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- WHAT'S NEW
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- The Montgomery County Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing on the1200 car Metro garage
DOT/WMATA has planned for the west side of Georgia Avenue in Glenmont. The hearing will be held Thursday,
April 8, 2010 at approximately 10:45 a.m. at the Park and Planning Auditorium, 8787 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. The entrance is at the rear of the building, and to your left as you enter.
You may sign up to testify by calling 301 495-4600 giving the date, April 8, and the item #4 or sign up
online. To sign up online, go to The Montgomery County Planning Board website, Next meetings, Read
Agendas, click on the April 8, 2010 item. That page gives you a link to the form to fill out. Be sure you
state Item # 4. Please try to attend and bring friends and neighbors.
- Please speak against the garage being on the west side. See the item below for reasons the garage
should not be on the west side in Glenmont.
- Five Reasons Not to Build A West Side Garage -- On June 25, 2009, several members of the Glenmont
Civic Association Incorporated, met with Dolly Kildee from Councilwoman Navarro's office to discuss our opposition
to the planned Metro garage on the west side of Georgia Avenue.
Letter to County Executive Leggett April 17, 2009 -- Glenmont Civic Associatioon, Inc. (GCAI) counted
empty parking spaces in Glenmont and Wheaton Metro garages and Wheaton Montgomery County garage. Updated
recently, our survey reports that all three garages are under utilized. Not only is Glenmont garage not full., but there
are over 1300 empty spaces in these three garages every day.
Update on Garage and Other News
Timeline on Garage
News Release - January 28, 2007, Glenmont Civic Association, Inc. Opposes Garage in Neighborhood.
- Letter Questioning Parking Garage Process. Letter to County Executive Leggett questions the fact that the
Council voted to approve the garage before the time for public testimony had ended. Also mentions the disregard for
the Sector Plan.
Letter requests meeting with County County Executive Leggett on parking garage, also outlines reasons GCA opposes the
garage.