{"id":1032,"date":"2021-07-10T08:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2021-07-11T07:41:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T12:41:35","slug":"preliminary-plan-for-developing-the-public-safety-training-academy-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northpotomacnews.org\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"Update: Aug. 4 meeting re: Preliminary Plan for Developing the Public Safety Training Academy Property"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:\u00a0 See Notice of Pre-Submission Public Meeting on August 4, 2021, pictured above.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpts from the \u201cStatement of Justification for Preliminary Plan Public Safety Training Academy Property,\u201d dated January 2020: \u00a0(See the complete 26-page Justification here:\u00a0 https:\/\/eplans.montgomeryplanning.org\/UFS\/31428\/87643\/01-SOJ-120200100.pdf\/01-SOJ-120200100.pdf_V3\/01-SOJ-120200100.pdf<\/a> \u00a0)<\/p>\n

The Elms at PSTA, LLC, an Elm Street Community entity (\u201cthe Applicant\u201d), seeks\u00a0(Montgomery County Planning Board) approval of the Preliminary Plan (\u201cPreliminary Plan\u201d or \u201cApplication\u201d) for the Public Safety Training Academy site (\u201cPSTA\u201d) in Rockville, Maryland. Located at 9710 Great Seneca Highway, the subject property contains approximately 45 acres and is located southwest of the intersection of Key West Avenue and Great Seneca Highway (\u201cProperty\u201d or \u201cSite\u201d). Currently owned by Montgomery County, the Property is subject to a sales and purchase contract with the Applicant.<\/p>\n

For approximately 40 years, the Property was the home of Montgomery County\u2019s PSTA, where police officers, fire fighters, and operators of large trucks received specialized training. In 2016, PSTA moved to a new location to accommodate the planned redevelopment of the Property that was envisioned by the 2010 Great Seneca Sciences Corridor Master Plan (\u201cGSSC Master Plan\u201d).<\/p>\n

The Property is bordered on the north by Key West Avenue, on the east by Great Seneca Highway, and on the south by a 6.25-acre parcel owned by Montgomery County that currently serves as the location of the County\u2019s Innovation Incubator and the National Center of Cybersecurity of Excellence. \u00a0The Property is constrained by a large gas transmission main, located between Key West Avenue and the Property. Several uses are located immediately adjacent to and west of the PSTA site. These uses include offices, retail (a pharmacy and fast food), Wootton Crest townhome community, Academy Primary School and Child Development Center, and a Pepco substation.<\/p>\n

The Project proposes a variety of unit types and sizes, a grid street pattern with on-street parking, provisions for alternative transportation options (including a site for the future CCT station), integration of green spaces, and community amenities such as a community green adjacent to the future CCT site, recreation area, mews, tot lots and walkways. \u00a0Some retail development is also integrated into one of the proposed multi-family buildings. \u00a0Specifically, the development includes 645 total residential units and approximately 1,940 square feet of retail, as follows:<\/p>\n