[RP TownTalk] EXECUTIVE SESSION LAST NIGHT on Cafritz Development

[Melissa Avery]

This is back door politicts as usual for Riverdale Park. Gee what a coincidance the town is voting on this very serious issue on the same day College is meeting aginst it. 


From: Jeffrey Yorke <yorkedial at gmail.com>
To: Kate Kelly <kelly.kate at verizon.net>
Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] EXECUTIVE SESSION LAST NIGHT on Cafritz Development


It doesn't seem fair that this was posted at 11:45 p.m. the night before the meeting. 

Kate,

You must have missed all the other posting of this on the public schedule. This was a public notice more than a week ago. Councilmen Thompson's note serves merely as a reminder, and as a courtesy. 

Jeffrey Yorke 


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Kate Kelly <kelly.kate at verizon.net> wrote:

I was alarmed to see that CM Thompson posted this to the Town Announce list:
>"From: "Alan K. Thompson" <twacks at gmail.com>
>To: townannounce <TownAnnounce at riverdale-park.org>
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:45:57 -0400
>Subject: [RP Town Announce] Meeting announcement - Town Council 9/7/2011 at 7:30 pm, likely Executive Session
>The Town Council of Riverdale Park will meet on September 7, 2011, at 7:30 pm in Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Road, Riverdale, MD, 20737.
>
>"The topic to be discussed is proposed development and location of a Whole Foods market, and in particular the conditions required by the Town Council to support such commercial development.
>
>"It is anticipated that the Town Council will meet in closed session under statutory authority D of the Maryland Open Meetings Act, "Consider a matter that concerns the proposal for a business or industrial organization to locate in Prince George's County.""
>
>I'm sure it's totally legal, but it is concerning to me. The developer wants to build far more than a "Whole Foods market." I wonder whether this discussion would occur if the proposal were for Kmart or Shoppers Food Warehouse?
>
>It doesn't seem fair that this was posted at 11:45 p.m. the night before the meeting.
>
>Kate Kelly
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