Our December meeting is this Thursday, the 8th. Below is the meeting agenda. The meeting is hybrid: We will be at Davis Hall and on Zoom (NOTE: Only the official part of the meeting will be hybrid). This month will be a short regular meeting to make time to celebrate the holidays with our neighbors. Don’t forget to RSVP (although not required!). We will have food and refreshments, a White Elephant Exchange ($15 max), and a food drive for the College Park Community Food Bank. You can read more details about the party here.

Agenda

When: Thursday, December 8 at 7:30PM

Where: Davis Hall and Zoom (you can also call in by phone — see below)

 

Call-In Information

Meeting ID: 850 7203 6270

Passcode: 053920

Phone: 1-301-715-8592

 

Agenda

7:30PM: Welcome and Moment of Silence

7:35PM: Officer Reports

7:50PM: Approval of May Minutes and October Minutes

7:55PM: Community Announcements

8:00PM: Adjourn for Holiday Party

RST Development: City Council Presentation December 13

The RST Development has filed their detailed site plan. They will be presenting at the City Council meeting on December 13 and are scheduled for a Planning Board hearing on January 5. We encourage you to email your city council members, attend the city council meeting, and/or sign up to be a person-of-record (case #DSP-22015) with the Planning Board if you have comments you would like to share.

Here are the updates to the site plan from Thomas Haller (please also see the attached renderings):

• The project includes 317 dwelling units (there were 321 when we met with you previously) and 3,296 square feet of commercial space.
• The commercial space is where Meals on Wheels would be located. In addition to the storefront space, we have carved out an additional 800 square feet of storage next to the loading area for Meals on Wheels to use. This increases the usable area to around 4,000 square feet. 
• The parking garage is located on the south side of the building and is accessed from Cherokee Street.
• At the request of the City, we are adding a right turn lane on Cherokee Street so that cars turning north on US 1 do not have to wait for left turning cars stopped at the light.  There is an additional exit from the garage onto US 1 (right-out only) to allow UPS/Amazon/Uber/Lyft vehicles to enter the garage on Cherokee Street and then exit back out onto northbound US 1. We had originally proposed a right-in entrance on US 1, but the City and the County objected to this so we removed it.
• Finally, the project will be offering a high level of amenities for the residents. This includes an interior courtyard with a pool etc, a second courtyard in the rear of the building with a playground and a dog park.

US Route 1 Land Redevelopment Study: December 7 at 6:30PM

The Prince George’s County Planning Department recently awarded a consultant contract for the Route 1 Land Development Study in Beltsville to Smart Growth America and the Neighborhood Design Center. The Study will bring together experts across various disciplines to focus on:

• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Real Estate Development
• Complete Streets 
• Design

It will also engage local stakeholders to create recommendations for future development that align with the Approved Masterplan and Sectional Map Amendment for Subregion 1. More information about the project can be found on the project website. You can register here (English link) or register here (Spanish link).