MCPS Director of Construction says that MCPS will not be cutting down the 7 acres of trees that are in a forest conservation easement at the site.
That means the Ewing Center School site is no longer a 22.5 acre site. It is now just a 15.5 acre site.
...The
22.5 acres includes the Blair Ewing Center, the surrounding athletic
fields and six acres of forest land protected by a forest conservation
easement, according to Rockville Deputy City Manager Jenny Kimball.
Song
said MCPS will not clear the trees protected by the easement and the
forest is actually a benefit of the site because it’s a buffer between
residential areas.
“Most of the trees are around the perimeter and those will be preserved,” Song said.
But
the athletic fields Rockville shares with the school would have to be
moved. The city originally funded the fields through the state’s Program
Open Space in 1999 and maintains the school-owned fields in exchange
for using them when the school does not need them...
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