Today's PHED committee hearing was a pleasant surprise for the communities who have long struggled to make sure that the White Flint Sector Plan was more than a developers' dream. In today's meeting, PHED members Floreen, Elrich and Councilmember Berliner (not part of the PHED but intimately involved as the District 1 Council Rep), can fairly be characterized as going out of their way to address constituent concerns. Nancy Floreen, in a surprise but welcome move, openly addressed the concerns of adjacent communities by asking staff to come back with language that would ensure that traffic mitigation measures in adjacent communities were part of the Sector Plan.
The Library Department, whose head, Parker Hamilton, has shown an unusual willingness to engage community dialogue, recommended that the Plan not proscribe the size or composition of future facilities. This willingness to recognize that Master Plans should preserve rights while ensuring flexibility, is the heart of good planning and good governance.
Additionally, today's hearing preserved the public's right of access by requiring that the four private grid streets in the Staff Report be subject to closure 'with DOT's concurrence". This is importnat, as it ensures the free flow of traffic, barring a reasonable closure ( a marathon, art festival, etc.).
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