[RP TownTalk] Fwd: Friends and neighbors,

[Dwight Holmes]

Well one thing that is clearly written in the draft covenants is that UMd
has to sign on to this, otherwise it's a no go. Whether they will or won't,
I have no idea, but they certainly have the veto power as the agreement
states.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Melissa Avery <m.avery at rocketmail.com>wrote:

> I have spent a lot of time walking with my dog in the proposed areas
> indicated and frankly, from a civil engineering standpoint, ( I spent many
> years as an engineering drafter so I do know what I am talking about) there
> is not enough room for a road behind the Historic ERCO building,  for
> much more that a one lane access road.
> Not enough room to handle the 2000+ residents and patrons to the shopping
> center, and not enough room to handle a regular stream of semi trucks
> needed to stock the stores.
>
> The Historic ERCO building belongs to the University of Maryland. Who
> amuses that the University will give up that building for Riverdale Park?
>
> The only property that belongs to Riverdale Park in that area is the
> Field of Dreams.
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> *To:* TownTalk <TownTalk at riverdale-park.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:50 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [RP TownTalk] Fwd: Friends and neighbors,
>
> Took me awhile, but i did find where the Cafritz documents reside. Here's
> a link to the page:
> http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/cafritz.cfm
>
> the newest documents are at the bottom of the page
>
> I believe these are the documents that were available at the meeting last
> night, plus a couple that were added today:
>
>
>    - Draft conditions of support, 1-9-12<http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/draft%20conditions%20of%20support,%201-9-12.pdf>
>    - Agreement to support zoning reclassification 1-9-12<http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/Agreement%20to%20support%20zoning%20reclassification%201-9-2012.pdf>
>    - Declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions 1-9-<http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/Declaration%20of%20Covenants,%20Conditions%20and%20Restrictions%201-09-20121.pdf>
>    12
>    - Exhibits 1-9-12<http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/77776482?access_key=key-202vrrzdjke27eoglzfp>
>    - Schedule 1: Maryland Avenue Extension 1-10-12<http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/77776961?access_key=key-1ydt70o4sdmovoy3uzrr>
>
>
> I am very disappointed at the placement (seen in Exhibits 1-9-12<http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/77776482?access_key=key-202vrrzdjke27eoglzfp>)
> of the two arrows indicating "Potential CSX crossing locations" - one
> would drop down immediately in front of the historic NOAA building, the
> other would seem to plow through the middle of it - presumably this would
> take the between-building route suggested I believe by Councilman
> Thompson.  I still believe it would make the most sense to take the
> northern route, piggybacking in part if not entirely on WMATA land that is
> already in use for transportation - and would lead to the CP Metro station,
> maximizing that linkage.   I hope at least that this option is not
> dismissed summarily without pursuing it further.
>
> Dwight
> Riverdale Rd.
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Lou King <lking at knob.com> wrote:
>
>
> Many if the issues you raise are also addressed in the Cafritz project
> documents that are online on the town website.
>
>
>
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