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<DIV>Thank you Bruce. You are a true environmentalist. </DIV>
<DIV>audrey bragg</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/17/2012 10:30:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bruce.wernek@verizon.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Sara</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the links to the right of way info.</DIV>
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<DIV>A correction to your comments on the wildlife below. A
lot of the wildlife will not be "displaced". They will be buried
alive or crushed if they live in burrows (wood chuck, rabbits, turtles,
snakes, etc.) as the bulldozers move/drive over the earth while they
are in their homes; crushed or buried alive if they live in the
trees (squirrels, racoon, nestlings, snakes, etc) when they jump to "saftey"
as the trees they are living in are being felled; or hit by construction
equipment or cars (fox, deer) when they return looking for their
homes bewildered, after their homes have
been destroyed. And don't forget the myriad bugs, worms,
insects, etc. I'm sure you can figure out what's going to happen to
them. To put it bluntly, wholesale extermination of wildlife on the
Cafritz property in exchange for Whole Foods. This is what many of you
are so excited about.</DIV>
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<DIV>To add insult to injury, after the construction is
completed, any wildlife that was displaced will be living in your
house (racoons, bats), yards (deer, woodchucks, fox), or trees
(opossums) and eating your trash and ornamentals. Then we'll
call pest control resulting in many of these animals being
euphanized.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm sorry if what I've outlined above is unpleasant for some of our
readers, but it's much more so for those who are most affected by it.
Keep in mind, this scenario is playing out all over the world each time a new
contruction project is undertaken. Political correctness be
damned.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce</DIV>
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<SPAN>Melissa Avery<m.avery@rocketmail.com></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT size=3>Is the bridge going sown your street or will it
be the field of dreams, because those are the only places that
would </FONT>accommodation<FONT size=3> a bridge. If you actually
take the time to go out and physically survey the land area and not
rely on a google map for an attractive location.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
Sarah Wayland <<A class=parsedEmail title=mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com
href="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com"
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Bruce Wernek <<A class=parsedEmail
title=mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net href="mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net"
target=_blank>bruce.wernek@verizon.net</A>> <BR><B><SPAN
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target=_blank>towntalk@riverdale-park.org</A>" <<A class=parsedEmail
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target=_blank>twacks@gmail.com</A>" <<A class=parsedEmail
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target=_blank>twacks@gmail.com</A>> <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, April 16, 2012 9:25
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [RP TownTalk]
What grocery store?<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1233973965>Good points Bruce.
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<DIV>Regarding traffic, part of the deal that local officials and MNCPPC
worked out with the Cafritz developers is that they cannot break ground before
they secure the right of way for a bridge to cross the railroad tracks between
Tuckerman and the College Park Metro station. This bridge will connect River
Road with the Cafritz development. If they cannot secure the right of way,
construction cannot begin. I believe there are also funding requirements
before they can break ground, but I don't remember the
specifics. <SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I'm sure someone can find them here: <A class=parsedLink
title=http://www.mncppc.org/page40173.aspx
href="http://www.mncppc.org/page40173.aspx"
target=_blank>http://www.mncppc.org/page40173.aspx</A> where the final
conditions approved by the planning board are posted.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regarding the wildlife, I don't know what to say. The property is
privately owned and currently zoned for single family housing. It's going to
be developed one way or another, so the wildlife will be displace regardless
of whether it is MUTC zoned, or single family housing zoned. (I'll also add
that the single family housing development does NOT require a bridge linking
the east side of the RR tracks, and there will be a significant traffic burden
from that kind of development as well.)<SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Whether we like it or not, that property will get developed. It is not
owned by you, or me, or the Town, or the county. It is privately owned, and as
such, the owners can develop it within the constraints of the law. If we allow
the change to MUTC zoning, we actually have *more* influence regarding the
impact the development will have on the surrounding community. </DIV>
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<DIV>But there will be an impact regardless of the outcome.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>-Sarah<BR><BR>On Monday, April 16, 2012, Bruce Wernek wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Folks</DIV>
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<DIV>There's alot more to this deal than Whole Foods. This is just the
carrot which is incidental as far as I'm concerned. What matters
to me is the affect this development is going to have on the traffic on
Queensbury Rd and the surrounding area. I'm already dealing with
bumper to bumper traffic from the RR crossing to Rt 1 from time to
time. I don't want it to get any worse.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What's the story on the RR crossing? Have they committed to
completing it by the time their commerical space is open for
business? Even if Cafritz commits to building it, they still have
to acquire the right of way. So what' the story on the right of
way? If there's a commitment from Cafritz, but they don't have
the right of way, they can't build so their commitment doesn't mean
anything.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The other issue, which I consider to be much more important than Whole
Foods, is the destruction of the wildlife habitat. I'm
guessimating that area supports ~12-15 deer not to mention fox, racoon,
rabbits, squirrels, raptors, woodchuck, opossums, birds, snakes,
turtles, etc. What do you think is going to happen to them when they
remove the trees and start preparing the site for construction.
