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Sandy Spring-Ashton Rural Preservation Consortium
The SSARPC
(PreserveAshton.net)
supports development in
Ashton that conforms to the Master Plan.
We are pro-Master Plan, not anti-development.
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Ashton Meeting Place
Public Hearing
Thursday, May 15
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AMP Public
Hearing on Thursday, May 15
The Planning Board’s
public hearing on the design for the Ashton Meeting Place (AMP) development
at the intersection of Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue will be held on
Thursday, May 15. The exact time has not yet been set. We will
notify the list when we know it. The meeting will be held in the
auditorium at the Park and Planning Commission building at 8787 Georgia
Avenue in Silver Spring. We previously announced that the public
hearing for Derrick’s Addition would be held at the same time, but,
since then that hearing has been postponed. We will send out a
notification when we find out the date.
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. The SSARPC web
site has more information and documents relating to
the Ashton Meeting Place project.
The SSARPC
Steering Committee will be recommending that the Planning Board approve the
plan, with conditions. One condition is that a diagonal path across the
green at the corner of Route 108 and New Hampshire Avenue be incorporated
into the design in order to facilitate pedestrian access and protect the
landscaping.
Citizens will
be invited to testify at the hearing. Testimony will be limited to
three minutes per person. If you have written testimony that you would like
to submit along with the testimony, bring ten copies to the
hearing. Registration for testimony will be available when the
Planning Board agenda for the day is complete. We will provide
registration information at that time.
It is
now time for you to send letters or email to the Planning Board to let them
know your thoughts and ideas. If the letter is or email received by
Monday, May 5, it will be included in the initial package sent to the
Planning Board members. All correspondence received prior to May 15 will be
given to the members of the Planning Board. The place to send the
correspondence is given here. The Planning
Staff
should also be sent copies of all correspondence. The SSARPC Steering Committee
would like to receive a copy (email to feedback@ssarpc.org).
The Planning
Staff report is not available at this time, but will be next week. When
it is available we will send a notification to the mailing list.
If you have
questions, please address them to feedback@ssarpc.org.
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