The Approved East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan

the approved

EAST RIVERDALE-BEACON HEIGHTS sector plan

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Prince George’s County Planning Department www.pgplanning.org

2017

ABSTRACT DATE:

November 14, 2017

TITLE:

The Approved East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan

AUTHOR:

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

SUBJECT:

Sector Plan

SOURCE OF COPIES: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive

Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 NUMBER OF PAGES: 262 The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan amends the 2014 Plan Prince George’s 2035 Approved General Plan by defining the Beacon Heights and Riverdale Park Neighborhood Centers. This Sector Plan replaces the 1994 Approved Master Plan for Planning Area 68 and the 1994 Approved Master Plan for BladensburgNew Carrollton and Vicinity (Planning Area 69) for the portions of Planning Areas 68 and 69 within the Sector Plan boundaries. In addition, this Sector Plan amends the 2001 Approved Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Management Plan: A Functional Master Plan for Heritage Tourism, the 2008 Approved Public Safety Facilities Master Plan, 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, the 2014 Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space, and the 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan. This plan carries forward key recommendations from the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study and the 2013 Purple Line Transit-Oriented Development Study.

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Prince George’s County Planning Department 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 www.pgplanning.org

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THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION Casey Anderson, Chairman Elizabeth M. Hewlett, Vice Chairman

OFFICERS Patricia Colihan Barney, Executive Director Joseph Zimmerman, Secretary-Treasurer Adrian R. Gardner, General Counsel The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission is a bicounty agency, created by the General Assembly of Maryland in 1927.

The Commission’s geographic authority extends to the great majority of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties: the Maryland-Washington Regional District (M-NCPPC planning jurisdiction) comprises 1,001 square miles, while the Metropolitan District (parks) comprises 919 square miles, in the two counties.

The Commission has three major functions: • The preparation, adoption, and, from time to time, amendment or extension of the General Plan for the physical development of the Maryland Washington Regional District; • The acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of a public park system; and • In Prince George’s County only, the operation of the entire County public recreation program.

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The Commission operates in each county through a Planning Board appointed by and responsible to the county government. All local plans, recommendations on zoning amendments, administration of subdivision regulations, and general administration of parks are responsibilities of the Planning Boards.

The Prince George’s County Department of Planning (M-NCPPC): • Our mission is: To promote economic vitality, environmental sustainability, design excellence, and quality development in Prince George’s County.

• Our vision: Thriving communities—now and into the future.

Prince George’s County Planning Board Elizabeth M. Hewlett, Esq., Chairman Dorothy F. Bailey, Vice Chairman Manuel R. Geraldo William M. Doerner A. Shuanise Washington Montgomery County Planning Board Casey Anderson, Chairman Marye Wells-Harley, Vice Chairman Norman Dreyfuss Natali Fani-Gonzalez Gerald Cichy

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Rushern L. Baker, III, County Executive

COUNTY COUNCIL The County Council has three main responsibilities in the planning process: (1) setting policy; (2) plan approval; and (3) plan implementation.

Applicable policies are incorporated into area plans, functional plans, and the general plan. The Council, after holding a hearing on the plan adopted by the Planning Board, may approve the plan as adopted, approve the plan with amendments based on the public record, or disapprove the plan and return it to the Planning Board for revision. Implementation is primarily through adoption of the annual Capital Improvement Program, the annual budget, the water and sewer plan, and adoption of zoning map amendments.

COUNCIL MEMBERS Mary A. Lehman, District One Deni Taveras, District Two Dannielle M. Glaros, District Three, Council Vice Chair Todd M. Turner, District Four Andrea C. Harrison, District Five Derrick Leon Davis, District Six, Council Chair Karen R. Toles, District Seven Obie Patterson, District Eight Mel Franklin, District Nine

CLERK OF THE COUNCIL Redis C. Floyd

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

SECTION 1—BLUEPRINT FOR TOMORROW . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Key Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Plan Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 5 5 6

SECTION 2—DEFINING THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Station Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Transportation and Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Housing and Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Community Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Community Heritage and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 URBAN Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Public Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 2013 Purple Line Transit-Oriented Development Study . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Planning Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Key Assets of Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

SECTION 3—ELEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Growth Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Economic Prosperity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Transportation and Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Housing and neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Community Heritage and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Healthy Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Public Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Parks and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SECTION 4—IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Timeline and Stakeholder Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Implementation Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Appendix 1: Existing Conditions Appendix 2: Relevant Plans Appendix 3: Additional Purple Line Studies Appendix 4: Master Plan Amendments Appendix 5: Purple Line TOD Study Appendix 6: CKAR Study Appendix 7: MD 201 and MD 410 Recommendations Appendix 8: Funding Sources Summary

EAST RIVERDALE-BEACON HEIGHTS SECTOR PLAN STEERING ADVISORY COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 SPECIAL THANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Core Project Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resource Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultant Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MAPS SECTION 1—BLUEPRINT FOR TOMORROW . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Map 21. Beacon Heights Core and Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Map 1. Sector Plan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Map 22. Future Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Map 2. Character Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Map 23. Vacant and Underutilized Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

SECTION 2—DEFINING THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Map 3. Existing Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Map 4. Existing Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Map 5. Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Map 6. Beacon Heights-East Pines Station Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Map 7. Master Plan Rights-of-Way, 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Map 24. Potential Property Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Map 25. Economic Prosperity Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Map 26. Strategic Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Map 27. Transportation and Mobility Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Map 28. Intersection Pedestrian Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Map 29. Recommended Street Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Map 30. Master Plan of Transportation New and Deleted Streets . 108

Map 8. Bus Stops and Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Map 31. Recommended Master Plan Transportation Facilities . . . . 120

Map 9. Existing Sidewalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Map 32. Recommended Trail and Sidewalk Improvements . . . . . . . 121

Map 10. Existing Trails and Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Map 33. Natural Environment Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Map 11. Watersheds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Map 34. Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Map 12. 1989 Floodplain Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Map 13. Tree Canopy Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Map 14. Existing Public Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Map 15. TNI Areas Within the Sector Plan Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Map 16. Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Map 17. Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Map 35. Amendments to the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Map 36. Housing and Neighborhoods Element Overview . . . . . . . . 146 Map 37. Community Heritage and Culture Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Map 38. Urban Design Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Map 39. Healthy Communities Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

SECTION 3—ELEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Map 40. Public Facilities Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Map 18. Land Use Element Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Map 41. Recommended New Public Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Map 19. Growth Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Map 42. Parks and Recreation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Map 20. Riverdale Park Core and Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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TABLES SECTION 1—BLUEPRINT FOR TOMORROW . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SECTION 2—DEFINING THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 1. Major Roadways in the Sector Plan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Table 2. Average Daily Traffic Counts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Table 3. Transit and Intercity Rail Connections via the Purple Line . . 25 Table 4. Current Bus Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Table 5. Sector Plan Area Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Table 6. M-NCPPC Parks Located Within the Sector Plan Area . . . . . 44

SECTION 3—ELEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Table 7. Recommended Parcel Assembly Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Table 8. Existing and Recommended Master Plan Roadways (Carried Forward from 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

SECTION 4—IMPLEMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Table 15. Land Use Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Table 18. Natural Environment Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Table 19. Housing and Neighborhoods Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Table 20. Community Heritage and Culture Element . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Table 21. Design Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Table 22. Healthy Communities Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Table 23. Public Facilities Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Table 9. Recommended Improvements to Transportation Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Table 10. Recommended Trail Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Table 11. Recommended Sidewalk Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Table 12. Anacostia River Watershed Partnership (ARWP) Candidate Stormwater Retrofit Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Table 13. Stormwater Management Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Table 14. Recommended Parks, Recreation and Open Space Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

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FOREWORD The Prince George’s County Planning Board is pleased to announce that the Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, approved the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan on November 14, 2017. The sector plan provides a new vision to guide future growth and redevelopment in the areas surrounding the Riverdale ParkKenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Purple Line stations and neighboring communities.

The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan amends the 2014 Plan Prince George’s 2035 Approved General Plan by defining the Beacon Heights and Riverdale Park Neighborhood Centers. This sector plan replaces the 1994 Approved Master Plan for Planning Area 68 and the 1994 Approved Master Plan for Bladensburg-New Carrollton and Vicinity (Planning Area 69) for the portions of Planning Areas 68 and 69 within the sector plan boundaries. In addition, this sector plan amends the 2001 Approved Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Management Plan: A Functional Master Plan for Heritage Tourism; the 2008 Approved Public Safety Facilities Master Plan; the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation; Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space (2014); and the 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan. This plan carries forward key recommendations from the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study and the 2013 Purple Line Transit-Oriented Development Study.

agencies, and other stakeholders. This sector plan contains Prince George’s County’s goals, policies, and strategies for the next 20 years of growth and redevelopment at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Purple Line stations and preservation of neighboring communities.

The Planning Board appreciates the contributions and involvement of the community and stakeholders in this innovative planning effort. We look forward to your further participation in the implementation of this plan.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Hewlett Chairman Prince George’s County Planning Board

The plan was developed through an extensive planning effort with assistance from area residents, the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Steering Advisory Committee, the Town of Riverdale Park, civic associations, business and property owners, government officials and

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SECTION 1

BLUEPRINT for TOMORROW

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INTRODUCTION The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan is the comprehensive area master plan for the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Stations along the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) Purple Line and surrounding neighborhoods. This plan contains a comprehensive, interrelated set of goals, policies, and strategies to shape the growth and development of this important area of Prince George’s County for the next 20 years, connect the area with the broader region, cultivate new opportunities for residents and visitors, and celebrate the unique character of this community.

The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan covers 1,340 acres in northwestern Prince George’s County. The sector plan includes communities along Riverdale Road between Auburn Avenue and the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River, and along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between Good Luck Road and Campus Drive to the north and Fletcher’s Field Park to the south (see Map 1). A portion of the sector plan is within the Town of Riverdale Park.

This sector plan incorporates, consolidates, and updates recommendations from plans and studies conducted in this area of the County over the past 20 years, including 2014 Plan

Prince George’s 2035 Approved General Plan (Plan 2035), the County’s General Plan, the existing 1994 master plans for the area, the 2013 Purple Line Transit-Oriented Development Study, the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study, and various functional and area master plans.

WHY A PLAN FOR THIS AREA? Much of the built environment within East Riverdale and Beacon Heights is relatively unchanged from the 1960s and 1970s. While neighborhoods of single-family houses and apartments have seen generational change, as families came and went and the racial and ethnic makeup of communities evolved, very little of the physical environment changed. The places people live—and the offices, institutions, and retail spaces that serve those people—have done little but age and, in many cases, decline. Some of the issues facing these communities, such as deferred maintenance of housing, obsolete and poorly maintained businesses and shopping centers, office construction in excess of market demand, and flooding were identified in the 1980 and 1994 master plans for the area and have not been resolved.

Communities upstream of the sector plan area have grown drastically since much of the flood control and stormwater management infrastructure was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s, and climate change continues to create an environment where intense storm events may become more frequent, potentially inundating a significant part of the sector plan area with floodwater.

The introduction of the Purple Line, two Purple Line stations, and the designation of the areas around those stations as Neighborhood Centers

by Plan 2035 provides a unique opportunity for reinvestment in this community and to reenvision the station areas with new amenities for current and future residents, workers, and visitors. Providing new, high-quality development at the stations can increase investor interest in the area and lead to the upgrading of residential and commercial building stock.

Reinventing the commercial areas through redevelopment and enhanced urban design can

Subsequent to approval of this sector plan, but prior to its publication, the MTA renamed the Purple Line Stations within this sector “Beacon Heights-East Pines” and “Riverdale Park-Kenilworth.”

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increase patronage of the unique local businesses that give the area its character and appeal.

• How will the area develop in a way that is environmentally sustainable and resilient?

There is little doubt that the opening of these two stations has the potential to positively transform the neighborhoods and businesses around them. The question is, “How?”

• Will these investments lead to displacement, broader gaps between “haves” and “have-nots,” vanished communities, and lost opportunities?

QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROW • Can major transit investment that connects this area to the rest of the region bring new possibilities for economic growth, education, and workforce development?

• How can this area grow in a way that embraces and preserves the diversity of its residents?

• Is it easy and safe to walk and bike to, and through, the area?

• How can housing remain affordable to a broad cross-section of residents?

This plan addresses these, and other questions, facing this community over the next two decades.

VISION The Purple Line will connect East Riverdale and Beacon Heights to the region, cultivating new, sustainable opportunities for living, working, interacting, playing, and shopping that preserve and celebrate the diversity and neighborhoods that continue to make this a unique and exciting place.

KEY THEMES The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan reflects three themes: Connect local and regional places Cultivate new opportunities Celebrate diversity and neighborhood character

• How will retail and office space remain affordable for incubator, start-up, and other small businesses?

• Is the area designed in a manner that attracts people to live, work, shop, and visit?

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OVERALL GOALS Connect • Improved access to the Purple Line, the regional trail network, and destinations within the sector plan area through safe opportunities to bike, walk, and/or take transit.

• New growth directed to the station areas and away from floodplains and other environmentally sensitive areas.

• Increased connections to educational and workforce development opportunities.

Cultivate • Great public spaces that facilitate social, cultural, and economic interaction.

• New, walkable, mixed-use development to capitalize upon Purple Line investment.

• Repurposed office stock that supports emerging businesses and markets.

Celebrate • New businesses, residents, and visitors attracted to the area’s diversity.

• Stable residential neighborhoods with improved access to main corridors, transit, and schools.

• A range of housing types and price points that preserve affordability for a broad crosssection of residents.

• New and revitalized retail spaces that support local and family-owned businesses.

• The character of established single-family neighborhoods is maintained in order to ensure continued neighborhood stability and to preserve homeownership.

PLAN FRAMEWORK The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan contains goals, policies, and strategies at two different scales. First and foremost are those goals, policies, and strategies that apply to the entire sector plan area. Additional goals, policies, and strategies were developed for five specific character areas. Each of these areas contain unique attributes, and have particular assets and challenges, that require specialized focus. These character areas are:

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Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center The area around the Beacon Heights-East Pines Purple Line Station.

Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center The area around the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station.

Neighborhood Character Area Existing single-family residential neighborhoods and parkland.

Kenilworth North Character Area Commercial and retail development along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) north of the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

Kenilworth South Character Area Existing retail, apartment, and condominium communities, with adjacent parkland, along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) south of the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

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DEFINING the CONTEXT

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The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan contains policies and strategies for achieving the vision and goals described in Chapter 1.

This section contains a summary of the history of the sector plan area, the existing conditions on the ground, relevant County and state plans and policies, and the critical stakeholder and community input that collectively inform this plan and its recommendations.

HISTORY The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area was predominantly rural through the end of the nineteenth century. Historic assets from this era include the 1896 Browning-Baines House at 5601 57th Avenue (Historic Site 69-019) and the 1884-1940 Cherry Hill Cemetery at 6821 Ingraham Street (Historic Site 69-021).

The frame house was home to the families associated with the Browning and Baines Coffee Company of Washington, D.C., while the cemetery was founded as burial ground for free African Americans.

Development of the sector plan area occurred in waves associated with major transportation investments. The Town of Riverdale Park experienced its primary period of development

following the extension of electric streetcar service around 1900. As the portion of the town reached the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River, development began on the east side of the river with the development of the Gretta Addition to Riverdale (1910), Riverdale Hills (1915), and Riverdale Heights (1919) subdivisions. Even though these communities north of Riverdale Road were platted before 1920, the plan area retained its rural character for decades.

Well-preserved examples of popular Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog houses (sold as “Sears Modern Homes” from 1908-1940) can be found at 6409 63rd Place and 6301 Sheridan Street (the “Vallonia” model) and 6109 63rd Street (the “Crescent” model).

The 1928 Riverdale Baptist Church at 6200 Riverdale Road (Historic Site 69-012) was founded by members of a Baptist congregation in Hyattsville. Undocumented, but worthy of mention, is a striking Georgian Revival house from this period at 6010 Carter’s Lane.

The construction of major highways through the area spurred another wave of development. Built between 1942-1954, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway bisects the plan area; it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991

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and simultaneously designated Historic Site 69-026. Construction of the parkway and its interchange with Riverdale Road contributed to the development of Templeton Knolls (1950), Beacon Heights (1953), and Riverdale Woods (1955).

Beacon Heights likely takes its name from a College Park Airport rotating beacon. The beacon tower once stood on a hill roughly where Beacon Place meets Ingraham Street, just across the street from Cherry Hill Cemetery. The airport beacon appears on topographical maps and aeronautical charts from the 1930s.

Construction of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, the transformation of Edmonston Road into today’s MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) in 1957, and the opening of East West Highway in 1968 spurred development of 17 of the sector plan area’s 19 apartment complexes (containing over 2,300 residential units) between 19591970. During this time frame, Eastpines Shopping Center (1954-1959, developed by the Ecole des Beaux Arts-trained architect Cushing Daniel, Jr.) and the Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center (1964), were constructed to meet the growing area’s shopping needs.

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The Plaza Del Alamo originated as a 1956 Acme Supermarket flanked by a Peoples Drug and a High’s Dairy Store. It takes its present name and distinctive c. 2005 architecture from the adjacent Alamo Restaurant. The Alamo was opened in 1954 on Route 1 in College Park by the John Vandeputte family, who moved to the Washington, D.C. area from Texas that same year. The Vandeputtes moved the restaurant to its present location in East Riverdale in the mid1960s, after the Acme building was expanded to the south.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Kenilworth Avenue corridor became an attractive location for suburban office campuses.

In 1959 local architect Edwin F. Ball, AIA, designed a headquarters for the survey firm Greenhorne and O’Mara at 6715 Kenilworth Avenue (PG:69-61). Known as the “Celtic Building” from its inception, as originally built it featured a glass-enclosed stair and mural that was illuminated at night.

Ball followed in 1964 with his masterpiece, M-NCPPC’s Regional Headquarters (PG:68101) at 6600 Kenilworth Avenue across the street. Raised on a rustic stone podium, the glass and marble building is a pristine example of International-Style architecture in an

undisturbed woodland setting. Ball was an early advocate of barrier-free architecture: the ramps on the garden elevation are an original feature. Undocumented but worthy of mention is the 1964 Mid-Atlantic Trucking Association headquarters (PG:68-113) at 6410 Kenilworth Avenue, now the First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland. A distinctive feature of this building is its second-story mesh screening wall.

Prolific local midcentury architects Walton and Madden, AIA, designed the exuberantly

modern 1963 St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church at 5809 Riverdale Road (PG:69-52). The supermarket at 5801 Riverdale Road (PG:69-67) was originally built in 1956 as a Food Fair and was designed by Alfred M. Rinaudot & Associates of Bethesda. Described at the time as being of “California ranch” style, its appealing and enduring Japanese-Modern/Frank Lloyd-Wright-like design makes it a landmark in the plan area, and links it aesthetically to two other Wright-inspired buildings nearby, 1958’s Marenka House at 7300 Radcliffe

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Drive in College Park (Historic Site 66-076; National Register) and the National Registereligible Ernest Maier, Inc. (PG:69-39) at 4700 Annapolis Road in Bladensburg. These buildings have tentatively been attributed to an architect working for the midcentury firm Kea, Shaw Associates, AIA, in Hyattsville.

With the exception of a handful of medical office buildings and four small residential subdivisions, development in the sector plan area has been stagnant since approximately 1970.

SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS The following section contains a summary of existing conditions in the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area as they relate to the policies and strategies contained in Chapter 3.

LAND USE AND ZONING The sector plan area developed like many first- or second-tier suburbs: an initial wave of speculative residential suburbanization after the extension of streetcar lines and the mass production of cars, a post-war residential boom, and retail and offices that “followed the rooftops.” All the commercial development abuts

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Riverdale Road. All 19 apartment complexes lie within 3 blocks of these 2 roads. The existing land use and existing zoning maps (see Map 3 and Map 4) show several nodes/corridors of concentrated single-use development: 1. Strip commercial retail and services along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between Carter’s Lane and River Road.

2. Apartment buildings along 54th Avenue, 56th Avenue, and Riverdale Road.

3. Suburban office buildings along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) north of River Road.

4. Duplexes south of Greenvale Parkway, west of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

5. Parkland along the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River.

Approximately 42.5 percent of the sector plan area contains residential land uses, including the 31 percent containing single-family detached residential neighborhoods. Approximately 19 percent of the sector plan area is either vacant, parkland, or protected open space. Eight percent of the sector plan area consists of institutional and mass assembly uses, and five percent is commercial.

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Given that only four percent of the sector plan area is vacant, zoning classifications in the area generally reflect the current land use. Fortythree percent of the sector plan area is zoned for single-family detached residential uses, nine percent for multifamily uses, and three percent for single-family attached housing. Fourteen percent of the sector plan area is publicly owned parkland in the Reserved Open Space (R-O-S) zone. Approximately six percent of the sector plan area is zoned for commercial uses.

No part of the sector plan area is currently zoned for mixed-use development.

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AVIATION POLICY AREAS In 2005, Prince George’s County established aviation policy areas (APAs) around its general aviation airports. The APAs are intended to ensure the protection of airspace around airports essential to the success of airport operations and the safety of people and structures around airports. Portions of the northwest quadrant of the East RiverdaleBeacon Heights Sector Plan area are located southeast of the College Park Airport, within APA-4, APA-5, and APA6, which contain property owner notification requirements and height restrictions that may require review of new structures by the Maryland Aviation Administration and Federal Aviation Administration.

• APA-4, the Outer Safety Area, is defined as a rectangular area abutting APA-2, centered on and parallel to the extended runway centerline, extending two thousand, five hundred (2,500) feet in length and two hundred twentyfive (225) feet in width on either side of the centerline. Each APA-4 comprises twenty-six (26) acres. Each runway has two APA-4s, one at each end of the runway, for a total of approximately fifty-two (52) acres at each airport.

• APA-5, the Sideline Safety Area, is defined by two lines on either side of, parallel to, and five hundred (500) feet from the runway centerline, between the APA-3 areas at each end of the runway. Due to varying runway lengths, the acreage of each APA-5 differs at each airport, ranging from seventy-three (73) to ninety (90) acres. The length of the College Park runway is 2,610 feet.

• APA-6, the Traffic Pattern Area, is an oblong area with rounded ends, extending five thousand (5,000) feet from each point along the centerline of the airport runway. The APA-1 through APA-5 areas are excluded from the area for APA-6.

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STATION AREAS This sector plan focuses on redevelopment opportunities at the Riverdale Park and Beacon Heights-East Pines Purple Line Stations.

RIVERDALE PARKKENILWORTH STATION The Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station will be constructed at the northern terminus of 57th Avenue where it dead-ends just short of MD 410 (East West Highway). The station will be located in a triangular area bordered by Riverdale Road on the southeast, MD 410 (East West Highway) on the north, and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) on the west. The “Riverdale triangle” is currently home to several small businesses, including a bank, a gas station, and a fast-food restaurant.

Several businesses in the triangle are slated for acquisition and demolition as part of the Purple Line project.

