INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY AREA ACTION COUNCIL

INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY AREA ACTION COUNCIL, INC.

You are invited to join the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council and connect with other communities and citizens in the corridor to address some of the challenges and quality of life issues confronting us. Click Here to learn more!!

Community News Updates

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 US 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! Click Here to go to the site!

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Links and Other Pages:

IHHAAC Resources
About IHHAAC
Bylaws
News: Items of Interest to the IHHAAC Community
Contact Us: Officers & Directors

Links & Community Resources
County Council Legislative Information Web Site
County Government Phone Numbers
County Government Web Site
Neighboring Civic Associations & Environmental Resources

Purposes of IHHAAC:

To form an organization of residents, property owners, and other interested parties adjacent to or within the environs of Indian Head Highway from the District of Columbia south to and including the town of Indian Head, Maryland."

To promote the orderly development of the communities in the said area in accordance with the low-density residential character suggested for the area by the General Plan for Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.

To preserve the limited-access, high-speed features of Indian Head Highway

To take necessary action relative to fostering the objectives of the Corporation, which in addition to the foregoing include, but are not limited to long-range developmental planning; review and analysis of proposed zoning; promotion of park, recreational and beautification projects; adequate water, sewerage, and refuse disposal capacity; improvement of the Indian Head Highway facility in general; protection of the integrity of communities and their associated individual property rights; and such other matters as may be of interest to the Corporation.

Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, Inc.
P. O. Box 44013
Fort Washington, Maryland 20749

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Last Updated on June 8, 2008

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