The objective of the CGC is to help foster the development of the town and
neighboring areas in a manner that preserves the quality of life now and for
future generations.
To this end, the organization supports, through an informed citizenry and
interface with local government those programs and actions that ensure
responsible planning, growth, and concern for the environment.
Due to unforeseen additional snow predictions for this week, the State
Department Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) project
workshops and first public forum scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th
have been postponed again.
Currently, the confirmed date for the second public forum is Tuesday,
February 16th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. However, the FASTC Team is working
diligently to [...]
Goodwill Fire Company
4:00 p.m.
I. Convene – President Frank C. Ogens
II. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their comments to no more [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. January 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. February 4, 2010
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
IV. Appearances
a. Dr. Julio Ramirez - Recognition Re: [...]
Queen Anne’s County High School
I. Sign-In | Information Packet Distribution 4:30pm-5:00pm
II. Workshop Sessions 5:00pm-6:30pm
Session A: Traffic | Transportation
Transportation engineers and related subject matter experts will discuss the Traffic Impact Study underway, coordinated efforts with the State of Maryland to identify potential road improvements, and a possible strategy for implementing recommended improvements.
Session B: Noise
Acoustical engineers [...]
Queen Anne’s County High School
February 16, 2010 (6:00pm-8:00pm) [now confirmed]
I. Sign-In | Information Packet Distribution
II. Project Chronology
III. Diplomatic Security Mission and Training Center Project Overview
IV. Frequently Asked Questions
V. Site Plan Alternatives
VI. Public Workshop Recap
VII. Next Steps
VIII. Questions and Answers
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 105 N Liberty Street, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act, State Government Article, Section 10-508 [...]
Public Forum
Queen Anne’s County High School
Auditorium
Saturday, February 6th
3:30-5:30pm
There also will be a workshop on Saturday, February 6th held at Queen Anne’s County High School from 1:00-3:00pm for citizens who would like to come and hear details about the project and address their concerns by topic in a smaller group format.
Public Forum
Queen Anne’s County High School
Auditorium
Wednesday, [...]
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. § 4321-4247) to analyze the potential impacts from the proposed construction of a U.S. Department of State (DoS) Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Centreville, Maryland.
GSA will study the [...]
Citizens are gathering information on the likely environmental impacts of FASTC at Ruthsburg. The list below identifies the kinds of impacts that are legally significant. Please furnish any information you have on any of these impacts to Jim Campbell or Jay Falstad no later than February 16. You can also post it [...]
Dear Mr. Wright,
I appreciate your E-mail, and asking me to correspond further with Mr. Wentz, but since you are THE engineer it would be far better to address my questions to you first. Please do not hesitate to discuss my e-mail with Mr Wentz if you deem it necessary.
I am not [...]
You can now get your very own copy of the new hard skills DVD.
This 37-minute documentary video tells the story of a small town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico that, in a time of economic need, welcomed a federal security training facility into its midst. The story of how that came about, and what [...]
[I do my best to keep this current. Be sure to scroll all the way through the list. Some newer stuff might appear at the top of this page]
Announcements
REVISED GSA Announces February Public Meetings - February 10 and 17, 2010
Deadline for Comments on FASTC - February 19, 2010
The GSA [...]
Dear Administrator Leeds:
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) offers the following comments regarding the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center proposed to be located in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, adjacent to Tuckahoe Creek, a tributary draining to the Chesapeake Bay. CBF and its members in this region among others throughout the Bay watershed are concerned that the [...]
Dear Senator Mikulski:
As you know, Queen Anne’s Conservation Association (QACA) has been actively engaged with the proposed Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) since Ruthsburg was announced as the “preferred site” for FASTC.
We write to express our appreciation for your January 8 intervention with GSA Administrator Leeds. Your forceful action resulted in [...]
In response to requests from residents at a Feb. 2 meeting that speed limits on State Route 213 be lowered, a State Highway Administration official says he will meet again with the town in March to discuss data from a traffic study currently being conducted.
Read more in the Record-Observer
For the past two years the citizens of Centreville have fought to get the speed limit changed within the town limits to protect those who live here, walk to the post office and shops, and who`s lives are in jeopardy every time they attempt to cross the street. Two years citizens have gone to [...]
Dear Senator Mikulski,
First of all, I mean no disrespect to you nor your office.
With that said……I and my neighbors are absolutely INFURIATED by the GSA’s latest demonstration of disrespect shown not only to us, but also to your suggestion of showing us an example of what we are to expect in our community should the [...]
One of my greatest concerns regarding the State Department training site proposed for Queen Anne`s County is the loss of 2,000 acres of productive farmland in one of the most rural areas of our county. We will surely lose additional land to the inevitable future development that will arrive.
Federal government spokesmen have already said many [...]
As someone that lived in Queen Anne`s till I was 26 and still has family there, it saddens me to know that there are people in the county that believe allowing the Government to transform roughly 2,000 acres of farmland into a Security Training Center will benefit the people.
The only argument I have heard to [...]
In his January 12, 2010 letter to Sen. Mikulski, GSA Administrator Leeds promised to “publicize responses to the questions and comments we have received in person, by phone, and by e-mail at http://www.state.gov/recovery …”
As of today, I see nothing new on that website except a map of the proposed site, announcements of future meetings [...]
“The basic rule is that those parties who may have concerns about, or information on, the potential environmental effects of your action should be involved in the preparation and review of the EA. Under no circumstances should you prepare an EA instead of an EIS in an attempt to minimize public knowledge of or involvement [...]
The last paragraph of the article by Bobby McMahan which appeared in the Friday, January 22, 2010 edition of The Star Democrat stated…” A story about the methodology of the poll and the quesitons asked will appear in The Sunday Star.”
While the article by Steve Nery in the Sunday Star did refer to [...]
When the U.S. State Department declared the small Queen Anne`s County town of Ruthsburg as its preferred site for a new security training facility, politicians and business leaders began dreaming of the day when, smiling for the cameras, they would collectively sink their commemorative silver shovels in the ground, and pat each other on the [...]
