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At the January meeting of the Hunter Mill Land Use =
Committee=20
-- 7:30 
pm, Tuesday, January 16,2001 in the Community Room of the =
North=20

County Governmental Center (aka the Reston Police Station), Ericsson =

Retirement Communities will be presenting a development proposal =
that=20

they are currently exploring for the Thoburn Golf Park Property.=20

Ericsson Retirement Communities was the developer of the Greenspring =

Retirement Homes in Springfield along the Fairfax County Parkway. I=20

understand the development will essentially be for low rise (3-4 =

story)=20
apartments, a community recreation center, a chapel and other =

amenities that=20
would serve the middle income seniors who would 
rent/own the =
apartments.=20
They say they provide shuttle service to 
shopping areas from the =
community.=20
Nevertheless, a development like 
this will have a number of impacts =
on the=20
surrounding neighborhoods, 
and the traffic load at the Dulles Toll =
Road=20
Interchange at Hunter 
Mill, perhaps all along Hunter Mill Road, let =
alone=20
changes to the 
character of this transitional area.

The =
Ericsson=20
Retirement Communities people are aware of this 
property's =
contentious=20
history and have said that they would like to 
gauge the community's =
reaction=20
to this proposed type of development. 
They say they do not like to =
be=20
involved in a difficult, and 
ultimately unsuccessful struggle to get =
the=20
replanning and rezoning 
needed and are prepared to move on if this =
is the=20
case (which they 
already suspect). They are talking with the =
property's=20
owner but 
there is no existing contract to purchase even on a =
contingent=20
basis. 
I am hoping that enough members of the community and the =
Hunter Mill=20

area attend this meeting so they can get an accurate flavor of the=20

community's reaction.

Please pass the word so we can have =
broad=20
citizen participation at 
this meeting. It does not have to be great =
numbers=20
but I would like 
to have folks representing communities up and down =
Hunter=20
Mill, in 
Reston, in Vienna and all along Route 7, if possible.=20

Feliza

Please=20
add any information you receive on meeting dates, times and locations to =
the=20
Calendar on the HunterMill group web page.

If you have the name =
of an=20
official that should be added to the Database, please go to the =
HunterMill Group=20
web page:

http://www.egroups.com/g=
roup/HunterMill

To=20
unsubscribe from this group, send an email=20
to:
HunterMill-unsubscribe@egroups.com

The HunterMill Egroup =
is an=20
open forum of members who view changes of Hunter Mill Road from =
different=20
perspectives.  It is not an official voice of the Hunter Mill =
Defense=20
League and may not reflect the policies and views of that group.
I went by and set the sign back up.  I also =
called=20
Goldie Harrison at the supervisor's office to get more information. She =
is=20
mailing me the staff report. Email sent to   hntrmill@co.fairfax.va.us&n=
bsp;=20
referencing the site can be forwarded to the rest of the supervisors =
upon=20
request. Email must be sent within a week (by the 21st) the have a =
chance of=20
changing some votes.  Supervisors will have made up their minds by =
the time=20
they go to the meeting on the 26th.

The building will be 7 =
stories, set=20
back 100 feet (not much) from Sunset Hills, with a 3 level parking deck =
behind=20
it.  The trees next to the toll road will be saved. The FAR they =
want is=20
.7, up from .5 - a 40% increase in floor space.  The building =
height=20
increase is from 75 feet tp 135 feet.  The justification is that it =
will be=20
no taller than the other buildings around it since they are building in =
a small=20
valley.  My feeling is that they will appear to be the same height =
from the=20
toll road, but that a 7 story building next to Sunset Hills Rd is out of =

character with the rest of the commercial neighbors, and will stick out =
like a=20
sore thumb.

This is the last real chance to have a say on this =
site. You=20
can sign up to speak at the hearing by calling 703-324-3151.  The =
reference=20
# is RZ 2000 HM-063 & SE 00-H-35   -  AC Associates =
(the=20
builder?) requested the changes. 

Please=20
add any information you receive on meeting dates, times and locations to =
the=20
Calendar on the HunterMill group web page.

If you have the name =
of an=20
official that should be added to the Database, please go to the =
HunterMill Group=20
web page:

http://www.egroups.com/g=
roup/HunterMill

To=20
unsubscribe from this group, send an email=20
to:
HunterMill-unsubscribe@egroups.com

The HunterMill Egroup =
is an=20
open forum of members who view changes of Hunter Mill Road from =
different=20
perspectives.  It is not an official voice of the Hunter Mill =
Defense=20
League and may not reflect the policies and views of that group.