8 September 1977 Greenbelt News Review
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@reenhrlt PUBLIC MEETING ·ON KENI LWORTH INTERCHANGE TO VI EW SIX PLANS by Elaine Skolnik The Stat.e Highways Administration (SHA) will present six alternate plans for the improvement of the Greenbelt Road (Rte. 193)/Kenilworth Avenue (Rte. 201) interchange on Thursday, llews Beview- - - September 15 at 7:30 p.m. The public meetinj will be held in ~he AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER~-·~ -~~r- - -.- SHA District Office, 9300 Kenilworth Ave. (west of the intersection ~ume 40, Number 42 GREENBELT, MARYLAND Thursday, September 8, '1977 with Crescent Road) in Greenbelt. For over a decade the rebuilding lection among the six alternatives, of the intersection has been a mat environmental impact, and other ·AG EN DA ter- of serious concern to Green factors. Maps, slides displays and Leo Gerton Is Greenbelt' s belters. • Development in the are~ brochures will be used in the pre REGULAR MEETING OF over the years has resulted in se- sentation. There will also be a , vere delays at the Kenilworth light question and answer period as WP.(! Outstanding Citizen of 1977 CITY COUNCIL despite some road improvements. as public comment. De Santis urg With the prospect of imminent con es the public to attend and partici by Elaine Skolnik Monday, Sept. 12, 1977 struction on the Golden Triangle pate in the planning for road im "His favorite public service is his annual fish fry for the citi and the possibility of development provements. 8:00 P.M. on the Springhill Lake North pro zens of Greenbelt . " These words of Ruth Dee in tribute to the perty in the near future, further Alternates "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" was the tip-off that the award I. ORGANIZATION clogging of the two four-lane di The alternates under considera was about to be given to Leo Gerton, who served one term on the vided highways is anticipated. tion include six '"Build" alternates city council and nine years on the Board of Direc'tors of Twin 1. Call to Order The Greenbelt/Kenilworth inter and an alternate for "No Build." Pines Savings and Loan Association. 2. Roll Call change improvement is included in The build alternates generally util 3. Meditation the State Highway Administration'il ize the centerlines of the existing Pledge of Allegiance to 1978-1982 Secondary Highway Im- at- grade roadways as the center the Flag provement Program for Project ·lines of construction. All "build" 4. Minutes of Council Meet- Planning. Even if studies were com alternates contain provisions for ings pleted and an alignment selected bikeways along both Kenilworth 5. Additions to Agenda by within the next two or three years, and Green1belt Roads. All alter Councilman and Manager funding for right of way and con nates also require some acquisition struction of the project could not from Greenbelt National Park anQ COMMUNICATIONS II. begin until after 1982. Funding r,f some from the Greenbelt Triangle. 6. Petitions and Requests the interchange improvements will The "Build" alternates consist of a. Petition - "R" Bus Line be shared - 50% Federal govern two basic schemes. Alternates 1 b. Petition - Subsidy for ment - 50% State. through 4 show Gree~belt Road de pressed under Kenilworth Avenue. Labor Day Festival Meeting Shuttle 'Bus The ramp turning movements and 7. Administrative Reports The September 15 meeting is one Kenilworth Avenue through move 8. Committee Reports of the initial steps in meeting Feder- ments take place at the intersection al and State requirements to com on a bridge over depressed Green III. OLD BUSINESS plete necessary preliminary work belt Road. The ramps run parallel to ready the projec;t for possible in to Greenbelt Road with retainin::i 9. An Ordinance to Amend clusion in future construction pto walls providing for separation of Chapter 18, Title "Streets grams. Public hearings will be held grades between the ramps and de and Sidewalks," of the throughout the process to obtain pressed Greenbelt Road. - Greenbelt City Code by maximum citizen participation at all Alternates 5 and 6 consider df' Amending Section 18-43, stages of the planning and design pressing Kenilworth Avenue under Title "Widths," to Provide of transportation facilities. Greenbelt Road. The ramp turning for An Amendment in the Final decision making on road movements and Greenbelt Road Roadway Width in the construction priorities in the State through movements take place over Primary Residential Class are made by county legislative dele lowered Kenilworth Avenue. To re Subject to Certain Condi gation in consultation with county duce construction costs the median tions - Second Reading elected officials and planners and on Kenilworth will be narrowed to I n ac:>cep ting the plaque given by 1958 photo 10. A Resolution to Authorizf' the SH.A Bureau of P lanning and 19 feet wide through the