillings367 / 43367 / 43367 / 43467 / 43467 / 43467 / 43/67 / 43/67 / 43767 / 43767 / 43767 / 43767 / 43667 / 43667 / 43667 / 43gBillingsgBillingssBillingssBillingssBillingsgBillingsgBillings
67 / 43gBillings367 / 43367 / 43467 / 43467 / 43
nBillingsnBillingsnBillingsiBillingslBillingslBillingslBillingsiBillingsiBillingsBBillingsBBillings/67 / 43
261 / 52261 / 52261 / 52561 / 52561 / 52561 / 52561 / 52561 / 52/61 / 52/61 / 52161 / 52161 / 52661 / 52oSan FranciscooSan FranciscooSan FranciscocSan FranciscocSan FranciscocSan FranciscosSan FranciscosSan FranciscosSan FranciscoiSan FranciscocSan FranciscocSan FranciscocSan FrancisconSan FrancisconSan FrancisconSan FrancisconSan FrancisconSan FranciscoaSan FranciscoaSan FranciscorSan FranciscorSan FranciscoFSan FrancisconSan FranciscoaSan FranciscoSSan Francisco
972 / 59972 / 59572 / 59272 / 59772 / 59gLos AngelessLos AngeleseLos AngeleslLos AngeleseLos Angeles
72 / 59gLos AngelesgLos Angeles572 / 59nLos AngelesALos AngelessLos AngelesoLos Angeles/72 / 59
794 / 67794 / 67694 / 67694 / 67694 / 67/94 / 67/94 / 67/94 / 67494 / 67494 / 67994 / 67994 / 67994 / 67994 / 67oEl PasooEl PasosEl PasoaEl PasoaEl PasoPEl PasolEl PasolEl PasoEEl PasoEEl PasoEEl Paso
/84 / 69484 / 69484 / 69884 / 69884 / 69sHoustonuHoustonoHoustonoHoustonHHouston
081 / 50081 / 50081 / 50081 / 50L081 / 50081 / 50581 / 50581 / 50581 / 50L581 / 50/81 / 50/81 / 50/81 / 50
L881 / 50181 / 50181 / 50181 / 50L181 / 50181 / 50881 / 50881 / 50L881 / 50881 / 50
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282 / 67282 / 67882 / 67aKansas CityaKansas CitysKansas CitysKansas CitysKansas CitynKansas CitynKansas CityaKansas CityaKansas CityaKansas CityKKansas CityKKansas City/82 / 67
367 / 43367 / 43
081 / 50
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767 / 43
794 / 67El Paso
667 / 43367 / 43
61 / 52oSan Francisco
CChicago/67 / 43467 / 43
61 / 5261 / 52
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581 / 5081 / 50181 / 50/81 / 50
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gBillings67 / 43Billings
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gBillings67 / 4367 / 43Billings
467 / 4367 / 43Billings67 / 43BillingsnBillings
561 / 52
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663 / 5667 / 4367 / 43
261 / 5261 / 5261 / 5261 / 52561 / 52561 / 5261 / 5261 / 5261 / 5261 / 52561 / 5261 / 52cSan Francisco
/61 / 52San Francisco61 / 5261 / 5261 / 52/61 / 5261 / 5261 / 5261 / 52161 / 5261 / 5261 / 52661 / 5261 / 5261 / 52
oSan Francisco
181 / 50
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94 / 67
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72 / 59Los Angeles
572 / 5972 / 59gLos Angeles/72 / 59
Los Angeles72 / 59
Los Angeles/72 / 59
Los Angeles272 / 5972 / 59
Los Angeles772 / 5972 / 59
Los Angeles72 / 59
Los AngelesLos AngelesLos AngelesLos AngelesLos AngelessLos AngelesLos AngeleseLos AngelesLos AngelesLos AngeleseLos AngelesLos AngelesgLos Angeles72 / 59
gLos AngelesLos Angeles72 / 59
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Los AngelesLos AngelesnLos AngelesLos AngelesALos AngelesLos AngelessLos AngelesLos AngelesoLos AngelesLos AngelesLos Angeles72 / 59/72 / 5972 / 5972 / 5972 / 5972 / 5972 / 5972 / 59
94 / 6794 / 67694 / 67694 / 6794 / 67794 / 67/94 / 6794 / 67/94 / 6794 / 6794 / 67494 / 6794 / 67494 / 6794 / 6794 / 67994 / 6794 / 6794 / 6794 / 6794 / 6794 / 6794 / 67oEl PasoEl PasoaEl PasooEl PasoEl PasoEl PasosEl PasoEEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoaEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoPEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEl PasoEl Paso
