DID YOU KNOW?

  • Montgomery County plans to build this 1200 car parking garage along Georgia Avenue in Glenmont.
    They want to build it in the west side residential neighborhood and green space near the Glenmont
    Metro entrance.

  • This structure will visually dominate all of Glenmont. Its measurements are as follows:

  • length, 350 feet; longer than a football field.

  • height, 65 feet (six levels) of parking and 75 foot towers; plus garish lights on poles..

  • width, 185 feet; wider than a football field.

  • Beside the negative visual impact this garage will have on Glenmont, it will also harm Glenmont residential and
    commercial areas by bringing 1200 more commuters cars to Glenmont, clogging  neighborhood roads, and
    causing more air pollution.


                                      OPPOSE THIS GARAGE  


HERE IS THE TIME LINE ON GARAGE


  •        June 2002  The Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPWT) held a meeting with several
    Glenmont community members to discuss a second garage at the Glenmont Metro.  Consensus of the group
    was that if a garage were built, it should be on the east side of Georgia Avenue, where the current 1700 car
    garage is located.  We were told that additional meetings would be held.  


  •        December 12,2004  After not hearing from Montgomery county, or having additional meetings, Mr.
    Erenrich (DPWT) was contacted to find out the status.  He said that "the community has been heard" and the
    garage would be on the east side.  "No one wants it on the west side."


  •        April 26, 2006. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) held a public hearing in
    Rockville.  (The Glenmont Civic Association did not receive any official notice of this meeting and only learned
    of the hearing a few days before it occurred).  At the hearing, six people, four of whom were county
    employees, spoke in favor of the west side location, 10 spoke against the west side, and twenty seven favored
    putting the garage on the east side near the present garage.  Vote tally: 2 in favor, 37 against placing garage on
    west side.

  •        April 27, 2006  The Montgomery County Planning board voted 5 to 0 against placement on the west
    side, and favored the east side location, where the present garage is now located.

  •        May 8, 2006  The County Transportation and Environment Committee (T&E), chaired by Councilwoman
    Floreen, voted to place the garage in the west side residential area.

  •        May 9, 2006  The County Council approved the west side location, but said that the community would be
    involved in improving the appearance, since it was very ugly.  

  •        November 13, 2006  Meeting called by Gary Erenrich (DPWT) and held at Mid County Regional Office.  
    Three community members were present as well as the director and assistant director of the Mid County
    Regional Office.  We were presented with three drawings and informed that we could make comments, but that
    the design was going forward for voting on by the T&E committee on November 27, and by the full Council on
    November 28.  This was the extent of the "community involvement".  

  •        November 14-27  Intensive letter writing and e-mail campaign opposing the garage and lack of
    community participation in its design. Many letters and e-mails sent to County Council.

  •        November 27, 2006  The T&E Committee voted to recommend increasing funds for planned garage, but
    with instructions to improve its design.

  •        November 28, 2006   The County Council increased the funding, but again with instructions to involve
    the community in the design.  They further stated that the design had to go to the Montgomery County Planning
    Board for a mandatory referral prior to final design going forward.


As of December 9, 2007, there still has been no community involvement, although we have been told there will be a
meeting in the near future.

For additional information, see the Testimony and Oppose This Garage pages.
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