Mayor
Bridget Donnell Newton and the four City Council members signed the
June 14 letter requesting the County "formally coordinate with the City
on the bus depot relocation discussions."
At
stake is where to relocate more than 400 school buses parked at the
Shady Grove Bus Depot. The County has to sign off on a Declaration of No
Further Need before a residential developer could construct buildings
on the site next year.
City
Council members and the mayor also asked to be included in an
interagency workgroup in order to help County officials "find a solution
that is more cost-effective and strategic in location, and will not
adversely impact existing neighborhoods."
"The
lack of foresight, planning, and public process for this significant
undertaking is disappointing," they said in the letter, adding County
officials have known about it since at least the time of the 2003 draft
of the Shady Grove Sector Plan...
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