Immediately across MD 410 (East West Highway) from the planned station are a fast-casual restaurant, an insurance office, and several single-family detached dwellings.

The south side of Riverdale Road, north of Captain John’s Branch, contains the former St. Bernard’s School, which currently fronts

Riverdale Road but whose access to and visibility from Riverdale Road will be completely blocked by the east abutment for the elevated portion of the Purple Line. West of the former school lies the architecturally significant 1956 Food Fair Supermarket (now MegaMart), a cultural landmark identified repeatedly during stakeholder outreach as a critical community amenity worthy of preservation.

The 11-acre Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center represents the primary redevelopment opportunity at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station. Although located on a well-situated parcel elevated above the floodplain, this shopping center struggles to attract customers and is poorly regarded by residents. A ten-acre vacant parcel, owned by the Refreshing Spring Church of God, sits immediately east of St. Bernard’s Church and is the largest developable vacant property in the sector plan area.

Construction of the Purple Line may block easy access to this parcel.

South of, and uphill from, Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center are several apartment complexes. These complexes present unique opportunities; if they are preserved, they are a prime source of location-efficient, affordable workforce housing; if they are redeveloped, they

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offer a prime location within walking distance from the station, and could offer expansive views of Hyattsville and northeast Washington, D.C. BEACON HEIGHTS-EAST PINES STATION The Beacon Heights-East Pines Station will be constructed on the south side of MD 410 (Riverdale Road), just east of 67th Avenue, at East Pines Terrace Apartments. Construction of the station presents an opportunity for the redevelopment of East Pines Terrace.

Immediately across the street from the station is the former headquarters of the MarylandNational Capital Park Police at 6700 Riverdale Road. Abutting the former Park Police headquarters to its east is New Carrollton Woods Apartments. The owners of this property and Prince Georgetown Apartments to the north indicated during the plan development process their intent to redevelop these properties with a dense mix of transit-supportive uses.

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SECTOR PLAN AREA WORKERS Restaurant 8.8%

Service 26%

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HOUSEHOLDS The sector plan area exceeds the County average in the following categories:

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See Appendix 1 for more data on the sector plan area and its residents.

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ECONOMICS In 2017, there were 347 businesses with 2,647 employees in the sector plan area. The leading employment sectors are public administration (14.9 percent), healthcare and social assistance (14.5 percent), and educational services (12.2 percent). These numbers reflect concentrations of employment at The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Executive Office Building, the headquarters of the M-NCPPC’s Department of Parks and Recreation, Parkdale High School, William Wirt Middle School, and several medical office buildings near the intersection of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and River Road. There are 48 doctors’ offices and 39 additional medical offices in the sector plan area.

TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY TRAVEL PATTERNS In 2015, 24 percent of workers carpooled to work and 19.2 percent took public transportation. This exceeds the County average for both modes. Only 53 percent of workers

drove alone to work, considerably below the County average.

ROADS The sector plan area was developed along two major roadways: MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Riverdale Road. All the area’s commercial development lies along these two roads, along with much of the multifamily development.

Several major roadways provide access to the sector plan area and connect it to neighboring communities and regional destinations.

There are several roadway segments and intersections within the sector plan area that experience congestion, especially during peak hours. These include MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410 (East West Highway), MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and 66th Avenue, and MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) and Riverdale Road. Stakeholders and residents reported that several other intersections, including Riverdale Road intersections with Auburn Avenue and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), experience spot congestion and that, in general, access onto MD 201 and MD 410 from unsignalized intersections is challenging most hours of the day.

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The Prince George’s County Transportation Review Guidelines define “capacity” of a roadway link as “the maximum number of vehicles that can pass a given point during a defined period of time under prevailing roadway and traffic conditions.” Prince George’s County, like most jurisdictions, uses a Level of Service measurement to describe the quality of operational conditions along a roadway segment or through an intersection.

Plan 2035 established the County’s policy on roadway capacity: the system should function at Level of Service “E” within Transportation Service Area 1, which includes the entire sector plan area. Level of Service E is defined as a volume-to-capacity ratio of 0.845 to 1.0 and clear lane volume through an intersection of 1,600 vehicles per hour. The Planning Board may require mitigation of traffic to achieve Level of Service E at the time of subdivision; this may include operational and capital improvements to roadways and intersections.

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Table 1. Major Roadways in the Sector Plan Area Street Name

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TRANSIT This sector plan is predicated on the construction of the MTA Purple Line, a 16mile light rail line running between the New Carrollton Transit Center and downtown Bethesda. The Purple Line will have stations at the northern terminus of 57th Avenue (Riverdale Park), where it meets MD 410 (East West Highway) and along the south side of MD 410 (Riverdale Road), just east of 67th Avenue (Beacon Heights). This line will connect the region to sector plan area residents, and vice versa, directly and through transfers to other transit modes. Key destinations along the Purple Line include New Carrollton Transit Center, the University of Maryland, College Park campus and its Discovery District, Silver Spring, and Bethesda.

Source: MD 201, MD 410 (East West Highway and Veterans Parkway), and Baltimore-Washington Parkway totals from State Highway Administration, Prince George’s County Traffic Volume Map (2014). All others courtesy of Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation, Average Daily Traffic Count List.

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Current transit service to the sector plan area is provided by four Metrobus lines operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and one line of The Bus, operated by Prince George’s County.

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BICYCLE The sector plan area is located across the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River from the Anacostia River Trail Network, with connections north and south along the Anacostia River to Washington, D.C. This is a growing recreational, local, and commuter bicycle route connecting a variety of destinations in the Anacostia River watershed. On-street bicycle accommodation is virtually non-existent.

area. However, many key pedestrian commuter routes lack sidewalks; none of these are more apparent than the gaps in the sidewalk network leading to William Wirt Middle School.

PEDESTRIAN Opportunities for hiking exist within Greenbelt Park, and, to a lesser extent, within Glenridge Park.

The pedestrian infrastructure in the sector plan area is simultaneously deficient and heavily utilized. Numerous desire lines (sometimes referred to as “goat paths”) identify commonly used pedestrian shortcuts where no infrastructure exists. Several large residential neighborhoods were constructed without sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to walk in the street. Several neighborhoods without sidewalks were platted with sufficient right-of-way to support sidewalk construction, and, over the past decade, Prince George’s County has constructed several sidewalks in the sector plan

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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Additional background information and data on the Natural Environment can be found in Appendix 1.

The dominant environmental features of the sector plan area are the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River and two of its tributaries: Captain John’s Branch (often referred to as “Greenvale Canal”) that runs east-west through the southern portion of the sector plan area, and Brier’s Mill Run, which runs east-west through the northern portion. Wetlands, floodplains, and other regulated environmental features are associated with these streams.1 A major environmental constraint to development and redevelopment is the presence of floodplains. These are areas that are subject to flooding during major precipitation and snowmelt events or a failure of the flood control system. Much of the sector plan area west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), including government facilities, more than 1,400 dwelling units, dozens of businesses, and the area surrounding the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station, are located within the one-percent floodplain

identified in the County’s 1989 Floodplain Study of the Anacostia River.

As much of the sector plan area was constructed prior to 1970, it predates floodplain and stormwater management regulations. Such development has been designated by Prince George’s County as “existing development” and “grandfathered,” or allowed to continue, because it was legal when it was built. Waivers are sometimes granted for redevelopment, as well as new development of unimproved and developed land in the floodplain, if the underlying land is determined to be “developed” or “existing development.” As flooding has become an ever-increasing challenge within the sector plan area and elsewhere in the Anacostia Watershed, often resulting in property damage and unsafe/hazardous conditions, new processes and regulatory approaches are needed for designating land in the floodplain as “developed” or “undeveloped” to curtail development within floodplains.

at the time, increases the risk of downstream flooding, increases water temperatures, and allows pollutants unfettered access to the Anacostia River. Restoration activities, such as those underway along Brier’s Mill Run, can restore streams to their natural states, re-establishing habitats, infiltration, and natural beauty that can serve as an amenity for residents and visitors. See Policy NE 3 for more information.

Another key environmental feature that warrants consideration is a hilly topography that makes walking and biking challenging for many residents and, among other mitigation activities, requires the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line station to be elevated.

The sector plan area’s tree canopy coverage is relatively high at 44 percent, which is more than the 40 percent recommended for sustainable communities, and significantly more than in other Established Communities that typically have canopy coverage in the mid-twenty percent range.

Captain John’s Branch and portions of Brier’s Mill Run/Brier’s Mill Run were channelized into concrete stormwater control facilities in the 1950s as part of the Anacostia River Flood Control and Navigation Project. This practice, common

1. A small, 16-acre portion of the sector plan area along Good Luck Road drains north into the Upper Northeast Branch subwatershed.

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Stream Names The two main tributaries of the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River have been locally known by a number of names.

Brier’s Mill Run was officially known as “Brier Ditch” for decades. In an effort to increase community awareness of this valuable natural resource and restoration opportunity, stakeholders renamed the stream several years ago. This name is not official but reflects the community’s vision for this tributary.

The southern tributary that traverses the sector plan area has many names, yet no commonly used name. During the early development of this sector plan, several community residents called it the “Greenvale Canal.” The Department of the Environment identifies this stream as Captain John’s Branch.

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Floodplains Floodplains are delineated in several ways.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) periodically creates maps showing areas that are in or out of the “100-year floodplain,” meaning areas that have a one-percent chance of flooding in a given year. The FEMA floodplain is based on current conditions and existing land uses and is used for insurance purposes.

The second type of floodplain delineation, called a “floodplain study,” considers both existing conditions and projected future development within the watershed based on the zoning of property. This delineation identifies the “development floodplain,” used for development purposes. Floodplain studies usually result in a wider area of floodplain delineation than the FEMA floodplain because their analysis is based on ultimate development or build-out conditions.

Code, with additional regulations contained in Subtitle 24, the Subdivision Ordinance.

The Planning Department’s Environmental Technical Manual notes that development applications must use a floodplain study approved by the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T), preferably less than ten years old, to determine the presence of 100-year floodplain on a site.

For the purposes of this sector plan, the 1989 County Floodplain Study of the Anacostia River and its tributaries was used to identify the applicable 100-year floodplain. DPW&T ultimately determines the applicable floodplain study for each development application.

For example, according to FEMA, there are 166 acres of the 100-year floodplain within the sector plan area, while the 1989 County Floodplain Study of the Anacostia River and its tributaries shows 257 acres.

Development and redevelopment in this area is regulated by Subtitle 32 of the County

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Historical records show the area’s tree canopy coverage has remained largely constant since 1938. This is important (and remarkable), especially with the significant economic, social, and environmental benefits that trees provide. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the addition of just three trees can save a household between $100 and $250 in energy costs, annually.1 In Washington, D.C., shade trees reportedly reduce air conditioning costs by more than $2.6 million annually, while houses shaded by trees sell for 10 to 20 percent more in urban areas throughout the nation.2 Forests also contribute to good air quality by trapping dust and particulates, absorbing odors and pollutant gases, and breaking up “heat islands” (localized surface and air temperatures that are significantly higher than in rural areas).

There are pockets of woodlands within the sector plan area along the Northeast Branch, at the Refreshing Spring Church of God property on Riverdale Road, south of Parkdale High School, and within the Baltimore-Washington Parkway rightof-way that appear to have been already wooded in 1938 aerial photographs. The southern edge of Greenbelt Park is another

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area of special importance as a significant forested area that defines the northern perimeter of the plan area. These woodlands should be protected to the maximum extent possible including restricting tree removal for right-ofway clearance.

The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area faces several ecological challenges that must be addressed to meet local, regional and statemandated environmental goals. Impervious surfaces cover nearly 34 percent, with some large properties almost totally covered by impervious surfaces. Numerous studies have shown that water quality in receiving streams begins to deteriorate when imperviousness in a watershed exceeds 10 percent. Moreover, less than 3 percent (2.7 percent) of the impervious surfaces within the plan area are shaded (by vegetation).

Unshaded impervious surfaces absorb and emit heat, creating surface, air and stormwater temperatures that are significantly higher than in rural areas. Heated stormwater runoff mixing with, and increasing the base temperature of the receiving streams, significantly impacts stream ecology.

The predominant soil group in the study area is the Christiana series. Christiana series soils are typically categorized in hydrologic soil

group D (see Appendix 1) and have very poor infiltration properties. The soils throughout the sector plan area, in general, exhibit less desirable percolation properties and this will be a significant consideration when proposing various Environmental Site Design practices (such as micro-bioretention). To have a reasonable expectation that facilities, such as rain gardens, will function as intended, the soil’s ability to allow effective infiltration is a critical factor. In hydrologic soil group D soils, it is common for bioretention installations to be outfitted with underdrains so that water has an outlet in the event that poor percolation causes some degree of ponding.

improvement. At the very least, stormwater quantity and quality must be managed on-site as the area develops, and forested areas in good condition along the preserved streams, must be retained to help improve the area’s water quality.

Similarly, while current stormwater regulations require stormwater management facilities that allow for natural retention and infiltration, retrofits will be needed on many older sites developed before the enactment of today’s environmental regulations. There are few stormwater management facilities in the sector plan area and high volumes of untreated stormwater runoff enter the receiving steams directly or via a system of storm drains and concrete swales, contributing to “poor” watershed condition ratings for the Northeast Branch watershed.3 This level of degradation requires significant measures to facilitate

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HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS The sector plan area contains several neighborhoods and apartment complexes.

The neighborhoods comprise primarily singlefamily detached residential dwellings, singlefamily attached duplexes, townhouses, garden apartments, and mid-rise elevator-serviced apartment buildings.

As indicated in Table 5 and Appendix 1, over 69 percent of dwelling units in the sector plan area were constructed prior to 1970, indicating a potential need for maintenance and rehabilitation to strengthen and support housing prices over time.

In 2015, the sector plan area had 5,070 dwelling units containing approximately 4,673 households, an occupancy rate of over 92 percent. Forty-six percent of the dwelling units are one-family detached dwellings and 44 percent are within multifamily complexes. The median year of housing construction was 1961.

Nearly 76 percent of households are families, 49 percent of the family households contain children. The average household size is 3.69.

Renter-occupied dwelling units comprise 52.7 percent of the housing stock; only 47.2 percent are owner-occupied. For owner-occupants, the average length of residence is 16.2 years. For renters, the average length of residence is 7.7 years. Both figures indicate a stable community and are equal to the County average.

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1936

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1939

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COMMUNITY HEALTH In 2012, the Prince George’s County Health Department released the Prince George’s County Health Improvement Plan for 2012–2014 and Beyond. It provides guidelines for creating new and innovative health programs, enhancing existing services, and making health system changes at the local level. It also includes strategies designed to help individuals “adopt behaviors that lead to healthier lifestyles and greater quality of life for themselves, their families, and their neighbors.”

The sector plan area lacks the type of pedestrian and bicycle connectivity to open space that supports community health and wellness. The east side of the sector plan area lacks relatively easy/fast access to healthy food. Residents and stakeholders have expressed a need for pedestrian safety improvements, additional bicycle trail connections and open space to support a sustainable and active community. They also expressed a desire for the retention of local businesses that sell fresh produce.

In 2015, The Prince George’s County Planning Department released Healthy Food for All Prince Georgians: An Assessment of Access to Healthy Food in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The

study analyzed access to healthy food in Prince George’s County, with a focus on Greenbelt, Oxon Hill and communities located inside the Capital Beltway. A focus group in Riverdale reported that food hygiene is bad—buying healthy food in only one store is expensive, transportation to food alternatives was a challenge, and there was no access to farmers markets year-round. The report found that the Healthy Food Availability Index rating for both food markets in the sector plan area was in the “fair” rating. The report identified the area north of Riverdale Road and east of the BaltimoreWashington Parkway a “food desert:” an area with low incomes greater than one mile from a supermarket.

In 2011, the Reinvestment Fund conducted research to identify areas with inadequate access to supermarkets and identified the area north of MD 410 (East West Highway) and west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) as a Limited Supermarket Access area.4 In 2016, to improve access to healthy food in the County, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously approved Council Bill (CB) 252016, legislation that amended the definition and zoning categories for Urban Farms in Prince George’s County, and allowed more urban

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farming activities. It intended to broaden the definition of an urban farm and ensure access to fresh foods.

There are two hospitals located within an approximately two-mile radius of the plan area: Doctors Community Hospital, located at 8118 Good Luck Road in Lanham, and Prince George’s Hospital Center, located at 3001 Hospital Drive in Cheverly.

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COMMUNITY HERITAGE AND CULTURE Many participants in the public and stakeholder outreach for this sector plan pointed to the diversity of the sector plan area as an asset and an opportunity. 56.8 percent of sector plan area residents are Hispanic or Latino; 43.2 percent are not. Just under 70 percent of residents speak only English at home; 30 percent speak another language. Several businesses and institutions were identified by stakeholders as cultural institutions worthy of preservation. Several businesses in the Kenilworth Avenue corridor cater to the Hispanic and Latino market; this was identified by a number of stakeholders as an opportunity to create a unique, niche market for East Riverdale.

Examples of high-quality, historically significant, or otherwise notable architecture are identified in the Community Heritage and Culture Element.

URBAN DESIGN The public realm consists of the building frontages, sidewalks, streetscapes, public plazas and open spaces, and other places where

people gather and interact. A high-quality public realm encourages social interaction and economic activity. As an area with relatively few improvements since 1970, there is very little in the sector plan area that qualifies as a functioning or ideal public realm worthy of preservation. Notable exceptions to this include the streetscape in front of 5600-5620 Kenilworth Avenue, and Fletcher’s Field Park.

PUBLIC FACILITIES PUBLIC SCHOOLS There are 17 public schools (11 elementary, 3 middle, and 2 high schools) that serve the sector plan area. Three of these (Beacon Heights Elementary, William Wirt Middle, and Parkdale High) are located within the sector plan boundaries. Fifteen of the 17 schools are at, or above, enrollment capacity. (PGCPS recommends 80-95% capacity as optimal as per the Board-approved FY 17 EFMP). The FY 17 EFMP recommends the following improvements to public schools that serve the sector plan area: • Replacement of William Wirt Middle School • Full renovation or replacement with addition to:

»» Beacon Heights Elementary School »» Hyattsville Elementary School »» Lamont Elementary School »» Riverdale Elementary School »» Templeton Elementary School »» Woodridge Elementary School »» Hyattsville Middle School »» Parkdale High School »» Margaret Brent Regional School • Limited Renovation with addition to Cooper Lane Elementary School • Systems replacement with addition to Rogers Heights Elementary School • Limited renovation to Paint Branch elementary School • Addition to Bladensburg High School • Additions and boundary changes to adjacent area schools • Construct new middle and high schools in the northern part of the County.

• Addition of a new middle school adjacent to the sector plan area.

LIBRARIES The Prince George’s County Memorial Library System operates two libraries that serve the sector plan area: the Bladensburg Branch library at 4820 Annapolis Road and New Carrollton Branch Library at 7414 Riverdale

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Road. The FY 2017-2022 Approved Capital Improvement Program provides funding for design and construction of a new 25,000 square foot library to replace the Bladensburg Library and rehabilitation of the New Carrollton Branch Library.

PUBLIC SAFETY The Maryland-National Capital Park Police and the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Special Operations Division were formerly headquartered at 6700 Riverdale Road. They have relocated to facilities outside of the sector plan area. The Riverdale Heights Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Station #813 is located at 6101 Roanoke Avenue. The CIP recommends consolidation of this station with the Riverdale Fire/EMS Station #807 somewhere within the sector plan area. In addition, the sector plan area is served by several public safety facilities outside the sector plan area, including:

• Landover Hills Fire/EMS Station #830, Landover Hills • Prince George’s County Police Department District 1 Station, Hyattsville • Town of Riverdale Park Police Department

PARKS AND RECREATION Within the boundaries of the East Riverdale -Beacon Heights Sector Plan, planning, developing, operating and policing a system of recreation and open space areas is the primary responsibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

(M-NCPPC). The primary mission of the Prince George’s County DPR is to “provide, in partnership with our citizens, comprehensive park and recreation programs, facilities and services which respond to changing recreation needs within our communities. DPR strives to preserve, enhance, and protect our open spaces, enrich the quality of life for present and future generations in a safe and secure environment.”

DPR’s vision for parks and recreation includes: • Providing stewardship of our County’s natural, cultural and historical resources;

• Riverdale Fire/EMS Station #807, Riverdale Park • Bladensburg Fire/EMS Station #809, Bladensburg • West Lanham Hills Fire/EMS Station #828, Lanham

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• Fostering the need of our citizens for recreational pursuits in a leisure environment, and; • Providing the highest standard of excellence in public service through cooperative partnership with our diverse community.

Through these precepts and the goals and objectives set forth in Plan 2035 and the Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space, M-NCPPC has clear direction for future decision making for parks and recreation in our communities.

There are three main goals in the Formula 2040 Plan: Connectivity, Health and Wellness, and Economic Development.

In the year 2040, the County is projected to have more than 990,000 residents. According to the direction set forth in Formula 2040, DPR will construct and maintain nine multigenerational community recreation centers. One center is to be located in each of the nine subregions, or service areas of the County. Under this plan, a multigenerational center is to be located in, or very near to, the southeast corner of the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area. While the exact property for this feature has yet to be identified, the Formula 2040 Plan locates this feature at the corner of MD 450 (Old Landover Road) and MD 410 (Veterans Highway).

Multigenerational centers include indoor recreation facilities like gymnasiums, swimming pools and walking tracks along with multipurpose rooms and amenities such as a computer lab or similar feature. In this format, DPR can deliver efficient and effective recreation services and provide state-of-the-art facilities to our citizens.

Currently, there are 11 M-NCPPC parks within the sector plan boundaries and there are two large regional parks, Greenbelt Park (owned and operated by the National Park Service) and the Anacostia River Stream Valley Park, immediately adjacent to the sector plan area. There is also an outdoor pool, an ice arena, tennis center, the Anacostia Tributary Trail and several sites dedicated to aviation located a short distance away from the sector plan area perimeter. These facilities add considerably to the open space and recreation opportunities available to the residents. Along with the need to provide better access to these existing facilities, multimodal transportation will be carefully considered.

As redevelopment occurs around the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Purple Line stations, it will be important to implement key policy recommendations in Formula 2040 regarding new urban parks.

Integrating and adopting the Formula 2040

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Urban Park Typology will support the County’s parks and recreation goals. Parks and plazas constructed at the time of redevelopment will create dynamic new public spaces that integrate seamlessly into the fabric of the community. New parks should meet the Urban Park Typology and Guidelines found in Formula 2040. Clarifying ownership and management arrangements for publicly and privately owned, managed, and maintained parks will ensure public access and benefit residents and visitors to the area.

