MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
FROM: David J. Deutsch, City Manager
SUBJECT: Status Report/Council Poll
DATE: May 17, 2007
Status Report
1. Claims and Reimbursement Account
Councilman Conroy asked staff to determine why the claims and reimbursement
account is so far over budget at $176,000 collected so far this fiscal
year. The increase in Claims and Reimbursements Income is mostly attributed
to payment from LGIT for damages to City vehicles totaling over $90,000
and other reimburse-ments from CableCom and Verizon for damages totaling
over $50,000.
2. Melford Conceptual and Detailed Site Plans
The City has been advised that the Planning Board's reconsideration hearing
on the Melford Conceptual Site Plan, scheduled for May 24th, will not be
heard by the Planning Board. The attached
letter from the Planning Board Administrator indicates that because the case is currently on appeal to
the District Council, the Planning Board no longer has jurisdiction. The
appellants in the CSP appeal have consequently amended their request for
oral argument to include information related to the Corrected Resolution
approved by the Planning Board in April. In addition to the above activity,
this week the City received a copy of a letter from Richard K. Reed, representing
St. John Properties, that indicates their intent to file a Detailed Site
Plan containing 200,000 square feet of office space and 300,000 square
feet of flex space located along US 50, east of the existing flex space.
The pending CSP shows this type of development in this portion of the property.
A Stakeholders Meeting will be scheduled on this proposal in the near future,
with City hearings to follow.
3. Railroad Realignment
Enclosed in your package is a copy of a May
4, 2007 Washington Post editorial
which questions the wisdom of spending over $4 billion to reroute rail
traffic around Washington.
4. Election 2007
The following have filed for office as of today: Fred Robinson, Mike Lyles
- Mayor; Diane Polangin - District 2; Todd Turner - District 3; Isaac Trouth
- District 4; Kevin Conroy, Leon Buck, Jr. - At-Large.
Attachments
Letter from the Prince George's County Planning Board
Railroad Realignment Editorial