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Cheverly council adopts formal response to Cheverly Hill preliminary plan
Summary
The Cheverly Town Council voted to send a three-page formal comment letter to the Prince George's County Planning Board on the Cheverly Hill preliminary plan, attaching planning-board and Green Infrastructure Committee comments and asking staff to coordinate town representation at the county hearing.
Mayor Michael Watson opened the March 19 special meeting by introducing a three-page draft letter that the town will submit as its formal comment on the Cheverly Hill preliminary plan of subdivision and said the letter will include verbatim comments from the town planning board and the Green Infrastructure Committee.
Counsel suggested softening a sentence that asks buildings to be “constructed to the highest green standards,” saying the phrasing could be impossible to meet for some structures and proposing language that signals the town’s priority on green building without making compliance an absolute condition. Chuck Pecari, a Ward 1 resident, told the council the master development agreement with the county already includes a self-certified Enterprise Green Communities Criteria (EGCC) or LEED Gold standard and said the developer plans to hire a third-party environmental consultant to monitor construction and report to the county.
Vice Mayor Bridal moved and Council Member Tansey seconded approval of the drafted letter as the town’s formal comment; the council approved the motion after debate. Mayor Watson said he would work with town staff to submit the letter and its two attachments in a timely manner and would contact council members about who can attend the Prince George’s County Planning Board hearing when it is scheduled.
Why it matters: the letter is the town’s official position on the preliminary subdivision plan and will shape the record for the county planning board as the development proceeds. Council members emphasized traffic and resident concerns about opening roads in the new development as items the town wanted clearly acknowledged in its submission.
What’s next: staff will file the letter and attachments with the county planning board and notify council members about the planning-board hearing date, which staff said is likely to fall in late April or early May.
Quote: “A lot of them you will find integrated into the letter, and you will find them verbatim attached to the letter,” Mayor Michael Watson said when describing the materials to be submitted.
