ITEM 8:PRELIMINARY GREENBELT METRO AREA AND …and+Projects/... · Preliminary Greenbelt Metro Area...

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THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Planning Board Worksession

November 29, 2012

ITEM 8:PRELIMINARY GREENBELT METRO AREA AND MD 193 CORRIDOR SECTOR PLAN AND PROPOSED SECTIONAL MAP AMENDMENT (SMA)

Preliminary Greenbelt Metro Area and MD 193 Corridor

Sector Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment

The Maryland-National Capital

Park and Planning Commission

Worksession Overview

Late Testimony

Remand Request and Public Outreach Process

Planning, Zoning, and Development Review Roles and Relationships

Vision, Scale, Modeling, and Market Analysis

North Core

Comprehensive/Phased Redevelopment and Beltway Plaza

Berwyn Heights

Conceptual Site Plan Validity and Meaning

Multimodal Transportation Network and Roadways

Diverging Diamond Interchange

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Late Testimony

Nine letters were received after

the close of the public record,

including the official position

letters of the Town of Berwyn

Heights and the Maryland State

Highway Administration

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Late Testimony—Requested Action

Admit the items of late testimony

into the public hearing record

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Remand Request

The City of Greenbelt urges a

remand of the plan “for the

purpose of reengaging the city in

discussions with the goal of

addressing the city’s critical

concerns”





Remand Request Discussion

Staff conducted an extensive and robust

outreach program, including:

Nine major community workshops

Briefings of civic associations and business

and property owners

Elected official briefings

County, state, and regional agency

meetings/briefings

Business roundtable

Beltway Plaza information table

Spanish interpretation

Use of social media and e-mail, newsletters,

and the project website

Regular briefings of the Greenbelt Advisory

Planning Board

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Meeting Evaluations – Satisfaction Level

Strongly

Disagree or Disagree

No Opinion

Agree or

Strongly Agree

6/14/2011 0% 6% 94%

7/21/2011 22% 22% 56%

9/22/2011 0% 0% 100%

10/13/2011 13% 0% 88%

1/12/2012 11% 0% 89%

3/15/2012 0% 25% 75%

3/22/2012 25% 13% 63%

4/19/2012 0% 0% 100%





Remand Request Discussion (cont.)

Staff identified seven areas that seem to constitute

barriers to the city’s ability to support the plan

Staff strongly believes that four of the seven identified

items are inappropriate to address in a sector plan

because they would either: Require legislation at the county and/or state level,

Necessitate fundamental changes in the Planning Department’s approach to

small area planning that are contradictory to national best practices, or

Involve an extremely limited approach to market analysis that would do a

disservice to the community.

Staff disagrees with two of the other three remaining

barriers related to transportation networks

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Remand Request—Staff Recommendation

Make no major change to the plan

Incorporate a number of recommended

amendments in response to other

comments and testimony

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Major Topics

M-NCPPC/County authority vs. municipal

authority

Regional District and Metropolitan District

The City of Greenbelt desires additional

direct authority over the development

review process

The 2001 plan vs. today





Staff Recommendation

Make no change to the plan.

A sector plan is not the appropriate

venue to address these issues. Action

and change require state and county

legislative action.

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Major Topics

Whose vision? The county or the

municipalities’?

Sector plan scale – regional vs. local focus

Transportation, schools, and development

modeling

Market analysis – scope and intent

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Make no major change to the plan

Add text to appendices to better explain

the model information and provide

staff’s model assumptions

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Major Topics

Scale of development

Potential negative impacts on the

North College Park community

Beltway interchange

Greenbelt Station Parkway

Illustrative drawings





North Core

• Medium- to high-density, mixed-use,

transit-oriented neighborhood

• Model eco-community

• Preservation and restoration of

wetlands, streams, and forest

• Enhanced pedestrian and bicycle

connectivity

• Full service transit hub

• Active and passive open spaces;

indoor and outdoor recreation

• Well-designed parking, not just an

afterthought

• Possibility for a major employer or

GSA tenant in an urban campus, and

additional mixed-use development

WITH

AND

Proposed Future Land Use – North Core

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Illustrative Concept Drawing – Mixed-Use Community





Illustrative Concept Drawing – Major Employment/GSA Campus with Mixed Use

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Conceptual Alternative – New Ramp System





Greenbelt Station Subdivision 4-01026 – Greenbelt Station Parkway

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Potential Realignment of Greenbelt Station Parkway





Staff Recommendation Make no change to recommended land uses and scale of

development at North Core

Revise select strategies and development district standards

regarding mitigation of potential negative impacts

Retain consideration for realignment of the proposed Beltway

interchange

Retain consideration for the proposed realignment of the

northern half of Greenbelt Station Parkway to the eastern part

of the site

Explore the ability to revise illustrative concepts to more clearly

reflect the plan’s vision, policies, and strategies

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Major Topics

Sector plan or development plan?

Redevelopment of Beltway Plaza –

Comprehensive, but all at once or phased?

Phasing as development mandate

Greenway Center/Maryland Trade Center

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Illustrative Concepts – Phased Redevelopment of Beltway Plaza






Make no change to the plan

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Major Topics

Gateways into the town

Fire department and municipal office

relocation

Prince George’s Scrap property

Kenilworth Avenue and Ballew Avenue

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Prince Georges Scrap Property






Add clarifying text regarding gateways and

include the City of Greenbelt as a partner

Revise the language recommending relocation

of municipal offices to MD 193

Revise recommendations for Kenilworth

Avenue and Ballew Avenue

Retain plan recommendations for the Prince

George’s Scrap property

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Major Topics

What does a CSP mean?

How long are CSPs valid and under what

circumstances?

Sector Plan/SMA changes to an approved

CSP (Greenbelt Station; Franklin Park)

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Add clarification language to the sector

plan’s explanation of CSPs

Make no other change to the plan

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Major Topics

Robust multimodal network

Transportation model and county

requirements

Roadway widening and amendments to

Master Plan of Transportation (MPOT)

MD 193 (Greenbelt Road), Kenilworth

Avenue (MD 201), Hanover Parkway

Regional transportation network impacts






Strengthen multimodal recommendations

Revise the roadways recommendations to clarify

the sector plan does not support full lane widening

of MD 193 (Greenbelt Road), Kenilworth Avenue

(MD 201), or Hanover Parkway

Retain intent of recommendations to widen

approaches to key intersections, but revise to

clarify extent of impacted area

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Major Topics

What is the need for the diverging

diamond interchange (DDI)?

How will the DDI facilitate connectivity?

What about overpasses/underpasses in

lieu of a DDI?

Edmonston Road

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Proposed Diverging Diamond Interchange – Plan View





Proposed Diverging Diamond Interchange – Section View

Ten Lanes with Six-Foot Median

Eight Lanes with 12-Foot Sidewalk and Two 5-Foot Bike Lanes

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Make no change to the plan

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Requested Actions

Direct staff to prepare a supplemental digest of

testimony for late items admitted into the record

for Planning Board review prior to incorporation

into the main analysis of testimony document

Direct staff to prepare a resolution to adopt the

preliminary sector plan and endorse the

proposed sectional map amendment for action

on Thursday, December 13, 2012

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