[00:00:01]
IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS APPEAR, LET'S PROMOTE THEM IF POSSIBLE AS WELL.[Cheverly Hill Neighborhood Meeting on August 13, 2026.]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.I'M THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CALL ROLL FOR THIS, UM, PUBLIC MEETING, BUT I WILL JUST RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL MEMBER FRY COUNCIL FROM WARD SIX IS PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ECK FROM WARD TWO IS PRESENT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TANZI FROM WARD FOUR IS PRESENT, AND I EXPECT AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THE OTHER THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
WE'RE PROBABLY 15 OR SO MINUTES, UM, FOR AN UPDATE.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC FOR, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UP TO TWO MINUTES EACH.
UH, AND THEN IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE END, WE CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AFTER EVERYONE WANTS TO SPEAK HAS HAD A CHANCE.
AND WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT ABOUT 7 25 IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THE WORK SESSION MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP TALKING AND HAND IT OVER TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
UH, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR WATSON.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY BOTH IN, IN THE ROOM AND DIGITALLY? CERTAINLY ONLINE I CAN, YES.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GET I I, WHERE, WHERE'S THE CAMERA? I THINK IT'S JUST THIS CAMERA.
SO YOU, YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TO SLIDE A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS ME AND YOU.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILED SITE PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THROUGH, UM, PARKING PLANNING AND THE UPCOMING SUBMISSION FOR THE BEVERLY HILL PROJECT.
UM, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GIVE, UH, IS GONNA BE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOUR FACES BEFORE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE'VE, UH, DONE A NUMBER OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, TO GIVE A BROADER OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT THE DETAILED SITE PLAN OF INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS, WHAT WE ARE SUBMITTING, WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THAT NARROW PIECE.
UM, OF COURSE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE PROJECT, VERY HAPPY TO GET INTO IT.
UM, BUT MY FOCUS IS FOR THIS PRESENTATION IS LARGELY GONNA BE ON THAT DETAILED SITE PLAN OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, FIRST, UM, JUST AGAIN, A BRIEF SITE OVERVIEW FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY OF THESE MEETINGS.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THE SITE.
UM, AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THAT.
THIS IS A NOW OUTDATED AERIAL.
UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE, IT'S 45 ACRES, A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF THE FORMER HOSPITAL COMPLEX.
I'LL SHOW SOME UPDATE PHOTOS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, BUT LARGELY THE, THE OLD HOSPITAL COMPLEX HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED UP TO THIS POINT.
AND THE ONLY REMAINING FACILITIES ON, IN, IN VIEW NOW ARE THE BED TOWER, UM, WHICH IS THIS, UH, THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THE EXISTING GARAGE, WHICH I AM, UH, HOVERING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE CH HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS, OR THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THE REST HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED DOWN TO, UM, SLAB AND FOUNDATION REMOVAL.
AND, UH, OUR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE WORKING TO GET THE SITE STABILIZED WHERE IT'LL SIT UNTIL WE COME IN AND PUT IN THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEW VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH THIS, UH, WHAT WE'RE COVERING TODAY IS, IS PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME UPDATED PHOTOS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON SITE.
UM, SO WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, UH, SO FAR JUST IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO OUT THERE.
UM, AGAIN, REMOVING THE VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SETTING THE SITE UP FOR, ONCE WE GET APPROVALS, WE CAN GO RIGHT BACK IN TO PUT IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND DELIVER THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS VILLAGE GREEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UM, RATHER THAN HAVING A, A LENGTHY DEMOLITION PROCESS ONCE, YEAH, ONCE WE GET FULL APPROVALS.
SO WHAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILED SITE PLAN? IT'S A REQUIRED, UM, PARK AND PLANNING REVIEW SUBMISSION THAT SHOWS THE PRECISE LAYOUT ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS OF A PROJECT'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE WILL GO BACK IN FOR EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT VERTICAL COMPONENTS FOR A DETAILED SITE PLAN FOR EACH OF THOSE VERTICAL COMPONENTS.
THAT WILL INCLUDE DETAILED PLANS OF THE, OF THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES.
THAT'LL INCLUDE, UM, AND MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
THIS IS FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S ROADS, THAT'S UTILITIES, THAT'S GRADING.
[00:05:01]
OF A NUTS AND BOLTS SUBMITTAL IF I'M, IF I'M BEING HONEST.UM, AND WHAT IT DOES IS, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS DOES, IT ALLOWS STATE STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL COMMENT.
THERE'S A STAKEHOLDER COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, IT ALLOWS PARKING PLANNING AND DE I TO PROVIDE A REVIEW OF MORE DETAILED ENGINEERING.
WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED PRETTY DETAILED ENGINEERING THROUGH OUR STRONG OR, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAN PROCESS.
THIS TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER, UM, AND ALLOWS THEM TO REVIEW THAT AND PROVIDE US FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO IN FOR OUR FINAL ENGINEERING PERMITS.
UM, AND ONCE WE HAVE THOSE FINAL ENGINEERING PERMITS, THAT ALLOWS US THEN TO, UM, ACTUALLY GO OUT AND START CONSTRUCTION.
