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The Prince George’s County Police District IV, Citizens
Advisory Council (CAC), will host its annual community
forum on Monday, October 6, 2008, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
at the Oxon Hill Library, 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon
Hill. Click
here for the complete announcement. The
theme of this year’s forum is "Youth in Our
Communities – Bridging the Divide."
Helen O'Leary, founder of IHHAAC and longtime
civic activist, passed away on June 1, 2008. She had
requested that there be no memorials or services; more
as we hear it.
Fort Foote was used for weapons testing in 1917
and 1918. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has now
surveyed the site and determined that it is unlikely
that chemical warfare material is present at the site.
A
summary is available here (Adobe PDF). The full report
is available for review at the Oxon Hill library.
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The
IHHAAC Cooperative Advantage |
Here's another example of the value of IHHAAC’s
cross-community networking. Residents of the
Riverbend Estates Home Owners Association, South
Potomac Citizens Association, and the South
County Coalition Against Crime began receiving
notices of pending construction of cellular telephone
towers on property that adjoins their own. The
residents' questions were brought to IHHAAC. We looked
into the situation, and here is what we came up with:
Because citizens and businesses are asking for better
cellular telephone service, the providers must increase
the number of towers. The county has a
Telecommunications Transmissions Facilities Coordinating
Committee (TTFCC) that attempts to minimize the
visual impact of the facility and the construction
activity on the neighborhood.
Each county establishes its own criteria for tower
locations. The ordinance for Prince George’s County is
Section 2-465.
The committee reviews each permit for location and site
issues. They meet once a month and information can be
found on the county’s web site.
The business meetings of the committee are open,
although very technical.
The committee is very sensitive to the location of these
facilities and the residents of the immediate area.
Only property owners adjacent to the proposed tower site
are required to receive notification.
A major function of the TTFCC is to attempt to locate
towers on public property when at all possible. This
effort results in the county receiving the additional
non-tax revenue.
Had these community leaders not had a common forum in
which to share and discuss this situation, south county
homeowners would be less informed and the opportunity
for citizen input at the permitting level would be lost.
Information learned is routinely shared with all member
organizations and allows their civic leaders to better
explain the process by which the county permits
communication towers. All member organizations are
welcome to incorporate this information in their own
newsletters with IHHACC attribution.
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The complete Prince George's County Code together with
bills and resolutions under consideration or recently
enacted by the County Council are now online!
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