[RP TownTalk] Fwd: [RP Town Announce] Saturday Council meeting regarding Cafritz

[Kate Kelly]

This would be a good time for the town's elected officials to detail--even
briefly--for the public what the exact financial benefits to the town will
be and how much it will cost residents to pay for the Cafritz project.

Many years ago, a young Mayor Archer told me that the problem with building
a development of single-family homes on the Cafritz property was that it
would cost the rest of the town too much to support; that the property tax
revenues from such a development would not cover, for example, the cost of
public safety protection or public works maintenance. I challenge the mayor
and council now to explain exactly how the development will pay for itself.
And to explain what possible benefit--other than paving the way for a
suburban-style shopping center for the convenience of people who will drive
there on the widened Route 1--it will bring to the people who live, for
example, in Ward 4 or Ward 5. The taxes paid by the people in the rest of
the town will pay for police and fire protection on the new property: There
will be no property tax revenue for the town from the new development.

How can any member or our elected government support this development?

Kate Kelly

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sara Imhulse <simhulse at riverdaleparkmd.gov>
Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:28 PM
Subject: [RP Town Announce] Saturday Council meeting regarding Cafritz
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org, townannounce at riverdale-park.org


Riverdale Park Town Council will hold a special legislative meeting this
Saturday, May 11th at 10:00 a.m. at Town Hall to take action on the Cafritz
Preliminary Plan of Subdivision (PPS) and discuss the Detailed Site Plan
(DSP).  This meeting is open to the public, and all are invited to attend.**
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