Table 6. M-NCPPC Parks Located Within the Sector Plan Area Name Acres Anacostia River Stream Valley Park* Browning’s Grove Park Center for Educational Partnership Cherry Hill Cemetery Historic Site Fletcher’s Field Park Glenridge Community Park Kenilworth Roadside Park Madison Hill Park Riverdale Hills Neighborhood Playground Total

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PLANNING FOUNDATIONS PLAN 2035 In 2014, the County Council approved Plan 2035, the County’s General Plan. Plan 2035 addresses existing, changing, and new priorities such as transit-oriented development, sustainability, neighborhood reinvestment, and agricultural protection. Plan 2035 contains two maps that establish the framework for achieving the Plan 2035 vision—the Growth Policy Map and the Strategic Investment Map. The Growth Policy Map designates 34 centers for growth and development and divides them into Regional Transit Districts and Local Centers.

east. The sector plan area will be connected to both Regional Transit Districts by the Purple Line. In addition, the Prince George’s Plaza Regional Transit District lies two miles to the west along MD 410 and is easily accessible by bus.

Plan 2035 categorizes Local Centers into four categories: Local Transit Centers, Neighborhood Centers, Campus Centers, and Town Centers, based on the anticipated land uses, density, and levels of transit service. Both the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Stations are designated Neighborhood Centers.

Strategic Investment Map Plan 2035 defines Neighborhood Revitalization Areas as neighborhoods that “have experienced a marked decline in property values, critical services, neighborhood amenities, and an increase in crime. These issues are due, in large part, to a lack of public investment.

Neighborhood Revitalization Areas include Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative areas.

Growth Policy Map Plan 2035 prioritizes eight Regional Transit Districts as focus areas for new growth and development, recommending that half of new dwelling units and jobs locate in these areas over the next 25 years. The College Park/UM Metro/M Square Purple Line Regional Transit District lies immediately across the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River from the northern part of this sector plan area. The New Carrollton Regional Transit District lies two miles to the

Neighborhood Centers are defined as “primarily residential areas that are often lower in density. These areas generally have fewer transit options and offer neighborhood-serving retail and office uses.”

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Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative In 2011, Prince George’s County established the Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI). This initiative is a countywide effort that focuses on uplifting neighborhoods that face significant economic, health, public safety, and educational challenges by, in part, prioritizing delivery of County resources and services to areas highest in need.

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2013 PURPLE LINE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STUDY In 2013, the Prince George’s County Planning Department issued the Purple Line TransitOriented Development (TOD) Study. This sector plan grew out of this study, which evaluated five Purple Line stations located outside of areas covered by recently approved sector and transit district development plans.

The recommendations of this study form the baseline of the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan; most of its recommendations are carried forward in this plan.

The study goals included advancing the longterm goals defined by the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation and informing and coordinating with the efforts of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) in refining the Purple Line alignment, station location and design, and environmental impact statement. Building on the completed Purple Line 2010 Bicycle Access and Bicycle Hub Location Study, the 2011 Corridor Access Study (CAST), and the 2009 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study, the Purple Line TOD Study evaluated current conditions and

market prospects within a half-mile radius of the five stations. The study presented several recommendations for future transit-oriented development and pedestrian and bicycle improvements at these locations.

During stakeholder engagement for the Purple Line TOD Study, the community provided valuable input concerning the Riverdale ParkKenilworth and Beacon Heights-East Pines Stations; the highlights of that feedback can be found on the following pages. As a result of this input, the study made several recommendations that remain relevant to this day: these recommendations are carried forward in this sector plan.

Chapters of this study pertaining to the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon HeightsEast Pines Stations may be found in their entirety in Appendix 5.

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Community Input Summary: Beacon Heights-East Pines Station Use Type and Architectural Character The County and Park Police Headquarters site was identified by stakeholders as a potential location for recreation/fitness center or other uses. Small-scale development with ground-level shops and two–three stories of residential or office above was preferred.

The stakeholders wanted to retain and relocate the tenants of the Eastpines Shopping Center.

Amenities and Open Spaces The stakeholders noted the need for open space for children such as a park or playground. A farmers’ market was desired as another amenity for the area. Stakeholders preferred gathering spaces buffered from roads.

Streetscape Character Stakeholders preferred wider sidewalks with a vegetated planting strip along the street,iko particularly Riverdale Road. Parallel parking was also desired to provide spaces and shield pedestrians from traffic. At the intersection of MD 410 (East West Highway) and Riverdale Road, the stakeholders wanted to establish a gateway or landmark with lighting.

Mobility Choices Connectivity and Access Bicycle lanes along Veterans Parkway and Riverdale Road were desired along with bike storage and possibly a bike-share program. Stakeholders wanted sidewalks leading to the Purple Line Station and curb cuts at the pedestrian crossings. With

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access from 67th Place to Riverdale Road proposed to be closed to accommodate steep grades and the rail line, stakeholders noted concern for vehicular access through the neighborhood.

They would also like shuttle service to extend to MD 450, Capital Plaza, and Furman Parkway.

Station Character/Identity Stakeholders identified lighting and shelters as important concerns.

They also noted the importance of maintaining the area and keeping it clean.

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Community Input Summary: Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Use Type and Architectural Character Commercial development should focus on anchor businesses.

Redevelopment strategy plans should include retaining and renovating existing business (e.g., Bowling Center) where possible as well as encourage adding new businesses to the area.

Stakeholders preferred four-story average building heights within the study area and mixed-use development with residential or office over ground-level retail. Additional single-family dwellings were desired as well.

access throughout the study area, accommodating ADA requirements and promoting additional accessibility.

Station Character/Identity A gateway element that is well-lighted and possibly includes a water feature was suggested by the stakeholders. There was also a strong desire to retain the community’s character, building on the diversity of people and architectural styles within the study area.

2013 Purple Line TOD Study, page 182

Amenities and Open Spaces Stakeholders wanted a central civic square with lawn space that would be identified with the proposed station. Parks with seating areas that allow for family and youth activities were also desired by the stakeholders.

Streetscape Character Stakeholders noted the need for a walkable environment, including safe sidewalks buffered from traffic, shaded with trees and with pedestrian amenities such as benches and lighting.

Mobility Choices Connectivity and Access Stakeholders wanted to close a section of Riverdale Road, between Kenilworth Avenue and East West Highway. They also noted the need for safe, pedestrian-friendly connections through Riverdale Plaza as well as improved sidewalks and pedestrian

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Purple Line TOD Study Recommendations Carried Forward in This Sector Plan

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth • Ensuring the design of the station reflects the cultural diversity and vibrancy of the surrounding communities.

• In the longer-term, incorporating designated bike lanes onto Kenilworth Avenue, East West Highway, and Riverdale Road.

• Converting the Greenvale Canal to a greenway.

• Encouraging redevelopment opportunities to capitalize on the elevated nature of the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station.

• Extending Riverdale Road east and 56th Avenue south to form a grid.

• Concentrating new two- to five-story, mixed-use development within a core four-block area.

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• Lining Kenilworth Avenue, Riverdale Road Extended, and the proposed extension of 56th Avenue with ground-floor retail and populating upper floors of new development along Kenilworth Avenue with neighborhood-serving office.

• Constructing an at-grade station that is accessible, well-lighted, and connected to local bus and shuttle services.

• Ensuring a balanced mix of housing types designed to meet the needs of residents at all stages of life.

• Over the medium- to long-term, redeveloping the Police Department’s Special Operations Division and Park Police Headquarters facility and the existing Eastpines Shopping Center with pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use development, featuring two- to five-story multifamily residential over targeted ground-floor retail.

• Transforming Riverdale Road Extended to Greenvale Parkway into an east-west greenway and public amenity, connecting the area to the Anacostia Tributary Trail System.

• Concentrating new neighborhood-serving commercial uses along Riverdale Road between 67th Court and Fernwood Terrace and between 66th Avenue and 67th Avenue.

• Integrating new public spaces, such as a plaza and pocket park near the proposed station and a community green opposite St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic Church.

• Integrating new public spaces as redevelopment occurs, including a station plaza at the intersection of Riverdale Road and 67th Avenue and a community square at the police facility site.

• Retaining and strengthening existing businesses through coordinated planning, technical and financial assistance, and marketing programs.

• In the short-term, converting Kenilworth Avenue into a shared-use street with wide outside travel lanes for shared vehicular and bicycle use and widened sidewalks; improving lighting, landscaping, and bus stops; and redesigning the intersection at Rittenhouse Street.

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2008 CENTRAL KENILWORTH AVENUE REVITALIZATION STUDY Students at the University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Program reviewed elements of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) within the sector plan area and conducted inclusive and informative stakeholder meetings. This study is notable for the quality and prescience of the feedback received. Elements reviewed included cultural features, pedestrian activity, community demographics, roadway dimensions, building typologies, open spaces, vegetative cover, and elevation and drainage. Based on site visits, community meetings, and research, the students provided best practices images and created detailed plans for nine revitalization and development areas. The study contains an action plan with recommendations for the following areas: • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) Streetscaping and Amenities • Kenilfair Shopping Center • Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station • Northeast Branch Tributary (Captain John’s Branch) Restoration • Multifamily Areas Along 54th Avenue • Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center and the “Riverdale triangle” • Madison Hill Park

This study developed several recommendations that were carried forward into this sector plan.

These include, but are not limited to: • Providing bicycle and pedestrian accommodation on MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) • Redevelopment of Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center, including extension of 56th Avenue and Riverdale Road to form a grid.

• Improved access to the Northeast Branch from a redeveloped Kenilfair Plaza.

• Restoration of Captain John’s Branch as a greenway.

• Improvements to, and activation of, Madison Hill Park, including pedestrian improvements between Parkdale High School and William Wirt Middle School.

This study can be found in its entirety in Appendix 6.

PLANNING CONTEXT The Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, initiated this sector plan on October 12, 2015, through CR-63-2015.

The plan was adopted by the Prince George’s County Planning Board (PGCPB No. 17-118) on September 14, 2017 and approved by the District Council on November 14, 2017 (CR-95-2017).

The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan amends the 2014 Prince George’s 2035 Approved General Plan by defining the Beacon Heights and Riverdale Park Neighborhood Centers. This sector plan replaces the 1994 Approved Master Plan for Planning Area 68 and the 1994 Approved Master Plan for Bladensburg-New Carrollton and Vicinity (Planning Area 69) for the portions of Planning Areas 68 and 69 within the sector plan boundaries. In addition, this sector plan amends the 2001 Approved Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Management Plan: A Functional Master Plan for Heritage Tourism, the 2008 Approved Public Safety Facilities Master Plan, the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space, and the 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan.

Brief summaries of these and other applicable area and functional master plans can be found in Appendix 2.

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REGULATORY CONTEXT SUBTITLE 23: ROADS AND SIDEWALKS In 2016, the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation led a multiagency effort to update the County’s road and sidewalk code. A key element of this effort was the creation of urban street standards for use in designated centers. One result of this effort will be new standards and specifications for the construction of streets, sidewalks, and on-street bicycle facilities within redeveloping areas of the County looking to attract and support walkable urban development. The County Council endorsed the new standards through CR-85-2016 on October 25, 2016.

SUBTITLE 24: SUBDIVISION The Prince George’s County Planning Department is leading an effort to rewrite the County’s subdivision regulations. The new regulations will update and streamline the County’s approach to the subdivision of land and adequacy of public facilities. This project is scheduled for completion in the near future.1

SUBTITLES 27 AND 27A: ZONING The Prince George’s County Planning Department is shepherding an effort to rewrite the County zoning ordinance. First codified in 1949, this zoning ordinance includes a number of outdated and complicated regulations, requirements, and processes. Zones created to regulate suburban development often do not work in urban and rural areas. While the single-use commercial and lowdensity residential zones that comprise the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area may be appropriate for auto-dominated suburban areas of the County, they are inappropriate for areas around a rail transit station.

The rewrite of the zoning ordinance aims to create a more predictable, equitable, and streamlined process for entitlement and a more consistent set of zones, development standards, and use regulations for the County. This effort will necessitate a complete rezoning of Prince George’s County in the near future. It is anticipated that zoning changes necessary to implement this sector plan will be approved through that effort.

This sector plan is predicated on several key assumptions about zoning:

1. The County will have a new zoning ordinance in 2019.2 2. The vision, goals, policies, and strategies contained within this sector plan cannot be realized through the zoning that will exist on the date of approval of this plan.

3. If a new zoning ordinance is not enacted, a stand-alone sectional map amendment will be necessary to rezone properties within this sector plan area.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Throughout the development of this sector plan, the project team engaged residents, workers, business owners, public agencies, and community organizations in an dialogue concerning the future of their community. Immeasurable assistance, input, and vetting was provided by the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Steering Advisory Committee. Drawn from a cross section of civic leaders, this committee gave the project team vital guidance, feedback, and direction throughout the course of the project. See page 250 for a list of committee members.

1. UPDATE: Subsequent to approval of this sector plan but prior to its publication, the District Council adopted CB-15-2018, creating entirely new Subdivision Regulations for Prince George’s County.

2. UPDATE: Subsequent to approval of this sector plan but prior to its publication, the District Council adopted CB-13-2018, creating a new Zoning Ordinance for Prince George’s County.

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Though this process involved dozens of meetings with stakeholders, the most important engagement exercise was the Community Charrette, an intensive, hands-on planning and design exercise where residents, business owners, nonprofit entities, and other interested persons came together to discuss issues and potential solutions.

The Charrette was held March 7–10, 2016.

Feedback received from stakeholders was critical in developing a sector plan for this area that reflects the community’s vision, addresses identified challenges, and takes advantage of opportunities.

As this sector plan is implemented, community input will remain a valuable part of this process.

KEY ASSETS OF AREA PEOPLE The area’s demographic and cultural diversity welcomes newcomers from around the world and nourishes a broad range of cultural, institutional, entrepreneurial, and retail opportunities for a cross-section of the region’s population.

LOCATION The area is located at a key intersection of State highways, the Purple Line, and the Baltimore-

Washington Parkway, offering easy access to and from Washington, D.C., College Park, New Carrollton, Hyattsville, Greenbelt, and Baltimore.

NEIGHBORHOODS Surrounding these key transportation corridors are a range of neighborhoods, from traditional single-family suburban housing tracts to 1950s and 1960s garden apartments. Each neighborhood fosters a sense of civic pride, shared interest in the future, and opportunities to attract new residents to the area.

RETAIL The area is home to a lively and varied collection of small businesses, many of which cater to the area’s growing Hispanic and Latino population.

This increases the area’s potential to brand itself as a regional center of Hispanic and Latin American culture.

of the key assets of the area. The community overwhelmingly identified parks as the leading positive attribute of the area. The sector plan area is bordered by regional and national parks. These parks provide a variety of natural and suburban park experiences, and are accessible by vehicle, bicycle, and foot. The Anacostia Stream Valley Park and Northeast Branch Trail border the Sector Plan area’s western side and provide local and regional trail connectivity to nearby transit districts, including College Park, the University of Maryland, Hyattsville, and Riverdale Park.

Greenbelt Park and a host of County parks serve as prime gathering places for families, community groups, and the general public.

SCHOOLS The community takes great pride in its schools, which serve as key centers of civic activity.

ACCESS TO PARKS, TRAILS, AND WATERWAYS The East Riverdale community’s proximity to parks, trails, open space, and waterways is one

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CHALLENGES FLOODING Much of the sector plan area west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and the area south and west of the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station is within the 100-year floodplain. As development continues, and is encouraged, upstream of the sector plan area, and as climate change continues to contribute to more intense precipitation events, significant flooding may threaten lives, public safety, and property. Strengthening the existing flood control system along the Northeast Branch of the Anacostia River is expensive and could intensify downstream flooding.

OFFICE MARKET The market in Prince George’s County for Class A office space suffers from a 21.6 percent vacancy rate, and a considerable amount of Class A space is filled with traditional Class B-orbelow users. The MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor had a 35.3 percent office vacancy rate between 2010-2015 and has several aged and underutilized office buildings located on the fringes of Purple Line accessibility. There are no Class A office tenants in the sector plan area.

Many of these buildings have reached the end of their useful lives and are located on land that is

environmentally constrained.

RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE MARKET DILUTION AND COMPETITION The area’s proximity to three Regional Transit Districts, plus Washington, D.C., downtown Riverdale Park, and the Gateway Arts District can be a competitive disadvantage in the broader residential and commercial real estate market.

A unique place, and a unique market, must be created that distinguishes the sector plan area from its neighbors.

RETAIL MARKET DILUTION AND COMPETITION The area’s affordable stock of retail spaces encourages start-up, family-owned, and small businesses. Encouraging such business growth is a critical element of this sector plan; however, the margins for success for start-up businesses can be very slim, and small businesses may turn over faster than more established regional and national chains, leaving vacant storefronts and the resulting impacts on perception, appearance, and marketability.

POTENTIAL FOR DISPLACEMENT Redevelopment that accompanies completion of the Purple Line could displace renters unable

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to afford new housing options in the sector plan area. This could also affect family-owned and start-up businesses whose rents could increase due to redevelopment.

BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO TRANSIT The area’s existing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure is inadequate to support transit use. The capital expense required to retrofit the sector plan area with safe and visible pedestrian pathways, sidewalks, crosswalks, signage, and signalization could strain town, County, and state resources in the short-term, when the Purple Line needs to attract riders.

BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO PARKS Although the East Riverdale/Beacon Heights community is proximate to a variety of local and regional parks, enhanced bicycle and pedestrian connectivity, improved accessibility, and added programming would benefit community residents and support increased park usage.

Many of the neighborhood’s parks would benefit from new and improved trails and sidewalk connections. Residents and visitors to the area

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OPPORTUNITIES • The Purple Line has the potential to increase and improve access to jobs and educational opportunities as well as attract new residents, consumers, and visitors.

• The strategic addition of a mix of residential units provides an opportunity to serve all household types throughout a lifetime, allowing for families to mature and grow old in the same community.

• Ethnic retail/service businesses, especially those catering to the region’s growing Hispanic and Latino population, and cultural institutions form a distinct marketplace for goods and services that can attract visitors and shoppers from around the Washington, D.C., area.

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network and strengthen the quality and frequency of trail connections.

From well-preserved neighborhoods to new and exciting transit-oriented apartments and townhouses, the entire sector plan area can enjoy safe and easy access to an expanded park system, including Greenbelt Park, and the region’s bicycle and pedestrian trail network.

• Public-private partnerships should assist with financing this infrastructure as redevelopment moves forward.

• Area parks present incredible opportunities to strengthen and improve the overall health and wellness of the community.

Parks provide opportunities to reflect a community’s collective desires for identity, recreation, and leisure. A well-used park can strengthen the sense of place, and provide needed public gathering spaces to promote community interaction and expression.

• Improved bicycle and pedestrian connectivity to and within the parks, together with additional park programming, recreational amenities, and wayfinding, can increase park usage. In addition, there are opportunities to formalize the existing trail

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Sector Plan Boundary Amendment The Prince George’s County Council, sitting as the District Council, approved CR-63-2015 on October 12, 2015, initiating this sector plan. CR-63-2015 contained a proposed sector plan boundary. The original proposed boundary included portions of Fletcher’s Field Park within the Town of Edmonston and subject to the 2010 Approved Port Towns Sector Plan, and portions of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within the City of Greenbelt. The final approved boundary of the sector plan excludes any land within the City of Greenbelt or Town of Edmonston.

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ENDNOTES 1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Landscaping for Energy Efficiency, April 1995, p. 1.

2 Casey Trees, Reasons to Plant Trees, http://caseytrees.org/resources/reasons/, 2017.

3 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan, p. 39.

4 The Reinvestment Fund, Searching for Markets: The Geography of Inequitable Access to Healthy & Affordable Food in the United States, 2011.

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GROWTH POLICY Plan 2035 describes Neighborhood Centers as “primarily residential areas that are often lower in density. These areas generally have fewer transit option[s] and offer neighborhood-serving retail and office uses.” Plan 2035 envisions midrise and low-rise apartments and condominiums, townhouses, and small-lot single-family housing similar to what already exists in the sector.

Plan 2035 recommends an average net housing density for new development of 10-15 dwelling units per acre and floor area ratios for new commercial development between 0.5 and 2.

This sector plan retains the classification of the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth and Beacon HeightsEast Pines Stations as Neighborhood Centers.

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LU 1.4: Discourage drive-through services within the Neighborhood Centers.

Goals • Lively corridors with vibrant businesses and residential opportunities.

• The character of single-family neighborhoods is retained and the connection of these neighborhoods to amenities within Neighborhood Centers is strengthened.

• Preserve environmentally sensitive areas, including floodplains.

SECTOR-WIDE LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES POLICY LU 1 Concentrate new office, multifamily, and/or institutional uses in designated Centers.

STRATEGIES LU 1.1: Permit existing office buildings to accommodate new office or institutional tenants or convert to residential use. See also Policies LU 13-LU 15 and EP 7.

LU 1.2: Where a mixed-use development is proposed within Centers, townhouses or other single-family development should not front MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), MD 410, or Riverdale Road. In such developments, townhouses or other single-family development should be located on side or secondary streets.

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LU 1.5: Discourage new gas stations within the sector plan area. While it is preferable that new gas stations not be located within the sector plan area, this plan recognizes that, as of November 14, 2017, 1) multiple gas stations may be acquired and removed to accommodate construction of the Purple Line; and 2) new gas stations are prohibited within the Gateway Arts Development District and the Prince George’s Plaza Transit District and are only permitted by Special Exception in the Town of Riverdale Park Mixed-Use Town Center.

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POLICY LU 3 Preserve existing undeveloped properties within the 100-year-floodplain. See also Policy PR 1.

STRATEGIES LU 3.1: Strategically acquire properties within the 100-year floodplain to prevent their being developed in the future.

LU 3.2: Discourage intensification of zoning classification for properties within the floodplain.

POLICY LU 2 Preserve and/or restore the Regulated Areas within the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network and all County-approved floodplain areas while discouraging new development within these areas. See Policy NE 1 and Strategy EP 8.2.

STRATEGIES LU 2.1: Discourage the issuance of floodplain waivers for construction of new habitable buildings within the floodplain. Improvements should be limited to modifications, alterations, repairs, and flood-proofing of existing structures, stormwater management improvements

and/or flood control infrastructure, or mitigation landscaping.

LU 2.2: To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, discourage construction of new residential buildings within the regulatory floodplain.

LU 2.3: Discourage re-grading or elevation of properties entirely within the County-approved floodplain that would create an island effect above surrounding properties.

LU 2.4: Limit disturbances within the floodplain for infrastructure and utilities to only those that are necessary for development (road crossings, public utility connections and storm drain outfalls) or restoration of natural resources.

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POLICY LU 4 Update land use policies, including zoning recommendations, if the area defined as floodplain changes.

STRATEGIES LU 4.1: Update the 1989 Prince George’s County Floodplain Study to reflect new data, including subsequent elevation changes and tributary analyses. Periodically amend this sector plan to reflect updated floodplain analyses.

