Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-05

design the the filtration plant in land
scaping grounds Satisfactory andscaping and
ing plot of this and such restricted site,
would be difficult if impossible and the money
spent would be better alocaed to provide for the
of the Great Falls tract
1.-THE staff has reviewed the very considerable tes-
mony and material which the group of residents of the
Potomac generally have submitted. We appreciate
their views this matter but not basing our
recommendation by any means on the understandable
objections of small group of nearby property owners.
Much objection to the of the Watts Branch site could
be if the adjacent residential properties
purchased by the Sanitary Commission Our
daon rather based the broader considerations of
proper land planning and the peculiar problems at
tending the location of plant of this type directly
the Potomac River
I'm conclusion believe the of the Great Falls
site would be in harmony with the orderly and systematic
development of the Observation-Disclosures Regional Dis
trict and that the additional costs involved would be
justified by the preservation of land values scenic and
recreationa values which price tag be placed,
and encouraging the possibility of future ndusralza
ton in the immediate vicinity including opposite
frontage in Virginia We therefore recommend the
of the proposed site at Watts Branch be dsapproved"
The entire membership the West Montgomery County
Citizens Association, representing all that part Montgom
County beginning with Persimmon Tree Road and
tending eastery toward Rockville and nOrthwestery the
Frederick County Line which approximately 3
the entire county has voted unanimously against the
ton of the plant at this spot But they have done
the Sanitary Commissions stated detectives supply
to those citizens living in the suburban district up
1000 by offering to the Commission two alternate SITES
at Great Falls and the other at ViOes both
of which would permit the building of the
dustria Morse Type filtration plant, WITHOUT ADD
TIONAL LANDSCAPING COST TO THE CITIZENRY.
These two sites that have been suggested
chosen not by but by of the counys outstanding
firms Of consulting engineers.
The Commission has taken position that in an
effort to assuage the feelings of these landowners"
they will erect plant with Georgian Architecture that
this will cost niay somewhere between 1921 and S475
600 additional By the year 1000 the range from
100000 to $OOOOOO We you these figures
cannot be supported and that the cost of such architectural
treatment If done properly would be
- but II not done properly, why do 1t at all?
We submit that the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission the overall bicounty planning
agency the agency to whom, by law, all building plans
must be submitted for approval is the we
are entitled to go for protection in this matter Our County
Council In Montgomery County has fully recognized by
referring building projects to them for their
recommendation and then following same
1t not, however, until pulled a storm down
Sanitary Commissions head that referred this
matter to the Planning and then they did so
with statement that they did the Planning
Commission recommended publicly confirmed that they
would s build at Watts Branch the Planning Com
mission acted.
We submit to you that any of US as private c.
to attempt such feat disregard for our fellow
citizens, would be county on tenfoot
pole.
We stated earlier In this letter that could hammer
TO Remember that this agency given by law authority
to construct sewers collect trash and garbage supply
water within the stated sanitary district How do YOU c
1ens Of Montgomery County and Prince Georges County
like some of their unsghty water storage tanks such as
In Wheaton and HyatsviIIe? How you like their failure
to meet the request of citizens water and sewers in
areas such Camp Springs Maryland, where the State
Legislature itself had to force them to business with
you? How would you like 1t If you lived outside of the
suburban district as do the people of the West Montgomery
County Citizens Association, they impose In your
area massive structure 700 long, with heights ranging nm
to So in Of the most beautiful in either of or
counties. We don't think you would like It.
WE KNOW THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU RE.
CAUSE 1T IS HAPPENING TO US.
We urge to assist in bringing this Commission
to the realization that they select one of the alternate
Sites either at Great Falls VOIes Lock- where thew
could build the functional Industrial type plant without adj
ditional cost to taxpayers.
Y COUNTY CITIZENS ASSOCIATION