18 June 1992 Greenbelt News Review

What Goes On 6rttnbdt N,ws fltuitw Sun., June 21, 7 p,m. National OfRce Hours Conoe1't Band r4. America, Konda1 2- 4 p.m. eopJ, Mia "Buddy" Attick Park 8-10 p.m. copJ, ada Mon., June 22, 8 p.m. City Tuesday - 8-10 p.m, copy, ad1 Oounoil ~ng, Municipal Building Dtws Btuitw 15 Pa.rkwa1 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEI ,1,-4111 Volume 55, Number 31 P.O. Box 68, Greenbelt, Maryland 20768-0068 . Thursday, June 18, 1992 Fraud Alert Ed Hug,hes, Presiden,t. CYf the City Reviews Office ·Park Greenbelt Volunteer Fire De GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW pall"tment and Rescue Squad, Plans, OK's Lake Park Plan NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Inc. cautions Greenbeliters -tha.t illhe F'i:re De,pai,tment hiaa be by Pat Scully come aware that some indi RATE CHANGE viduals supposedly represent Capital Office Park plans indude three more buHdings. ing it.he Greenlbeit Fire Depart At its June 8 meeting, the Greenbelt City Council heard a Effective July 1, 1992 display advertising ra,tes will be ment, have been soliciting res review of the proposal, approved the Buddy Attick Park as follows: iderll:8 by telephlOTle for dona Master Plan and urged the county to ;- appeal the Sunrise itiions. The department wanits project. Regular Rate: ........................ $5.50/column inch ,to infOlffll aU residents tha.t no City planner Celia Wilson re draft are available at the city one is authorized to solicit do ported on the preliminary plan offices and· the library, Contract Rate: .. ........ ........ .. $4.75/column inch naitdons on it.s behal:f by tele- of subdivision for the remaining City Manager Daniel Hobbs Nonprofit Rate: ................... $3.75/oolumn inch 1phone. The current fund drive undeveloped acreage at Capital called this period a chance for is done by mail only. Anyone Office Park. The plan calls for a final "reality check and vali I *National Rate: ............... ....... $6.60/column inch wi.illl information thait would creation of three buildable lots, dation, to ensure that the lan lead to -the identiftealtion of with 568,000 square feet of of 1 Cl'as&i1ied Ra.tea Arre Uoohanged. Display ad ra.tes wiere laslt guage in the draft doesn't stray changed in Augll'8t 1989. lthe6e individuals, should call fice development, and one un from the intent of council." H,uehes !Wt 845-7000. buildable lot containing flood Other IH11es "'N'ationa.1 R'l1Jte includes 15% -agency commission. All other com plains, steep slopes and other Council also voted 4-0 to for missions and fees must be pa.id by advertiser. environmental consraints. mally request that the county B-W Parkway Currently city staff, MNCP,PC appeal the most recent court staff and the applicant are dis decision regarding the Sunrise Ramp Closings cussing the adequacy of public Apartments project. (Council On June 20, weather permit facilities, The developer may be member Thomas X. White was ting, the southbound lanes of the asked to widen Kenilworth Ave unable to attend the meeting Baltimore Washington Parkway nue; install traffic signals at because of a death in the fam Council Briefed on MARC will be shifted to the left toward the intersections of Ivy Lane and ily). the median onto new pavement. Kenilworth, Cherrywood Lane The latest court of appeals And Metro Start-up Plans For the past few months, the and Kenilworth, and Ivy a n d decision had restored to the Sun traffic has been shifted to the Cherrywood; and undertake cer rise developers the denser zon by Pat Scully rig.ht onto temporary pavement. tain other improvements such as ing in effect on the property be The on-ramp from Scuthway adding another dedicated left fore the Sectional Map Amend onto southbound parkway will be turn lane at the Crescent Road ment (SMA) was adopted May The MARC commuter rail station located at the future and Kenilworth intersection. Greenbelt Metro station will be in servi!ce in August, 1992, closed during the day in order 1, 1990. In the SMA, the site was to make the move. People wish According to Wilson, the de changed from R-10 (residential Jerry Gough of Metro t.old the Ci-ty Cou_ncil at the regular ing to go south on the Parkway veloper is reluctant to pay -for with a maximum of 48 units per June 8 council meeting. The staition is on the line that runs soould go west on Greenbelt aU- of the improvements called acre) to R-18-C (condominiums Road and use the Kenilworth for in the traffic study, feeling with a maximum of 12 units per from Union Stati~n in Was·hington to Oamden Yards in . exit onto the beltway and then that other contributors