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POLICY LU 5 Work with property owners to identify resources and opportunities to consolidate or assemble properties, maximizing redevelopment potential while capitalizing on economies of scale, increasing opportunities for shared parking and access, and scaling development so that the largest buildings front MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), MD 410, and/or Purple Line Stations. Explore opportunities to incentivize parcel assembly and phasing.

LU 5.4: Concentrate the tallest and highestdensity buildings along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), MD 410, and/or at Purple Line Stations within designated Centers.

STRATEGIES LU 5.1: Develop a regularly updated database of vacant and underutilized properties.

LU 5.2: As opportunities arise, assemble or combine the parcels described in Table 7, increasing opportunities for development at scales appropriate for their location or zoning.

LU 5.3: Explore opportunities to create incentives, including infrastructure prioritization and investment, tax benefits, financing strategies, financial assistance, and regulatory relief to facilitate the assembly of parcels recommended in Strategy LU 5.2 and/or the phasing of development recommended in Policies LU 8 through LU 11 and associated strategies.

Property identified in Map 23 as vacant and underutilized includes land that is owned by M-NCPPC and the County for conservation purposes; land planned for school redevelopment; land with Tree Conservation Plans created as part of a subdivision or development, and land in the FEMA floodplain.

Properties should be examined case-by-case to determine suitability for improvement.

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LU 6.2: Work with property owners and institutions, as properties that abut institutions redevelop, to ensure that the institutions remain visible from thoroughfares and easily accessible.

POLICY LU 6 Community institutions should be highlighted as anchors for the community.

Redevelopment and revitalization plans for community institutions, or abutting properties, should preserve visual and physical access to those institutions. See also Policies LU 9, LU 12, and UD 5.

STRATEGIES LU 6.1: Assist institutional property owners with creative redesign solutions for their campuses, preserving key community institutions while allowing for redevelopment of vacant land and surface parking, where appropriate.

POLICY LU 7 During the creation of the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization (CKAR) Study, the 2013 Purple Line TOD Study, and this sector plan, stakeholders and residents expressed a desire to retain key destination businesses through and beyond revitalization and redevelopment.

Work with property owners, the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation (PGCEDC), and other stakeholders to retain such businesses.

STRATEGIES LU 7.1: Work with property owners, businesses, PGCEDC, and other stakeholders to identify and implement business retention strategies. See also Policies EP 3, EP 4, and EP 6

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RIVERDALE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES POLICY LU 8

Goal New residential, institutional, and commercial development at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station is integrated with existing and new community institutions and retail spaces, encouraging walking, biking, and transit use.

Transform the "Riverdale triangle" formed

by MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), MD 410, and Riverdale Road into predominantly public space. See also Policies TM 3, UD 1-UD 6 and PR 1, and associated strategies, and Strategy LU 5.2.

LU 8.2: Acquire necessary property to construct ultimate station build-out. Construct temporary facilities as necessary to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and bus access to the station.

LU 8.3: In the mid- to long-term, acquire the property at 5600 Riverdale Road and integrate it into the proposed public plaza, including seating, gathering space, public art, daylighting and restoration of Captain John’s Branch, and, as needed, a water feature that serves to help manage stormwater. Work with the property owner to relocate the existing restaurant to another location within the sector plan area.

See also Strategy LU 5.2. Partner with the Department of Parks 8and Recreation to ensure that site design meets the Formula 2040 Urban Park Guidelines, Appendix F.

STRATEGIES LU 8.1: Work with MTA, Prince George’s County, the Town of Riverdale Park and others to design an expanded Riverdale ParkKenilworth Station, including public open space and an area for bus circulation, boarding/ alighting, and layovers.

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LU 8.4: Vacate Riverdale Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410 (East West Highway). Create a new east-west connection north of Captain John’s Branch and extend 56th Avenue to MD 410 (East West Highway). See Figure 1, Figure 2, Map 29, and Strategies TM 5.4 and TM 9.2.

LU 8.5: Explore the potential for developable space in the new block created by the new streets recommended by Strategies LU 8.5, TM 5.4 and TM 9.2. Such space would, ideally, be in the south and east portions of the newly created block, outside of the Regulated and Primary Management Areas associated with Captain John’s Branch.

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LU 8.6: Encourage a potential food truck hub near the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station. See also Strategies LU 10.3, EP 6.9, and HC 3.4.

POLICY LU 9 Work with property owners to phase redevelopment within the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center so that the Core and other key opportunity sites are redeveloped prior to existing institutional and multifamily uses. Permit densities of residential and commercial development commensurate with those Neighborhood Centers recommended in Plan 2035 (see Strategy LU 5.2.) Phase redevelopment at the station as indicated in Figure 1, page 78.

STRATEGIES LU 9.1: Buildings should be constructed to their maximum permitted height within the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center Core south of MD 410 (East West Highway). Existing development serves as a more-than-adequate transition buffer between the Core and nearby neighborhoods to the south and east. Encourage the use of planned development zones in the Core to concentrate the highest densities there, with lower densities in the Edge.

LU 9.2: Development in the Core and along MD 410 should feature a vertical mix of uses.

While such a mix may be encouraged, but not mandated, buildings should be constructed with architectural features, such as taller firstfloor ceiling heights, that support ground-floor retail or office uses along street frontages on the following blocks: • Riverdale Road Extended between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and 56th Avenue Extended • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between Nicholson Street and MD 410 (East West Highway) • 56th Avenue Extended between Riverdale Road Extended and MD 410 (East West Highway) • MD 410 (East West Highway) between 61st Place and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

Core LU 9.3: Work with property owners and businesses to locate new convenience retail, services, and eating/drinking establishments closest to the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station, including, but not limited to:

• Fast and fast-casual dining • Sit-down dining and bars • Dry cleaning/laundry • Banks or automated tellers • Beauty salon/barbershop • Convenience store • Medical offices • Pharmacy • E-commerce Lockers See also Policies EP 4 and EP 6.

LU 9.4: Redevelop 5601 Kenilworth Avenue and 5603 Kenilworth Avenue (Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center) with a mix of residential, office, and retail uses.

LU 9.5: Redevelop parcels north of the station along MD 410 (East West Highway) with moderate density retail or residential uses. See also Strategies LU 5.2, LU 12.2 and HN 5.4.

LU 9.6: Preserve, or develop new retail space for, at least one grocery store within the Neighborhood Center. See also Strategy HC 2.4.

LU 9.7: Work with the Archdiocese of Washington to identify redevelopment strategies for the currently underutilized St. Bernard’s School.

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Edge LU 9.8: Develop a mix of residential and supportive commercial and institutional uses at the ten-acre Parcel 94 on Riverdale Road.

LU 9.9: To preserve affordable/workforce housing, work with property owners to ensure that redevelopment of multifamily properties south of Nicholson Street does not occur until redevelopment north of Nicholson Street is substantially complete. See also Policy HN 3.

LU 9.10: Redevelop all commercial properties along the east side of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) within the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center with a mix of retail, service, and office uses.

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station The cornerstone of this plan’s vision for the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station is a highquality, multimodal facility that includes: • A signature plaza and public open space that serves as the central gathering point for the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center. This plaza will be a destination for events and social interaction.

• A safe, well-lighted, and convenient facility for bus transfers.

• The western terminus of Captain John’s Branch Greenway, including interpretative and informational signage, bikeshare, and stormwater management features.

Construction of such a facility requires a dedicated partnership between the Town of Riverdale Park, MTA, Prince George’s County, and local property owners. Realization of this vision requires the acquisition of additional property beyond what MTA has acquired for construction of the station.

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Figure 1. Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Area Redevelopment Phasing

This plan anticipates a phased redevelopment of the area around the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station over a 20-year timeframe.

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Goal A combination of new and revitalized residential development at the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station that attracts new community-serving retail and encourages walking, biking, and transit use, while at the same time preserving the quality of the nearby, established single-family residential neighborhood character.

BEACON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES POLICY LU 10 The Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center should be redeveloped with a mix of residential and retail uses. To preserve the supply of affordable/workforce housing, work with property owners to phase redevelopment within the Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center so that the Core is substantially redeveloped prior to the Edge. Permit densities of residential and commercial development commensurate with those Neighborhood Centers recommended in Plan 2035. Phase redevelopment at the station as indicated in Figure 2, page 81.

the development potential of the property at 6700 Riverdale Road and surrounding properties. This redevelopment should include a signature public open space feature such as a plaza, green, or common that meets the Urban Park Guidelines in Formula 2040, Urban Park Guidelines, (Appendix F).

LU 10.2: As redevelopment of retail uses within the Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center occurs, work with property owners and businesses to locate (or relocate) convenience retail, services, and eating/drinking establishments closest to the Beacon HeightsEast Pines Station, including, but not limited to: • Fast and fast-casual dining • Sit-down dining and bars • Dry cleaning/laundry • Banks or automated tellers • Beauty salon/barbershop

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LU 10.1: Redevelop the north side of Riverdale Road between Auburn Avenue and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway with a mix of multifamily and supportive commercial uses. Encourage townhouse development in the rear of properties along Riverdale Road, but discourage townhouses fronting Riverdale Road.

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• Pharmacy • E-commerce lockers See also Policies EP 4 and EP 6.

LU 10.3: Encourage a potential food truck hub near the station. See also Strategies LU 8.6, EP 6.9, and HC 3.4.

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POLICY LU 11 To preserve the supply of affordable/workforce housing, work with property owners to phase redevelopment within the Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center so that the Core and other key opportunity sites are redeveloped prior to existing multifamily uses in the Edge. Permit densities of residential and commercial development commensurate with those Neighborhood Centers recommended in Plan 2035. See also Policy HN 3. Phase redevelopment at the station as indicated in Figure 2, page 81.

• MD 410 (Riverdale Road) - North Side, between 67th Place and Veterans Parkway • 6806 and 6818 Riverdale Road • Veterans Parkway Extended north of Riverdale Road

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LU 11.3: Work with property owners to phase redevelopment so that properties in the Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center Edge west of 67th Place redevelop before properties east of 67th Place. In addition to the benefit this has in preserving a range of housing price points and reducing tenant displacement, such redevelopment could increase demand for atgrade pedestrian crossing of MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) and the Purple Line.

LU 11.1: Redevelop the south side of MD 410 (Riverdale Road) between 67th Place and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway with a mix of multifamily and supportive commercial uses.

LU 11.4: Phase redevelopment so that retail options at the Eastpines Shopping Center remain available while redevelopment occurs elsewhere in the Core.

LU 11.2: Development in the Core should feature a vertical mix of uses. While such a mix may be permitted, but not mandated, buildings should be constructed with architectural features, such as taller first-floor ceiling heights, that support ground-floor retail or office uses along street frontages on the following blocks:

LU 11.5: Work with property owners to phase redevelopment so that properties in the Beacon Heights Neighborhood Center Edge east of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway are redeveloped prior to Parkview Gardens. In addition to the benefit this has in preserving a range of housing price points and reducing tenant displacement, such redevelopment could increase demand for at-grade pedestrian crossing of the BaltimoreWashington Parkway ramps.

• 66th Avenue between Patterson Street and MD 410 (Riverdale Road)

LU 11.6: Redevelop the Wildercroft Shopping Center with commercial and/or residential uses along Riverdale Road, with the Brier's Mill Run East Commons/Green at the rear recommended in Table 14.

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Figure 2. Beacon Heights-East Pines Station Area Redevelopment Phasing

This plan anticipates a phased redevelopment of the area around the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station over a 20-year timeframe.

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POLICY LU 12 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AREA LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, Within the Neighborhood Character Area, limit infill development within AND STRATEGIES

Goal Attractive and stable singlefamily neighborhoods integrated with new development through appropriate transitions.

single-family neighborhoods to compatible uses/structures.

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LU 12.1: Avoid expansion of designated General Plan Center boundaries until they are built out.

LU 12.3: Limit redevelopment to singlefamily housing.

LU 12.4: Introduce townhouse and singlefamily attached development, where appropriate, to provide additional infill housing options. See Policy HN 4 for more information about infill residential development.

LU 12.2: Institute neighborhood compatibility standards to ensure that new nonsingle-family residential development that abuts existing neighborhoods steps down in height and intensity and limits impacts on neighboring residences. See Strategy HN 5.4.

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KENILWORTH NORTH CHARACTER STRATEGIES AREA LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, LU 14.1: Identify appropriate zoning strategies that permit existing office uses to remain and AND STRATEGIES Goals • As new office development is directed to Regional Transit Districts, existing office buildings, and officezoned properties in this corridor are redeveloped or repositioned to support market-supported uses or acquired for environmental preservation purposes.

• While awaiting redevelopment, office buildings are maintained to support innovation, workforce development, start-up and incubator uses.

POLICY LU 13 To best implement Plan 2035 and given the proximity of the College Park/University of Maryland/M Square Regional Transit District, new office buildings are discouraged within this character area.

POLICY LU 14 Existing office spaces, especially those in the Regulated Area, should continue to host and attract critical community services, especially healthcare and workforce development. See also Strategies LU 1.1, EP 7.4 and HC 5.2.

expand, where appropriate, to meet the needs of existing or prospective tenants.

LU 14.2: Work with the Economic Development Corporation, Prince George’s Community College, the University of Maryland, and other stakeholders to use office space in this corridor to house workforce development programs. See also Strategy EP 5.

POLICY LU 15 Redevelop obsolete office buildings, office-zoned property, and surplus surface parking areas outside of the floodplain to support market-responsive uses. While awaiting redevelopment, office buildings may be renovated to house residential or institutional uses. See also Policy EP 7 and Strategy LU 1.1.

STRATEGIES LU 15.1: Work with area nonprofit organizations and institutions to identify potential community service organizations and other public/nonprofit/institutional tenants.

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LU 15.2: Identify regulatory strategies to permit conversions of office buildings to residential uses.

LU 15.3: Work with property owners to position office buildings for possible sale/lease to public agencies.

LU 15.4: Work with PGCPS to identify opportunities to house PreK-12 educational services, schools, or support programs in office buildings.

LU 15.5: Work with property owners to identify the redevelopment potential of office buildings and surrounding commercially zoned land along Sarvis Avenue and Brier’s Mill Run. Map 22. Future Land Use Plan recommends future mixed-use development in this area specifically to provide for a transition, over time, to market-supported uses. Residential buildings should not be sited in the floodplain.

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KENILWORTH SOUTH CHARACTER POLICY LU 17 AREA LAND USE GOALS, POLICIES, Retain most retail and service uses along the west side of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) AND STRATEGIES Goals • Revitalized and renovated multifamily housing provides critical housing opportunities for the area’s workforce • Renovated and upgraded retail spaces support local, family-owned, and other start-up and small businesses.

POLICY LU 16 Preserve affordable housing options in this character area. See also Policy HN 3.

STRATEGIES LU 16.1: Monitor living conditions and code compliance for multifamily housing.

LU 16.2: Renovate and maintain existing multifamily housing within Regulated Areas in a marketable, leasable condition. Ensure compliance with applicable codes, attractiveness of living units, buildings, and sites, and safety.

See Policy EP 2 and Policy HN 6.

in this character area, but strategically redevelop sites to provide modern, attractive, marketable tenant spaces.

STRATEGIES LU 17.1: Retain all retail buildings on the west side of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between the Kennedy Street right-of-way and Riverdale Road.

LU 17.2: Identify opportunities to redevelop all commercial properties in and south of the Kennedy Street right-of-way with modern, attractive retail spaces that support a variety of business operations, including eating and drinking establishments. See Policies EP 1 and UD 2 for more information.

impacts, while preserving a range of workforce housing, office and retail options.

STRATEGIES LU 18.1: Further evaluate the impact of stormwater and flooding outside of the levee system on existing properties and buildings in order to explore and identify potential solutions.

LU 18.2: Conduct a property-by-property analysis of the existing multifamily complexes in this character area; identify property-specific renovation, revitalization, and/or redevelopment concepts; and work with property owners and other stakeholders implement the resulting recommendations.

LU 17.3: Discourage new, and redevelop existing, auto-oriented uses. See Strategy LU 1.3.

POLICY LU 18 Ensure that the revitalization and redevelopment of the Kenilworth South Character Area protects existing and future residents and businesses from stormwater

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a desire to redevelop in the near term. Include public agency representatives to participate in planning and implementation when significant impacts to public facilities are anticipated due to development.

EP 1.2: Encourage coordination between the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation (CKAR) and the Town of Riverdale Park to strengthen outreach and ensure a unified redevelopment vision for the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor.

EP 1.4: Redevelop properties in accordance with Policies LU 1, LU 2, LU 5, LU 6-LU 12, and LU 15-LU 17.

EP 1.5: Explore opportunities for private sector support to incorporate identified public facilities and needs in the consideration of redevelopment projects within the sector plan area, including the incorporation of sidewalks, parks, schools, community spaces, and new roads for the purposes of improving connectivity.

• Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)

POLICY EP 2 If redevelopment is not feasible or favorable in the near term, revitalize properties on the Strategic Opportunities Map to increase their marketability to potential buyers and tenants, and to ensure that they contribute positively to the broader revitalization vision in the plan area. See all Urban Design Policies and Strategies.

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EP 1.1: Conduct outreach to property owners to encourage engagement and participation in redevelopment planning and implementation.

Initial outreach should target owners of properties located in designated Core areas of Neighborhood Centers and those who express

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• Construction of the Purple Line has minimal impact on business operations.

• Area residents are connected to employment and training opportunities.

POLICY EP 1 Redevelop properties identified on Map 26, Strategic Opportunities.

EP 1.3: Utilize federal, state and County tax credits to maximize redevelopment opportunities and mitigate displacement effects that may arise as a result of area revitalization. Potential funding sources include: • New Market Tax Credits (NMTC)

• HOME Funds • National Housing Trust Fund • Federal, state, and County Rehabilitation Tax Incentives for Historic Buildings

EP 2.1: Develop a façade improvement and building modernization program that assists local property owners with dated building exteriors and to improve commercial district aesthetics and attract new retail.

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EP 2.2: Identify and assist owners to enhance appearance of properties beyond minimum standards through installation of landscaping, decorative features and other beautification measures, as appropriate, to support broader revitalization efforts.

EP 2.3: Implement the recommendations in Prince George’s County’s 2013 Property Standards Reform Action Plan.

EP 2.4: Collaborate with commercial and residential property owners in need of assistance to bring their properties into code compliance through advanced notification of enforcement (warnings), technical assistance, and identification of funding needs and sources.

POLICY EP 3 Work closely with the Economic Development Corporation and other public and nonprofit partners to support and encourage entrepreneurship and smallbusiness development and retention.

STRATEGIES EP 3.1: Establish creative and reliable financing approaches; provide ample adaptable and modern office space; and offer administrative, management, and marketing

support to help start-up companies grow and remain in the sector plan area.

EP 3.2: Partner with the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation to assist businesses in accessing Enterprise Zone (EZ) tax credits to support business investment and job creation. In accordance with state and County guidelines, the area’s Enterprise Zone designation establishes multiple tax incentives to support the following economic development efforts: • Private-sector investment for new development • Renovation and rehabilitation of existing commercial facilities • New business locations • Existing business expansions • New job creation Where possible, EZ tax incentives should be strategically combined to maximize other redevelopment funding sources that have the potential to spur job growth, including but not limited to New Market Tax Credits, Prince George’s County EDI Funding and Revitalization Tax Credits.

POLICY EP 4 Ensure that successful, popular local businesses remain in business during Purple Line construction and redevelopment.

STRATEGIES EP 4.1: Work with business and property owners to navigate phased redevelopment of integrated shopping centers or retail blocks, retention and relocation strategies, and other approaches to local- and smallbusiness retention.

EP 4.2: Install wayfinding signage to alert drivers and pedestrians to commercial entrances along the Purple Line route during construction.

EP 4.3: Assist businesses with advertising and marketing during construction of the Purple Line.

EP 4.4: Encourage property owners and businesses to facilitate relocation of commuterserving retail prior to redevelopment of existing sites. See also Strategies LU 9.3 and LU 10.1.

EP 4.5: To the maximum extent practicable, construction activities that block commercial entrances should take place during non-business hours in order to reduce negative impacts to businesses.

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POLICY EP 5 Prioritize connections to jobs, regional employment centers, workforce development opportunities, and training locations and services.

STRATEGIES EP 5.1: Explore opportunities to establish a one-stop employment and workforce development center in the sector plan area where job seekers can participate in post-secondary, job training and certification programs, English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, and high school graduation equivalency (GED) programs. The center should seek to locate near a Purple Line station in order to serve residents from other communities, and include on-site child care for program participants. The center should include waiting areas, rest rooms, access to dining, meeting rooms, free WiFi and public computers, and should be connected by transit to other workforce development locations. This center should serve those in search of temporary, semi-permanent, and permanent employment, as well as training and education. Explore underutilized office buildings as potential locations for the center location.

EP 5.2: Develop and advertise regular and reliable transit service to employment centers in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County

and Washington, DC, with particular attention to early morning and late-evening hours that accomodate non-traditional workday schedules.

See also Policies TM 13 and TM 14.

EP 5.3: Establish a central, safe and welllighted zone for regular day labor pick-ups to support worker safety and avoid complaints about loitering. Clearly display approved zone pick-up hours to discourage groups from congregating at night.

those that cater to non-native-born and ESL populations in the sector plan area. Such a consolidation maximizes the utility of the Purple Line to serve concentrations of these residents in other communities along the Purple Line, such as Langley Park and New Carrollton.

EP 5.6: Workforce development programming should be available during both day and night, with child care provided as needed.

EP 5.4: Establish programs and partnerships with the University of Maryland, College Park, Prince George’s County Community College, Bowie State University and others to provide additional post-secondary education and training opportunities. Due to its proximity, partnerships with the University of Maryland, College Park, would be especially advantageous.

EP 5.5: Explore the potential of consolidating workforce development programs and postsecondary education programs, especially

Workforce Development Center The Greater Riverdale Career Empowerment Center opened May 1, 2017. The center will host a variety of workforce development and training functions, in addition to community services managed by the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation (CKAR).

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RIVERDALE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND KENILWORTH SOUTH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY GOAL, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goal East Riverdale is a regional destination for locally created goods and services that reflect the area’s international character and diversity.

POLICY EP 6 Transform MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) into a Main Street for East Riverdale, with a focus on increasing walkability, providing gathering places, and strengthening, supporting, and diversifying retail and commercial offerings. Adopt a “Main Street” revitalization approach to strengthening the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor as a retail and commercial destination.

STRATEGIES EP 6.1: Create and support the launch of an East Riverdale business association to facilitate collaboration between community stakeholders, business and property owners, public agencies and private-sector investors. Evaluate the potential of launching a Business Improvement

District (BID) for the East Riverdale commercial areas as redevelopment begins.

EP 6.2: Establish creative and reliable financing approaches; provide ample adaptable and modern commercial space; and offer administrative, management, and marketing support to help start-up companies grow and remain in the sector plan area.