in ter the Cipriano family in memory of the Negotiated Purchase Program Development. change. "Pop" Cipriano, Gerton reflected of. Thirty-Five (35) Mo- According to Frank J. D eSantis, Following the public meeting thf' that the moment reminded him of New BWI Limo Lounge torola FM Radio Pagers, project manager for the Greenbelt/ Project Planning team will (1) re the time many years ago when, as Including Chargers and Kenilworth interchange, represen view and evaluate comments re chairman of the Festival; he stood Open House Sept. 14 Batteries for Use By the tatives of the agency will be pre ceived from the Alternates meet- on the same platform "heartened Baltimore- Washington Interna Greenbelt Volunteer Fire sent at the September 15 meeting ing, (2) prepare detailed engineer by the sea of faces before him." tional Airport will officially open its Department and Rescue to acquaint the public wi th the ing and environmental studies, (3) He thanked Pop's daughter, Marie new "Beltway Limousine Terminal" Squad, Inc., at a Total project, explaining reasons for se- See MEETING, page 2, col. 3 Weaver, chairwoman Dee, commit on Wednesday, September 14, at 11 Sum Not to Exceed Seven tee members and the C & P Tele a.m., acording to an announcement Thousand Five Hundred phone Company representative, today by State Aviation Adminis Eighty-Seven ($7,587.00) Wally Brockway, who presented trator Robert J. Aaronson. Dollars - Second Reading him with a $100 savings bond. "Open House" will be held at the 11. A Resolution to Transfer ABSENTEE mini limo terminal from 10 a.m. Funds W,ithin Depart Dee noted that Gerton has been until 4 p.m. and the pubiic has been ments - $47,800 a "concerned and active citizen" of invited to attend. Refreshments 12. APB Report No. 185 - the city for 16 years. In the 1960's VO T I N G will be served. Springhill Lake North De when zoning was the major issue, The terminal is the focal point of velopment Plans he served on the residential-com a new system which providPs door .J.3. APB Report No. 188 - mercial-and industrial zoning sub SECTION 7-4 OF THE GREENBELT CITY CODE PRO tc.r-door and "kiss-and-ride" trans Change in APB By-Laws - committee of the Greenbelt Advis portation between BWI and Prince Open _.Meebings VIDES THAT CITIZENS OF GREENBELT WHO ARE QUALI ory Board, the city's goals commit Georges and Montgomery counties. 14. Metropolitan Growth Pol FIED VOTERS SHALL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING tE:e and the GHI zoning coqimittee. It is located off of Greenbelt Road icy Statement 15. Curb Cuts on Green.belt IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OF THE CITY BY ABSENTEE Gert-on was also a member of the adjacent to the Goddard Space Vil - Road library committee working for the lage and Hunting Ridge Apart- BALLOT, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS: 16. Swale on Ridge Road Greenbelt Public Library. His ener ments near the access to the north gies in the 60's were also devoted bound Baltimore/Washington Park IV. NEW BUSINESS to Labor Day Festival Programs way. There is a charge. 1. APPLICATIO:KS SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING TO and he, as chairman, "worked on For door-to-door service, passen 17. A Resolution to Transfer THE CITY CLERK FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT NOT the rebirth of the festival with the gers call 441-2345 three hours or Funds Within Depart EARLIER THAN TWENTY DAYS PRECEDING ·THE late Rita Fisher" following the more in advance of the time they ments - $100 death of chairman Eli DonBullian. wish to arrive at the airport. A dis 18. P urchase of Casualty ELECTION - AUGUST 31, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 19. patcher takes their reservation and Insurance 1977, RESPECTIVELY. In i969 the U.S. Jaycees award- arranges for them to be picked up 19. After-School Day Care ed Gerton its distinguis'hed service at their home or office door and 20. Maryland Routes 193/201 award for "outstanding service to transported to BWI in plenty of Interchange Alternates 2. ALL SUCH BALLOTS RETURNED SHALL REACH THE our community." time for their flight. Meeting OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK NOT LATER THAN TWO Illness kept Gerton on the side Under the "kiss-and-ride" plan, Y. MISCELLANEOUS lines for a few years, but in 1972, passengers meet thP. BWI coach at HOURS BEFORE THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS ON as a member of the board of trus the terminal after making their THE DAY OF ELECTION IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED tees of the Heart Association of reservations at least one hour in -6:00 P.M., SEPTEMBER 20, 1977. Southern Maryland, he persuaded advance of the time they wish to the association to conduct a heart arrive at the airport. Passengers WHAT GOES ON '# and related disease screening pro using this service arrange their Mon., Sept.