The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 1:30 PM regarding the proposed sale of a County-owned land parcel adjacent to 5920 Massachusetts Avenue to the Glen Echo Fire Department at less than market value. County Executive Ike Leggett has authorized a Declaration of No Further Need for the parcel, which must be approved by the Council.
Maryland's State Highway Administration deeded the parcel to the County on July 14, 2017. The deed stipulates that the land can only be used for a public purpose. If the County or GEFD were to propose a private use of the property, the SHA could reclaim the parcel outright under the 2017 agreement. A sale price of $4,425 has been specified.
The GEFD will use the land as part of the renovation and expansion of its current fire station, including the addition of a third truck bay. That project is already nearly 20 years behind schedule, and won't even get design funding from the Council until FY-2020. The fire station house is over sixty years old, and the GEFD will have to service all of the additional residential and retail development planned in the Westbard sector over the next decade.
6:40 AM The big question is why no council debates? Not even the county's own cable operation is holding one. Residents lose out with no debates of issues.
ReplyDeletePosting anonymous insults against Dyer here isn't helping folks decide who to vote for.
7:14 AM So you're obsessed with a "hobby blog" and it's publisher?
ReplyDelete5:21AM/6:22AM/6:40AM/7:14AM = Dyer is the worst. This is a hobby blog. No one reads it.
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Looks like Mr. Dyer is a little nervous heading into Election Day.
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What’s interesting abt the GEFD is that when the firehouse was first proposed around 1958/60, the Wash Post reported a hue & cry from some neighbors against the proposal, demonstrating that NIMBYism exists even when the proposed development obviously serves a public purpose.
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ReplyDeleteFixed it for you...you're welcome.
Reimer apparently won't debate.
ReplyDeleteWhy should Riemer debate any random hobo who wins an uncontested primary?
ReplyDelete12:02 PM It's called democracy. Dyer was the top vote getter in his field, hardly a "random hobo".
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ReplyDeleteDemocratic Party - 33 candidates running for 4 seats
Hans Riemer 54,584
Will Jawando 43,154
Evan Glass 35,600
Gabe Albornoz 33,050
Republican Party - 4 candidates running for 4 seats
Robert Dyer 12,483
Shelly Skolnick 11,720
Penny Musser 11,675
Chris P. Fiotes, Jr. 11,349
4:08pm are you just learning there are more registered Democrats in the county than Republicans?
DeleteAnd thanks for confirming Dyer was the top vote getter in his field.
GE fire department expansion is long overdue. Should make Westbard developer pay for it.
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