UH, IMPORTANTLY ALLOWS FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
THIS IS THE LAST STEP PRIOR TO SUBDIVIDING, UM, AND ULTIMATELY DEDICATING THE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO WE HAVE PROPOSED, UM, A SUBDIVIDED PLAN THROUGH OUR PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PLOT SUBDIVIDE THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
'CAUSE THE ROAD'S ON SITE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S ALL JUST ONE BIG PARCEL THAT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THEN WE CAN DEDICATE THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS, UM, TO THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN OF CH AND THEN AFTER ANNEXATION HAS HAPPENED, IT'LL BE THE TOWN OF CHEV MOST LIKELY.
UM, AND THEN THIS ALLOWS THE, THE FINAL ENTITLEMENT APPROVAL PRIOR TO US SUBMITTING, AGAIN, GETTING OUR FULL ENGINEERING PERMITS AND STARTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO, IT DOES NOT PERMIT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S STILL ADDITIONAL STEPS.
THIS IS A, THIS IS AN ENTITLEMENT STEP, NOT A DETAILED PERMITTING STEP.
UM, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REVIEW OF ANY VERTICAL DESIGN OR ELEVATIONS.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE STEP WHERE WE WILL HAVE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE EXACT SAME FORMAT GOING THROUGH THE VERTICAL DESIGN FOR, FOR THOSE NEW COMPONENTS.
UM, AND IT, AND IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL OF ANY SPECIFIC ENGINEERING DESIGN.
UM, WE, IT'S, IT'S AN INTERIM STEP.
UM, WHAT'S INCLUDED IS THE DETAILED SITE PLAN ITSELF.
SO THIS IS A PLAN, UM, THAT HAS REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM PARK AND PLANNING.
IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A, A VERSION OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT WE HAVE SHARED PREVIOUSLY, JUST WITH MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT BASICALLY ALL OF THE APPROVED PLANS OR THE NEXT LEVEL THEREOF OF WHAT WE HAD ALREADY DONE FOR OUR PRELIMINARY PLAN PROCESS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE ALL DOCUMENTS, UH, AVAILABLE TO THE TOWN WHEN FINAL OR NEAR FINAL.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE, UM, SOME, SOME COMFORT THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE GREATLY, WE'LL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE TOWN AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
IN TERMS OF ANTICIPATED TIMELINE, UM, WE ARE GONNA MAKE OUR INITIAL SUBMITTAL THIS MONTH IS THE INTENT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE, THE SORT OF PRECURSOR, UH, SUBMITTALS THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO THE DETAILED SITE PLAN.
UM, IDEALLY WE GET THROUGH THE INTAKE AT PARK AND PLANNING BY THE START OF NEXT YEAR, AND AT THAT POINT AS A REFERRAL WOULD BE MADE OUT TO THE TOWN OF CHEVROLET FOR COMMENT.
UM, AND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD US TOWARDS SOMETIME MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR HAVING PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE DETAILED SITE PLAN.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE SECOND TO LAST STEP FOR US TO ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING PERMIT APPROVALS.
UM, AND ONCE WE HAVE OUR DETAILED SITE PLAN AND THOSE FOLLOW ON PERMIT APPROVALS, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I WILL MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AVAILABLE, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER AS A PERSON OF RECORD WITH PARK AND PLANNING.
I HAVE THE LINK HERE AND I HAVE THE APPLICATION NUMBER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SO.
UM, PLEASE DO JUST LOG IN, SIGN UP, AND THEN BASICALLY, ANYTIME WE MAKE A SUBMISSION OR THERE'S SOME SORT OF FORMAL NOTICE REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, EXCUSE ME, UM, YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR PHASING PLAN AND WHERE WE'RE STARTING AND WHAT PHASE ONE INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLAN WITH THE AREA AND BLUE BEING OUR PHASE ONE.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE LEADING FROM THE BW PARKWAY INTERCHANGE DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY SQUARE INCLUDES MULTIPLE VERTICAL COMPONENTS.
UM, AGAIN, WHAT THIS PERMIT OR THIS ENTITLEMENT SUBMISSION IS FOCUSED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT ULTIMATELY IS GONNA COME THROUGH AS PART OF PHASE ONE.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE SITE FROM PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO, TO PHASE THREE TO PHASE FOUR, ESSENTIALLY WORKING NORTH TO SOUTH, EAST TO WEST, UM, THROUGH THE SITE.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST BASED ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AS WE MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE GO.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S SHOWN IN BLUE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE
[00:10:01]
COMPLETE AND DELIVERED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK AS A COMMUNITY IN AND OF ITSELF WHILE WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE LATER PHASES.UM, AGAIN, THIS IS LOOKING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY AT THE LIMITS OF DISTURBANCE OF THIS, UM, PHASE 1D SP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY THE PHASE ONE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT AREA IN ORANGE IS REALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE THE FOCUS OF THIS PHASE ONE, UM, DETAILED SITE PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE ROADWAYS.
THERE'S GONNA BE ASSOCIATED UTILITIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE STORMWATER FACILITIES, BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, UM, INCLUDED IN THE PHASE ONE PROPOSAL OR PHASE ONE, UM, PLAN IS THE VILLAGE GREEN.
AND AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS MEANT TO BE THE, THE CENTRAL BEATING HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE IS THE BED TOWER.
SO THAT'S THE EXISTING BED TOWER.
