[RP Town Announce] Upcoming meetings (June 21, 2005)

[Alan Thompson (Riverdale Park Webmaster)]

The Town Council had a work session on Monday June 20, 2005. This was 
a week earlier than the usual 'last Monday of the month', because the 
council will be at the annual meeting of the Maryland Municipal 
League on June 27th. (An announcement was sent to this list, but the 
group had only just been formed, so there weren't many members when 
that note went out.)  A tentative agenda was set for the Legislative 
Meeting (details of that meeting are below).  Unusual items on the 
agenda include consideration of a request to endorse a resolution 
made by the town of Landover Hills (this resolution would make it 
easier for Wal-Mart to move into the old Capital Plaza shopping 
center), appointment of member(s) to the Mixed Use Town Center (MUTC) 
Architectural Review Committee, taking a position on zoning variances 
for a proposed new church at the corner of Riverdale Road and 54th 
Avenue, and adoption of rules of order for meetings of the Town 
Council.

The Town Council will have a special legislative meeting on Thursday, 
June 23 to reconcile the 2005 budget and finalize the 2006 Budget. 
They will also consider a request to declare a temporary "No Parking" 
zone on part of the 6000 block of Riverside Drive while a tree is 
being removed from a resident's yard on July 1. This meeting will be 
at Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Road.

The Town Council will have its monthly legislative meeting on 
Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at 8:00 p.m.  As with all legislative 
meetings, it will be at Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Road.

On Wednesday, July 6, 2005, there will be two meetings.  One is the 
regular monthly meeting of the MUTC Architectural Review committee. 
It will be at Town Hall at 8:00 p.m.  This meeting may be cancelled 
if there are no requests to be reviewed.

The second meeting on July 6, 2005, is the organizational meeting of 
a recently formed citizen advisory board, the Communications 
Committee. The Communications Committee was set up by Mayor Archer to 
establish long-term direction and goals for the best utilization and 
integration of all forms of communication, including the newsletter, 
web site, cable channel, e-mail lists and any other communication 
media.  The Communications Committee has just started an e-mail list, 
which everyone is invited to join for discussion.  Details of this 
list are available at 
http://mail.riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/comtalk_riverdale-park.org 
This meeting will also be at Town Hall.  (Don't worry -- there are 
two meeting rooms there so there will be plenty of room!)

For details of these meetings please call the town offices during 
business hours at (301) 927-6381.  You can also reply to this message 
and I will try to find an answer to any question you might have.
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Alan Thompson
webmaster at ci.riverdale-park.md.us