BCC/Keswick Land Sale Ad Hoc Committees'

Bulletin Board

The Roland Park preservationist community has formed itself into a number of committees, each concerned with a different facet of the BCC/Keswick matter. Not all the committees are listed here, but those that have special requests to make of, or messages to impart to, Roland Park residents are.

Communications Committee. The Communications Committee concerns itself with the development of the preservationist message and the best means to broadcast it, along with the organization of volunteers. To contact this committee, e-mail volunteer@rolandpark.org.

• 8/3/08: Here is the weekly update for the first week of August: 1. Our team working on the future plan will have completed the first draft in late August. 2. New signs are in and available. Contact signs@rolandpark.org for more. 3. Sixth district Councilwoman Sharon Middleton (our councilwoman) has said again that she is 100 percent behind the community. Here are the action items for the week: A. Put on your calendar to attend the Mayor's Neighborhood conversation on August 12th at Loyola College from 6-8 p.m. It will be held in the Andrew White Student Hall, 2nd floor. (The White Student Hall is next to the Geppi-Aikens turf field on the corner of Cold Spring Lane and Millbrook.) B. Write or e-mail Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton and thank her for her support of our neighborhood. Write Mayor Sheila Dixon and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and ask them to support our neighborhood be stopping any changes to our rezoning through a PUD request.

Plan Development Committee. The Plan Development Committee (PDC) is charged with developing Roland Park's use of the land if the BCC/Keswick rezoning request is turned down by the city. If the request is rejected, Keswick is released of its purchase obligations and will walk away from the deal, at which point the land will presumably be offered for sale again, allowing Roland Park to put in another offer. (It has already put in three, all ignored.) Write plandevelopment@rolandpark.org to find out more.

• 8/3/08: The PDC would like to request that people send photos of what they value about the BCC property and images of the ways that they use it now and how it has been used by their family during the past 100 years. If you have electronic images, please send these to plandevelopment@rolandpark.org. If you only have hardcopy photos, please mail these to the Roland Park Office, attn: Plan Development Committee, P.O. Box 643, Riderwood, MD 21139.

Sign Committee. The Sign Committee coordinates the production and distribution of preservationist signs in Roland Park and the surrounding neighborhoods. Contact signs@rolandpark.org for more.

• 8/3/08: We are beginning new phase of our campaign to increase the display of signs across our community expressing our strong opposition to the BCC/Keswick proposal. We have heard clearly from many other communities that have succeeded in similar land disputes that a key success factor is for community members to make their views loud and clear by placing signs all over the community and keeping them up until the dispute is resolved. To that end, if you don’t have a sign yet and are interested in getting one, starting today yard signs will be available at these locations/times: (a) Schneider’s Hardware, Wyndhurst Ave. (normal business hours 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday; (b) McQuestion house at 214 Ridgewood; and (c) Heller/Inglesby house at 9 Beechdale (preferably between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to avoid dog waking up 2-year-old). Feel free to pick up as many signs as you feel you (and your neighbors) can make good use of.

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