Imagine an animal living in a burrow hiding there out of
fear while the bulldozers are grading overhead. Imagine the
squirrels, opossum, racoons, birds, etc seeking refuge in the trees as they
are being cut down. All everyone seem to care about is Whole
Foods. What about these animals? Do they matter at all to any of
you? </DIV>
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<DIV>The question you have to ask yourselves is Whole Food or
anything comparable worth the genocide of wildlife that will
occur when they build it. This development will result in
the complete and utter sterilization of a rich ecosystem so that we can have
another grocery store, more parking lots, more cars, and more
density. It's all good in Riverdale. </DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On
04/15/12, <SPAN>Alan K. Thompson<<A
rel=nofollow>twacks@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>I firmly believe that, at this time, Whole Foods is committed to
opening their planned store in Riverdale Park.</DIV>
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<DIV>I've spent a lot of time across a negotiating table from their lead
attorney on the project, Chip Reed, and have found him to be very careful
and precise in what he says. He has stated on numerous occasions that
they have a "lease" with Whole Foods, not a "Letter of Intent" as suggested
by Mr. Currie. So long as the Cafritz team keeps their side of the
lease (building the store according to the terms of the lease) I believe
that Whole Foods will come. My reading of the Hyattsville CDC's recent
market study suggests that this site presents a very good opportunity for
Whole Foods; discussions I've had with Stuart Eisenberg about that study
indicate the same.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ms. Avery started this discussion because Mr. Reed used the term "a
grocery store" instead of "Whole Foods" in the presentation, implying that
he knows that the occupant will not be Whole Foods. I'm as certain as
I can be, based on my interactions with him, that if that were true he would
not have said what I quoted in my first letter, that the developer was under
significant time pressure from "Whole Foods."</DIV>
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<DIV>It's still possible, of course, that the project will be killed by the
actions (or delays) of the District Council.</DIV>
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<DIV>Alan</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Chris Currie <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
rel=nofollow>crcurrie@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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the 'bait and switch.'
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<DIV>Too soon to tell, but one thing's for certain: Once the rezoning is
approved, the strength of Cafritz's and Whole Foods' negotiating positions
with respect to each other changes dramatically. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Up 'til this time, Cafritz has been almost completely dependent on
Whole Foods' participation in the development proposal. I wouldn't
be surprised if the latter was offered a $1/year lease; certainly, some
kind of sweetheart deal would have been necessary to lure Whole Foods so
far away from its standard marketing demographic criteria. </DIV>
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<DIV>With the property rezoned, Cafritz doesn't need Whole Foods and might
find another tenant willing to pay more to anchor its commercial
component. A Letter of Intent (as I'm presuming is the nature of
whatever agreement the two parties have at this point) is never
iron-clad.</DIV>
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<DIV>If we hear from Cafritz in the days ahead, particularly after final
approval of the development plan, that Whole Foods' "demands" have
increased or become more unreasonable, we should definitely take it with a
grain of salt. </DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Currie</DIV>
<DIV>Hyattsville<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN>Message: 3</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:27:56
-0700 (PDT)</SPAN><BR><SPAN>From: Melissa Avery <</SPAN><A
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<DIV><BR><SPAN>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] What grocery
store?</SPAN><BR></DIV><SPAN>Message-ID:</SPAN><BR><SPAN>
<</SPAN><A
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text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN>So, Whole Foods has
not?officially?announced?</SPAN><SPAN>their?withdrawal?from the
project</SPAN><BR><SPAN>From what I understand Whole Foods originally?put
conditions on whether or not they would continue with
the?development.</SPAN><BR><SPAN>I guess the truth will come out in the
cross examination?process in front of the county
council.?</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Melissa</SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk
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