Quincy Street is a narrow 2 lane road, which gets clogged by busses coming and going from Washington-Lee and residential commuters as it is. Why would you locate bus/ community vehicle parking immediately adjacent a beautiful school and park (not to mention a quiet residential community)??? No wonder companies are shaking their heads and heading out of Arlington!
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Rikki Os
9 years ago
I recognize that Arlington County faces difficult choices in the future to accommodate and sustain growth of a world-class city. And, personally, schools are one my highest priorities. Nonetheless I cannot agree with a proposed plan to use the Buck site as a large bus depot and maintenance facility. Converting this site in the heart of Ballston/VA Square to a bus depot would negatively impact neighboring communities and perceptions of the value of the metro corridor in N Arlington - and that has negative ramifications for everyone. There must be other creative solutions to our industrial problems as well as a way to improve the ROI of such an expensive land acquisition.
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Doug
9 years ago
I totally oppose this move. It is unacceptable to use this property as a bus depot. There must be a better way. Our board members must take note--if they don't start making better choices we will find representatives who will.
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Eve Reed
9 years ago
Opposed to this proposal to use this site for bus parking, there must be another location more suitable.
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Marie Schum-Brady
9 years ago
Just for you, Dennis.
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Jonathan Cole
9 years ago
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This is an inappropriate redevelopment in a residential neighborhood. There are many other more appropriate uses in character with the property's commercial nature that aren't so grossly incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood.
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Christina Headrick
9 years ago
If our schools are overcrowded, and many want to go W&L, you need to be focused on THAT issue.
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Liz Haddad
9 years ago
For 30 plus million doliars we should use the property wisely. I have heard that Arlington County will pay tens of million of dollars to rent Sequoia Plaza near Fort Myers. And we don't currently own that property.
We could use the Buck Property for educatonal offices and have an educational corridor/ arlington school campus. We can be more creative with that unique property.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
This is a terrible place for a bus lot.
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Gary Luhman
9 years ago
Any redevelopment should be compatible with a residential neighborhood, which a bus repair facility and parking lot obviously is not. This seems to be the standard "Arlington Way" for the current County Board, which is why further sensible representatives are needed on the Board. Certainly citizens should take part in planning which affects them.
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Whitney Wilson
9 years ago
This does not seem like the best use of this land, which is right in the middle of the county and several residential neighborhoods
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david bain
9 years ago
It is not a horrible idea for the public to own this rare site. It is a horrible idea how they intend to use it. Getting at the root of the problem should include being rid of the people responsible for making such an arrangement in secret.
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William Richardson
9 years ago
Although this property is designated as partly M-1 Light Industrial Use, that certainly appears to be a historic relic of former uses of the property, and definitely not consistent with how areas near VA Square and Clarendon Metro have developed over the past two decades and with the General Land Use Plans for Quincy Park North and Virginia Square neighborhoods.
This property needs redevelopment; However Arlington County should re-designate this Buck Property as a S-3A Special District, which is consistent with the two parks (Hayes Park and Oak Grove Park) adjacent to the property and both Washington Lee HS and Science Focus Elementary which surround 3/4ths of the property line and the R-5 Single Family and Restricted Two-Family Dwelling District bordering the last 1/4th of the property. This is a wonderful opportunity to have consistent zoning from Arlington Science Focus, Hayes Park, this Buck Property to Washington-Lee High School – all connected.
This mostly M-1 zone, along with CM – Limited Industrial and and C-0-1.0 – Mixed Use Commercial is right in the middle of a neighborhood, with at least six school and park crosswalks within 200 yards of the property. Also, since there appears to be a Restrictive Covenant on the property, unless you connect the exit to I-66, there is only one possible entrance / exit onto Quincy St – which already deals with unbearable traffic three times a day. This Quincy Park North neighborhood already contends with the traffic from Washington Lee High School as well as traffic from Arlington Science Focus Elementary – A fabulous elementary school they are for which their children are not zoned to attend.
Arlington please be more creative. You must be able to think of a better use for such a large property. Please don’t embarrass Arlington residents again with more national headlines about Arlington’s latest spending priorities for a $40 million bus depot less than one mile away from two metros while their children are atte
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Jill Gosselink
9 years ago
Was a school considered for this site? Seems like it would be better suited to that.
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Sonya Ricketts
9 years ago
With the shortage of land and the value of property in this county, and the utter lack of much needed services for its residents such as preschools...it boggles my mind too, that this land is being considered to be used for parking vehicles!!! What?!?! How about we use a little common sense and park vehicles in areas that make sense... in actual industrial areas such as areas around Shirlington and Del Ray, if this is needed perhaps the land that is still industrial should be used rather than redeveloping it with the result of relocating industrial use to already established residential neighborhoods... perhaps lease land in nearby Fairfax county to park vehicles...(yes it may be an inconvenience, but makes more sense than using this valuable land in a residential neighborhood to park vehicles)... It makes no sense to me that this land is on a short list to merely park vehicles...this land may have been in an industrial area during the original zoning process, but clearly, being zoned for industrial use is no longer appropriate, nor is using it to park vehicles!
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Christopher Guest
9 years ago
Neighborhood has changed and industrial aspect of the location made sense 50 years ago but it doesn't now.
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Natalie Goldring
9 years ago
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This is a huge space, and could be a great site for another - urgently needed - school. Turning it into a bus lot makes no sense. Among other issues, students, other pedestrians, and drivers already have trouble when W-L is getting out. Imagine the congestion and chaos if there were a depot across the street!
