Comments by Bill Penniman, Alternate RTF member, on V10 of the draft Reston Plan
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********************************************************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 4:29 PM To: Darab, Faheem; Merkel, Heidi T .; Lambert, Richard; Selden, Fred; [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [RMPSS] Instuctions for Tuesday Task Force Meeting Please see attached. If staff is agreeable t o the changes, there is no need to debate t hem. Bill ********************************************************************** October 28, 2013 To: Fred Selden, Heidi Merkel, Faheem Darab, Richard Lambert CC: Patty Nicoson From: Bill Penniman Re: Suggested amendments to Version 10 1. At a number of places, the d raft says that first floor retail is “encouraged” in the TSAs. At the last meeting, Fred agreed that first floor retail should be required in some areas in order to achieve an active TOD environment and placemaking. Please amend the language to make this clear: “First floor retail is encouraged throughout the TSAs and will be required in some locations in order to achieve the Plan’s goals for placemaking in TSAs.” 2. Please add language enco uraging privately operated circulator buses or shuttle buses as TDM measures: “Privately funded circulator or shuttle buses are encouraged as a form of TDM.” 3. In order to mitigate traffic in the Wiehle area, please add language “After the Metro stations open to the west, the County will re -evaluate the role of the Wiehle Station garage and consider re-purposing a portion of the garage for local uses rather than for Metro commuters ( e .g., by lease or a modified system of pricing or access) .” 4. Regarding the definition of “publicly accessible open space” (p.53) it should be made clear that the access is without discrimination against non-tenants: “For purposes of this Plan, these spaces are to be for public enjoyment and may be either public or privately owned space to which public access is granted without discrimination against non-tenants .” 5. Unless it is already clear from the “such as” phrase, please insert “recreation or performing arts center” in line 5 on p. 27, so the bullet would read:
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7/27/2019 Comments by Bill Penniman, Alternate RTF member, on V10 of the draft Reston Plan
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**********************************************************************From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 4:29 PMTo: Darab, Faheem; Merkel, Heidi T.; Lambert, Richard; Selden, Fred; [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [RMPSS] Instuctions for Tuesday Task Force Meeting
Please see attached. If staff is agreeable to the changes, there is no need to debate them.Bill
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October 28, 2013
To: Fred Selden, Heidi Merkel, Faheem Darab, Richard Lambert
CC: Patty Nicoson
From: Bill PennimanRe: Suggested amendments to Version 10
1. At a number of places, the draft says that first floor retail is “encouraged” in the TSAs.At the last meeting, Fred agreed that first floor retail should be required in some areas in
order to achieve an active TOD environment and placemaking. Please amend the
language to make this clear:
“First floor retail is encouraged throughout the TSAs and will be required in some
locations in order to achieve the Plan’s goals for placemaking in TSAs.”
2. Please add language encouraging privately operated circulator buses or shuttle buses as
TDM measures:“Privately funded circulator or shuttle buses are encouraged as a form of TDM.”
3. In order to mitigate traffic in the Wiehle area, please add language
“After the Metro stations open to the west, the County will re-evaluate the role of
the Wiehle Station garage and consider re-purposing a portion of the garage for
local uses rather than for Metro commuters (e.g ., by lease or a modified system of
pricing or access).”
4. Regarding the definition of “publicly accessible open space” (p.53) it should be madeclear that the access is without discrimination against non-tenants:
“For purposes of this Plan, these spaces are to be for public enjoyment and may beeither public or privately owned space to which public access is granted without
discrimination against non-tenants.”
5. Unless it is already clear from the “such as” phrase, please insert “recreation or
performing arts center” in line 5 on p. 27, so the bullet would read:
7/27/2019 Comments by Bill Penniman, Alternate RTF member, on V10 of the draft Reston Plan
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/comments-by-bill-penniman-alternate-rtf-member-on-v10-of-the-draft-reston 2/2
“Contribute to realizing significant infrastructure needs by providing a contribution
of land or building space for a major public facility need such as a crossing of the
DAAR, a school, a recreation or performing arts center, or a large urban park.”
6. On modify the last two lines of p. 94 to state:
“provided to the W&OD trail, to Lake Fairfax Park and to the pedestrian network for the TOD district, and the ice rink is a component of the redevelopment.”
7. I assume that the Task Force’s language on p. 25 is still open for possible inclusion.