UM, THERE'LL BE RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THERE'LL BE PUBLIC EVENT OR RETAIL SPACE ON THE TOP FLOOR.
UM, AND THEN A RETAIL OUTLAW PARCEL WITHIN THE VILLAGE GREEN.
UH, AND IT'S MEANT TO BE A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO GATHER TO ENJOY THEMSELVES.
UM, AND IT'S AS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO OUR RESIDENCE AS IT'S TO YOU.
SO IT'S, IT'S A HUGE FOCUS IN ON US TO BRING THAT AS EARLY IN THE PROG, UH, PROJECT, EXCUSE ME, AS POSSIBLE.
UH, IN TERMS OF OVERALL NEXT STEPS AND TIMELINE, AND AS, AS I READ THROUGH THIS, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER VIEW OF THE VILLAGE GREEN, INCLUDING THAT, UH, THAT ROOFTOP, THE PUBLIC SPACE WITHIN THE BED TOWER.
UM, WE ARE GOING, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILED SITE PLAN PROCESS, UH, THROUGH THE END OF 2026 AND EARLY 2027.
IN Q3 OR SO OF 2027, WE PLAN TO START PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S STARTING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN 3, 4, 5 MONTHS LATER, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, WE START ON OUR FIRST VERTICAL COMPONENT.
UH, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT VERTICAL COMPONENTS WITHIN PHASE ONE.
AGAIN, EACH OF THOSE WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL WITH MORE DETAILED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS, ET CETERA.
UH, AND THEN PHASE ONE WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 24 MONTHS ONCE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IT BEING COMPLETE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AROUND 2030.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT IN TERMS OF OUR PRESENTATION.
A COUPLE HOUSEKEEPING NOTES THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION UP FRONT, THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET.
IF YOU DID NOT SIGN IN, PLEASE DO SO ON YOUR WAY OUT.
UH, AND WITH THAT, WE ARE HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS UNLESS EITHER OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, I'M GOOD.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND THIS ROOM.
WHY IS IT DIFFICULT? I, I HEAR.
COME ON, WE'RE AT THE WRONG DAY.
THIS WAS POORLY DONE SO FAR, MICHAEL.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THE NEXT ONE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE.
WE, WE, THE TOWN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO OFFER UP THIS SPACE AND YOU GUYS, NOT THIS.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THIS BUILDING HAS THE SAME ADDRESS AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
TEDDY, DO YOU WANT TO STOP SHARING? UH, YES.
AND WERE ALL OF YOU, DID THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAVE ANYTHING ELSE INITIALLY AT THE BEGINNING? NO.
WHY DON'T WE, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, GO DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT, FEEL FREE TO PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
UH, BUT LET'S ALL TRY TO LIMIT OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES, UH, THE FIRST TIME THROUGH.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TIME AFTER EVERYONE'S WHO WANTS TO TALK, HAS HAD A CHANCE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO A SECOND ROUND.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT 7 25 FOR THE WORK SESSION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE OR IN THE ROOM? IS THE PODIUM IN THE ROOM? THE PODIUM IS IN LINE UP.
THE PODIUM'S IN THE, IN THE ROOM.
SO WHY DON'T FOLKS LINE UP AT THE PODIUM? I DON'T THINK THAT THE SPEAKERS AT THE PODIUM WILL APPEAR ON THE WEBINAR, UH, BECAUSE THAT, I DON'T, DON'T THINK THAT CAMERA IS ON, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BUT, UM, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME, YOUR WARD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
[00:15:01]
UH, MY NAME IS, UH,UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS TO, TO, TO DEVELOPER IS, UH, THE DECISION BEEN MADE
THE SO COMMUNITY CAN KNOW IF WE ARE GONNA HAVE THREE, THREE STREETS TONIGHT, I SAID I'M GONNA BOARD THREE.
I'M NOT IN BOARD FOR ONE AND I'M NOT IN WAR ONE AND ABOUT WAR TWO, BUT THIS PLANNING PROCESS BASICALLY ADDS FOR OPPOSITION OR ANY, ANY CONCERN OR ANYTHING OF THAT REGARD.
I'M NOT SURE TO RAISE THAT PARTICULAR POINT OF OPPOSITION.
I ACTUALLY HAVE AGAINST HAVE TO BE HONEST AND PUT IT OUT IN THE, BUT IT DEPENDS ON, ON HOW THE TOWN HAS THE HANDLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME OUT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW BEING A 40 YEAR IN THE TALENT SHOW BECAUSE IT WILL CHANGE THE INTEGRITY OUR BASED ON THAT ANSWER.
WELL, I I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU OUR PERSPECTIVE.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY THE DECISION IS NOT THE DEVELOPER'S DECISION.
UM, OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THOSE THROUGH, ARE THOSE THROUGH STREETS ARE IMPORTANT TO CREATE ONE COHESIVE COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE TOWN OF CH AND, AND THE, THE NEW, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW TOWN OF CH RESIDENTS.
NOW THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ANNEXED, UM, AND ALSO FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE, EVERY RETAILER THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO, YOU KNOW, OUR 15, UH, 1300 UNITS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON SITE ARE GREAT.
IT DOES NOT FILL OUT 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF DEMAND FOR RETAIL.
WHAT THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED IN IS OFFERING THEIR, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHMENTS AND SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF CH UH, AND THAT IS WHY WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THEM.
WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THEM AND ARE SHOWING THEM.
UM, ULTIMATELY IT IS UP TO THE TOWN LEADERSHIP, WHETHER THOSE THAT STREET CONNECTION GETS MADE.
UM, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ALLOWING IT BE SORT OF AN ONGOING PROCESS.
IF, IF, IF IT IS CREATING, YOU KNOW, UH, BURDENS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC OR CUT THROUGH OR WHATEVER, WHICH WE DON'T THINK IT WILL, BUT IF IT IS, THOSE STREETS CAN BE CLOSED.
THEY CAN BE BOTHERED, THEY CAN HAVE RESTRICTIONS ABOUT WHEN THEY GET USED.
WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF A FLEXIBLE STRATEGY.
BUT FOR NOW, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE ARE SHOWING CONNECTION.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BOTH FOR THE TOWN OF CH AND FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE RETAIL AND THE COMMUNITY SPACES THAT, THAT WE INTEND TO BRING.
UM, MS. SALO HAS HER HAND UP ONLINE, SO LET'S TAKE ONE FROM ONLINE AND THEN GO BACK TO THE ROOM.
ARE WE ABLE TO TURN HER MICROPHONE ON? I DON'T THINK I CAN.
SHEILA, YOU'RE A PANELIST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT, UM, WE CAN USE THE, UH, Q AND A FOR PEOPLE ONLINE TO UH, ACTUALLY SIGN IN AS IF THERE WERE SIGN IN SHEET.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE AT THE PODIUM? YES.
TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE DEVELOPERS.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THIS ENTIRE PROJECT.
I'M AT THE VERY END OF LOCKWOOD AND I'M REPRESENTING MY NEIGHBORS.
AND WE ASK BOTH POPULATIONS, BOTH FROM HERE AND COUNCIL AND DEVELOPERS TO RECONSIDER SOME OF THOSE ROAD CONNECTIONS, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO LOCKWOOD.
WE THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO JOIN THE CURRENT CHEVY AS IT STANDS IN OUR NEW NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE COMING IN IN THE OUT YEARS FOR MORE OF A GREEN SPACE.
THINK OF A SPLASH PAD OR A MORE WALKABLE SPACE TO LINK THOSE TWO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS TOGETHER.
WE THINK IT'LL HELP IN TERMS OF HOW RESALE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY AND, UH, MITIGATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT I THINK MANY OF US HAVE THAT ARE NOT IN
[00:20:01]
WARD ONE.AND WE WERE CURIOUS TO SEE IF THIS, THIS THOUGHT PROCESS IS REALLY JUST ISOLATED TO THOSE OF US CLOSE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE SURVEYED THE ENTIRE TOWN OF CH AND WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE STILL COMING IN, WE'VE HAD OVER 290 RESIDENTS FROM ALL SIX WARDS VOICED THEIR SUPPORT FOR A GREEN SPACE AND A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, AT LEAST AS FAR AS LOCKWOOD ROAD IS CONCERNED, RATHER THAN, UM, A THROUGH STREET CONNECTION.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, SIR, FOR INDICATING THAT IT WAS THE TOWN COUNCIL THAT REALLY HAS THE AUTHORITY ON THIS DECISIONS.
'CAUSE CERTAINLY WHAT I'VE HEARD SECONDHAND IS THAT THE DECISION MAKING IS WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
SO CLARITY ON THAT FRONT IS CERTAINLY GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS.
DO YOU WANNA DO THAT, MAYOR WATSON? IS THERE ANY HANDS UP? DOES NOT APPEAR.
I I THINK WE'RE GOOD IN THE REST.
MY NAME'S KAREN T I'M ALSO FROM WARD ONE, A NEIGHBOR
AND I'M INTERESTED IN HOW FAR ALONG THE, UM, ANNEXING PHASE THAT WE DONE WHEN THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, I SAW AFRAID FROM THE BACK THERE, I COULDN'T REALLY SEE CLEARLY ON THE MAP, BUT AT WHICH OF YOUR PHASES ARE THE, UH, ACCESS RATE FOR CUT THROUGHS NOT TO BE MADE? UH, SO I CAN ANSWER, WELL, I CAN ANSWER BOTH.
THE ANNEXATION AND THIS MY UNDERSTANDING HAS IS THROUGH, AND THE SITE IS, UM, NOW FORMERLY PART OF THE TOWN OF CH MAYOR.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S, YOU ARE VERY AND GLEEFULLY, CORRECT? YES.
SO WE ARE NOW FORMERLY PART OF THE TOWN OF CHEV, WHICH WE'RE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF WHEN THE ROAD CONNECTIONS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THEM IN PHASE ONE, 'CAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ADJACENT TO IT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE BUILDING THE VILLAGE GREEN.
UM, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY IN PHASE ONE, IT COULD BE TOWARDS THE END, UH, BUT THAT, THAT IS THE INTENTION.
THEN BEFORE I SIT DOWN, I'M GONNA SAY I, UH, APPLAUD THE IDEA OF A GREEN CONNECTION RATHER THAN A CONNECTION BETWEEN LOCKWOOD AND THEN PART OF THE TOWN.
I'M GLAD WE FINALLY FOUND THIS PLACE.
