Public Hearing Dec. 12 irernhclt Gre e nbelt Metro s,ation by John Seng The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will hold the long-awaited Greenbelt Metro Station hearing at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 12 at Greenbelt Junior High School. The WMATA staff will present specific proposals for the station and accompanying service yard that terminate the lllews Jleview future 13.91 mile E route extension of the Green Line. Sime AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER private properties are involved, the staff will discuss the issues Volume 42, Number 2 GREENBELT, MARYLANl) Thursday, November 30, 1978 and field questions from concerned citizens. ----- All owners of property adjacent designed. Pedestrian traffic from to the future tracks will be notified the Greenbelt community must use WHAT GOES ON of the h earing by registered letter, Cherrywood Lane. GJ-11 SeeksCityCooperation Fri., Dec. 1, Sat., Dec. 2, un., in addition to the general public Riders will enter the station at Dec. 3, 7th Annual Christma.'l invitation. the mezzanine level on which fare-­ Craft Show & Sale (See sched­ Citizens wishing to air their op­ card machines are located and then by Bill Lombardi ule) Youth Center inions should supply the following ascend to the station platform by Donald Volk, representing Greenbelt Homes, Inc., at the city Sw,., Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. Christmas escalator or elevator Choral Concert, Greenbelt written information to WMATA by council meeting last week asked council to endorse its plan to apply Also at issue at the hearing Is the Community Church. Thursday, December 7: name, ad­ tor federal government direct loans and informed council that it dress, telephone number, and any Metro storage yard, north of the is preparing an application for GHI to be placed on 'the National :\Ion., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. City Council Meeting - Municipal Building. pertinent organizational affiliation. Beltway with its private access road rlegister of Historic Sites. · Address to Mr Delmer Ison, Secre­ to Sunnyside Avenue. James W . Smith, president of a concept such as the one proposed tary- Treasurer, WMATA, 600 Fifth GHI, in a letter to City Manager by GHI. "Council has committed HOLIDAY MAILING TIPS street NW, Washington, DC. 20001. • City Concerns James Giese on N ov. 20, said that themselves to be a Joan processor While registration for testimony is Greenbelt City Manager James K. GHI would like to apply for $3 mil­ before," he said. The Post Office urges all local not mandatory, those who do so will Giese brought up several concerns lion in Section 312 funds for rehabil­ Council endorsed the concept and residents to shop and mail early, be heard first. Planners will re­ regarding the access plans at the itation loans. The loans carry a 3 will discuss it further at the next November 20 council meeting.. He and use Zip Codes for Christmas strict testimony to five minutes percent interest rate and may have meeting. Giese said he would write each person. More detailed, written listed as problems: The lack of a. Joan periods up to 20 years. And a letter to the state from t he city mailings. testimony may be S1.J.bmitted in ad­ short, direct pedestrian cro11Sing loans up to $3,450 per dwelling unit a.<,king them to cooperate. vance of the hearing. from Springhill Lake to the stat­ may be lent. without securing it National Register of Historic Sites In addition, a slip of paper with tion; no extension of Cherrywood with a first mortgage, which Smith Volk also informed council that Public Facilities name, address, and a listing of the Lane to provide easy access from and Volk say is particularly appeal­ board members of GHI voted on The alignment runs along east of northern Greenbelt; and a possibly ing to GHI. Nov. 16 to prepare an application contents should be included in all and parallel to the B&O railroad dangerous factor where residents of The letter states, "CHI would, to place GHI on the National Reg­ tracks from Greenbelt Road to Sun­ the Hollywood section of College packages. under this program, obtain reha­ ister of Historic Sites. nyside Avenue north of the Capital Park might try to cross both the He said he wanted the city to bilitation loans for eac'h individual If there are any questions con­ Beltway. The 600-ft. long partially­ B&O and Metro tracks from the unit and, thereby, eliminate the support the application and possib­ covered station would be situated west. These concerns and others need to place a mortgage on G'I:II ly include other portions of Green­ cerning deadlines, weight limits, on land