/84 / 69484 / 69
081 / 50
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L81 / 5081 / 5081 / 5081 / 50/81 / 50L
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984 / 69984 / 69984 / 69684 / 69nHoustonnHoustonoHoustonoHoustontHoustontHouston
375 / 53375 / 53375 / 53575 / 53575 / 53575 / 53/75 / 53/75 / 53/75 / 53575 / 53575 / 53575 / 53775 / 53775 / 53775 / 53aAtlantaaAtlantatAtlantatAtlantanAtlantaaAtlantalAtlantalAtlantatAtlantaAAtlantaAAtlanta
670 / 56570 / 56570 / 56/70 / 56/70 / 56070 / 56070 / 56070 / 56070 / 56770 / 56770 / 56770 / 56gChicagocChicagooChicagooChicago
70 / 56gChicagogChicagogChicago
70 / 56gChicago
70 / 56gChicago670 / 56570 / 56aChicagoaChicagoaChicagoaChicagocChicagocChicagocChicagocChicagoiChicagoiChicagoChicago868 / 53
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663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56663 / 56563 / 56563 / 56563 / 56
368 / 53368 / 53368 / 53368 / 53568 / 53568 / 53568 / 53/68 / 53/68 / 53868 / 53868 / 53Chicago
868 / 53Chicago
868 / 53868 / 53868 / 53Chicago
668 / 53Chicago
668 / 53668 / 53668 / 53668 / 53668 / 53Chicago
668 / 53668 / 53oChicagogChicagogChicago
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73 / 55gWashingtongWashingtongWashingtongWashington
73 / 55gWashington
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75 / 53Atlanta
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75 / 53375 / 53
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75 / 5375 / 53575 / 53575 / 53575 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 53/75 / 53/75 / 53/75 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 53575 / 53575 / 53575 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 53775 / 53775 / 53775 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 5375 / 53
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71 / 53371 / 5371 / 5371 / 53571 / 53571 / 53571 / 53571 / 53571 / 5371 / 5371 / 5371 / 5371 / 5371 / 5371 / 5371 / 53/71 / 53kNew York
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MondayMonday
67° 44°M. cloudy, 54
Wednesday
Chance oft-stormsP. sunny, 61
P. sunny, 67
TuesdayTuesdayTuesday
73°73°Partly cloudy
41°Partly cloudy
WednesdayWednesdayWednesday
76° 51°Chance oft-storms
ThursdayThursday
79° 52°Mostly sunny
FridayFriday
82° 52°Mostly sunny,
warm
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SaturdaySaturday
78° 51°Possibleshowers
Sunday
78°Partly cloudy
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Yesterday's low:72, Idaho Falls
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Last year: 69° l 45°Normal:72° l 47°Record high: 95° in 2009Record low: 30° in 1971Peak wind: 32 mph
69° l 53°
3 am: 57.02 am: 57.91 am: 57.9Midnight: 57.9
3 pm: 63.02 pm: 62.11 pm: 60.1Noon: 57.0
70/57/f72/59/fLos Angeles86/66/pc83/63/pcLittle Rock82/60/pc91/66/pcLas Vegas85/60/pc77/53/pcKnoxville87/69/pc82/67/pcKansas City52/46/r56/45/rJuneau61/34/t55/33/tJackson Hole83/66/pc72/56/pcIndianapolis86/71/pc84/69/pcHouston86/72/sh87/72/shHonolulu78/57/pc72/51/pcGreensboro, NCGreensboro, NC72/51/pc75/58/sh69/53/pcGrand Rapids83/53/pc85/52/pc
Portland, ORPortland, MEPittsburghPhoenixPhiladelphiaPalm SpringsOrlandoOmahaOklahoma CityNorth PlatteNorfolkNewport, OR
