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The
Finksburg News
Finksburg
Planning Area Council, Inc. Newsletter |
To Promote A
Finksburg Community, Whose Objective
Is To Preserve The Fundamental Quality Of Life Where Farms, Families And
Businesses May Coexist In A Manner Beneficial
To All |
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Finksburg Corridor Plan to be
Discussed |
November
Meeting Brief On Business,
Long on Celebrating the
Season
Next
General Meeting Date of the Finksburg Planning Area Council: November 21,
2002
Where: Sandymount
United Methodist Church Time: 7:00
PM
Corridor Plan: County Planner Matthew Simmont will provide an update on the movement of the
Finksburg Corridor Plan and the current survey of Finksburg residents. Some
residents may have found the on-line version impossible to submit due to a
glitch in the County’s web-site – we suggest they print out the survey, found at http://ccgov.carr.org/plan-d/finksburg/survey.htm
, complete and mail it ASAP to Mr.
Simmont at 225 N. Center Street, Westminster, MD
21157.
FPAC has expressed repeated
concern that a Corridor Plan not advance unless and until the area surrounding
the new “corridor” is also addressed with a comprehensive plan which includes a
rezoning of our very own “sprawl maker”, the “Conservation Zone which completely
wipes out farms by creating 6 times the number of lots permitted in the
“agricultural” zone. While we are anxious to see a gateway plan and aesthetic
improvements occur in central Finksburg, the effort must be paired with a plan for
the huge area which generally makes up our residential
community.
November
Meeting / Social: With
a busy holiday schedule ahead for everyone, FPAC will not be holding a regular
meeting in December, however the Board will meet to discuss plans for 2003 on December
4th. After a brief presentation by Mr. Simmont on the Corridor Plan, the meeting will adjourn to a
social hour. Refreshments will be provided by the Board. Please bring cookies or
other snacks to share.
Help
Wanted:
FPAC has two positions open which need to be filled immediately. A member is
needed to coordinate the advertising and articles for the Freedom / Finksburg
Banner, our quarterly newspaper. A Board position for Communications Director is
also open for a member willing to produce articles and newsletters for FPAC.
Subdivision
News:
Royal
Farms: Another visual insult to our community may be planned
for the old Glen Falls Real Estate Office property at Bethel Rd and Rt 140, now that the plans for a 7-11 have fallen through.
While we don’t object to a convenience store use at this location, FPAC does not
want to see one of the typically gaudy Royal Farm stores which architecturally
defy the nature of our rural community.
AT&T Site: The Commissioners denied the very rezoning
they solicited for this property on Suffolk Rd.
Library: FPAC is awaiting a chance to work with
the new Board of Commissioners after they are sworn in December to arrive at a
suitable location for the library and headquarters. Meanwhile it appears that
another historic barn has been removed from our community at the site on Rt. 91
which Commissioner Dell wanted to locate the library at.
Dreschler
Estates, Section II:
The County Subdivision
Advisory Committee will be reviewing Preliminary Plans for this 18 lot major
subdivision located on the North West side of Reese Road, 2,500 feet West of
Carrollton and Dutrow Roads at 9 am on November
25th in room 03 of the COB
Lakewood Manor: The County Planning Commission will be
reviewing the preliminary plans for this 7 lot subdivision located on the South
side of Old Westminster Pike, West of MD Route 140, right on the Liberty
Reservoir (near the Fabrik private airstrip). The
Chief of the Reese Volunteer Fire Company has indicated that an adequate water
supply for this subdivision does not exist as fire hoses would have to be laid
across MD 140 to a hydrant on Dede Rd. , some ½ mile away.
This Plan has received the recommendation
for approval by the Planning staff
. The Plan will
be reviewed by the Planning Commission after 10 am on November 19th
in room 03 of the COB.
Reach a Board
Member:
Debbie Ridgely
President
(410) 239-7840
John Lopez
Vice President
(410) 239-6820
Doris Edwards
Secretary
(410) 876-1278
Martin Schmidt
Treasurer
(410) 526-6685
Neil Ridgely
Communications Director
(410) 239-7840
Dan Bleclic
Board Member at Large (410)
840-9302
Wilfred Hoff
Board Member at Large (410)
848-6989
Marilyn Caple
Board Member at Large (410)
840-2826
Maureen Ackerman
Board Member at Large (410)
848-1318
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Mark Your
Calendar: General Council meetings are the 4th Thursday
of the month at the Sandy Mount United Methodist Church. Meetings begin at 7
PM. Board meetings are usually held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. The next
Board meeting will be held on December 4th and General Meetings on January 24
and February 28, 2003.
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Directions
to the Meetings:
From the West take Rte 140 East to the intersection at Sandymount Rd. Turn South (right) on Sandymount to the Stop sign. The Church is immediately to
your left, straight across from the Stop.
From the East take Rte 140 West to the intersection at Sandymount Rd. Turn South (left) on Sandymount Road to the Stop sign. The Church is immediately to your left, straight across from the Stop. For the annual picnic, The Pavilion at Sandymount Park is best access from Rt 140 by turning onto Green Mill Rd (opposite Jiffy Mart), turn right at the first stop sign . The Pavilon is approximately 500 ft. ahead on the right with parking nearby.
Yearly Membership
Fee: $10 per Household, $25 per business
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join the Finksburg Planning Area Council, Inc. a not-for-profit
organization.
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and donations not tax deductible)
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