EP 6.3: Develop an East Riverdale commercial district brand and identity that reflects local community character and markets the area as a retail and commercial destination.

EP 6.4: Provide capacity-building technical assistance to businesses and property owners to identify grants, encourage physical improvements, and diversify tenanting.

EP 6.5: Support ongoing coordination between businesses, residents, and public agencies around issues relating to streetscaping, capital, and public space improvements. Work with property owners to create and improve pedestrian-friendly frontages along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), including a wide pedestrian clear zone, street trees, landscaping and flower beds, stormwater management, outdoor seating, and other public enhancements.

Central Kenilworth Avenue Community Development Corporation (CKAR) Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation (“CKAR”) is a Maryland State charitable 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to bring together a diverse, multilingual, multiethnic community to promote the social, economic and business interests of Greater Riverdale; and to promote the welfare and revitalization of the residential and business communities within Greater Riverdale.

CKAR’s work is implemented through the formation of strategic partnerships with government partners, other nonprofits, educational institutions, and area businesses in three main program areas: environmental sustainability, community revitalization and business development; and workforce development and training. Within these programs areas, current projects in environmental sustainability include the Edmonston Road Rain Garden and a tree planting Campaign, “Go Green in 2017–Plant Trees."

Courtesy: CKAR

EP 6.6: Create and administer a façade and building refurbishment program.

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Retail Parking Parking near the commercial areas is critical to the success of local retail. Street parking is unavailable along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), and shallow commercial lots fronting the roadway provide limited parking spaces. Shared and public parking are the only realistic solutions to address demand and support local business success.

See Policies TM 15-TM 17 for a discussion of parking strategies.

EP 6.7: Collaborate with property owners to help shape, support, and encourage redevelopment or improvements to their parcels to enhance the visual quality of the area and create new commercial opportunities and public outdoor gathering spaces.

EP 6.8: Facilitate installation of coordinated district artwork in order to clearly identify the East Riverdale business district and define a sense of place.

EP 6.9: Partner with commercial property owners to locate public events in parking lots and other underutilized areas in the business district in order to position the area as a regional destination. Create and develop programming for temporary public spaces that encourages public gatherings and attracts potential patrons to area businesses. Potential events include: • Food trucks • Vendor fairs and farmers markets • Family events • Arts and cultural events EP 6.10: Facilitate partnerships between CKAR, the Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George’s County, property owners and others to create, maintain, and rehabilitate

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retail space along the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor that is affordable to small and local businesses.

EP 6.11: Work with property owners, leasing partners, and other interests to keep local and niche businesses displaced by redevelopment of their host shopping centers (Riverdale Plaza, Eastpines, etc.) in the community.

EP 6.12: Work with property and business owners to identify opportunities to bring cafes, bookstores, and other retail offerings that double as social spaces/third places.

EP 6.13: Work with the developers of new buildings and prospective tenants to create spaces that can support the retail operations of national chains.

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KENILWORTH NORTH ECONOMIC PROSPERITY GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • Office buildings in the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor support a mix of tenants and commercial enterprises, including institutions, incubators, co-working spaces, healthcare, and start-up opportunities.

• Kenilfair Shopping Center is revitalized to support an array of desired retail businesses.

EP 7.3: Encourage connections and partnership between property owners and entities with experience starting co-working and incubator spaces for small businesses.

EP 7.4: Work closely with healthcare providers to maintain existing offices, and identify opportunities to attract additional healthcare providers/services to the area.

POLICY EP 8 Work with the owners of Kenilfair Shopping Center on a redevelopment strategy that makes the center more attractive to prospective tenants and shoppers.

this location should protect houses in the Green Manor subdivision along Quesada Avenue and 54th Avenue.

EP 8.4: Resurface and upgrade lighting in the parking lot.

EP 8.5: Modernize signage.

See Appendix 6 for potential redevelopment concepts explored as part of the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study.

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POLICY EP 7 Encourage property owners to reposition office buildings to support or retain institutional, incubator, co-working, healthcare and start-up opportunities.

STRATEGIES EP 7.1: Provide assistance to property owners to locate new tenants.

EP 7.2: Identify opportunities to provide shared work or co-working space.

EP 8.1: Work with property owners, tenants, and economic development professionals on low-cost, high-impact improvements to Kenilfair Shopping Center to attract new tenants.

EP 8.2: Conduct updated surveys of the property to determine the extent of the floodplain. Limit new construction to areas of the property outside of the floodplain.

EP 8.3: Explore opportunities for flood mitigation, including flood control measures.

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SECTOR-WIDE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES POLICY TM 1 Construct the Purple Line (CIP #FH 661004).

STRATEGIES TM 1.1: Construct the Purple Line along the preferred alignment within the sector plan area.

TM 1.2: Construct stations at Beacon HeightsEast Pines and Riverdale Park-Kenilworth.

TM 1.3: Construct the Purple Line Maintenance and Operations Facility at Glenridge Park, 4800 Veterans Parkway.

POLICY TM 2 The Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station should be as visually unobtrusive as possible, allowing maximum views through the facility from MD 410 (East West Highway) south at ground level.

TM 2.1: The Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station should be constructed on a pier-andgirder overhead structure. Solid walls and

Goals • The Purple Line connects communities along its route from New Carrollton to Bethesda. Visitors, workers, and shoppers use the Purple Line to access destinations within the sector plan area, while residents use the line to access job, educational, and recreational opportunities in neighboring communities.

• An attractive intermodal transit station at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth that is safely accessible for pedestrians and bicyclists and facilitates bus/light rail transfers, and serves as a focal point of civic and community activity. See Community Heritage and Culture Element for discussion of the civic/community space aspects of the station. embankments should only be used as abutments for this structure.

TM 2.2: Ground-level ancillary structures at the station should be placed in proximity to piers to maximize sightlines between MD 410 (East West Highway) and areas south of the station.

• An attractive, easy-to-use Purple Line Station at Beacon Heights-East Pines that is safely accessible from all directions.

• New street patterns, with new and retrofitted street sections, at Purple Line stations accommodate pedestrianoriented, transit-supportive development, and multimodal circulation.

• Frequency of service on the Purple Line and selected bus routes increases, decreasing wait times and increasing connectivity throughout the region.

• Public off-street, on-street, and other shared parking opportunities reduce demand for, and cost of, on-site parking, while reducing spillover parking in neighborhoods.

TM 2.3: Wayfinding signage at the stations should include directions to residential and retail development, institutions, station platforms, parks and trails, and other points of interest.

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See also Strategy TM 12.1.

TM 3.3: Construct a dedicated bus lane in near the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station that allows passengers to board or alight from buses as close as possible to platform escalators/elevators.

POLICY TM 3 The MTA should work closely with the Town of Riverdale Park, SHA, M-NCPPC, and Prince George’s County to develop a high-quality public space at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station that accommodates bus boarding, alighting, and layovers and easy transfer to the Purple Line, including potential future BRT service. See also Policy LU 8.

STRATEGIES TM 3.1: Acquire sufficient property near the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station to

accommodate intermodal transfers and the recommended public spaces.

TM 3.2: Provide for interim intermodal transfer solutions including, but not limited to, the following: • Clear signage for bus drivers and passengers

TM 3.4: Do not permit, and phase out existing, bus boarding/alighting from MD 410 (East West Highway) or MD 210 (Kenilworth Avenue) adjacent to the Riverdale ParkKenilworth Station. All bus access to the station should be from Riverdale Road or the proposed bus lane.

POLICY TM 4 Pedestrians of all ages and abilities can cross busy streets safely and efficiently. A menu of potential pedestrian safety measures includes, but is not limited to:

• Improved bus stops along Riverdale Road, including real-time bus information, shelters with benches, trash receptacles, signage, and improved lighting.

• Signalization, replacing pedestrian-actuated signals with automatic signals

• Improved, well-lighted, and well-signed sidewalks between existing bus stops and station platforms.

• Accommodations for the disabled, including sounds

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• Marked crosswalks on all sides of an intersection • Pedestrian priority measures, including leading pedestrian intervals • Lighting of crosswalks and pedestrian waiting areas • Elimination of channelized right-turn lanes and restricting free right turns on red at signalized intersections.

STRATEGIES TM 4.1: Prioritize pedestrian safety at Purple Line Stations by implementing all of the measures identified in Policy TM 4 at the following intersections:

»» 64th Avenue/Eastpines Drive

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• Entrance/Exit Ramps of the BaltimoreWashington Parkway at MD 410 (Riverdale Road)

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TM 4.2: Increase pedestrian safety by implementing as many of the measures identified in Policy TM 4 as possible at the following intersections: • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) at »» Greenway Drive/Carters Lane »» Spring Lane/Kennedy Street

• Good Luck Road at West Entrance to Parkdale High School • Tuckerman Street at: »» Entrance to William Wirt Middle School »» 62nd Place »» 63rd Avenue »» 63rd Place • Furman Parkway at »» Beacon Light Road

• Riverdale Road/58th Avenue at MD 410 (East West Highway) • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) at: »» MD 410 (East West Highway) »» Riverdale Road »» Jefferson Street • Riverdale Road at »» Auburn Avenue »» MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) »» 67th Avenue

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• Kennedy Street at 56th Avenue • 54th Avenue at »» Jefferson Street »» Riverdale Road TM 4.3: Ensure student safety while walking to schools by encouraging construction of sidewalks on both sides of the streets in the areas that are within 1.5 miles of an elementary school, and within 2 miles of a middle or high school. Prioritize pedestrian safety measures along these routes as identified in Policy TM 4.

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Transforming 57th Avenue into a Pedestrian Street Pedestrian Streets are segments of streets designed to preserve and enhance the pedestrian experience, and to boost economic development. Pedestrian streets may be closed to auto traffic or designed to be shared with cars and bikes. They are designed to be flexible spaces that can close easily to host special events, such as markets and gatherings, while also providing room for cars to navigate safely. Pedestrian streets are often characterized by high pedestrian use, but are not major through streets. Typically, pavement design and markings, landscaping and signage are employed to calm traffic and increase pedestrian safety.

Strategy TM 8.10 envisions redesigning 57th Avenue as a pedestrian street between Riverdale Road and the Riverdale ParkKenilworth Purple Line Station. The goal of this transformation is to enhance pedestrian safety and access to the light rail, while also providing opportunities for temporary uses, such as food trucks and pop-up markets, that can support transit ridership, provide amenities to residents and commuters, and contribute to a sense of place.

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The State Highway Administration plans improvements to MD 410 and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) as part of the Purple Line project. These improvements include the construction of sidewalks and on-street bike lanes on MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between MD 410 and River Road.

In the March 2016 Community Design Charrette, the project team and the community identified potential improvements to MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410 beyond what had been designed to that date as part of the Purple Line project.

While these improvements would have a definite positive impact on safety and connectivity between neighborhoods, this plan recognizes the relative importance of improvements to state highways within the sector plan area versus the need to prioritize improvements to state highways in designated Regional Transit Districts and Local Transit Centers. The bicycle, pedestrian, and transit connections recommended in this sector plan should accommodate for short-to-mid-term east-west and north-south connectivity along these corridors.

See Appendix 7 for additional long-term recommendations for MD 201 and MD 410.

POLICY TM 5 New streets should, in general, form a grid and extend the existing street network.

STRATEGIES TM 5.1: Any redevelopment of New Carrollton Woods should include an extension

of Veterans Parkway as a main entrance into the development, as shown in Map 29.

TM 5.2: Any redevelopment of Prince Georgetown Apartments and/or the Park Police Headquarters should include an extension of 67th Avenue and/or a formalization and appropriate reconstruction of 67th Court.

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TM 5.3: Any redevelopment of Auburn Manor should include an extension of Auburn Avenue.

TM 5.4: Any redevelopment of the Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center should include an extension of 56th Avenue and the proposed relocation of Riverdale Road. Extension of 57th Avenue may also occur as needed to serve redevelopment at Parcel 94 and/or St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. See also Policy LU 9. Amend the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation to add the extension of 56th Avenue and the relocation of Riverdale Road as primary streets.

TM 5.5: Any redevelopment of Parkview Gardens should include the construction of 64th Avenue on the existing public rights-of-way, with connections to Roanoke Avenue, Sheridan Street, and Tuckerman Street as platted on November 14, 2017.

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POLICY TM 6 Intersections should function at Level of Service (LOS) E. STRATEGIES TM 6.1: To the maximum extent practicable, permit development with zero required off-street parking. Such development can be partnered with residential parking permit districts to ensure that overflow parking does not occur in nearby residential neighborhoods.

TM 6.2: Limit off-street parking requirements for all new development, with a cap or prohibition on properties whose trip generation causes intersections to achieve LOS F or lower.

Limit the provision of off-street parking to development proposals that maintain or improve intersection performance at LOS E or above.

TM 6.3: Prioritize implementation of the recommendation of the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, in part, to construct MD 410 (Riverdale Road) to the recommended 100-120-foot right-of-way between Veterans Parkway and 64th Avenue/ Eastpines Drive. See also Strategy TM 7.2.

POLICY TM 7 Implement Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) elements throughout the Sector and beyond to facilitate real-time collection and dissemination of information to inform travel decisions.

STRATEGIES TM 7.1: Explore the potential of installing NextBus technology at all bus stops.

TM 7.2: Consider the strategic location of variable message signs that display traffic conditions and comparative travel times. For example, at the intersection of Riverdale Road and Veterans Parkway, travelers would benefit from travel time comparisons to the US 50/ MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) interchange via MD 410/US 50 vs. MD 410/BaltimoreWashington Parkway.

POLICY TM 8 All streets within designated Neighborhood Centers should be constructed or reconstructed as Complete and Green Streets. New streets should be constructed to a defined public Complete and Green Street standard.

TM 8.1: Subject to approval of the operating agency (DPW&T or the Town of Riverdale Park), design all new streets to accommodate bicycles in a dedicated facility. Barrier separation of bicycle facilities along streets anticipated to carry heavy traffic is encouraged.

TM 8.2: Sharrows and/or bike route signage should only be used where rights-of-way on both sides of a proposed street are constrained by existing development or environmental constraints, precluding construction of dedicated bicycle facilities.

TM 8.3: New and retrofitted sidewalks should be constructed to include a pedestrian clear zone of at least eight feet in width or the minimum required by Subtitles 23 or 27, whichever is greater. The widening of existing sidewalks within designated Centers should be a requirement of development.

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TM 8.4: New travel lanes should be constructed at the minimum width required by law, except where a right lane is planned to serve buses and/or an existing or approved loading area is only accessible by that street segment.

TM 8.5: Utilize traffic calming and traffic management techniques to maintain safe vehicle speeds and encourage through traffic to remain on the arterial and collector streets.

Design local streets for comfortable nonmotorized accommodation and local access trips.

Techniques include narrow lanes, stop controls, and a dense tree canopy.

TM 8.6: Provide street trees to protect pedestrians from traffic, make streets more pedestrian-friendly, and reduce urban heat island effects. Street trees should be part of an overall streetscape plan designed to provide both canopy and shade and to give special character and coherence to each street.

TM 8.7: Provide a visually distinct wayfinding system for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders and drivers to help them reach destinations within the sector plan area more easily and conveniently.

TM 8.8: Provide attractive and durable street furniture such as benches, waste and

recycling bins, and tables on all sidewalks with commercial or multifamily frontage. See also Strategy EP 6.5.

TM 8.9: Consider the use of bike boxes at all signalized intersections with bike lanes, cycle tracks or any type of bicycle facility as part of the road design, allowing bicyclists to proceed on green ahead of motorized vehicles.

• Extension of 67th Avenue: Neighborhood Connector (B) • Extension of Auburn Avenue: Neighborhood Connector (B) • Extension of 56th Avenue: Neighborhood Connector (A)

TM 8.10: 57th Avenue between Riverdale Road and the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station should be constructed as a Special Pedestrian Street.

TM 8.11: In the long-term, explore opportunities to implement improvements to MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410 as described in the text box on page 106 and Appendix 7.

TM 8.12: New streets and street extensions may be constructed pursuant to the Urban Street Standards adopted by the County Council in CR-85-2016. As redevelopment occurs, consider constructing the following new streets to the following standards: • Extension of Veterans Parkway: Mixed-Use Boulevard (B)

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• Connection between 57th Avenue Extension and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue): Neighborhood Connector (A)

Transportation, as amended by this sector plan (see Map 31 and Table 9; portions of these street segments lie outside the sector plan area):

POLICY TM 9 Explore road diets and/or Complete Streetreconstruction, incorporating better bicycle, pedestrian and transit accommodation, on the corridors that connect the sector plan area to other key destinations.

• Good Hope Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Auburn Avenue

STRATEGIES

• Riverdale Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Lafayette Avenue

TM 9.1: Evaluate the feasibility of reconstructing the following street segments as Complete Streets. These improvements should incorporate and accommodate the bicycle and pedestrian facilities recommended in the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of

• Auburn Avenue between Good Hope Road and Riverdale Road • Campus Drive between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and US 1

• Riverdale Road between MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) and MD 450 (Annapolis Road) • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between MD 410 (East West Highway) and Carters Lane

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TM 9.2: Delete the segment of Riverdale Road between MD 410 (East West Highway) and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) from the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation.

POLICY TM 10 Implement multiple bicycle, pedestrian, and transit connections to Purple Line stations, schools, parks, and the regional network, and connections between neighborhoods, that are safe, and easy to use, providing opportunities for users of all skill levels to travel between community destinations and Greenbelt Park. Sidewalks and/or trails close gaps in the pedestrian network and provide for safe routes to schools, parks, community institutions, and transit.

Prioritize construction of segments that connect multiple activity points or travel groups, and multimodal access to Purple Line transit stations. Create opportunities for pedestrians to easily and safely walk between neighborhoods and to stations, schools, parks, and shopping. Prioritization of proposed projects is recommended in Section 4, Table 17.

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STRATEGIES TM 10.1: To implement the vision and goals of this sector plan, construct the transportation facilities identified in Table 8 as recommended in the 2009 Approved Master Plan of Transportation:

Table 8. Existing and Recommended Master Plan Roadways (Carried Forward from 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation) Route ID Street Name A-14

MD 201 (Kenilworth Ave)

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MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

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MD 410 (East West Highway)

64th Avenue

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NE Branch

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MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

Greenvale Parkway

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TM 10.2: To implement the vision and goals of this sector plan, construct the transportation facilities identified in Table 9 and Map 31. These recommendations amend the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation. Bold indicates a recommended improvement to an existing facility; regular font indicates an existing condition.

Table 9. Recommended Improvements to Transportation Facilities

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64th Avenue

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Patterson Street

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Greenvale Parkway

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Greenvale Parkway (North)

Eastpines Drive

Mustang Drive

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TM 10.3: To implement the vision and goals of this sector plan, construct the trail facilities identified in Table 10 and Map 32. These recommendations amend the 2009 Approved Master Plan of Transportation.

Table 10. Recommended Trail Facilities Trail Name

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Captain John's Branch Greenway Trail

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

Greenvale Parkway (North)

Riverdale Hills Park Trail Brier's Mill Run Trail East Leg, Northeast Branch Trail 63rd Place Trail

61st Place MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) Southern sector plan boundary Parkdale Trail

Madison Hill Trail 70th Place Trail 67th Court Trail Somerset Road Trail* NE Branch Trail Bridge Trail Serijo Trail Bridge Trail

61st Place Auburn Avenue Campus Drive North end of pavement, 63rd Place North end of 64th Avenue ROW at the Parkview Gardens parking lot Silk Tree Drive at Madison Hill Park North end of pavement, 70th Place End of 67th Court MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) Northeast Branch Trail Parkdale High School

Brier's Mill Run Trail Glenridge Park Trail Brier's Mill Run Trail 57th Avenue Brier's Mill Run Trail William Wirt Middle School

Quesada Bridge Trail

Northeast Branch Trail

Quesada Street

Greenvale Canal Trail Browning's Grove Loop Trail Fletcher's Field Trail 60th Avenue Trail Madison Hill Park Culvert Trail

Mustang Drive 60th Avenue Greenway Drive Longfellow Street Brier's Mill Run

Greenvale Parkway Browning's Grove Loop Trail Tanglewood Drive Carter's Lane Auburn Avenue

Greenvale Canal Culvert Trail

Greenvale Canal

Greenvale Parkway

Parkdale Trail

Parkdale High School

Note: Includes steps. See Strategy TM 11.3 for more information *This segment is existing right-of-way, but unbuilt; the slope is too high for motor vehicles.

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TM 10.4: Include bicycle-priority measures where bike routes or facilities cross MD 410 or MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), including bike boxes, protected intersections, and separate bike lane signals.

TM 10.5: If Kenilfair Plaza is redeveloped, identify opportunities to provide a welllighted, safe, and attractive pedestrian pathway from MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to the Northeast Branch.

TM 10.6: Identify opportunities and mechanisms, such as disused public rights-ofway, public use or access easements, or strategic acquisition, to provide and formalize pedestrian connections between neighborhoods.

POLICY TM 11 All streets classified as Collector and above, and all streets classified below Collector that have sufficient rights-of-way, should have adequate, well-lighted sidewalks.

STRATEGIES TM 11.1: Sidewalk gaps should be evaluated for eligibility for Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes to Transit, and other state and federal

programs that support pedestrian connectivity and safety.

TM 11.2: All sidewalks along streets classified as Collector and above should have pedestrianscale lighting at regular intervals.

TM 11.3: Construct well-lighted, pedestrian steps in the Somerset Road right-of-way between the end of 67th Avenue and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), connecting to new sidewalks constructed as part of the Purple Line reconstruction of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue). See Appendix 6 for a discussion of this proposal in the 2008 Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study.

TM 11.4: Construct sidewalks on at least one side of the street segments identified in Table 11. Sufficient rights-of-way exist for these improvements without reducing or eliminating travel lanes or on-street parking.

These recommendations do not amend the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation but are subject to the Public Facilities Referral pursuant to Section 27-645(b) of the Zoning Ordinance.

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Jefferson Street

Spring Lane

57 Avenue

Rittenhouse Street

Northern Terminus

64th Avenue

Powhatan Street

62nd Avenue

Crestwood Place

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

59th Avenue

Patterson Street

Eastpines Drive

63rd Avenue

Powhatan Street

Patterson Street

66th Avenue

Ravenswood Road

Entire length

Entire length

Rittenhouse Street

59th Avenue

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

Sarvis Avenue

Norman Avenue

61st Place

Sheridan Street

57th Avenue

61st Place

Spring Lane

54th Avenue

Greenway Drive

Tennyson Road

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

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POLICY TM 12 Increase the attractiveness of bus ridership as a transportation option through a systemic upgrade of bus stops in the sector plan area. Provide safe, well-lighted, clean, and highly visible places for bus and shuttle passengers to board, alight, or wait for buses and shuttles.

