<div dir="ltr">Peggy,<div><br></div><div>There is no single piece of information of file. We are in the process of getting as much in electronic format as possible to ease distribution. I'll get all that is electronic posted to the town's website as soon as we reasonably can--hopefully by mid week and I'll post to this list when its posted.</div><div><br></div><div>If there are materials that are too difficult to post due to size or other issues, I'll make arrangements to have them available for public review prior to the presentation on the 30th. Again I'll post back to the list--hopefully by mid-week--how this can be handled by town staff.</div><div><br></div><div>And of course the summary materials--presentation materials--will be available at the work session.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Vern</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Peggylint <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peggylint@aol.com" target="_blank">peggylint@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial">
<div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent">Mr. Archer,</font></div>
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<div>How can a resident of Riverdale get a copy of the materials that the County has provided regarding the Wells Run system?</div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>Peggy</div>
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To: TownTalk <<a href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a>><br>
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Subject: [RP TownTalk] Storm Water Management Presentation<br>
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<pre style="font-size:9pt"><tt>Friends and neighbors,
I want to let you know that at the next Council Work
Session on Monday
March 30 at 8 PM there will be a presentation about Storm
Water
Management (SWM) along Wells Run relating to the Cafritz project and
how
best to manage the system.
The issue at stake is that one aspect of the SWM
system Cafritz is
obliged to put in is a holding tank on the west side of the
property;
however engineering studies show that piece of the system will
have
negligible affect on either 10 or 100 year type floods. Therefore
the
suggestion on the table is that a fee be paid instead by the
developer,
based on clear county formula, to help fund what is hoped
to be a more
effective project to hold water farther upstream commonly
referred to as the "9
Pond" proposal. The argument they are making is
that this will do much more to
actually control flooding than the
"tank" that does next to nothing according
to their study.
The 9 Pond proposal has been in the works for years and at
least on
its surface seems to be the only real place where sufficient land
is
available that a real reduction of downstream flooding can be
realized. Not
just its large size makes it appealing, but the fact
that the land is largely
undevelopable also makes it a likely site.
The presentation at the work
session will come from the Prince
George's County Department of Public Works
which is the agency that is
charged with SWM. Ultimately this agency is the
arbiter of the issue,
but it is important that all impacted stakeholders engage
in reviewing
and understanding the issues and evaluations.
This is a
critical time for SWM in Riverdale Park because the Wells
Run system is being
surveyed, analyzed and (re)designed for repair and
reconstruction as well as
new regulations are being implemented for
development/redevelopment projects as
part of statewide SWM efforts.
Now is the time for us to get the best
reconstruction plans and
precedents for development that we can get.
I
cannot say more at this point because we (Riverdale Park and
other
stakeholders) are still evaluating the materials that the County
has
provided. As stated above PGCDPW has the final say, but they represent
all
of us on matters such as this and we intend to make sure that they
do not
forget this. Please know that you are invited out for what is
likely to be a
lively presentation and followup questions.
Best wishes,
Vern
--
Vernon Archer, Mayor
Town of Riverdale Park,
Maryland
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