to the acre). Baltimore. back to the Parkway 11outhbound, increased traffic load, such as The court had <lenied the clty'a For the Metro station itself, and to the outer loop (heading Southbound Parkway and South the Federal Courthouse and the standing to join the county's case "we expect to meet our opera west). Non-local commuters, i.e., way traffic will experience major Metro station, should also con or to file an amicus curiae brief; tion·s deadline of late 1993," said those who would use the Belt del-ays. tribute to road improvements. therefore, the city's only avail Gough, At that time the Metro way, who Jive east of the Green 'fihe Northbound lanes will not Also at issue is the adequacy able input was to urge the county green line will begin service from belt station are expected to con be affected by this operation. of fire and police services. The to continue the appeal process. its t e r m in u s in Greenbelt. tinue using the New Carrollton Variable message signs are in current formula assesses wheth Council also: gave tentative through the College Park, Prince station. place for the southbound park er the county can provide ade approval for revised job descrip Georges Plaza and West Hyatts Until the Metro station opens, way traffic and Southway traffic. quate services; city staff are tions for three city employee ville stations, to the Fort Totten parking will be free at the MARC Please observe the messages arguing that the test should be positions, awarded contracts for station of the red line, "Gap lot; parking fees are expected displayed. applied to city resources only, purchase of police vehicles and trains" will run between regular to be aro1md $1.50 throughout On June 27, the northbound since the city wi!J be the pri for 4th of July fireworks, adopt red line trains to serve commu the Jot once Metro opens, al Janes are expected to be shifted, mary provider of services. ed a proclamation concerning ters transferring from the green though free on weekends. weather permitting. Doug Love requested that bi Flag Day, and congratulated city line, The "inner green line," to cycle lanes be considered in the staff and citizens for the dedi a major transfer station at Gal planning for road improvements. cation of Schrom Hills Park, lery Place, will be completed Bomb Threat at Roosevelt Wilson said that the width of later. Cherrywood would allow for 12- Card Shop Opens Station and Pa,rking Creates Bother, No Booms foot-wide bike Janes, narrowing Serenity Card and Gifts store John Grantham, Metro's resi to five feet on the bridge over will open in the Roosevelt Cen dent engineer during construc the Beltway. by Robert Levine ter on Saturday, June 20. The tion, told council that he expects Attick Muter Plan shop is located at 143 Center work on the station to be fin On Wednesday, June 10, Eleanor Roosevelt High School With very little discussion, way, where the shoe repair store ished in October. Follow-on con received a bomb threat. The call came in at approximately council accepted the final draft used to be. tracts have begun for mechani of the Master Plan for Buddy Serenity Card Shop is co-owned cal and electrical work, escala 3 :45 p.m. - 15 minutes before the end of school. After the Attick Park and established a by life-long Greenbelter Bucky tors, elevators and laying the school was evacuated and searched, no bomb was found. 30-day period for public review Fitzgerald and Carl Bennett. The tracks. Breda Construction in Police have no suspects. and comments. Copies of the 1Jtore will carry 12-step, self-help Italy is now building the cars. and recovery cards, books and As these are completed, they Dr. Gerald Boarman, principal, ,Police sealed off the school building to keep people from go after 4 p.m.-had to go home gifts as well as occasion and sea are being shipped to the United was not at the school at the sonal cards and gifts. States and stored in the rail time. The situation was handled ing back inside and then police leaving their books and personal yard- at Alexandria. by administrator Dr. Dorothy called the owner of a bomb belongings in t h e sealed-off A 500-car interim parking lot Harrison, Roosevelt secretary sniffing dog used by the fire school, Other students waited for Greenbelt will be ready in August to serve Mickey Devaney notified the department. F i r e department an hour and a half after the Little league Standings the MARC station. The perma county police who, along with officials arrived with the dog end of school for the building the Greenbelt Police, helped eva- at 4:50 p.m.

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