UPDATES
KPA Fall 2011 Newsletter
10/12/2011 Barley Mill plan tabled; Residents pack meeting on proposed shopping complex - News Journal
10/11/2011 - Divisive Barley Mill rezoning up for vote; If request is denied, developer may build initial, bigger complex - News Journal
6/7/2011- Department of Land Use Planning Board Public Hearing Agenda - Barley Mill Plaza
4/28/2011 - CRG Negotiations with Stoltz: an Update
April 2011 CRG Update
3/2/11 - Stoltz pact leaves rift in group - News Journal
2/28/11 - CRG/Stoltz Agreement
2/28/11 - Deed Restriction - 20 Montchanin Road
2/28/11 - Deed Restriction - 3704 Kennett Pike
2/28/11 - Deed Restriction - Barley Mill Plaza
2/28/11 - Deed Restriction - Greenville Center
2/26/11 - Deal finally forged on Stoltz projects - News Journal
2/25/11 - Councilman Bob Weiner Alert: CRG Negotiations with Stoltz
9/24/10 - Citizens group urges wariness of Stoltz; Town hall meeting on Barley Mill project distrustful of scaled-down plan - News Journal
9/23/10 - Project shrinks, tower disappears. If plan doesn't get OK, original could be resurrected - News Journal
9/19/10 - Lawyers call for trafffic study of Barley Mill proposal. At issue: Who will pay for road improvements to accommodate plan? - News Journal
8/29/10 - Delaware growth: Chateau Country squabble gets nasty - News Journal
8/22/10 - Classified as redevelopment, project bypasses traffic study; However, NCCo could require road changes - News Journal
8/22/10 - In Greenville, it's about code interpretation; Land-use officials say law allows for tear-downs; residents say no - News Journal
8/22/10 - Delaware's elite battle developer; Barley Mill project would bring high-rises, jobs and traffic to Greenville - News Journal
6/30/10 - Stoltz' Greenville plans advanced with last minute assistance from State Dept of Transportation - The News Journal
Spring 2010 - Kennett Pike Association Newsletter
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1/7/10 - Opponents line up against Stoltz development plans; Councilman Weiner recommends litigation. - Community News
Winter 2010 - Update from Citizens for Responsible Growth (CRG)
12/30/09 - Stoltz Barley Mill Plaza plan filing riles residents; Despite objections, developer forges ahead & project is unchanged - News Journal
Fall 2009 - Kennett Pike Association Newsletter
August 2009 - Update from Citizens for Responsible Growth (CRG)
At the 7/15/2009 CRG meeting, participants were asked to complete a short questionaire. Here are their answers:
Barley Mill Plaza Answers
Greenville Center Answers
4/7/09 - A Request For Interpretation with transmittal letter was filed by Citizens for Responsible Growth in New Castle County with the New Castle County Land Use Department. A response from the County Land Use Department is forthcoming. The referenced Chancery Court decision.
April 2009 - Update from Citizens for Responsible Growth (CRG)
4/15/09 - Update from Bob Weiner
Let’s set the record straight regarding the Stoltz expansion plans for Barley Mill Plaza and Greenville Center
1/26/09 - Orth Rodgers [CRG traffic consultant] proposed scope of work for Regional Traffic Study
This is Orth Rodgers’ January 26, 2009 letter on behalf of the Citizens for Responsible Growth in New Castle County to Mike DuRoss, who is the State Department of Transportation [DelDOT] manager for the Travel Demand Model (TDM). DelDOT has not yet responded. It is assumed that DelDOT may be waiting until Stoltz has completed all its Traffic Impact Studies and Traffic Impact Analyses [TIS/TIA’s]. Stoltz has recently submitted its traffic analysis for Greenville Center. However there are still outstanding questions about the scope of the TDM and those questions have not been finalized. This 1/26/09 letter to DelDOT highlights some technical items which Orth Rodgers requested to be included in the TMD scope. Currently the questions and requests noted in this letter remain outstanding. Appended below is Carolann Wicks’ only statement to date concerning DelDOT’s commitment to perform a Regional Traffic Study.
From: Wicks Carolann (DelDOT)
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:22:51 PM
To: Marshall Robert (LegHall); Katz Michael (LegHall);
Blevins Patricia (LegHall); Hudson Deborah (LegHall);
Williams Dennis (LegHall); Brady Gerald (LegHall);
Mitchell John L (LegHall); Weiner, Robert; Tansey, William
Cc: Tanzer Steve (LegHall); Finnigan Sean (LegHall);
McCartan Valerie (LegHall)
Subject: Stoltz Development
As a result of the recent WILMAPCO Council meeting we have had further internal discussions concerning how to provide additional traffic analysis that will help answer the community's questions regarding the impact of the Stoltz development proposals. My planning staff has provided me with the following suggested approach. We propose to take the traffic volumes from the Traffic Operational Analysis (TOA’s) and Traffic Impact Studies (TIS’s) for Barley Mill, Greenville Center, Columbia Gas Office Site and Shops at Brandywine Valley, add the extra volume to the regional travel demand forecasting model, and use the model to show the anticipated volumes on all the roads in the area around these developments with and without the proposed developments.
