<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Jul</span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">y 22, 2008</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">To: Vernon Archer, Mayor</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Alice Ewen Walker, Councilwoman </span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">From: Joe and Kate Kelly</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Re: Sector plan and sectional map amendment, central U.S. 1 corridor</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Joe Kelly and I went to the University Park town meeting last night. Chad Williams of MNCPPC presented a short overview of his project to create a new sector plan and sectional map amendment for Route 1 from USDA’s southern boundary to East-West Highway in Riverdale Park.</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I found some of his presentation unclear because he did not define many of the terms he used, but the upshot seems to be that Park and Planning has assembled a group of planners and engineers who are going to study the traffic on the road and develop one or several proposals to fix current and anticipated traffic problems. All of it is on a quick timeline (three weeks until they begin).</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The plan extends the area to be examined from College Avenue in College Park, which was the southern boundary the last time one of these studies was done, further south to Route 410. Instead of including just the street, the new area includes the entire Cafritz property. All of the parcel is included, not just the portion that fronts Route 1. That is the only large property included in its entirety. Otherwise, the new area included was about the equivalent of a standard lot’s depth on either side of Route 1 from College Avenue to East-West Highway.</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Joe and I strongly recommend that you get in touch with Mr. Williams and invite him to address the town right away. He indicated last night that he would need to hear from local elected bodies by the third week in August to have any input about the projects’ boundaries. And if the town's do not know about the plan, obviously, there's no way they can voice an opinion. Absent that, I gather, Park and Planning may draw whatever boundaries it believes are necessary. </span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">We have several concerns:</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">First is the lack of a comprehensive approach. If the pressures of current and anticipated development are the issue, the scope ought to be expanded to include all of the development that will bring new traffic to Route 1.</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Second, there was no indication that the services of local professionals, who presumably would have a solid working knowledge of the area and its problems, had been sought in the process that was used to assemble the consultant team. </span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Third, the inclusion of the whole Cafritz property is troubling because it could be used to advance the developer’s argument that a rezoning is justified. If the new map facilitates that property’s rezoning, then rezoning all of the current residential properties that border Route 1 will become a simple matter. University Park seems to be foursquare against the boundary change for that reason if no other. As I understand it, Mayor Tabori’s suggestion is that if need be the boundary could be extended, but that no property of any kind should be included on either side of the existing physical street. We agree.</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Finally, there is an apparent lack of commitment to what is now called “transparency.” I’m not completely sure why he was presenting the material at the University Park town meeting, but he seemed to have no similar appointments in College Park or Riverdale Park. We think it is important for the town to be closely involved in this project or risk living with whatever decisions are made without our input.</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Here’s his contact information:</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Chad Williams</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Project Manager</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:chad.williams@ppd.mncppc.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">chad.williams@ppd.mncppc.org</span></font></font></font></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mncppc.org/pgco"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">www.mncppc.org/pgco</span></font></font></font></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">As I understand it, more detailed information about the plan is available here: </span></font></font></font><a href="http://www.mncppc.org/cpd/CPapproved.htm"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://www.mncppc.org/cpd/CPapproved.htm</span></font></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. </span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I haven’t read it yet, but I will. Also, there are two local blogs that are following development up and down Route 1. Each of them offers good information and might help all of us to share more from town to town:</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Route One Growth: </span></font></font></font><a href="http://route1growth.wordpress.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://route1growth.wordpress.com/</span></font></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Rethink College Park: </span></font></font></font><a href="http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/library/route-1-corridor-sector-plan/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/library/route-1-corridor-sector-plan/</span></font></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></font></font></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thanks for your attention,</span></font></font></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Kate and Joe Kelly</span></font></font></font></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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