[RP TownTalk] Field of Dreams

[Maureen Farrington]

I talked to ACP when this was going on, and they did not want to sell their
land for this project. There was nothing the town could have done to change
their minds. And as the chair of economic development at the time, wouldn't
this have fallen under your purview?

While I am an ardent supporter of open discourse, these constant lobs at
the mayor and council are tiresome.  In our last election just over 12
months ago, every seat ran unopposed. There was ample opportunity to
recruit and get new people in.  This current level of vitriol is very
unwelcoming to anyone who would want to get involved now.

-Maureen

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Jonathan Ebbeler <
jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:

> Dwight’s post is mostly accurate – certainly the sentiments.  UMD owns
> most of the land including approximately to the fence line of the current
> FOD.  The new road will run on what was UMD land but has been (or will be)
> transferred to the town.
>
>
>
> There were multiple alignments proposed, including one that would have run
> between the Raytheon and ACP buildings.  Our town did not take as active of
> a role in those negotiations as they should have with all the interested
> parties.  I am not convinced that the Mayor understood or knew about all
> the moving pieces in this project since he missed a vast majority of the
> meetings with the M-U-TC committee and the  Planning Board hearings.  He
> certainly did attend the Legislative and Worksession meetings, but that is
> not where this project was negotiated, decided, and discussed in minute
> detail.  I cannot speak to what he did behind the scenes, but in my
> conversations with the County and the Developer, the Mayor was and
> continues to be largely asleep at the wheel.
>
>
>
> Our town generally has been a major impediment to why the project is
> taking so long.  Between RP’s delays on the bridge landing/traffic circle
> decision and the recording of the Platt (which should have happened a year
> ago but just occurred), we have delayed the Whole Food’s opening by 12-18
> months.
>
>
>
> Well-advertised public hearings on matters like this can encourage public
> discourse prior to decisions being made.  Ultimately this was an issue for
> the Mayor and  the Ward 2 Councilman to fight for and decide.
>
>
>
> JWE
>
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