This would be supplemented information provided to New Castle County Council. DelDOT will continue to be a partner with New Castle County in order to assist in providing information needed by council for their deliberations. If you would like to discuss this further please let me know.
5/7/10 - "Proposed Stoltz Development Will Destroy Bucolic Greenville" News Journal letter to the Editor
12/5/08 - "Stoltz development plans will desecrate Greenville" News Journal Letter to the Editor from Marion Silliman
11/22/08 - "Stoltz Real Estate postpones hearing before NCCo board" News Journal
10/24/08 - A Report from Councilman Bob Weiner regarding Stoltz' latest proposal
10/22/08 - "Stoltz issues 'take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum' to revise 4 controversial development proposals" - Delaforum
10/21/08 - Residents: latest Stoltz proposal insults everyone’s intelligence - Community News
The Stoltz organization delivered a proposed package deal to the Kennett Pike Association [KPA] on the evening of October 20, 2008, the night of KPA’s Annual Meeting. The proposal encompasses Stoltz’ four proposals in northern New Castle County. The Stoltz proposal is a “take-it-or-leave-it” proposal with a stipulated deadline for acceptance of November 7, 2008. Stoltz was not present at the meeting. The proposal describes a meeting which took place with County Executive Chris Coons and un-named “civic leaders”. No one at KPA was invited to the meeting with Stoltz and the County Executive. I suggested to KPA that the proposal be rejected. The proposal is directed to KPA but also encompasses the Stoltz proposal in Brandywine Hundred. I invite you to review the proposal and provide your input directly to KPA, CCOBH and to me.
Read the Stoltz Organization's “take-it-or-leave-it” Ultimatum
11/24/2008 - DelDOT announces that the traffic study will be expanded to include the region surrounding the 4 Stoltz projects
11/13/2008 - WILMAPCO Powerpoint Slides for Stoltz Proposals
Here is the presentation on the collective traffic impact on our northern Delaware roadway system prepared by WILMAPCO staff for the 11/13/08 WILMAPCO Council meeting at which time community leaders urged WILMAPCO to adopt a regional traffic study approach for all 4 Stoltz proposals.
11/11/2008 - Supplemental Submission from Councilman Weiner to WILMAPCO for consideration at 11/13/08 WILMAPCO Council meeting
9/10/2008 - Councilman Weiner's statement in support of a Northern DE Land Use
and Development Capacity Assessment-proposed amdt for Fy 2009-2012 TIP
This is an urgent request from your community leaders and from Councilman Bob Weiner. Come show your support for a REGIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. The proposed study is entitled the “Northern Delaware Land Use and Development Capacity Assessment”. This study is in the form of a proposed amendment for FY 2009-2012 TIP. Please take a moment to carefully read the information below which will explain the details.
PUBLIC SUPPORT NEEDED THIS THURSDAY NOV 13, 2008
Public support is needed to encourage the adoption of a regional traffic study for the entire Brandywine Hundred, Greenville, Centreville area to measure the total impact of the 4 Stoltz organization proposed developments, which collectively total 4 million square feet [roughly 4 times larger than the original Christiana Mall] .
By letter dated September 10, 2008, I had proposed that WILMAPCO support an amendment to the State Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Fiscal Years 2009-2012. The TIP was included in the Delaware Bond Bill this June. The TIP is a four-year funding program outlining more than $1.5 billion in transportation projects in the WILMAPCO region. Transportation projects in the TIP are drawn from the agency’s Regional Transportation Plan. Projects are selected using a prioritization process and public and agency input. Proposed new projects include funding for the Brandywine Valley and Route 9 Scenic Byways, Centreville Transportation Plan Implementation, and the C&D Canal Trail. Other amendments involve shifting the timing of funds forward or backward. Nominations for new projects in the form of an amendment to the TIP were accepted during a public comment period which began August 1 and extended through September 11. We were successful in getting our proposal for a regional traffic study on the WILMAPCO agenda before the deadline.
This Thursday November 13 at 6:30 PM, the WILMAPCO Council will consider public comments in support of the proposed amendment to recommend a regional traffic study. Your presence in support of our community speakers will show that there is broad based support for this amendment. See www.bobweiner.com and www.wilmapco.org/tip. for details. For directions to WILMAPCO 850 Library Avenue, Suite 100, Newark, DE 19711, go to www.wilmapco.org or call WILMAPCO: (302) 737-6205
WILMAPCO Traffic Maps:
Roadway Level Of Service
Intersections to be counted for Barley Mill project
DelDOT Land Development Process Flowchart & NCCo UDC Excerpts
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