AMP Public Hearing on Thursday, May 15
The new design for Ashton Meeting Place will be
presented to the Montgomery County Planning
Board on Thursday, May 15. The public hearing
will begin at 9 AM in the auditorium at the Park
and Planning Commission building at 8787 Georgia
Avenue in Silver Spring. There will be an
opportunity for members of the community to
verbally express their opinions about the
design. If you would like to testify at the
public hearing, call 301-495-4600 to register.
You can also
register online
.
Testimonies are limited to three minutes and, if
you have written testimony, bring ten copies to
the hearing.
Written comments will also be considered and
should be sent to both the
Planning Board
and the
Planning Staff
as soon as possible, so that
they may review your comments prior to the
hearing. SSARPC would also like to see what you
submit (send it to
feedback@ssarpc.org
).
The SSARPC Steering Committee has sent a
letter
to the Planning Board recommending
that the plan be approved with conditions. The
two conditions are:
-
Provide a path diagonally across the green
plaza at the intersection of Route 108 and
New Hampshire Avenue
-
Ensure that there is a mix of house sizes
with detached garages on the R-60 portion of
the property
The Montgomery County’s Park and Planning Staff
will be recommending “Approval with Conditions”
to the Planning Board at the public hearing on
May 15. The
staff report
is available for reading online.
The design being presented to the Planning
Board is based on the conceptual plan
developed by the developer, SSARPC
representatives and other citizens at a Charette (retreat) held in July, after the
Planning Board had rejected the developer’s
plan in a public hearing held in June. This web site has more
information
and
documents
relating to the Ashton Meeting Place project.
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