School Board to Hear More on Two Rivers
The board will discuss the plan for the new elementary school on Wednesday morning.
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A plan for a new elementary school to the south of the Waugh Chapel Towne Centre will once again be on the agenda when the Anne Arundel County Board of Education meets Wednesday.
The board will have a discussion about the proposal, which calls for a developer to build a $38 million school to accommodate new homes in west Anne Arundel County. Koch Homes and Classic Communities Corp. have plans for 2,060 homes at the south end of Odenton and Gambrills, in a project known as the Preserve at Two Rivers.
The school, located to the northeast of the development, would serve students from Two Rivers as well as other future development in the area.
School board members—three of whom live in Odenton and Gambrills—have expressed some concerns about the plan, which calls for an extension of Evergreen Road to Strawberry Lake Way.
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. According to the agenda, the board will take up the Two Rivers issue sometime between 11 a.m. and a break for lunch. Members are not expected to vote on the plan until the September meeting.
Odenton-Severn Patch will be in attendance Wednesday and will offer live updates via Twitter and on Facebook.
For more on the Two Rivers project, check out the Two Rivers Topics Page.
Mayor of Piney Orchard
12:20 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Representatives of the new Piney Orchard Mayor's Office are in attendance at this meeting.
Sharon Rappell
2:47 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Benoit loved the commercial part of this development and gave them a huge tax break (TIF). He doesn’t seem to mind us paying for a school 5 years from now, else he would be championing the private paid school. He got his developer payout and is moving along. Who cares what he leaves us with. He’s gone w/ term limits in 2 years.
Michael Dryfus
2:49 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Guess these developers didn’t write out a big enough check to Benoit like the shopping center guy did. If he can move mountains and taxes for them, he surely could negotiate a good deal for all. Paid new school, improved RTE 3 and a welcoming mat for our new neighbors.
Ronald
3:00 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
It's politics as usually. Run for office and make a difference. It's always all about the $$$$$. JAMIE for COUNTY EXEC!!!!
erran
3:24 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
This has nothing to do with the County Council and everything to do with the School Board people. I don't know much about a TIF but it looks like there a whole bunch of the in the County and they seem like a good idea. In order to make sure infrastructure is present, the developer locks in the tax rate and then pays debt on behalf of the County on bonds used for infrastructure in the area. Why is that bad?
erran
3:30 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
One more thing: Benoit voted against the TIF for Waugh Chapel Bills 10-10 and 11-10.
This from the County website (http://www.aacounty.org/CountyCouncil/Resources/Bills_2010.pdf)