Its tomorrow, the 14th.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dwight Holmes</b> <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Vern, thanks for this -- very helpful in clarifying the issues and<br>positions of the 3 towns.<br>Has the today's hearing concluded? Was any action taken? Thanks, again.
<br><br>On 6/13/07, Vernon Archer <<a href="mailto:varcher@gmail.com">varcher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Dear Friends and Neighbors,<br>><br>> I would like to share some information on the Wachovia Bank proposal for
<br>> East-West and Baltimore Avenue.<br>><br>> First, it is both the position of Riverdale Park and Hyattsville that the<br>> Planning Board (the ultimate zoning authority) should approve the project if<br>> all conditions set forth in the project review by the Planning Board
<br>> professional staff are met. I verified this last evening with Hyattsville's<br>> Mayor, Bill Gardiner.<br>><br>> Riverdale Park's Council endorsed the separate MUTC committee<br>> recommendations too, but they are all covered by the Planning review. The
<br>> only ongoing issue, and it is a big one no doubt, is that the developer is<br>> still asking for 4 drive through lanes, while the review (and therefore<br>> Riverdale and Hyattsville) demands 3 at most. I believe the Planning Board
<br>> will not budge on this--it will be 3 if the project goes forward. Since<br>> Riverdale Park took this position, only a super-majority vote on the Board<br>> can allow more than 3 lanes.<br>><br>> Also, I spoke directly to Mayor John Tabori of University Park last evening
<br>> to refresh my memory about his town's position, and to get an update if it<br>> had changed since the first hearing was held in April. He said that his<br>> town opposes the Wachovia plan because it calls for four drive through
<br>> lanes. I asked what their position will be if the Planning Board demands<br>> that it be taken down to three lanes as the staff report calls for, and as<br>> Riverdale Park and Hyattsville endorse. Mayor Tabori said that the plan
<br>> would then be acceptable at three lanes.<br>><br>> Therefore, all three Towns have the exact same position on the only major<br>> issue: No Project with four drive through lanes; three drive through lanes
<br>> are acceptable.<br>><br>> I understand that some oppose the project regardless, and I respect their<br>> opinions. There clearly are things to oppose about it. However, it is the<br>> opinion of those who are responsible for and elected to represent the whole
<br>> interest of the Town of Riverdale Park, that a reduced project is in that<br>> best overall interest.<br>><br>> Best wishes,<br>><br>> Vern<br>><br>> --<br>> Vernon Archer, Mayor<br>> Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland
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