I DON'T LIVE IN CH BUT CH AND HOSPITAL PROPERTY IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I WORKED AT PRINCE GEORGE'S HOSPITAL FOR 42 YEARS.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING UP THERE AND WATCH THE DEMOLITION GOING ON.
AND WE NOTICE THAT THE TOWER IS STILL UP.
IS THERE, UM, IS IT IN THE WORKS OF THE TOWER IS GONNA BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR IS THAT GONNA COME DOWN THE CELL TOWER? YES.
UH, SO WE HAVE NO, NO, NO, NOT THE CELL TOWER.
YES, THE BED TOWER IS GOING TO STAY UP.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE REDEVELOPED INTO MOST LIKELY A MARKER RATE, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING WITH RETAIL SPACE ON BOTH THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEN ALSO ON THE TOP FLOOR.
UH, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE WORKED THERE AND IF YOU'VE EVER MADE YOUR WAY UP TO THE TOP, OH YES, THOSE ARE, THAT'S WHERE OUR HELICOPTERS CAME DOWN THERE.
SO THAT, AND ANOTHER THING I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE HAVE SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA AND JUST REALLY ALL OVER, I MEAN, IT'S JUST BECOMING VERY, VERY CONGESTED.
UM, WE KNOW LIVE NEAR THE PURPLE LINE, SO WE KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT CONGESTION.
UM, BUT IN CH UM, I KNOW THERE'S ROUTE, I GUESS IT'S 2 0 2 THAT WOULD BE GOING UP THERE HOSPITAL, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED HOSPITAL DRIVE BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER END OF IT COMES OUT ON KENWORTH.
ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO HAVE THE HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, ENLARGED OR REDONE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS BEING BUILT, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO ONE IN UNDERSTANDING THE HOSPITAL HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE DEMAND FROM THE HOSPITAL IS ACTUALLY NOT, NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE DEMAND OF THE 1300 UNITS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
IT'S DIFFERENT FLOWS OF TRAFFIC, UM, IN DIFFERENT TIMES TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
BUT WE DID HAVE A COMPLETE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY COMPLETED.
UM, THAT WAS SCOPED OUT WITH MO WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PLANNING OFFICIALS.
UH, THERE ARE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS, NAMELY AT LANDOVER ROAD AND THE, UH, THE BW PARKWAY INTERCHANGE.
[00:25:01]
UM, AND THAT ALLOWS, THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A RIGHT TURN MOVEMENT ONTO LANDOVER FROM THAT INTERCHANGE THAT'S PROTECTED.RIGHT NOW IT'S SORT OF QUASI RIGHT, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE LANE.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE, UH, THAT WAS THE ONLY INTERSECTION THAT WAS FAILING WHEN THE CHAPTERS OF IMPACT STUDY LOOKED AT OUR, UH, OUR, THE, THE DEMAND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE PRINTING ONTO THE ROOF.
AND ARE THE, THE STORES AND RESTAURANTS SUPPOSEDLY THAT ARE GOING THERE, ARE THEY GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ARE THEY JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS? NO, THE, ABSOLUTELY THEY'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT'S 40,000 SQUARE FEET IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC DEMAND.
THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT.
UH, DON'T SEE ANY HANDS ONLINE.
AGAIN, REMINDER IF YOU'RE ONLINE WOULD LIKE, UH, NOT SO FAST.
UH, SO LANCE ESCHER, WARD ONE, UH, I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS MORNING AND MAKE SURE, I GUESS THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT'S BEEN ARTICULATED.
UM, SO I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PURSUING APPROVAL OF YOUR DETAILED SITE PLAN, UM, THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, LAY ELECTRICAL LINES, TELE COMMUNICATION STUFF, DRAINAGE, BUT ALSO ROADS, RIGHT? THAT THE CONNECTIONS LOCKWOOD AND GREEN LEAF.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT NEIGHBORS MIGHT BE TROUBLED BY THE THROUGH CONNECTIONS AND NOT WANT BALLERS, BUT ACTUALLY A CHANGE LIKE A SPLASH PAD, ET CETERA, THEY REALLY NEED TO BE PURSUING CHANGES TO YOUR DETAILED SITE PLAN BEFORE THAT'S APPROVED.
IS THAT THE GIST? UH, I, IT WOULD, WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US IF THAT, IF YOU KNEW THEN EARLY BEFORE APPROVAL.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD THE WORD GREEN LEAF IN THERE.
IT'S INWOOD IS THE OTHER STREET THAT, YEAH.
UH, AGAIN, IF ANYBODY'S ONLINE AND WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM AT FRED PRICE? YEAH, UH, FRED PRICE WARD FOUR.
I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED MR. PROCTOR WAS HERE SAYING THAT, UH, THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, SEVERAL RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND THAT WHERE IS HAVEN'T SEEN YOU? IS THAT STILL A PART OF IT OR WAS THAT JUST, UH, WHATEVER IT WAS? THAT, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY STILL A PART OF IT.
UM, WE'RE STILL EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS OF THE VERTICAL DESIGN AND WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESENT OUT, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC INVESTMENT, BOTH TIMELINE AND, AND INVESTMENTS.
UM, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE STEVE SHOWS UP TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, OTHERS AT THE PODIUM ALRIGHT.