72/49/pc68/49/tPortland, OR65/49/sh62/47/tPortland, ME74/60/t70/45/pcPittsburgh94/66/pc99/71/pcPhoenix77/58/pc72/52/pcPhiladelphia80/61/pc91/62/pcPalm Springs87/64/pc86/65/pcOrlando85/59/pc77/60/tOmaha89/67/pc85/64/pcOklahoma City79/52/pc81/51/pcNorth Platte77/62/pc70/56/sNorfolk61/48/pc61/49/shNewport, OR77/60/pc71/53/pc
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67/4067/4061/3661/36Baker CityBaker City
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seulavdetamitsE11 am: 54.010 am: 54.09 am: 57.98 am: 57.07 am: 55.96 am: 53.15 am: 55.04 am: 55.0
11 pm: NA10 pm: NA9 pm: 60.18 pm: 63.07 pm: 66.96 pm: 68.05 pm: 66.04 pm: 66.0
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to the sun.overexposureUV index is the risk of
effectApril 29.With the United States
drawing down its troopnumbers from wars inAfghanistan and Iraq, theactive-duty prospects for ageneration that grew up inthe age of terror aren’t aptto improve, say area re-cruiters and educators.
“All this belt-tighteninghas caused theDepartmentof Defense to chase afterthe same successful, highlymotivated high schoolgraduates that everyoneelse is chasing,” said retiredArmyLt.Col.MikeByrd,aninstructor for Van HornHighSchool’s JuniorROTCprogramin Independence.
“It’s very expensive torecruit,” he added. “Wedon’thave the flexibilityweonce had to get it wrongwith one kid and hope thenextoneworksout.”
SHRINKING FORCEInFebruary,DefenseSec-
retary Chuck Hagel un-veiled plans to reduce theArmy’s active-duty strengthfrom its current force of520,000 to 490,000 by au-tumn2015.
Should Congress stickwith defense funding capsenacted in December aspart of a federal sequestra-tion agreement, the Armyover the next two yearscould shrink toward an ac-tive-duty force of about440,000, its smallest sincebeforeWorldWar II.
Further shrinkagewouldbe necessary if sequestra-tion fights resume in com-ing years, Hagel and otherdefense leaders said.
Jessica L. Wright, actingundersecretary for defensepersonneland readiness, re-centlytoldU.S.senators thatthe Pentagon’s budget planspares only the Navy fromforce reductionsnext year.
The Air Force, MarineCorps andmilitaryReserveand Guard units wouldshrink over the next severalyears, Wright said, thoughtroop cuts are not expectedtobeasdeepas in theArmy,the largest recruiterof all.
What does this spell for
America’s young adults,ages 17 to24, alreadybuffet-edby 14 percent unemploy-ment and ever-soaring col-lege costs?
“There’llbe feweroppor-tunities in military service,as there have been in theoverall economy,”Byrdsaid.
HIGHERSTANDARDSThe Army nationwide is
on pace to hit its fiscal year2014goalofsigningup57,000recruits foractiveduty.
That’s down from about80,000 new recruits eachyear from fiscal 2005through2008.Onlyonce, in2005, did Army recruitersfail tohit theirmark.
In those years, much oftheir recruiting successwasowed tocommandersgrant-ingwaivers for conduct andhealth issues that, in peace-time,wouldkeepcandidatesout of the military. Only 86percent of new recruits atthe height of thewar in Iraqhad completed high school.Many with felony convic-tionswere allowed in.
Today, 99 percent of re-cruits have graduated fromhigh school. The militarybranches expect higherscores in the ASVAB test,which quizzes candidateson tools and electrical cir-cuitry as well as on lan-guage and math. Even apastmisdemeanormaydis-qualify apotential recruit.
“It’s not that we have azero-defect mentality, be-cause we don’t,” saidNathan Christensen, aNavy officer in public af-fairs for the Defense De-partment. “But it is true thatthe quality of military re-cruits rightnow is thehigh-est it’s been in 40 years.”
