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WMATA restates position on parking at Forest Glen Metro |
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This message was written to a member of the Forest Estates community by Nat Bottigheimer, the Director of Planning and Project Development at WMATA.
"There may have been a misunderstanding or miscommunication on the
parking issue. It seems that some members of the audience may have inferred that the parking that would be replaced would be
for existing commuters and new residents to share. I certainly regret
that we did not communicate clearly enough on this point and that anyone
should have left with this impression.
In fact, this misapprehension would almost certainly NOT be the case,
since any lender financing such development would insist -- as would the
community -- that residential tenants have a certain supply of parking
not subject to sharing with commuters. For this reason, any parking for
any private development would almost certainly be entirely separate from
the replaced parking.
In other words -- and to summarize -- a successful developer would
almost certainly provide parking for the residential development's own
tenants that would be dedicated to tenants, and the current supply of
commuter parking would be entirely replaced, most likely in a structure.
If anyone has any heartburn about the words "almost certainly," they
should feel free to contact me directly. Alternatively, I would point
out that the "almost certain" situation is the one that reigns at just
about every Metro joint development project that has been put together.
It is the "model," as it were. The "almost certainly" part comes from a
unique project where a shared parking arrangement is being negotiated,
but has not yet been finalized. That one is the exception to the rule.
If you could communicate this clarification to the group, that would be
a great help.
Thanks very much.
--Nat Bottigheimer" |
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