now owned by Springhill were the subject of the City Advis­ property for its member- adopted belt on the application, "Greenbelt Lake. Passengers would c•nter the etc., call 345-1335. ory Planning Board (APB) meet­ rehabilitation program." belongs on the National Register complex via a west-bound I-495 ing yesterday. The APB will sub­ Volk asked council to endorse - it is a milestone in town plan- exit (not an issue at the hearing) or mit their findings at the December ning," Volk sa,id. t he concept. asked them to serve as Cherrywood Lane. Cherrywood 4 city council meeting a Section 312 loan processing re­ An advantage of being on the Lane facilities inc-lude 14 bus bays, source and asked the city to re­ National Register for Gm would 44 kiss-and- ride passenger unload­ According to W.\'f.ATA Public quf>st state pa rticipation in p~ar­ be tha t it would qualify for rehabil­ ing spaces and about 1000 regular Hearing Assistant Fairfax McCan­ !ng an application to promot e t h e itation loans, with the Joans being parking spaces. For I-495 commut­ dlish, "This segment does not in­ concept. insured by the federal government. ers, plans for eight bus bays, 25 volve as many controversial items "The city's role would be a vital White said that since time 1s not comuter bus spaces, 78 kiss-and as other parts of tile E route - e lement in this program," Volk said. critical right now, there should be ride spaces and room for 2000 con­ there isn't as much disruption since He added that thf> city would not a public hea ring on the matter. ventional parking spaces have been See METRO STATION p. 8 havf' to make any financial contri­ Councilman Richard Castaldi a ­ butions in the program. greed and said that he would like AGENDA S('Ction 312 funds are limited for a Df>c. 4 public hearing, the date GREEN EL T BUS ROUTES CHANGE m unicipalities, however, Volk said. of the next city council meeting. Volk said the deadline for a1>plica­ REGUlAR MEETING OF There i. &. '':,pecial set-aside" of about ~20 million in funds by t he tions is Dec. 15. CITY COUNCIL TO SYNCHRONIZE WITH METRO !IUD Secretary for innovative pro­ CDBG by Barbara Likowski jects, he said, and GHI would like Council also passed a coopera­ Monday, Beginning Monday, December 3, Greenbelters will have to apply for $3 million under this tive agreement to participate with Metro bus connections to the recently opened New Carrollton program. December 4, 1978 the county in the fifth year Com­ Metro station . All express R-11 and R-15 buses will travel be­ Councilman Thomas White said munity Development Block Grant tween Greenbelt and New Carrollton. These will run during the that the city has already endorsed Program. 8:00 P.M. morning and evening rush hours only. I. ORGANIZATION Greenbelters can also take ithe "f 1· I f t·ghts" Council Ponders Post: Office , T-16 to the New Carrollton sta- es IVI O I 1. Call to Order tion Starting December 3 the T - 16 S t S th S will.come into the center of Green- tar S even easoa 2. Roll Call belt from Beltway Plaza by way Possibilities; Decision Deferred The Festival of Lights will open 3. Meditation of Lakecrest Dr., Lakeside Dr., by Leta Mach Westway and Crescent to the Cen­ its seventh season with the Christ­ P ledge of Allegiance tG mas Craft Show and Sale, alt the ter. It will leave by way of Gar­ City councilmen, meeting in a work session on November 21 the Fla&' denway, Ridge Rd., Southway to Youth Center beginning Friday, with postal service representatives George Dennison and George Dec. 1 from 7 p.m. - 10 p.m ., and 4. Minute.s of Meetings Greenbelt Rd. The return trip will Glover, wondered why the Parkway site was chosen, what were be made in the opposite direction. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2 and 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 50 area. the possibilities of other sites, and what the needs of •the post 5. Additions to Agenda by Previously this bus ran on Green­ a. office belt Rd. and did not come into the craftspeople will be elclrlbiting were. After some discussion, Dennison asked whether the Councilmen and Manager variety of seasonal craft items. Al­ , post office should hold up the project, although he explained ,that center of the city. II. COMMUNICATIONS so the Goddard Garden Club will it was hoped to complete the contracts for the land and architect The T - 16 will run six days per have an exh!Mt with greens dem­ and engineering firm in two weeks. Therefore, council decided 6. Petitions and Requests week (no Sunday service). Monday onstrations, live and dried plants, t hrough Friday it will run every to discuss the post office site at the next council meeting on 7.