Many potential recruitsdon’t know that. They’reoutof luckwhen they showup atHoard’s recruiting of-fice with drug charges intheirbackground,withoutahigh school diploma orGED, or carrying greatergirth than theArmy allows.
“Five years ago, if a kidhad gotten caught with a(marijuana) joint in his car,thatpersonwouldbeprettymuch a shoo-in” to enlistunder awaiver,Hoard said.“Now, you’re not author-ized.”
OMBUDSMANCONTINUED FROMA1
SusanBuxton said.City officials were
unaware that the homeown-ers were creating a parallelpath,Buxton saidFriday.
“I had to find out by ru-mor,” Buxton said. “I calledtheir lawyer and said,‘What’s going on?’ ”
The path — much widerand closer to the river thanthe first path — is fartheraway from Laguna Pointehomes.Like theoriginalpath,it does not have a bridge orculvert tocarryusersoveranoverflowchannel.
At least one Eagle officiallikes the location.
“I think it’s a great placefor the path,” saidEagleCityCouncilwoman Mary Mc-Farland,who checked it outlastweek. “It’s shady, and it’scloser to the river.”
She said that every timeshe reads about bicyclistscollidingwith carsonTreas-ure Valley streets, it adds toher sense of urgency forfinding a resolution on thepath, which would connectthe Eagle Road area to thepaths east in Garden City
andBoise.“I’m not here for a big ol’
fight, I’m just here for aGreenbelt path,”McFarlandsaid. “We’ve been waitingandwaiting andwaiting.”
One of the reasons Eagleofficialsdidn’t want tomovethe public path closer to theriver was concerns about af-fectingwetlands.
Buxton said she hasn’t re-ceived anything in writing
about thenewpath.“Make me an offer. My
clients are reasonable,”Buxton said. “If they have aproposal they want me totake to my client, I am allears.”
The Laguna Pointe asso-ciation had 20 days to an-swer Eagle’s eminent do-main claim. It respondedanddemanded a jury trial.
A conference call be-
tween the judge and lawyerswill be held June 16 to dis-cuss the status of the case.They’ll talk about pretrialmatters and set a trial date.
KatyMoeller: 377-6413
TRAILCONTINUED FROMA1
RECRUITSCONTINUED FROMA1
KATYMOELLER/ [email protected] sayanewpath, on the left, iswhere theGreenbelt trailwas supposed tobe.
MOREONLAGUNAPOINTEANDEAGLE
PARKSANDRECREATIONIdahoStatesman.com
By Jacqulyn Powell Published: May 19, 2014 at 5:21 PM MST
EAGLE, Idaho (KBOI) - A group of home-owners in Eagle continues a fight with the city over where part of the Greenbelt should go. The argument has been going on for a few years. It concerns where about a quarter of a mile stretch of the Greenbelt should be placed in Laguna Pointe, an Eagle subdivision. Laguna Pointe and the City of Eagle made an agreement in 2006 that if the neighborhood were to go in, the city would get an easement of land inside of the neighborhood to run the Greenbelt through. But the city says some-how, that easement was never filed properly with the county.
The Homeowners Association says the ease-ment was supposed to run right along the riv-er. But Eagle’s Parks and Recreation Director, Mike Aho says there’s a problem with that.
“The river has shifted, and so the pathway has moved and been in different places partially because of that,” Aho said.
The path the city currently has designated for hikers and bikers is further away from the water. Homeowners say that leads people using the path right into their backyards.
“At this point, if they use the path that the city is trying to push for, they’re technically entirely on private proper-ty and they’re trespassing,” said homeowner Darcy Hoellwarth.
As a result, Hoellwarth says, the Homeowners Association put in its own path right along the river. But the city says the HOA did so without giving any notice or getting a needed permit.
Eagle leaders are ordering the subdivision to sell the part of land its trail has been on to the city. But homeown-ers say the city should just take the path the neighborhood created.
The City of Eagle’s attorney says she and the HOA’s attorney are set to discuss the conflict with a judge on June 16th.