IS NOT SEEING ANY, IS IS, IS THERE NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, TO GIVE US ANOTHER MOMENT, I'M GONNA GO TO LIZ ESPOSITO ONLINE IF WE CAN TURN ON HER MICROPHONE AND THEN, UH, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU'RE IN THE ROOM AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES.
LIZ, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED, BUT YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, GO AHEAD, LIZ.
I LIVE ON LOCKWOOD TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM ROB.
AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF ROB'S COMMENTS PREVIOUS, BUT MY QUESTION TODAY IS WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THE HOSPITAL SITE? WE'VE HEARD GUNSHOTS, THERE HAVE BEEN LOUD MUSIC PARTIES, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CRAZINESS GOING ON OVER THERE, AND WE WANNA KNOW THAT THE SITE IS BEING SECURED, UM, WITH ALL THIS GOING ON AND WE ARE NOT FEELING SUPER GREAT ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT IS NEWS TO ME AS OF AT LEAST RECENTLY.
UM, ONCE WE, WE DID, WE HAVE HIRED SECURITY AND WE HAVE PUT FENCING UP, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE, MAYBE EVEN LONGER.
UM, IF THAT IS STILL GOING ON, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND, AND TEXT ME SO I CAN COORDINATE WITH THE RDA AS THEY UNDER, UH,
[00:30:01]
TRY, TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THEIR SECURITY PLAN, UM, IS NOW THAT OUR CONTRACTOR IS MOBILIZING THE RDA, BEING THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WHO, WHO OWNS THE LAND.UM, SO WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HEARING THE LATEST ON THAT FRONT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT NOW THAT THE CHEV THE ANNEXATION INTO CH HAS TAKEN PLACE, UM, THE TOWN OF CH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO PATROL, BUT NOW THEY, THEY WILL HAVE ARRESTING POWERS, WHICH WE WERE PUSHING THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY, BUT IT WAS HELD UP FOR A WHILE.
UM, SO THE TOWN OF CH POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO NOW HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART, THAT'S PART OF THEIR AREA AND THEY DO HAVE ARRESTING POWERS.
YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I WOULD JUST SAY NOW IT IS EXACTLY, NOW IT IS A MATTER FOR THE CHEV POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, WHICH IN THIS CASE, SO YES, PLEASE CONTINUE TO REPORT THOSE THINGS.
BUT YEAH, THE TOWN'S LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY HAS JUMPED UP NOW THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'VE ANNEXED THE LAND AND IT'S INSIDE OF THE TOWN'S CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
UH, I'M GONNA GO TO JUSTIN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE BIKE TRAIL AND I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU, TEDDY.
DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROPOSED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS TO LINK TO THE ANACOSTIA TRAIL OR OTHER POINTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY? O OF THE PARKWAY WEST SIDE PARKWAY, OUR RESIDENT EXPERT, UH, MAYOR, THANKS FOR THE, UH, THE QUESTION.
UH, WE'VE HAD A GREAT COOPERATIVE, UH, RELATIONSHIP, UH, WITH BOTH THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY, UH, UH, AND THE PARKER PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, ON THIS.
AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE ONSITE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE FACILITIES WILL BE COORDINATED WITH AND, AND, UH, AND AND CONNECTED TO, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AT KENWORTH AVENUE.
UH, THE TOWN, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING TWO GRANTS, UH, ONE FROM MDOT, ONE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR AN INTERIM TRAIL CONNECTION.
UH, THAT WILL TAKE, UH, THE, THE, THE TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT IN THE HOSPITAL HILL PROPERTY, THE PEPSI PLACE CONNECTION, UH, AND THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, UH, AND CONNECTED VIA KENWORTH AVENUE TO A CROSSING AT 52ND AVENUE.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU BIKE THERE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT SAFELY.
NOW THE IDEA IS THE INTERIM TRAIL, UH, WILL HAVE JERSEY BARRIERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF KENWORTH AVENUE, UH, FOR TRAFFIC, FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING BOTH WAYS.
YOU CAN BE BEHIND THE JERSEY BARRIER.
YOU CROSS AT, UH, AN IMPROVED AND, AND, UH, RECONDITIONED SIGNAL AT 52ND AVENUE WHERE THAT GAS STATION IS.
AND FROM THERE CAN ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE TRAIL CONNECTION.
UH, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, YOU, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN TO THE BLADENSBURG MARINA WITH YOUR BIKE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACT, WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, YOU'LL HAVE AN INTERIM, UH, AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY A PERMANENT TRAIL CONNECTION, UH, AFTER THAT.
BUT IT WILL CONNECT THE TOWN OF CH TO THE ANACOSTIA TRAIL, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A LONG SOUGHT GOAL OF, OF, UH, MANY OF US.
UH, MR. BAKARI? NO SEEING, NO HANDS ONLINE.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM AT THE PODIUM? MAYOR? YES.
UH, I DO SEE COUNCILMAN DEON WAS UP, SO BEFORE THAT I MAKE SURE YOU HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AHEAD.
UH, COUNCILMAN WADE WARD ONE, UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A TRANSPARENCY.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT, UH, FOR THIS.
WE JUST RECENTLY HAD OUR COMMUNITY DAY UL WE'RE THERE FOR THAT, SO, AND UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED ONE, THE SECURITY ASPECTS, UH, REGARDING THAT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I WOULD HELP, UM, MAKE SURE THAT'S KNOWN.
