[RP TownTalk] Cafritz referral from Parks and Planning (was Re: (no subject))

[Alan K. Thompson]

Bruce,

The referral is available at
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2563401/A-10018_121511_f.doc  I haven't had a
chance to read it yet myself, but will start soon.

Best,

Alan

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Alan K. Thompson <twacks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> The Council was told on 12/1 that the MNCPPC referral that was expected
> that day was delayed.  I haven't heard anything today.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Friday, December 2, 2011, Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone out there have the link to the Cafritz Development plan?  I
> heard it was available Dec 1.
> >
> >
> > On 12/02/11, Andrew Waldron<andrewwaldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think the developers have done their best to express the potential
> benefits of this project. If you still aren't sure of them, someone can
> probably refer you to a Washington Post article that did a decent job at
> it. Whereas I'm sure the town council is well aware of the developers
> perspective.
> >
> > So I think it is rather pointless at this point to "demand" proof of
> success. Nothin can be proven. And frankly I'm sick of having statistics
> thrown in my face from both the pro and con sides.
> >
> > At this point I think it best to put the issue to rest in our forum and
> let the mayor, council, and board do their job.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On Dec 2, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Kate Kelly <kelly.kate at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Here's a copy of an email I sent this morning to the mayor and council.
> --KK
> >>
> >> Good morning.
> >> Before the brickbats, let me say thanks to the Riverdale Park mayor and
> >> council for staying up late so many nights. I know it's a difficult job
> >> that none of you was hoping to do.
> >>
> >> As you go forward with the Cafritz negotiations, please remember that
> most
> >> people in Riverdale Park--certainly those who are closest to the
> site--are
> >> not ambivalent in any way or hoping to settle for the best of a bad
> >> situation. We oppose the development. You know that. You've heard us say
> >> it, and you've heard our neighbors say it.
> >>
> >> And you have heard it from most people in the neighboring towns. Stuart
> >> Eisenberg from Hyattsville said it last night and others have said it
> from
> >> the beginning: This is building with regional consequences. The
> developers'
> >> and planners' renderings all stop at the boundaries, but the impact does
> >> not.
> >>
> >> Let me recapitulate: There is no dishonor in demanding that the Cafritz
> >> group prove the value in its plan in exchange for your assent to the
> zoning
> >> change. To name a single point, it's still going to be a shopping
> center on
> >> Route 1, even with a wall and a buffer. The truck traffic that will
> begin
> >> with construction and continue for a decade as the project is completed
> >> will go on forever with deliveries. It will be a regional fact of life,
> >> just like the drive-through bank at East-West Highway. That's something
> >> even proponents are against.
> >>
> >> How is it wrong, then, to demand that the developer prove it will work
> >> BEFORE saying yes?
> >>
> >> - It's too much for the site.
> >> - It's derivative, not innovative.
> >> - It's bad for the environment.
> >> - It's bad for local roads, schools, and services.
> >> - It's benefit will not offset its cost.
> >>
> >> So far, we've not heard a straight answer, so we are asking again: What
> is
> >> in this for us? Our neighborhoods, our neighbors, our towns, our
> children,
> >> our planet?
> >>
> >> Thanks, as usual, for your time.
> >> Kate and Joe Kelly
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