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File #: HCC-166-FY23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/30/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/5/2022 Final action: 12/5/2022
Title: Suffrage Point Development - Detailed Site Plan 21001
Sponsors: City Administrator
Indexes: Legislative
Attachments: 1. Memo - DSP 21001 - Suffrage - Action Discussion Memo FINAL, 2. Suffrage Point Presentation
Related files: HCC-100-FY22, HCC-271-FY22, HCC-306-FY22, HCC-375-FY22, HCC-104-FY22, HCC-279-FY22, HCC-144-FY23
Submitted by: At the Request of the City Administrator
Submitting Department: Community & Economic Development
Agenda Section: Action

Item Title:
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Suffrage Point Development - Detailed Site Plan 21001
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Suggested Action:
recommendation
I move the City Council to authorize the Mayor to send correspondence to the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission regarding Suffrage Point DSP 21001. In its correspondence to the Board, the City shall convey as follows:

1. The site plan be revised to provide a pedestrian connection to the abutting property, Driskell Park, from the site at Parcel D be made to ensure pedestrian connectivity is achieved between the two sites as conditioned in 9e of the Preliminary Plan of Subdivision and that detailed site plans include crosswalks, or other mechanisms to enhance pedestrian visibility, where pedestrian infrastructure crosses vehicular infrastructure throughout the site.
2. The applicant be required to coordinate with Historic Preservation Section of Park and Planning regarding the timing for installation of signage and implementation of public outreach measures for the Suffrage Walk.
3. The applicant dedicate Parcels C and D to the City of Hyattsville for the purposes of maintaining access to existing park structures and to allow additional space for intersection improvements at Gallatin Street and the entrance to Driskell Park and that Parcel B2 be dedicated as a Public Use Easement, in which the applicant shall maintain ownership of Parcel B2, but access of the parcel shall be granted to the general public. Parcel B2 shall primarily serve to provide compensatory storage for the subject parcel, but shall be used by the public, and permitted at the City's discretion, under a separate Memorandum of Understanding.
4. The applicant revise the site plan to include additional lighting throughout the site including low voltage and low to the ground lighting along all pathways between houses and appropriate li...

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