UM, THERE STILL ARE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE, UM, THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THINGS.
SO I KNOW WE WORK, I'M STILL WORKING, RINGING, PROVIDE SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ISSUES REGARDING THE, UH, FOUNDATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I, IF YOU KNOW ME, I'VE ALWAYS ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY AS FAR AS VOTING FOR THE THREE STREETS.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR WHY THAT'S NOT TO PUT ANYONE ELSE ON THE SPOT, BUT AS SOME RESIDENTS NOT MENTIONED AND IT'S NOT TO DEVELOPED, IT'S REALLY OURSELVES ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR ME TO MAKE THE DECISION ON THAT.
[00:35:01]
YOU'LL HAVE A PLAN.UM, AND IF THAT IS NOT ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE DECISION IS DONE, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO HOLD THE RESIDENTS, UM, IN WINDOW REGARDING THAT.
SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY COUNSEL, UH, I WILL TAKE FOR ALL, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT'S FUN REGARDING THAT.
UM, BUT I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING UP FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE OUR ANNUAL AWARD ONE, AWARD TWO, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, BUT HERE WE'LL DO OUR ANNUAL BLOCK.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS COME OUT, THANK YOU TO THE COLLEGE SPECIAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM.
MAYBE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME OUT MAYBE NEXT MONTH, UH, FOR THAT.
I'LL SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
BUT I SAID WE WANT GO TO, BUT ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME OUT THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE ROAD TEAM FOR SUNDAY TO THE FLOOR.
IT'S SOME MORE INTIMATE SETTING.
A LOT THESE TIMES AND SETTINGS ARE MORE INTIMIDATING TO PEOPLE, BUT IT'S MORE INTIMATE SETTING.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE, IN THE PAST LOT, THE RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, NOT ONLY TO THE DEVELOPERS, BUT TO US, NOT JUST BE OF AN I PERSON REGARDLESS, BUT I THINK WE ALL WANT THIS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UH, BUT PERSONALLY HAS THIS AFFECTED THE ENTIRE TEAM, THE WORLD, BECAUSE THE STREETS FOR THE MOST PART.
THANK YOU, APPRECIATE, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH.
UH, LET US, LET ME NOW ASK IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY BRIEF COMMENTS OR HAVE ANY TAKEBACKS FOR THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
SORRY JOHN, I'VE BEEN KEEPING YOU WAITING.
SO I, I'M REALLY, UH, ASKING, BECAUSE I GOT SOMETHING FROM A CONSTITUENT THAT I THOUGHT HAD, UH, A ASTUTE TO OBSERVATION THAT SHE LOOKED THROUGH THE PPS AND NOTED THAT ON PAGE 20, THE DOCUMENT STATES THERE ARE NO POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, FACILITIES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARKS OR LIBRARIES RECOMMENDED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ALL OF THOSE MAKE SENSE, BUT EXCEPT FOR PARKS, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS IN THE PLAN THAT I WOULD'VE CALLED A PARK.
IS THERE A REASON THAT THE PPS SAYS THAT THERE WILL NOT BE PARKS? IS THAT ABOUT DESIGNATION OR MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING ELSE? UH, PLEASE CLARIFY.
YEAH, I, I BELIEVE, AND I'D HAVE TO CONFIRM AND GET BACK WITH FINAL CONFIRMATION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS, UM, THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO SPECIFIC DEDICATED PARK LAND IN THE DEFINITION OF PARK AND PLANNING, WHICH IS VERY SPECIFIC.
IT HAS TO BE X BIG, IT HAS TO PROVIDE MA UH, ACCESS TO, FOR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES.
UM, WE ARE PRESERVING, CONSERVING, KEEPING ITS OPEN SPACE, A GREAT PORTION OF THE SITE THAT'S GOING TO LOOK, FEEL, FUNCTION LIKE PARKLAND, BUT WON'T BE DEDICATED AS SUCH IN THE WAY THAT PARK AND PLANNING DEFINES IT.
UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK TO THE ROAD ACCESS QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS HAD, UM, I ALSO, LIKE MAYOR WATSON DID HEAR MY OWN PRE, UH, GREENLEY MENTIONED AT ONE POINT, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, A ON THE, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING ROADS WILL YOU BE MAKING, IF ANY.
AND, UH, ON THE OTHER HAND OF WHEN YOU DO THE LINKAGE TO EXISTING SEVERAL ROADS THAT IF WE DO THAT PASS THROUGH INTO THE STREETS OF CHEVROLET, WILL YOU INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING CHEVROLET ROAD.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IN, UH, THERE'LL BE IMPROVEMENTS IN, UM, IN THE WAY THAT WHEN THE CONNECTION IS MADE, UM, AND IT NEED, THE CONNECTION NEEDS TO TIE IN.
UH, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS OR CHALLENGES BASED ON THOSE CONNECTIONS THAT IT'S CAUSING TO THE TOWN OF CH ROADS, WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS SO WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE THAT, ASK FURTHER.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, NO, THERE ARE NO, UH, EXISTING CH ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE PLAN.