STRATEGIES TM 12.1: Retrofit existing and outfit new bus/ shuttle stops within the sector plan area with amenities to include, but not be limited to: • Widened sidewalks, bus-stop pads, and relocated landscaping to make boarding or alighting from a bus easier and safer • Bus shelters with seating for at least four patrons • Bicycle racks or lockers • Well-maintained signage indicating routes and services serving the stop or destinations in proximity • Next-Bus Technology with real time bus arrival information (shelter-mounted display and smart phone mobile apps) plus up-todate timetable and schedule information

• An up-to-date map of the sector plan area patterned on WMATA’s Bus Stop Neighborhood Maps • Pedestrian-scale lighting • Shade trees • Durable and well-maintained trash and recycling receptacles TM 12.2: Collaborate with transit service providers (WMATA, DPW&T, University of Maryland, etc.) to ensure that third-party bus stop maintenance contracts support the strategy above.

POLICY TM 13 Purple Line service should be gradually increased to provide greater regional connectivity and access to and from the sector plan area.

STRATEGIES TM 13.1: Increase headways, where warranted, to provide more frequent service.

POLICY TM 14 High frequency bus service should connect the sector plan area to key destinations.

Selected routes should be evaluated for

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upgrades for possible bus rapid transit or other enhanced bus service.

STRATEGIES TM 14.1: Continue to collaborate with DPW&T, WMATA, MTA, the University of Maryland, and other bus providers to explore express bus, limited-stop, and/or bus rapid transit service along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410.

TM 14.2: Work with property owners, the Town of Riverdale Park, and other stakeholders to evaluate the potential for shuttle services between key commercial and residential nodes, community institutions, and Purple Line or Metro stations.

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TM 15.1: Prince George’s County and/or the Town of Riverdale Park should explore the feasibility of constructing a small public parking facility west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and south of Riverdale Road to support retail activities along the west side of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

and along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410, including, but not limited to: • Queue jumps • Bus priority signalization • Dedicated bus lanes • Enhanced signage

TM 14.3: Encourage and support collaborative efforts between the Prince George's County Public Schools and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to combine school bus stops with public transportation bus stops in order to improve rider comfort, and explore possible routes that can connect residents to schools using public transportation. Evaluate the potential for bus priority measures at stations

TM 14.4: Evaluate opportunities to better connect sector plan area residents to jobs, regional employment centers, workforce development opportunities, and training locations and services. See Policy EP 5.

POLICY TM 15 Public parking facilities should be considered a priority in addressing retail/service parking demand.

TM 15.2: Prince George’s County and/or the Town of Riverdale Park should explore the feasibility of constructing a public parking facility at a redeveloped Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center to lessen the cost to property owners of redevelopment and to provide a centrally located, revenue-generating public amenity.

POLICY TM 16 On-street parking should be strategically located to provide short-term retail parking options.

STRATEGIES TM 16.1: On-street parking should be provided on all new streets; such parking should be metered and/or time-limited to encourage alternate travel modes and ensure frequent turnover. See also Strategy TM 8.12.

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TM 16.2: New development along existing County and town streets should, with the consent of the permitting agency, include onstreet parking as part of frontage improvements.

TM 16.3: On-street parking should not be provided along arterial roads.

POLICY TM 17 To the maximum extent practicable, all parking structures constructed in the Neighborhood Centers should be shared.

STRATEGIES TM 17.1: Work closely with property owners, parking facility concessionaires, and prospective tenants to secure parking agreements and leases.

STRATEGIES TM 18.1: Retain existing "No Parking" restrictions on streets narrower than 28 feet curb-to-curb.

TM 18.2: Create a residential parking permit district in neighborhoods abutting Purple Line stations to ensure that on-street parking on single-family residential streets is limited to residents and their guests.

TM 18.3: Evaluate the potential for parking benefit districts in neighborhoods abutting Purple Line stations to direct any parking revenue toward built environment improvements—sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting, etc.—within the benefit district.

TM 17.2: Discourage the dedication of entire parking facilities to a single tenant.

TM 17.3: Open portions of, or entire, new parking facilities for hourly rent to the public.

POLICY TM 18 Limit non-residential parking in residential neighborhoods

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POLICY TM 19 Provide additional amenities to encourage bicycle use and for enhanced convenience.

TM 19.1: Collaborate with MTA and major property owners to bring Capital Bikeshare to the sector plan area to facilitate “last-mile” connections and other short trips within the community.

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TM 19.2: Promote the provision of secure bicycle racks (along with bike lockers at the Purple Line stations).

TM 19.3: Encourage MTA or other partners to explore installation of a privately operated bike station at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station, with secure, covered parking and repair facilities.

TM 19.4: Encourage the provision of bicycle parking at new buildings; consider requiring bicycle parking at new multifamily or office buildings within Neighborhood Centers.

TM 19.5: Require secure bicycle parking in all new structured parking facilities.

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SECTOR-WIDE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • A preserved natural environment that is protected from the impacts of new development and is strategically restored, enhanced, and improved by proactive measures.

• Water quality within the Northeast Branch Watershed, including the Lower Northeast Branch and Brier's Mill Run Subwatersheds, is restored and enhanced and flood risks are reduced.

New development is built, and existing development retrofitted, in a manner that reduces consumption of energy and natural resources.

POLICY NE 1 Pursuant to Strategy 2.3(a) of the 2017 Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan, strictly limit development impacts to regulated environmental features to those absolutely necessary and unavoidable for construction of road crossings, the installation of necessary public utilities, or

the placement of stormwater outfalls when no alternatives are feasible. Discourage new development or redevelopment within the Primary Management Area. Sufficient developable and redevelopable property exists within the sector plan area to support anticipated levels of development without needing to build in regulated or protected areas. See also Policies LU 2-LU 4.

STRATEGIES NE 1.1: Regularly survey and map the onepercent (100-year) floodplain, tracking and reporting changes to the floodplain, to best inform the community, policymakers, regulators, and the private sector. Require the use of current data when planning and approving development in the sector plan area. See Strategy LU 4.1.

NE 1.2: Reduce the number of waivers to stormwater regulations for development within identified floodplains. Evaluate updates to stormwater regulations to enhance enforceable prohibitions on development in a floodplain.

NE 1.4: Identify strategic opportunities to acquire flood-prone and flood-susceptible properties to protect the sub-watersheds and buffer private development.

NE 1.5: Properties destroyed by floods should not be re-inhabited and should be acquired for preservation as unimproved land.

NE 1.6: Pursuant to Strategy 2.3(b) of the 2017 Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan, should development be unavoidable within the Primary Management Area, it should be designed to prevent new impacts to the floodplain and to the greatest extent possible, mitigate past impacts. All development should be designed to improve the existing stormwater situation. Mitigation for impacts to environmental features within the Primary Management Area should be provided as close to the area of impact as possible.

NE 1.3: Work collaboratively to identify creative regulatory solutions or relief that permit additional height or density on developable portions of parcels where floodplain exists.

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POLICY NE 2 Manage stormwater through a combination of regional or shared and on-site facilities, using a variety of best practices.

STRATEGIES NE 2.1: Integrate stormwater management with rain gardens, landscape strips and other green/environmental site design features that minimize stormwater runoff and increase the filtration of rainwater into the ground. In areas where soils prevent easy absorption, evaluate and implement alternative on-site stormwater management features.

NE 2.2: Evaluate the sector plan area’s existing stormwater management facilities for additional capacity to support redevelopment.

NE 2.3: Create a catalog of sites where stormwater mitigation or intervention is warranted.

NE 2.4: Fees paid, or off-site mitigation features constructed, in lieu of providing on-site stormwater management should be directed to stormwater management projects within the drainage area into which the applicable property drains

Development in Floodplains This sector plan acknowledges the significant amount of private property within the 100-year floodplain. Property owners who purchased property under the assumption that such property was protected by infrastructure from the risk of floods should rightfully expect that such infrastructure will be maintained and effective, even as the intensity, duration, and frequency of flood events increases.

However, there is a compelling government interest in discouraging new development within floodplains.

Information concerning the location of floodplains and the risks of flooding are widely available. The 100-year floodplain, as defined by the 1989 County Floodplain Study of the Anacostia River and its tributaries, can be found in Section 2, Map 12.

The public health, safety, and welfare, as well as the costs to the County in

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responding to floods and the damage they leave behind, must be weighed against the value to the County of permitting development in a floodplain.

This calculation must also take into effect the consideration that some property owners may have knowingly purchased property in a floodplain, and the desirability of permitting development on this property given the costs of rescue and repair.

On March 7, 2017, the County Council approved the 2017 Resource Conservation Plan. This plan contains an updated Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan. Strategy 2.3(b) of that Plan recommends the County “allow impacts to regulated environmental features as appropriate to accommodate new development and redevelopment within designated Downtowns, Regional Transit Districts, the Innovation Corridor, and Local Centers and where needed to accommodate planned development on constrained sites. Mitigation for these impacts should be provided as close to the area of impact as possible.”

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NE 2.5: Pursuant to Strategy 2.2(b)(3) of the 2017 Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan, allow limited and necessary impacts to regulated environmental features where necessary for stormwater management facilities or features.

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NE 4.2: Reintroduce native plants and species.

Implement stormwater retrofit and stream stabilization projects within or near the sector plan area

NE 4.3: Daylight Captain John's Branch as it approaches the existing intersection of Riverdale Road and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

NE 2.6: Use pervious surfaces and permeable pavement where possible.

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NE 2.7: Identify locations for floodplain compensatory storage capacity within the Brier's Mill Run and Lower Northeast Branch Watersheds.

NE 2.8: Partner with DOE, the Town of Riverdale Park and DPW&T to evaluate flood risks due to ponding behind levees. Based on evaluation, identify locations for mitigation strategies, such as high-capacity pumps and upstream storage, to facilitate drainage and reduce risks and impacts of non-riverine flooding.

NE 2.9: Evaluate the feasibility and cost of an underground stormwater management facility in the Captain John's Branch storage area upstream of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and its potential to reduce flood risk west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

NE 3.1: Identify strategic opportunities and funding sources to construct the improvements identified in Table 13.

NE 4.4: Identify opportunities for stormwater management measures along the stream valley to control downstream flow.

NE 3.2: Implement the Anacostia River Watershed Partnership (ARWP) Candidate Stormwater Retrofit projects identified in Table 12.

NE 3.3: Utilize, where appropriate, publicprivate partnerships to address stormwater management needs within the sector plan area.

POLICY NE 4 Evaluate the potential to restore the channelized Captain John’s Branch and Brier's Mill Run tributaries to their natural, pre-development state.

STRATEGIES NE 4.1: Remove, where feasible, concrete channelization measures.

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Table 12. Anacostia River Watershed Partnership (ARWP) Candidate Stormwater Retrofit Projects MAP ID

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Perennial tributary flowing from Kenilworth Avenue west, past the ballfield, to the confluence with a second tributary.

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Intersection of Spring Lane and Greenway Drive.

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Untreated stormwater runoff from Kenilworth Avenue and the parking lot drains west past the ballfield via a concrete swale to a wooded area and into a tributary.

Strategically remove impervious surfaces to create bioretention systems to treat runoff from Kenilworth Avenue and the parking lot.

The stream bank is incised to a depth of about 2 feet and experiencing moderate erosion with undercutting and root exposure.

Buffer vegetation is sparse and some of the buffer width is paved.

The stream lacks sinuosity and mowing occurs up to the stream in some locations.

Stormwater runoff from dwellings along Greenway Drive flows untreated, across the roadway to a large grassy area and into a tributary (mentioned in project #38).

The stream receives untreated stormwater runoff from nearby neighborhoods directly or via concrete pipes and swales. There is also a moderate trash problem, with trash accumulating on the streambed.

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Convert the bottom end of the swale, at the wooded area, into a rain garden or stormwater wetland for runoff quality control.

Strategically remove impervious surfaces where these remain within the buffer and plant new trees to widen the existing buffer where it does not meet the County Code.

In a future maintenance cycle, consider relocating the basketball court away from the stream.

Stabilize the stream bank, arrest incision if it is still active, and recreate natural stream sinuosity.

Protect mature native riparian trees by reducing shear stress.

Do not mow up to the stream.

Construct a bioretention feature in the grassy area west of Greenway Drive to treat runoff from the Springbrook subdivision before it enters the streams on park property.

Plant shade trees along the sidewalk from Spring Lane to the tennis courts.

Evaluate flattening the south bank of the stream from the intersection, west into the park to reduce shear stress on mature native riparian trees.

Regrade the south bank to reconnect to the floodplain.

Encourage a stream clean-up campaign with neighborhood residents to pick up trash.

Construct a bioretention facility in the grassy area paralleling the sidewalk to treat stormwater runoff before it flows into the stream system on Fletcher’s Field Park.

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Downspouts from residences along Jefferson Street and 64th Avenue are disconnected from the stormdrain system; they empty into a wooded area and into the tributary. There is a buildup of trash (plastic bottles, expanded polystyrene foam products, and large appliances) in the stream.

This stream segment is channelized along its entire length (approximately 1.1-miles) between the Parkway and Northeast Branch. It receives significant volumes of untreated drainage from several neighborhoods over an approximately 300-acre catchment area, via a system of concrete swales, pipes, and storm drains.

This stream has limited sections of vegetated stream buffer.

Construct a bioretention area between the playground and the stream.

Encourage a neighborhood clean-up to remove trash from the stream.

Evaluate the stream system to determine current flood control volumes and the best method for reconstruction and stabilization.

Conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of removing the concrete channel and restoring some lost ecological functions.

Protect and preserve woodlands located along or adjacent to the stream, and widen wooded buffers where they do not meet the County Code.

Strategically remove impervious surfaces and create bioretention areas along the stream from the Parkway west to Northeast Branch per project #s 41 to 43.

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Segment A: Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Browning's Grove Park

Captain John’s Branch: 42

Segment B: Browning's Grove Park to 5811 Riverdale Road

ISSUE This section of the stream receives untreated stormwater from adjoining neighborhoods via a system of pipes and concrete swales and from the BaltimoreWashington Parkway via a 48inch culvert. The stream buffer in this section is unwooded except for sections within the BaltimoreWashington Parkway ROW and Browning's Grove Park. More than half of the unwooded buffer is paved.

Untreated stormwater runoff from parking lots and adjoining neighborhoods enters the stream via a system of pipes and concrete swales. The stream buffer on the south bank is not wooded except for individual landscaping plants.

RECOMMENDATIONS Create bioretention areas between the stream and the edges of the (six) concrete swales along Greenvale Parkway between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway ROW and 61st Place, to provide quality and quantity control for the stormwater passing through the area.

Construct a bioretention facility within the stream buffer on the left bank between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway ROW and Longfellow Street.

Design this feature to double as a linear park and amenity to the community, with trees, seating areas and lighting, along Greenvale Parkway.

Plant large-caliper (4-inch) shade trees along both sides of Greenvale Parkway.

Evaluate the potential of reducing the width of Greenvale Parkway to increase the amount of green space adjacent to the stream.

Partner with St. Bernard's Church to seek funding to remove impervious surfaces (including several parking spaces) from the parking lot adjacent to the stream to extend the existing green space to the regulated (60-foot) stream buffer width.

Construct bioretention areas (totaling approximately 450 feet) adjacent to the stream at that location to treat runoff from the church and the community beyond before it enters the stream.

Partner with institutional and nonprofit partners to explore funding to construct a wetlands area or rain garden using native plant species on the southeast portion of the grounds adjacent to parkland for stormwater quality control.

Preserve and protect all remaining woodlands within the stream buffer on the north stream bank.

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RECOMMENDATIONS South Bank • In future designs, utilize space currently located in the parking lot on the portion of Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center that is within the stream buffer to provide for quantity and quality controls for the stormwater passing through the area.

• Recreate the stream buffer at that location and reforest with native trees and shrubs.

• Remove portions of buildings within the stream buffer during redevelopment.

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This portion of the stream buffer is mostly impervious, including parking for the Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center and properties at 5701, 5801 and 5811 Riverdale Road; stormwater runoff enters the stream via concrete swales and small pipes.

• Expand existing parking islands to provide more space and ensure longevity; design the features to accommodate stormwater retention and treatment.

• Over the long term, explore daylighting of the stream between Riverdale Road and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

North Bank • Remove impervious surfaces within the stream buffer to create a bioretention area to treat runoff from Riverdale Road; recreate and reforest the stream buffer at that location.

• Extend the reforested stream buffer and bioretention area to the east to include riparian areas on properties at 5801 and 5811 Riverdale Road.

• Design the stream segment and new open spaces created on both banks so that they double as a linear park and amenity to the community with seating areas and lighting. Incorporate these areas into a broader public square or plaza planned for the area directly adjacent to the Purple Line station to serve as a gateway for the adjacent commercial district.

• Construct a pedestrian bridge to facilitate pedestrian access between Riverdale Plaza and the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station.

*Locations 35 and 36 are outside the sector plan boundary.

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POLICY NE 5 The County, state, and federal governments should collaborate on proactive flood protection measures within the sector plan area.

STRATEGIES NE 5.5: The Anacostia Flood Control System should be evaluated for potential strengthening and extension within and surrounding the sector plan area.

POLICY NE 6 Encourage the use of environmental site design practices and green building techniques that reduce overall resource use and energy consumption.

STRATEGIES NE 6.1: Encourage green building techniques in new buildings. Identify regulatory and financial incentives to encourage environmentally sustainable construction of buildings and landscapes.

NE 6.2: Require the use of downward-facing lights and the use of full cut-off optics to reduce overall energy consumption and light spillover;

avoid the use of unshielded roof, side and parking-lot floodlights to the extent possible.

NE 6.3: Ensure that new, more compact developments contain an appropriate percentage of green and open spaces that serve multiple functions such as reducing urban temperatures, providing open space, and manages stormwater.

NE 6.4: Plant trees in strategic places to cool buildings and mechanical equipment, and to reduce the higher temperatures caused by the urban heat-island effect.

NE 6.5: Encourage net-zero residential infill and redevelopment.

NE 6.6: Encourage the installation of solar panels, wind turbines, and other nature-based energy sources that lower energy consumption and help address air quality issues, in appropriate places within the plan area.

POLICY NE 7 Encourage residents and workers throughout the sector plan areas to walk, bike, and take transit.

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STRATEGIES NE 7.1: Implement the recommendations of the Transportation and Mobility Section.

POLICY NE 8 Revise and expand the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network as needed to preserve and protect critical environmental features.

STRATEGIES NE 8.1: Add the area identified as 100year floodplain by the 1989 Prince George’s County Floodplain Study, but excluded from the Regulated Area, as an Evaluation Area of the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network.

This is an amendment of the 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan.

NE 8.2: Identify and map any Network Gaps in the Countywide Green infrastructure network.

NE 8.3: Remove the properties shown on Map 35 from the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network. These properties are completely developed, have no environmental features on site, and do not connect disparate network patches. This is an amendment of the 2017 Approved Resource Conservation Plan.

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Utilize the grassy areas around the property and the green islands to construct bioretention systems.

Remove the concrete drainage channel and construct a stormwater wetland for quality control.

Remove parking spaces and construct a bioretention system at the southwestern corner of the property for stormwater quality control.

Stormwater runoff from the commercial buildings on the Expand the parking islands in the parking lot and construct complex flow to the large surface parking area which is drained bioretention systems in the expanded islands. by drop inlet drains opening directly into Brier's Mill Run. Downspouts from the three-story, multi-building apartment complex drain directly into the lawns. Stormwater runoff from the driveways flows to curb inlet drains at the dead ends.

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Construct bioretention systems in the green space southwest of the pool and adjacent to the inlet drains.

Install rain barrels and rain gardens at the downspouts.

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The site is gently sloping to the north and untreated stormwater runoff drains to curb inlets drains.

Facilitate the installation of rain barrels and rain gardens at downspouts for limited stormwater quantity control.

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Stormwater runoff drains to a curb inlet drain at the northeast corner to a parking area with a large central green island.

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Remove parking and asphalt from the northeast parking area and Stormwater runoff from the large parking area drains north construct a bioretention system.

6806 Riverdale Road directly into Brier's Mill Run. Building downspouts are connected Disconnect downspouts from the stormwater system and direct to the stormwater system. runoff to the bioretention system.

Stormwater runoff from the community drains east by means of curb inlet drains.

Install rain barrels and rain gardens at downspouts.

Construct bioretention systems near the inlet drain at the northeast corner of the parking lot and in the parking island.

Disconnect downspouts from the stormwater system.

Install rain barrels and rain gardens at downspouts.

Install rain barrels and rain gardens at downspouts.

Remove a portion of the asphalt at the dead end of Greenland Street to construct bioretention systems.

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Construct a bioretention system in the green space at the Stormwater runoff from Riverdale Road and from the storm northeast corner of the property, and a forebay structure drains to a curb inlet and into a rip-rapped drainage channel for the existing stormwater management facility within the before collecting in an existing stormwater management facility. drainage channel.

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Auburn Manor Apartments, 6800 block of Auburn Avenue

One portion of the stormwater runoff from the site drains directly Remove portions of the asphalt immediately adjacent to Brier's into Brier's Mill Run while another portion drains north on Mill Run and construct bioretention systems.

Riverdale Road. Some of the downspouts are disconnected and Install rain barrels and rain gardens at downspouts. some are connected to the stormwater system.

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Riverdale Road between Finns Lane and 67th Court, Riverdale

Riverdale Road at that location is a four-lane road with no berm Install tree box filters at curb inlet drains for stormwater and no median. Stormwater runoff flows via curb inlets from the quality control. roadway to various outfalls into Brier's Mill Run.

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Former MarylandNational Capital Park Downspouts from the police building and parking area are Police Headquarters, disconnected from the stormwater system.

6700 Riverdale Road, Riverdale

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Prince Georgetown Apartments,6200 and 6300 67th Court, Riverdale

Install rain barrels and rain gardens at the downspouts and tree Stormwater runoff from the buildings’ downspouts drain to the box filters at the curb inlet drains. lawns to the northeast. Stormwater runoff from 67th Court drains Construct a bioretention system at the outfall, for stormwater by curb inlets to an outfall northeast of the playground. quality control.

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Downspouts drain into yards or driveways. A stormwater pipe outfall and a surface concrete channel collecting stormwater runoff from Greenvale Parkway both discharge into a deep concrete channelized tributary at the dead-end.

Source: Anacostia River Watershed Partnership (ARP), Anacostia River Watershed Restoration Plan and Report, February 2010.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Construct a bioretention system in the saturated lawn area between the police and employee parking lots.

Construct bioretention systems and curbside planters at inlet drains and traffic-calming bumps.

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Net-Zero Residential Development Demonstration House The Net-Zero demonstration house will serve as a model for future residential development in Prince George’s County. Located at 3719 34th Street in Mount Rainier, the house arose out of an initiative by the Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County (RDA) to encourage more sustainable neighborhoods.

A net-zero energy (NZE) house has highly energy-efficient technologies that significantly reduce energy demand and renewable energy sources produced on site that supply at least as much energy as the house consumes over the course of a year.

