[RP TownTalk] (no subject)

[Melissa Avery]

I am concerned about something I read in the Gazette yesterday regarding the Cafritz property. It refers to the Carfitz development as being the new town center.
Can anyone shed lite on that?




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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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