[00:40:01]
OFFSITE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE, UH, AT PEPSI PLACE TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE BIKE AND PED FACILITIES DOWN TO THE, THE RIVER ROCK TRAIL CONNECTION THAT JOHN REFERENCED EARLIER.AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE, THE BW PARKWAY INTERCHANGE AS IT, UM, CONNECTS TO LANDOVER ROAD.
AND THEN MY, UH, FINAL TWO POINTS IS THAT I, I DID HAVE A, UH, QUESTION FROM, AGAIN, ONE OF MY RESIDENTS ABOUT, UM, WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR AS FAR AS INVESTMENT WITH ANY, UH, OR SORT OF THE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS MOVING IN THERE? UH, YES.
ON, ON BOTH ACCOUNTS, UM, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES MADE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR INVESTMENT.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, MR. PRICE REFERENCED THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE ARE CREATING A PROGRAM FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESIDENTS TO INVEST IN, INTO THE PROJECT, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, SO ALONGSIDE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND EARNING THE SAME RETURNS THAT THEY DO, UM, WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT THOSE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE, UM, CLEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT A PACKAGE THAT PASSES SECURITIES, LAWYERS' SCRUTINY AND WHATNOT DOWN THE ROAD.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE PRELIMINARY, UM, TO, TO SHARE THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THAT, BUT I, WE, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO MAKING THE, THOSE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
I WANNA FOLLOW UP, UH, REGARDING DAVID TAN'S, UH, QUESTION FOR THE RESIDENT ABOUT THE POLICE STATION.
SO, UM, QUESTION IS THAT NOT A CLIENT HAVE A PLACE ALL FACING, THEY, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS, UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, NOT THE CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING AT THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CAPACITY COVER BOTH SIDES OF THAT.
IS THAT AN OPTION OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE UM, LATER ON DOWN THE LINE? THERE ARE, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD OF ANY SORT OF REQUEST FOR EXCESS CAPACITY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SURE THAT'S NOT THE FIRST ONE.
UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT IT IS, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT SPACE LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT THE USE IS GONNA BE.
UM, A LOT OF THE GROUND FLOOR SPACE RIGHT NOW IS, IS SLATED FOR RETAIL AND IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO CARVE OUT AN ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL.
UM, BUT IF, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH PARTIES THEN YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO EXPLORE IT AND AT LEAST VERY LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM? WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE.
UH, I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE FRED MIGHT BE OFF THE GREEN LIGHT STATEMENT.
AT ONE TIME WE DID HAVE OFFITE IN THEY THE 70 APARTMENTS AND RIGHT NOW I WOULD PREFER THEM IN 70 APARTMENTS, UH, A SITE THERE AND OVER THERE, I DON'T THINK OUR FORCE US BIG ENOUGH AT THIS TIME.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UM, ABOUT THIS, SO IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATED
AND JUST CURIOUS WITH THE PLANNING AND THE, UM, SUBMISSIONS, DO YOU NEED THAT VOTE BEFORE YOU MAKE THE SUBMISSION? WHAT'S THE SEQUENCING? SO THAT LIKE A SUBMISSION DOESN HAPPEN AND THEN A VOTE THEN KIND OF, UM, DELAYS THE RESUBMISSION? UM, SO DOES IT NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE MAKE A SUBMISSION? NO.
UM, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THIS FIRST INITIAL SUBMISSION AS WE'RE GETTING TO, CERTAINLY TO WHEN THE, UH, PARK AND PLANNING WILL REFER IT TO THE TOWN OF CH FOR COMMENT.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD TIME TO HAVE THE DECISION MADE BY THEN.
UM, AND I THINK WE CAN CONNECT WITH BOTH MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE RIGHT RESOURCES SO PEOPLE ARE AS INFORMED AS THEY CAN BE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO RUN WHATEVER PROCESS THEY, THEY CHOOSE.
[00:45:07]
OKAY.IS THERE ANYONE ADDITIONAL? NO ONE IS AT THE PODIUM.
AND I'M NOT SEEING, ALL RIGHT.
AND I CAN SEE ONLINE, SO I CAN SEE THAT HALF NO ONE ONLINE HAS THEIR HAND UP.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS EITHER FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM? TEAM? NOTHING FROM US.
I'VE REALIZED I DID NOT INTRODUCE MYSELF FOR ANYONE.
I I'VE BEEN HERE A LOT SO I FIGURED EVERYONE KNEW ME.
BUT MY NAME'S TEDDY SWIFT, I'M WITH URBAN ATLANTIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ALONGSIDE, UH, JOHN, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE HOME TEAM FIVE? YEAH.
AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, I'M JOHN ARI.
I'M A, UH, MEMBER OF HOME TEAM FIVE, THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNER WITH, UH, URBAN ATLANTIC.
UH, I'M A CHEVROLET RESIDENT OF WARD ONE.
AND, UH, UH, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HOME TEAM FIVE HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.
WE ARE THE, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERS I'M WORKING WITH, UH, TEDDY.
SO ALWAYS GOOD TO END A MEETING WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S IT FROM US, MAYOR WATSON.
YOU HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, UM, SIGNUPS IN THE Q AND A, SO PLEASE DO PLUCK THOSE OUT OF THERE FOR YOUR RECORD.
UM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING AND WE WILL, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO, UH, WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE STARTING THE TOWN MEETING IN ABOUT 13 MINUTES ON A DIFFERENT LINK.