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Charu McDermott
9 years ago
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Considering its proximity to the Rosslyn Ballston corridor and the population growth expected for the area, it seems there are many better uses that could be planned for the Buck site than school bus parking. A bus parking and repair facility seems more ideally suited for a location in an area currently being used primarily as an industrial zone.
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Toni Buranen
9 years ago
Dear Arlington County,
Please build a school or a park here!
Terrible idea!
Quincy Street is a narrow 2 lane road, which gets clogged by busses coming and going from Washington-Lee and residential commuters as it is. Why would you locate bus/ community vehicle parking immediately adjacent a beautiful school and park (not to mention a quiet residential community)??? No wonder companies are shaking their heads and heading out of Arlington!
I recognize that Arlington County faces difficult choices in the future to accommodate and sustain growth of a world-class city. And, personally, schools are one my highest priorities. Nonetheless I cannot agree with a proposed plan to use the Buck site as a large bus depot and maintenance facility. Converting this site in the heart of Ballston/VA Square to a bus depot would negatively impact neighboring communities and perceptions of the value of the metro corridor in N Arlington - and that has negative ramifications for everyone. There must be other creative solutions to our industrial problems as well as a way to improve the ROI of such an expensive land acquisition.
I totally oppose this move. It is unacceptable to use this property as a bus depot. There must be a better way. Our board members must take note--if they don't start making better choices we will find representatives who will.
Opposed to this proposal to use this site for bus parking, there must be another location more suitable.
Just for you, Dennis.
This is an inappropriate redevelopment in a residential neighborhood. There are many other more appropriate uses in character with the property's commercial nature that aren't so grossly incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood.
If our schools are overcrowded, and many want to go W&L, you need to be focused on THAT issue.
For 30 plus million doliars we should use the property wisely. I have heard that Arlington County will pay tens of million of dollars to rent Sequoia Plaza near Fort Myers. And we don't currently own that property. We could use the Buck Property for educatonal offices and have an educational corridor/ arlington school campus. We can be more creative with that unique property.
This is a terrible place for a bus lot.
Any redevelopment should be compatible with a residential neighborhood, which a bus repair facility and parking lot obviously is not. This seems to be the standard "Arlington Way" for the current County Board, which is why further sensible representatives are needed on the Board. Certainly citizens should take part in planning which affects them.
This does not seem like the best use of this land, which is right in the middle of the county and several residential neighborhoods
It is not a horrible idea for the public to own this rare site. It is a horrible idea how they intend to use it. Getting at the root of the problem should include being rid of the people responsible for making such an arrangement in secret.
Although this property is designated as partly M-1 Light Industrial Use, that certainly appears to be a historic relic of former uses of the property, and definitely not consistent with how areas near VA Square and Clarendon Metro have developed over the past two decades and with the General Land Use Plans for Quincy Park North and Virginia Square neighborhoods. This property needs redevelopment; However Arlington County should re-designate this Buck Property as a S-3A Special District, which is consistent with the two parks (Hayes Park and Oak Grove Park) adjacent to the property and both Washington Lee HS and Science Focus Elementary which surround 3/4ths of the property line and the R-5 Single Family and Restricted Two-Family Dwelling District bordering the last 1/4th of the property. This is a wonderful opportunity to have consistent zoning from Arlington Science Focus, Hayes Park, this Buck Property to Washington-Lee High School – all connected. This mostly M-1 zone, along with CM – Limited Industrial and and C-0-1.0 – Mixed Use Commercial is right in the middle of a neighborhood, with at least six school and park crosswalks within 200 yards of the property. Also, since there appears to be a Restrictive Covenant on the property, unless you connect the exit to I-66, there is only one possible entrance / exit onto Quincy St – which already deals with unbearable traffic three times a day. This Quincy Park North neighborhood already contends with the traffic from Washington Lee High School as well as traffic from Arlington Science Focus Elementary – A fabulous elementary school they are for which their children are not zoned to attend. Arlington please be more creative. You must be able to think of a better use for such a large property. Please don’t embarrass Arlington residents again with more national headlines about Arlington’s latest spending priorities for a $40 million bus depot less than one mile away from two metros while their children are atte
Was a school considered for this site? Seems like it would be better suited to that.
With the shortage of land and the value of property in this county, and the utter lack of much needed services for its residents such as preschools...it boggles my mind too, that this land is being considered to be used for parking vehicles!!! What?!?! How about we use a little common sense and park vehicles in areas that make sense... in actual industrial areas such as areas around Shirlington and Del Ray, if this is needed perhaps the land that is still industrial should be used rather than redeveloping it with the result of relocating industrial use to already established residential neighborhoods... perhaps lease land in nearby Fairfax county to park vehicles...(yes it may be an inconvenience, but makes more sense than using this valuable land in a residential neighborhood to park vehicles)... It makes no sense to me that this land is on a short list to merely park vehicles...this land may have been in an industrial area during the original zoning process, but clearly, being zoned for industrial use is no longer appropriate, nor is using it to park vehicles!
Neighborhood has changed and industrial aspect of the location made sense 50 years ago but it doesn't now.
This is a huge space, and could be a great site for another - urgently needed - school. Turning it into a bus lot makes no sense. Among other issues, students, other pedestrians, and drivers already have trouble when W-L is getting out. Imagine the congestion and chaos if there were a depot across the street!
Considering its proximity to the Rosslyn Ballston corridor and the population growth expected for the area, it seems there are many better uses that could be planned for the Buck site than school bus parking. A bus parking and repair facility seems more ideally suited for a location in an area currently being used primarily as an industrial zone.
Dear Arlington County, Please build a school or a park here!