A Look at the MCPS Trailer Dump at the Historic Lincoln High School

How would you feel about old rusting tractor trailers gracing the entrance to your neighborhood? The residents of Lincoln Park have been forced to deal with it for decades.
At the June 16, 2016, Montgomery County Planning Board meeting on the County Executive’s purchase of the Westmore property for a bus depot, residents of Lincoln Park testified about their current situation. They explained that for years, over 130 rusting trailers have decayed around the historic Lincoln High School.
Many on the Planning Board expressed surprise that the neighborhood had been dealing with such a situation for years and the MCPS system was responsible...

 http://www.rockvilleview.com/a-look-at-the-mcps-trailer-dump-at-the-historic-lincoln-high-school/

Breaking: Leggett Withdraws Request for Moving MCPS Bus Lot, Removes Carver and Westmore sites from Future Plan

From: Austin, Lisa On Behalf Of Kirkland, Bonnie
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:49 AM
To: Floreen's Office, Councilmember <Councilmember.Floreen@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Cc: Jablow, Judy <Judy.Jablow@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Lauer, Linda <Linda.Lauer@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Pecoraro, Karen <Karen.Pecoraro@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Mihill, Amanda <Amanda.Mihill@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Drummer, Bob <Bob.Drummer@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Hamlin, Joseph <Joseph.Hamlin@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Farber, Steve <Steve.Farber@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Nurmi, Joy <Joy.Nurmi@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Lacefield, Patrick <Patrick.Lacefield@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Dise, David E. <David.Dise@montgomerycountymd.gov>; Kirkland, Bonnie <Bonnie.Kirkland@montgomerycountymd.gov>
Subject: Withdrawal of Executive Order 016-15, Disposition of County Service Park East

Dear Council President Floreen,

I am forwarding a memorandum from the County Executive relating to Withdrawal of Executive Order 016-15, Disposition of County Service Park East.  This PDF document is being forwarded to you in advance of the original, hard copy which will be delivered to Council.

Thank you,

Regards,

Lisa Austin, SEAA

Offices of the County Executive

101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor

Rockville, MD  20850

240-777-2590

lisa.austin@montgomerycountymd.gov

2016 June 23 Leggett by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

City of Rockville: Comprehensive Overview of MCPS Shady Grove Bus Depot Replacement Saga

The City of Rockville, City Manager has put together a comprehensive overview of the events that have occurred in the last few years concerning County Executive Ike Leggett's attempt to move the MCPS Shady Grove bus depot to make way for developers to build housing.  The City Manager's memo discusses the four most recent sites that have been proposed for some or all of the Shady Grove bus fleet and includes concerns that have been brought up by the public.

...Following completion of their presentation MCPS opened the meeting to public comment and questions. All of the speakers voiced opposition to the project and expressed several concerns related to the proposal. The following is not an exhaustive list of all concerns expressed, but is a summary of general themes presented:

• noise impacts associated with the operation of the proposed bus depot at this location, given its adjacency to residential uses;

• health concerns given the concentration of over 100 buses at a single location and resultant air quality impacts;

• traffic impacts on the intersection of Mannakee Street and MD355;

• multiple buses utilizing neighborhood streets in the vicinity of the proposed depot;

• impact upon the adjacent historic district and Carver High School building; and,

• incompatibility of the proposed bus depot with the surrounding neighborhood.

MCPS staff indicating that there would be a follow-up meeting on the subject, however no date was provided...

 https://rockmail.rockvillemd.gov/clerk/egenda.nsf/d5c6a20307650f4a852572f9004d38b8/d473390b99a92f7c85257fb1005b0778?OpenDocument

untold number of [MCPS] buses would head to 1000 Westmore Avenue [Rockville]

...County officials are also considering another site off of Crabbs Branch Way, separate from the current Shady Grove site along the same road.
"I'd be happy to talk to anybody with private property that's available to consider as part of this process," said Ossont. “They all involve the potential for property acquisition... We've vetted many, many sites over the years. Some are public lands. Some are private.”...

 http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/newsx/local/item/3615-rockville-weighs-options-on-bus-depot-relocation

Now: Floreen Tells Board of Ed. to Halt Work on Carver Bus Depot

   2016 May 17 Halt Carver by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Council will Revisit Bus Depot Move in June