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College Park Council approves property acquisition, permit parking and other actions in 8–0 votes
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the College Park City Council approved acquisition of two Rhode Island Avenue properties for $300,000, enacted block-level permit parking on Delaware Street, authorized a letter to MNCPPC on a proposed pedestrian crossing, and approved other consent and action items; several ordinances were introduced for later public hearings.
The College Park City Council on Oct. 21 approved several formal actions, including a $300,000 purchase of two properties on Rhode Island Avenue, the creation of a permit-parking zone on a block of Delaware Street, and a letter urging the Prince George’s County planning commission to pursue a new pedestrian crossing over the Northeast Branch.
Why it mattered: The acquisitions and parking change respond to neighborhood safety and open-space priorities raised in public comment; the MNCPPC letter directs county-level planning toward a preferred crossing site identified in a city-sponsored feasibility study.
What the council voted on and decided - Ordinance 25-O-11 — Acquisition of 8807 and 8811 Rhode Island Avenue…
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