There are an alarming number of presubmission meetings this week for developments that will significantly impact several sensitive areas of our county. Stu Kohn, HCCA’s vice-president, and other residents drew the attention of Council Member Jen Terrasa to some of them; she has written to Marsha McLaughlin, concerning impact on infrastructure, traffic congestion, etc.
The foregoing represent development encroaching on a rustic western county countryside, a state park, and intensive new development in North Laurel where there could be 600 new or recent units where there is no master plan. We need to attend the meetings and publicize them, raise awareness and weigh in with Marsh McLaughlin and the County Executive.
Presubmission Meeting schedule:
- THIS Tuesday, October 2, 6 p.m., presub re Wilson Village, a 17-unit village of retail and office buildings near the intersection of Old Frederick Road and Woodbine Road in the rustic rural west. Meeting place: Glenwood Library.
- ALSO October 2, 6 p.m., presub for the Estates at Patapsco Park, a 185 single-family detached housed to be built on 130 acres near Patapsco State Park (!) and Furrow Avenue in Ellicott City. Meeting place: the Great Room of the Ellicott City Senior Center.
- Wednesday, October 3, 6:30 p.m., presub for 37-unit single-family detached and townhouses on 9.3 acres off Riverhill Rd., in North Laurel. Meeting place: North Laurel Community Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd., Laurel.
- Thursday, October 11, 6:30 p.m., presub for the Higon property (# units not known to me). Meeting place: Hammond Elementary School, 8111 Aladdin Dr., Laurel.
submitted by Bridget Mugane