These dwellings are important because buildings account for approximately 39% of this country’s total energy use, and residential buildings account for 53.7% of that total. Residential buildings are high energy consumers and high carbon-emission generators, accounting for roughly 20% of the nation’s total carbon emissions. For these reasons, NZE dwellings are part of the solution for bringing energy costs down and slowing the rate of global climate change.

Benefits to its occupants include ease of operation and maintenance affordability, as well as a design that optimizes indoor air quality and incorporates a green site that works with (rather than against) the natural enviorment's abilitily to heat and cool.

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SECTOR-WIDE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • A variety of housing is available, at different price points, to individuals and families of all incomes, resources, abilities, and backgrounds.

• Existing single-family neighborhoods are preserved and reasonably buffered, given the proximity of neighborhoods to the Purple Line stations, from new development.

POLICY HN 1 Encourage the formation of partnerships with private enterprises, institutions, nonprofits, and/or the Prince George’s County Department of Housing and Community Development to identify and seek funding for housing rehabilitation, lead abatement, energy-efficiency and agein-place retrofits, acquisition/demolition of vacant and sub-standard housing, and new construction of workforce housing and senior housing.

STRATEGIES HN 1.1: Identify areas with high concentrations of foreclosed and vacant dwellings, and develop a comprehensive neighborhood stabilization strategy.

HN 1.2: Encourage market-rate rental property landlords to seek Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) or other tax credit awards for the rehabilitation of aging market-rate residential properties into newly renovated mixed-income properties.

HN 1.3: Work closely with the Department of Housing and Community Development to engage stakeholders in programs that assist with neighborhood stabilization, rental assistance, age-in-place, and energy efficiency and weatherization upgrades.

HN 1.4: Promote state and County programs that provide assistance to repair health and safety hazards in the dwellings of low- and moderateincome homeowners.

HN 1.5: Promote the Triple Play Program and My Home II Programs for assistance with home ownership and the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program (Section 8) and Rental Allowance Program (RAP) for assistance with

rental housing. All programs need to be more widely advertised to residents of the sector plan area, including Spanish-speaking residents.

HN 1.6: Expand public outreach efforts within the sector plan area to include regular access to foreclosure prevention and financial literacy counseling through coordinated assistance of nonprofits and Prince George’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

HN 1.7: Work with neighborhoods and civic associations to install and maintain neighborhood-specific entry (monument) signage . See also Strategy HN 5.1.

HN 1.8: Identify a permanent community organization or municipal partnership to continue operations of the Bladensburg-East Riverdale Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative.

HN 1.9: Explore the adoption of an inclusionary zoning ordinance to require marketrate housing projects set aside a percentage of units for low- and moderate-income households to create mixed-income communities. Units should be distributed within individual projects and the larger community to maximize their contributions to diversity and quality of life.

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HN 1.10 Following completion of the Countywide Housing Strategy, identify opportunity sites for the construction of new, affordable housing, including units affordable to the workforce, seniors, and families. Key opportunity sites may include, but are not limited to: (1) Former Park Police Headquarters; (2) Riverdale Plaza; (3) Eastpines Shopping Center.

POLICY HN 2 Mitigate potential displacement effects of increased housing demand following construction of Purple Line stations through partnerships with the Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, the State of Maryland, nonprofits and others.

STRATEGIES HN 2.1: Inform residents of existing protections in the Prince George’s County Tax Code that prevent large single-year or incremental property tax increases.

HN 2.2: Identify opportunities to increase single-family housing stock, including intensification of single-family zone classifications on vacant lots currently zoned for single-family detached houses and incorporation

of townhouses into mixed-use redevelopments.

See Strategy HN 4.3.

to identify resources for targeted capital improvements at multifamily complexes.

HN 2.3: Evaluate regulations on rents in targeted locations that limit the following:

HN 3.3: Coordinate and enforce County and town codes relating to housing, parking, noise, and litter.

• The amount or percentage that landlords may increase rent in a given year for existing tenants.

• The ability of landlords to decline lease renewal due to tenant inability or unwillingness to pay a drastic increase in rent.

POLICY HN 3 Except where redevelopment is recommended, maintain, renovate, and revitalize existing multifamily housing to provide a broad range of housing opportunities in the plan area. See also Policy LU 10, LU 11, LU 16, HN 6, and UD 4.

STRATEGIES HN 3.1: Given the regional shortage of apartments for families with children, prioritize preservation and construction of multifamily units with three or more bedrooms.

HN 3.2: Work with the Town of Riverdale Park, County, state, and federal partners

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HN 3.4: Replace existing residential units within identified floodplains on a one-toone basis with similarly affordable housing in non-flood-prone areas, preferably within, or in the vicinity of, East Riverdale. Until this occurs, retain existing zoning, or equivalent, for multifamily properties west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), and discourage redevelopment that will result in a net loss of units affordable to low- and moderate-income workforce households.

HN 3.5: Partner with property owners to ensure continued provision of affordable and workforce housing, even as neighboring rents rise in response to Purple Linerelated redevelopment.

HN 3.6: As needed, renovate and modernize existing multifamily complexes west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to attract diverse residents, reduce unsafe conditions, and to conform with zoning, environmental, and propertymaintenance regulations.

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HN 3.7: Limit demolition and reconstruction of multifamily buildings west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to those where such reconstruction is necessary to meet County Building, Fire, and other Life Safety Codes. See also Policies HN 6 and UD 4.

HN 3.8: Work with property owners, the County, Town of Riverdale Park, the state and others to ensure adequate and fair relocation of residents in flood-prone areas, or displaced by renovation or redevelopment. Ensure that residents are relocated to comparable or better housing in a transit-supported location.

HN 3.9: Explore incentives to make development more attractive in light of potential negative impacts on returns of investment caused by land costs, infrastructure costs and building code changes.

HN 3.10: Partner with property owners to support the provision of housing units affordable to seniors proximate to Purple Line stations.

POLICY HN 4 Townhouse and single-family attached development should be introduced or retained, where appropriate, as a transitional land use between multifamily, commercial,

mixed use, and existing single-family detached neighborhoods, and as an opportunity to provide additional affordable housing options.

STRATEGIES HN 4.1: Consider townhouse or single-family attached development at the following locations:

HN 4.3: Where vacant or underdeveloped lots can be subdivided to create multiple buildable lots under a more intense zone, consider intensification of zoning for such lots in existing residential zones to permit the construction of additional dwelling units in existing neighborhoods, as illustrated in the text box.

• Existing townhouse developments • On Sarvis Avenue east of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission • Along 64th Avenue, including any redevelopment of Parkview Gardens • West of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church • Rear of Prince Georgetown Apartments Additional townhouse and/or single-family attached development aligned with Policy HN 4 should also be considered at Carters Lane immediately across the street from Templeton Elementary.

HN 4.2: If large multifamily complexes are redeveloped, consider opportunities for townhouse development on portions of those properties that abut single-family detached, semi-attached, or attached housing.

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POLICY HN 5 Preserve existing single-family housing and neighborhood character.

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HN 5.1: Develop a Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) program to provide neighborhood civic associations or groups with resources for community-driven projects that enhance and strengthen neighborhoods. All projects are initiated, planned and implemented by community members in partnership with a collaborative, municipality or developer. Every award is matched by neighborhoods' or communities' resources of volunteer labor, donated materials, donated professional services or cash. This community match is the critical element of a successful NMF Program.

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HN 5.2: Except as necessary to implement Strategies LU 9.5 and HN 4.3, retain existing zone districts or their equivalents in single-family detached neighborhoods.

HN 5.3: Limit expansion of multifamily, commercial, or mixed-use base zones to properties identified for such uses in the Future Land Use Map (Map 22).

HN 5.4: Institute neighborhood compatibility standards that regulate the height, setbacks, and other physical attributes of buildings to reduce negative impacts on adjacent singlefamily dwellings.s HN 5.5: Structured parking facilities or lots should not abut single-family detached residences.

Strategy HN 4.3 recommends considering a strategy to increase the zone intensity of vacant or underutilized lots to permit additional single-family housing.

Using the 1949 Zoning Ordinance for reference, this strategy would be implemented through the following zoning changes for these properties:

and/or for-sale, dwelling units without significant impact on the neighborhood. This strategy is in no way intended to encourage the following: • Zoning Intensification of any properties within the regulatory floodplain.

• Intensification from singlefamily to multifamily.

• R-55 to R-20

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to facilitate the strategic and limited 1. UPDATE: Subsequent to approval of this sector plan but prior to its publication, the District Council adopted CB-13-2018, creating a new Zoning Ordinance for Prince George’s County.

Implementation of Strategy HN 4.3 would require classification of properties from R-55 or R-80 to the Residential, Single-Family-Attached (RSF-A) Zone.

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Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle, Washington The City of Seattle created the

The NMF has provided funding to

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following requirements: • Involve community members in project creation and completion • Create community improvements that are free and open to all members of the public • Be feasible and ready to begin within 1-2 months from the

Since 1988, the NMF has awarded over $49 million to more than 5,000 projects and has generated an additional $72 million of community match.

Source: http://www.seattle.gov/ neighborhoods/programs-and-services/ neighborhood-matching-fund

award date • Demonstrate a community match • Occur within the city limits

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C POLICY HN 6 Increase code enforcement activities in the sector plan area to improve housing conditions and neighborhood quality of life.

• Communication between DPIE, the Town of Riverdale Park, the community and institutions or agencies affected by code violations.

HN 6.1: Improve enforcement of zoning, building, and property maintenance codes to ensure compatibility.

HN 6.2: Conduct a coordinated education campaign for residents and workers to learn how to best use Prince George’s CountyClick 311 system to address concerns and complaints related to residential property or neighborhood blight, code enforcement, building, noise, housing and construction.

CountyClick 311 CountyClick 311 is a case management/tracking system that enables the County to initiate, monitor, and follow up on community issues and concerns.

Concerns can include pothole repair, parking violations in residential areas, bulk trash dumping and derelict dwelling units. With a mission to

HN 6.3: Inventory foreclosed and neglected properties to ensure effective monitoring and mitigation of housing blight. Continue partnerships with state and County agencies to provide assistance to areas with high concentrations of foreclosures.

consistently deliver outstanding service,

HN 6.4: Create a code enforcement task force to provide targeted support to code enforcement agencies for the Town of Riverdale Park and Prince George’s County on the following key issues within the sector plan area:

through Friday.

• Vacant and blighted residential properties • Housing Code violations • Public nuisances • Zoning Code violations

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the system provides several means of reporting concerns, as follows: Dialing 3-1-1 or 301-883-4748 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday

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SECTOR-WIDE COMMUNITY HERITAGE AND CULTURE GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • The rich ethnic and multinational tapestry of the sector plan area is preserved and celebrated.

• Historic architectural resources help create a sense of place and a brand for the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Area.

POLICY CH 1 Cultivate and connect existing neighborhoods through distinct community culture and heritage activities.

STRATEGIES CH 1.1: Foster partnerships between private, public, nonprofit institutions, and neighborhood associations to promote community cultural programs in public spaces and institutions.

CH 1.2: Encourage cultural and heritage wayfinding displays in neighborhoods that reflect community heritage and customs.

CH 1.3: Incorporate interpretive historical markers and commemorative public art throughout the sector plan at Purple Line and bus stations, trails, and open spaces.

POLICY CH 2 Cultivate diverse and meaningful cultural offerings to increase the quality of life, knowledge sharing, and the promotion of entrepreneurship to create a multi-faceted creative economy that includes a variety of arts, cultural and entertainment offerings.

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CH 2.4: Support local artists and art organizations in the sector plan and attract new artists and art organizations to the area.

CH 2.5: Encourage local art, humanities, and cultural gatherings locations with the assistance of private-public enterprises, educational institutions, and the Prince George’s County Arts and Humanities Council.

CH 2.6: Develop a community resources-based analysis to inventory historic and cultural assets that characterize the sector plan area to guide preservation, heritage, tourism and economic development efforts.

CH 2.1: Use parks and open spaces as community and neighborhood gathering places and equip them with amenities to host festivals, concerts, plays, and similar events. See Policies LU 8 and PR 1.

CH 2.7: Support existing cultural initiatives in the sector plan area and leverage resources to identify and market a local heritage and public art trail.

CH 2.2: Encourage and support street markets, fairs and festival marketplace spaces to showcase local cultural expressions.

CH 2.8: Partner with local organizations to identify opportunities and pursue grants, loans, and tax credits to promote cultural and heritage tourism.

CH 2.3: Activate the public realm with art, displays, and other amenities that reflect culture and contribute to a sense of place. Integrate public art and expression in architectural, landscape, transportation, parks and open space, and other similar capital projects and designs.

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POLICY CH 3 Document, preserve and protect the architectural and cultural heritage of the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan area.

STRATEGIES CH 3.1: Document and evaluate worthy early twentieth-century and midcentury properties within the sector plan area.

CH 3.2: Consider Historic Site designation for relevant properties using criteria established

by Subtitle 29 of the County Code, the Historic Preservation Ordinance.

CH 3.3: Consider non-regulatory listing on the National Register of Historic Places for M-NCPPC’s Regional Headquarters (6600 Kenilworth Avenue) to recognize its history and architectural importance.

CH 3.4: Promote rehabilitation tax incentives and grants available under certain types of historic designations.

POLICY CH 4: Incorporate historical and cultural resources with local and regional economic development initiatives.

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STRATEGIES CH 4.1: Use the area’s historic architectural assets to help develop a sense of place and branding for the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Area.

CH 4.2: Add the recommended park and trail improvements along Brier's Mill Run to the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area. This amends the 2001 Approved Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Management Plan: A Functional Master Plan for Heritage Tourism.

CH 4.3: Link Historic Sites and Resources with the County’s trails, sidewalk system and wayfinding efforts, where appropriate. Identify planning, design and interpretation projects that are eligible for Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) grants throughout the Certified Heritage Area (CHA).

CH 4.4: Preserve the parkway-like character of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway as an important segment of the Star-Spangled Banner Trail of the National Scenic Byways Program and as included within the Star-Spangled Banner Trail Comprehensive Management Plan.

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Previous page, upper left: First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland built as the Mid-Atlantic Trucking Association headquarters (PG:68-113) in 1964 at 6410 Kenilworth Avenue. A distinctive feature of this building is its second-story mesh screening wall.

Previous page, lower left: The exuberantly modern 1963 St. Bernard of Clairvaux (PG:69-52) at 5809 Riverdale Road, designed by the Prince George’s County-based firm of Walton and Madden, AIA. This page upper right: County-based architect Edwin F. Ball, AIA, designed his masterpiece, M-NCPPC’s Regional Headquarters (PG:68-101) in 1964 at 6600 Kenilworth Avenue. Raised on a rustic stone podium, the glass and marble building is a pristine example of International-Style architecture in an undisturbed woodland setting and is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

This page, lower right: The MegaMart at 5801 Riverdale Road (PG:69-67) was originally built in 1956 as a Food Fair Supermarket and was designed by Alfred M. Rinaudot & Associates of Bethesda. It was described at the time as being of “California ranch” style.

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D POLICY CH 5 Incorporate entrance features to increase the sense of place and community pride into key areas.

STRATEGIES CH 5.1: Work with civic and neighborhood associations to add entrance signage to each neighborhood. See also Strategy HN 1.7.

CH 5.2: Conduct an inclusive community process to identify names and/or brands for the broader unincorporated community along MD 410 (Riverdale Road), including the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station.

CH 5.3: Work with the Town of Riverdale Park to create significant entrance features along major roadways, such as MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), to highlight entry into the Town and into key neighborhoods within the Town, especially the Kenilworth commercial area and the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

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SECTOR-WIDE DESIGN GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals: • People gather and interact at new and exciting public spaces, while key civic and social landmarks where people already gather are preserved and enhanced.

• All new development is walkable and is focused on the public realm.

UD 1.3: Add a floating symbol for a Community Park north of Riverdale Road and Veterans Parkway, east of BaltimoreWashington Parkway.

UD 1.4: Development along the Captain John’s Branch Greenway should be integrated for ease of access to the shared-use trail and other amenities.

UD 1.5: Prior to the redevelopment of the East Pines Terrace Apartments, identify the location of a public plaza or green near the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station.

POLICY UD 1 New development is integrated with new public gathering spaces. See Policy PR 1 for a listing of new public spaces.

POLICY UD 2 All new development addresses the public realm.

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UD 1.1: Construct a new public plaza at the Riverdale triangle surrounding the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station. See Policy LU 8 for more information.

UD 2.1: Sidewalks, streets, plazas, and other public open spaces form a clearly discernible public realm, where pedestrian activity and social interaction occur.

UD 1.2: Focus the redevelopment of New Carrollton Woods on a new central plaza or green built at a terminating vista (either a roundabout or square) on the extension of Veterans Parkway.

UD 2.2: All new buildings should be constructed so that they front onto, and their primary entrance is located on, a sidewalk and/or plaza.

Placemaking As both an overarching idea and a hands-on approach for improving a neighborhood, city, or region, Placemaking inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces as the heart of every community. Strengthening the connection between people and the places they share, Placemaking refers to a collaborative process by which we can shape our public realm to maximize shared value. More than just promoting better urban design, Placemaking facilitates creative patterns of use, paying particular attention to the physical, cultural, and social identities that define a place and support its evolution.

With community-based participation at its center, an effective Placemaking process capitalizes on a local community’s assets, inspiration, and potential, and it results in the creation of quality public spaces that contribute to people’s health, happiness, and well-being.

Source: http://www.pps.org/reference/ what_is_placemaking/

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UD 2.3: Buildings in the core of designated Centers should be attached except where blocks are divided by streets, parks, or other public open spaces.

UD 2.4: Buildings should be constructed to a consistent build-to line along a block, forming a clear street wall.

UD 2.5: Wherever possible, entrances to parking lots or structures should be located on alleys or side streets.

STRATEGIES UD 3.1: Encourage new development to create a clearly defined block system not more than 600 linear feet from right-of-way to right-of-way.

UD 3.2: Primary frontages of infill and new development should frame the perimeter of the block and facades should front sidewalks on through streets, Purple Line stations, promenades, or other civic spaces.

UD 2.6: Off-street parking should not be located between a street and the front of a building.

UD 3.3: New development should create a street grid that connects to existing streets.

Access to MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) or MD 410 within designated Centers should be focused on existing intersections.

UD 2.7: New single-family residences constructed on lots in existing neighborhoods may have front yards consistent with other houses on the same block. All other buildings should avoid front yards.

UD 3.4: Place surface parking at the rear or interior of lots, and wrap or articulate structured parking with active ground-floor uses where possible to enhance the pedestrian experience.

UD 2.8: Buildings should be constructed to support ground-floor retail or office uses along street frontages on the blocks identified in Strategies LU 9.2 and LU 11.2.

POLICY UD 3 New development is constructed, and existing development retrofitted, to an attractive, walkable, human scale.

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UD 3.5: Minimize setbacks along primary streets and connect building frontages with wider sidewalks, evenly spaced tree canopies, and street lights to enhance sense of enclosure, walkability, and safety throughout the sector plan area, with a special focus on Core areas.

UD 3.6: Maintain and locate consistent building facades along build-to lines with a

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consistent minimum first-story façade height that ensures a street wall commensurate with a walkable urban neighborhood.

UD 3.7: Encourage new development to reflect architectural motifs, materials, and colors seen on historic buildings, or reflect the culture and heritage of the area by incorporating art, colors, or iconic symbols to buildings.

UD 3.8: Use a variety of high-quality façade materials to convey vitality, freshness, and activity.

UD 3.9: Discourage auto-oriented and drivethrough uses in Neighborhood Centers. See Strategies LU 1.3-LU 1.5.

UD 3.10: Work with property owners and entrepreneurs to identify adaptive reuse strategies for former auto-oriented uses.

UD 3.11: Explore a façade improvement program.

POLICY UD 4 Create safe spaces that are well-monitored, well-illuminated, and adequately furnished by using Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles.

Adaptive Reuse of Auto Repair Shops Auto repair shops remain a challenging paradox in planning for a modern community. Many residents feel that these businesses are unattractive and incompatible with new, modern, walkable urban development. Real estate investors may not feel that a property next to an auto repair shop is an attractive option.

Auto repair shops generate noise and traffic, and sometimes, especially if paired with a gas station, present environmental challenges.

An emerging trend is the adaptive reuse of auto repair shops. There are several examples of this in the Washington, DC region. Vigilante Coffee (4327 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville) is a coffee shop and gathering place that opened in 2012 and quickly became a destination for aficionados of coffee and interesting architectural reuse alike. Ceremony at the Roastery (90 Russell Street, Annapolis) is another example of a successful coffee shop conversion.

Conversely, many people who hold and express these opinions also own cars and enjoy the convenience of an existing local auto repair shop. The Kenilworth Avenue corridor is home to several auto repair shops in prime redevelopment locations. Relocation of auto repair businesses is challenging because they are so unpopular as new uses. Demolition of the shops can be expensive and they are often sited on lots too small for modern commercial or residential development.

Another notable reuse was Carpool, a popular bar and restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. In this case, an entire business was developed around the location’s history as a service station, with classic gas station equipment, historic road maps as table art, and license plates as wall decoration. Carpool moved to Fairfax County in 2017 after its location was sold for redevelopment.

STRATEGIES UD 4.1: Encourage low walls, fences, visually permeable screening methods, and elevated

ground floors of residential dwellings to establish a clear delineation between public and private space and to foster a sense of ownership.

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UD 4.5: Provide appropriate pedestrian-scaled lighting along sidewalks, pathways, service entrances/areas, parking lots, and alleys.

UD 4.6: Incorporate special programming, such as arts festivals, block parties, and farmers’ markets to allow residents to get to know one another and to consistently provide a lively street environment.

UD 4.2: Design buildings to maximize visibility and enhance natural surveillance of the public realm. Provide windows, storefronts, clearly visible entrances, balconies, and porches that face the streets and public spaces, promoting "eyes on the street."

UD 4.3: Enforce clear sightlines along sidewalks.

UD 4.4: Design streets and parks with ample, accessible sidewalks and paths that promote pedestrian activity and social interaction.

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UD 4.7: Design and locate open spaces, recreation facilities, and gathering areas in central, public locations that are framed by public streets allowing for natural surveillance and access control. Program public spaces with multiple uses and activities to encourage greater casual surveillance.

UD 4.8: Utilize well-designed sidewalk pathways, special materials, landscaping, attractive gates, and distinctive architecture.

Discourage the use of unattractive materials such as chain-link fencing, concrete or cinder block walls, and barbed wire as access-control methods in favor of durable, attractive materials.

UD 4.9: Install traffic-calming techniques that reduce traffic speeds, help to beautify the public realm, and reduce the potential for criminal activity.

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UD 4.10: Utilize code enforcement methods, regular street sweeping, bulk trash pickup, and community cleanups to maintain quality landscaped public spaces and to discourage illegitimate activities. See Policy HN 6.

UD 4.11: Encourage collaboration between the Town of Riverdale Park and Prince George’s County on code and other law enforcement issues, especially along the Town border.

UD 4.12: Work collaboratively with public, institutional, and nonprofit partners on targeted cleanup operations in parks, along streams/stormwater facilities, and other public areas.

UD 4.13: Repair, maintain, and install additional street lights, especially in multifamily and retail areas.

UD 4.14: Provide incentives to incorporate CPTED techniques, including, but not limited to, improved lighting, shrub and tree maintenance, replacement of walls with more transparent barriers, signage, and opportunities for "eyes on the street" through interior design and fenestration. Potential locations for interventions, based on community perception of unsafe conditions, include, but are not limited to:

• The area behind Plaza del Alamo • Kenilfair Plaza Parking Lot • Riverdale Hills Neighborhood Park • Madison Hill Park • Riverdale Plaza Parking Lot • Commercial Strip between Madison Street and Kennedy Street

POLICY UD 5 Provide visual interest along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Riverdale Road and in existing neighborhoods by highlighting historic and cultural points of interest.

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) focuses on providing residents, workers, and visitors with safe and comfortable areas that are not conducive to criminal activity.

CPTED principles discourage criminal activity by applying central design tenets such as territoriality, natural surveillance, activity programming, and

STRATEGIES UD 5.1: Encourage murals, street painting, sculpture, or any other form of art that will reflect the aesthetic and cultural traditions in the planned area.

UD 5.2: Promote the use of bright color for architectural elements along streets.

UD 5.3: Consider architectural lighting or other enhanced illumination of noticeable architectural details at prominent locations, such as the steeple at St. Bernard’s Church.

access control. Incorporating CPTED principles and guidelines into existing and new development can produce a safe environment in the sector plan area.

UD 5.4: Work with MTA to explore the potential for lighting accents, public art displays or other artistic treatments of Purple Line facilities, especially the stations, overhead structures, and abutments.

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UD 5.5: Community institutions, including St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the River of Life RCCG, have been designated as Institutional in the Land Use Plan. These buildings are visual anchors for the community and provide a sense of place that could be strengthened by thoughtful redevelopment of adjacent sites. For example, if the Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center were redeveloped, Walton and Madden’s iconic Midcentury-Modern St. Bernard's Church could serve as the visual terminus of a new street or green—the way St. Anne’s Church and the Maryland State House do in Annapolis.

UD 5.6: Site design of any redevelopment of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

or of neighboring properties should strive to preserve visibility of the church from MD 410 (Riverdale Road).

POLICY UD 6 Identify opportunities to create temporary public gathering places.

STRATEGIES UD 6.1: Encourage temporary creative gathering spaces on parking lots, street intersections, or public spaces.

UD 6.2: Create parklets on streets, in parking lots, and other high-visibility public locations.

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UD 6.3: Work with the appropriate regulatory agencies and civic organizations to permit and facilitate community tactical urbanism efforts.

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Tactical Urbanism Pedestrian Plazas. Parklets. Pop-up Bike

Examples include highly visible and

Lanes.

formalized efforts, such as New

Whether you live in a community large or small, you’ve likely seen it for yourself. Cities around the world are using flexible and short-term projects to advance long-term goals related to street safety, public space, and more.

York’s Plaza Program, or smaller-scale “demonstration projects” (typically lasting 1 to 7 days). Tactical Urbanism projects can be led by governments, non-profits, grassroots groups, or frustrated residents. Though the degree of formality may vary, Tactical

Tactical Urbanism is all about action.

Urbanism projects share common

Also known as DIY Urbanism, Planning-

goal of using low-cost materials to

by-Doing, Urban Acupuncture, or

experiment with and gather input on

Urban Prototyping, this approach

potential street design changes.

refers to a city, organizational, and/or citizen-led approach to neighborhood building using short-term, low-cost, and

From Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Getting it Done

scalable interventions to catalyze long-

http://tacticalurbanismguide.com

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HEALTHY LAND USE COMMUNITIES ELEMENT

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SECTOR-WIDE HEALTHY COMMUNITY GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • Opportunities for active living are easily accessible and safe.

• Access to healthy food is ensured.

Critical healthcare and human services are strategically located and accessible.

• Child care is available, accessible, and affordable.

POLICY HC 1 Provide frequent and safe connections between a broad swath of the sector plan area to recreational amenities.

POLICY HC 2 Support urban agriculture, gardening, and the sale of fresh produce.

STRATEGIES HC 1.1: Construct the bicycle and pedestrian amenities recommended in Policy TM 10.

HC 2.1: Support regulatory reforms that permit the production and sale of produce in all zones.

HC 1.2: Construct the intersection improvements that improve access to parks and trails recommended in Policy TM 4.

HC 2.2: Work with relevant municipal, County, and nonprofit entities to identify locations for, and host, regular farmers’ markets.

HC 1.3: Construct the park and recreation improvements identified in Policy PR 1.

HC 2.3: Work with garden supply companies and nonprofits to increase access to gardening/ farming supplies, including temporary or adjunct retail or donation space.

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HC 2.4: Work with property owners to preserve existing produce markets. See also Strategy LU 9.6.

HC 2.5: Partner with Prince George's County Public Schools to provide opportunities for community members to help maintain school gardens.

HC 2.6: Support existing community gardens at the Center for Educational Partnership and explore locations for new community gardens.

POLICY HC 3 Help mitigate the occurance of diet-related chronic diseases, and support policies that promote better food equity and nutrition access within the sector plan area.

STRATEGIES HC 3.1: Promote a private-public and nonprofit partnership to educate the community on healthy eating, with a special emphasis on public and private schools and childcare facilities.

HC 3.2: Assist, educate, and connect families with food assistance providers.

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HC 3.3: Support legislation that relates to healthy eating, increased healthy food access, and federal food and nutrition assistance benefits and programs.

HC 3.4: Guide implementation of healthy mobile food vending policies and health food truck opportunities within the sector plan area.

HC 3.5: Promote better nutrition through food demonstrations, product placement, cooking classes, and other activities in public and private schools, apartment clubhouses, civic buildings, and park facilities.

HC 3.6: Promote the development of a food hub to support urban farmers, retailers, and consumers across the County.

HC 3.7: Support policies and programs that encourage small food businesses and organizations to increase sales of healthy foods such as a “Healthy Carry-Out” initiative and sales of community garden produce.

POLICY HC 4 Promote economic viability and equity through local food production, processing, and distribution.

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STRATEGIES HC 4.1: Support and promote the growth and development of economically viable and sustainable food production enterprises and attract urban farmers to the sector plan area.

HC 4.2: Collaborate with local and regional food equity councils to improve regional food production, processing, and distribution chains.

HC 4.3: Cultivate a network of school and community gardens within the sector plan area.

POLICY HC 5 Connect area residents to healthcare and human services.

STRATEGIES HC 5.1: Work with property owners to ensure that existing healthcare facilities within the sector plan area are maintained in place, relocated to locations closer to Purple Line stations, and/or relocated out of the floodplain.

HC 5.3: Work with property owners to identify potential leasable space in new development for healthcare providers.

POLICY HC 6 Increase opportunities for child care services within the sector plan area

materials to child care and early education providers, employers, parents, developers and local businesses.

HC 6.4: Work with property owners to ensure child-care facilities at the Purple Line stations.

STRATEGIES HC 6.1: Identify opportunities to incentivize the provision of child care and early education facilities, especially at the Purple Line stations, workforce development centers, and employment hubs.

HC 6.2: Promote and utilize community partnerships with local nonprofits and the private sector to meet child care and early education needs.

HC 6.3: Coordinate with local child care and early education referral/resource agencies to distribute resources and informational

HC 5.2: Identify and advertise transit services that connect the sector plan area to critical healthcare services in nearby areas, including the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo.

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POLICY HC 7 Promote programs and facilities that support and contribute to the social, physical, and mental health of community residents.

STRATEGIES HC 7.1: Activate parks and public spaces with programming. Facilitate partnerships with M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation, Northern Area Operations and local organizations to improve access and frequency of programming within the sector plan area.

HC 7.2: Regularly evaluate program demand and adjust offerings based on community feedback. Undertake a demand and level of service analysis of existing programs offered

by DPR and program partners in Prince George's County.

HC 7.3: Implement best practices in program life cycles to maintain a culture of equality and quality program delivery. Continue to monitor recreation trends and national best practices that incorporate new and innovative recreational park programming.

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HC 7.4: Diversify and increase availability of senior programming to serve active and multilingual seniors. Promote and increase the availability of programming that caters to diverse cultures, ages, interests, and skill levels.

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PUBLIC FACILITIES

Section 3: Elements—Public Facilities

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SECTOR-WIDE PUBLIC FACILITY GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES Goals • A community with easily accessible, well-maintained public facilities offering a broad range of social services.

• Modern public facilities have sufficient capacity and capability to support population growth.

• Public safety facilities and services allow for the deployment of first responders in an expedient and efficient manner.

POLICY PF 1 Replace aging or functionally obsolete facilities within the sector plan area with modern, technologically state-of-the art facilities.1 These strategies are master plan amendments.

STRATEGIES

POLICY PF 2

PF 1.1: Replace William Wirt Middle School on-site, as programmed in the FY 2017-2022 and FY 2018-2023 Capital Improvement Programs. (CIP #AA 770483)

Replace aging or functionally obsolete facilities that are outside, but serve, the sector plan area with state-of-the art facilities.2 These are policy recommendations that do not amend a master plan.

PF 1.2: Identify a central location for a Fire and Emergency Medical Services station that supports the Riverdale communities with career and volunteer staffing along the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) or MD 410 Corridors of the sector plan area. (CIP #LK 511123) PF 1.3: Explore moving the headquarters of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to a more centrally located and transit-accessible location in the County. (CIP #EC 001254) PF 1.4: Replace and add capacity to Beacon Heights Elementary School and Parkdale High School, as recommended in the Prince George’s County Public Schools Approved 20-year FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

STRATEGIES PF 2.1: Complete the programmed renovations to the New Carrollton Branch Library, just outside the sector plan area. (CIP #HL 719213) PF 2.2: Construct the new Bladensburg Branch Library, just outside the sector plan area.

(CIP #HL 719713) PF 2.3: Replace and add capacity to Lamont, Riverdale, Templeton, and Woodridge Elementary Schools, and Charles Carroll and Hyattsville Middle Schools, as recommended in the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

1. These recommendations were subject to the Public Facilities Review in Section 27.645(b) of the Zoning Ordinance.

2. These recommendations were not subject to the Public Facilities Review in Section 27.645(b) of the Zoning Ordinance.

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PF 2.4: Keep Glenridge Elementary School open until a determination is made on the future of Margaret Brent Regional School at the completion of the planning study as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan. See also Strategy PF 2.6.

PF 2.5: Construct a new elementary school in PGCPS Planning Area 12 as recommended by the PGCPS Master Plan Support Project.

PF 2.6: Conduct a planning study as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan to consider the possibility of converting Margaret Brent Regional School into a neighborhood school.

PF 2.7: Construct new middle and high schools recommended in the northwest section of Prince George’s County, as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

PF 2.8: Renovate Rogers Heights Elementary School as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

POLICY PF 3 Prioritize pedestrian and transit connections to public facilities.

STRATEGIES PF 3.1: Ensure safe pedestrian access to the New Carrollton Branch Library at 7414 Riverdale Road.

PF 3.2: Work with the United States Postal Service to evaluate the potential relocation of the Kenilworth Branch Post Office at 6270 Kenilworth Avenue to a more central location in or near the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

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PARKS AND RECREATION

PARKS LAND AND USERECREATION ELEMENT

Section 3: Elements—Parks and Recreation

Map 42. Parks and Recreation Overview

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SECTOR-WIDE PARKS AND RECREATION GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES

Goals • Residents and visitors celebrate culture, nature and public life in the area's open spaces.

• Natural areas and new parklands connect people to the land and each other. The park network is known for multinodal connectivity that knits together new and existing neighborhoods and contributes to a sense of place and pride in the community.

POLICY PR 1 Ensure that Prince George’s County residents are connected to parks, recreation and open space.

STRATEGIES PR 1.1: Strive to meet the long-standing Level of Service (LOS) standard of 15 acres of local parkland for every 1,000 residents and, 20 acres of regional parkland for every 1,000 residents.

PR 1.2: Pursue opportunities to create new parks and plazas within redevelopment occurring around the Purple Line stations. New parks and plazas should create linear connections between urban and open spaces as part of an integrated, accessible public space network that maximizes neighborhood connectivity. New parks and plazas should meet the Urban Park Typology and Urban Park Guidelines found in Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space.

PR 1.3: Include park and trail access planning in transportation planning efforts in order to identify sufficient connectivity and accessibility to major parks, trails, and public facilities.

PR 1.4: Evaluate bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and accessibility to the 11 local parks and, where appropriate, improve entrances that connect the street and sidewalks to the trail network. Formalize and pave the existing trails within the following parks: Fletcher's Field Park, Browning's Grove Park, Riverdale Hills Park and Brier's Mill Run Park.

PR 1.5: Partner with the National Park Service and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to identify measures to improve

pedestrian and bicycle access to Greenbelt Park from Good Luck Road.

PR 1.6: Incorporate new privately owned public spaces (POPS) into mixed-use developments that meet the Urban Park Typology in Formula 2040. Prioritize public access to POPS through public-use easements and maintenance agreements.

PR 1.7: Evaluate the potential to restore the channelized Captain John's Branch and Brier’s Mill Run (formerly Brier's Ditch) tributaries to their natural state as part of a larger linear park and trail concept.

PR 1.8: Construct the park, recreation, and open space recommendations in Table 14.

PR 1.9: Explore opportunities to improve access and connectivity to existing regional trails and parks, with particular focus on the Northeast Branch Trail and the Anacostia River Stream Valley Park. To improve connectivity to the Anacostia Stream Valley Park, explore the feasibility of adding bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the Northeast Branch to the Northeast Branch Trail and retrofitting the culverts under the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to form an east-west trail network through Madison Hill Park. This trail should

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ultimately provide a connection from Auburn Ave, to Parkdale High School, and east to the Northeast Branch Trail (See Table 10, and Strategy TM 10.3).

PR 1.10: Work closely with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to implement the recommended trail facilities found in Table 10 and Strategy TM 10.3.

PR 1.11: Evaluate needed improvements at Riverdale Hills Park, and work with stakeholders to discuss community adoption of the park.

Support the addition of amenities and trail connections to enhance the park.

POLICY PR 2 Prince George’s County residents have access to programming and facilities that promote healthy lifestyles and contribute to wellness.

STRATEGIES: PR 2.1: Identify the existing M-NCPPC programs and facilities offered in, and within close proximity to, the sector plan boundary.

Determine the current programming needs by identifying the areas where existing parks and recreation facilities need to be improved, or

added, in order to provide a reasonable mix of amenities to the community.

green space as an identifying element of the community.

PR 2.2: Evaluate opportunities to program new and existing parks with a lively and diverse mix of activities, such as structured and informal recreation, children's play, community gardens and community canine areas. Partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation, Northern Area Operations, Sports Health and Wellness Division, and the Natural and Historical Resources Division to improve programming offered in the sector plan Area.

PR 3.2: Identify potential sites for acquisition near the intersection of MD 450 (Annapolis Rd) and MD 410 (Veterans Highway) to build a multigenerational center. Once a site is secured, develop concepts for the multigenerational center that are eye-catching and appealing. The design should indicate a community centerpiece and be inviting and easily identifiable to the residents and visitors alike.

PR 2.3: Complete the Strategic Trails Plan for the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Implement and identify strategies that improve access to existing trail networks and ease commute to the Purple Line.

POLICY PR 3 Make investments in parks and recreational facilities that contribute positively to the economy and benefit and engage residents STRATEGIES: PR 3.1: Add urban parks and plazas in strategic, highly visible locations at, and between, Purple Line stations in order to feature

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PR 3.3: Search for infill land acquisition opportunities that expand the urban park network, enhance the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network and other natural systems and waterways, and improve park and trail connectivity within the sector plan area.

PR 3.4: Consider reconfiguring, or adding amenities to, public spaces that support flexible programming for different age groups and diverse interests.

PR 3.5: Maintain Center for Educational Partnership as a community resource which provides space for public and private organizations to provide needed resources, programming, and activity space to the community.

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PR 3.6: Consider reconfiguring, or adding amenities to, public spaces that support flexible programming for diverse age groups and interests.

PR 3.7: Improve connectivity to the Anacostia Stream Valley Park. Explore the feasibility of adding bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the Northeast Branch to the Northeast Branch Trail and retrofitting the culverts under the BaltimoreWashington Parkway to form an east-west trail network through Madison Hill Park. This trail should ultimately provide a connection from Auburn Ave, to Parkdale High School, and east to the Northeast Branch Trail (See Table 10, and Strategy TM 10.3).

PR 3.8: Evaluate bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and accessibility to the 11 local parks and, where appropriate, improve entrances that connect the street and sidewalks to the trail network. Formalize and pave the existing trails within the following parks: Fletcher's Field Park, Browning's Grove Park, Riverdale Hills Park and Brier's Mill Run Park PR 3.9: Partner with the National Park Service and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to identify measures to

improve pedestrian and bicycle access to Greenbelt Park from Good Luck Road.

PR 3.10: Evaluate needed improvements at Riverdale Hills Park, and work with stakeholders to discuss community adoption of the park.

Support the addition of amenities and trail connections to enhance the park.

POLICY PR 4 Ensure that wayfinding and signage guiding residents and visitors to, and through, the area include parks and trail destinations.

STRATEGIES PR 4.1: Identify funding for park and trail wayfinding along the Anacostia Tributary Trail. Partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation to phase, design and install a wayfinding system that integrates with, and supports, Purple Line wayfinding measures.

Wayfinding destinations should include the following: • Existing and future neighborhood parks • Regional parks • Anacostia Tributary Trail System • Town of Riverdale Park • City of College Park

• University of Maryland, College Park • Other destinations as needed to facilitate efficient multimodal navigation PR 4.2: Facilitate partnerships with the Department of Parks and Recreation, WMATA, the National Park Service, and other agencies to identify regional and local trails, sites of historic and cultural importance, museums, and recreational facilities on regionally produced maps, print publications, websites and applications, and any new communications technologies, as appropriate.

POLICY PR 5 Redevelopment on parcels adjacent to the Anacostia River Stream Valley Park and adjacent parkland should be designed to promote a healthy relationship between the built and natural environments.

STRATEGIES PR 5.1: Ensure that redevelopment site design sensitively engages and integrates the park and trail system, while improving flood functions and enhancing natural systems.

Integrating future low impact development with the trail and park system is a placemaking strategy that will support the Department

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of Parks and Recreation's primary goals of connectivity, health and wellness, and positive economic impacts.

PR 5.2: Evaluate the feasibility of creating a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Anacostia River to provide a direct connection between Quesada Road and the Northeast Branch Trail, and to encourage future trailoriented development. Include a new nonmotorized gateway leading from Riverdale Community Park to the Northeast Branch Trail.

(See TM 10.3.)

PR 5.3: Require that redevelopment on parcels adjacent to parkland include low-impact and environmentally sensitive site design. Building designs should increase visibility and access to the park, and encourage safe and regular park use.

PR 5.4: Ensure that all parks meet or exceed the Urban Park Typology and Guidelines found in the Department of Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Formula 2040, Appendices F and G.

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Table 14. Recommended Parks, Recreation and Open Space Improvements Park name and Typology

Location

MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER 60-80,000 sq. ft.

Near a major transportation route and served by M-NCPPC public transportation

This new, custom-designed multigenerational center should offer flexible multipurpose spaces, and an array of program and recreational opportunities.

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station area, between MD TBD 201(Kenilworth Avenue) and the Greenvale Parkway

The greenway should support placemaking, strengthen neighborhood identity and connectivity, and catalyze economic development in East Riverdale. Design measures to improve flood control and revitalize natural habitats should be incorporated whenever possible.

CAPTAIN JOHN'S BRANCH Greenway/Linear Park Size varies

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RIVERDALE PARK-KENILWORTH Intersection of Riverdale STATION Road and MD 410 (East Plaza West Highway) .25-1 acre

Private ownership and maintenance agreements with public easements or dedication.

This plaza should incorporate the non-transitrelated public open space at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station (see Policy LU 8)

BEACON HEIGHTS-EAST PINES STATION Plaza .25-1 acre

Intersection of Riverdale Road and 67th Avenue

Private ownership and maintenance agreements with public easements or dedication.

This plaza should be located at, or immediately south of, the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station

North of Riverdale Road, south of Briers Mill Run

Private ownership and maintenance agreements with public easements or dedication.

This common should serve as a focal point for the anticipated redevelopment of New Carrollton Woods and Prince Georgetown apartments

M-NCPPC

This park provides value to the community.

M-NCPPC should work with the community to adopt and enhance the park.

BRIER'S MILL RUN EAST Commons/Green 1+ acres RIVERDALE HILLS PARK Neighborhood Park

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MADISON HILL PARK Community Park 3-10 acres

Location Along Briers Mill Run, between the BaltimoreWashington Parkway and MD 201 (Kenilworth Ave.)

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This community park provides woodland conservation and floodplain protection, and is recommended to include a multiuse trail that will ultimately serve as a connection between the sector plan area, Autumn Drive, and the Anacostia River Trail network (see TM 10.3)

EAST RIVERDALE COMMUNITY PARK 3-10 acres

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BEACON HEIGHTS COMMONS 1 or more acres

North of Riverdale Road, east of the BaltimoreWashington Parkway

Private ownership and maintenance agreements with public easements or dedication.

This commons should provide open space with a recreational and social focus for a mixeduse neighborhood as redevelopment occurs in Beacon Heights.

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Figure 3: Recommended Characteristics of Future Urban Parks Captain John’s Branch Greenway/Linear Park

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Recreation and Trails Picnic and Seating Areas Water detention and infiltration

Captain John’s Branch Greenway/Linear Park should create a unique recreational amenity that physically joins the natural and built environments. Redevelopment adjacent to the greenway should front the park with entrances to promote pedestrian and bicycle activity.

Design measures to improve flood control and revitalize natural habitats should be incorporated wherever possible.

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Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Plaza Size (Approximate)

¼ acre to 1 acre

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Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Station, MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), and 57th Avenue

Access

The Purple Line Station, Greenway, MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue)

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At-grade plaza that includes a focal point Outdoor dining and retail, public gathering space

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The Beacon Heights-East Pines Station Plaza should connect to the adjacent station and surrounding uses. Adjacent buildings should front on the plaza, and provide active ground floor uses that promote activation. Uses surrounding the plaza should support pedestrian and bicycle activity.

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Beacon Heights Commons Size (Approximate)

1+ Acre

Unique Adjacencies

Beacon Heights-East Pines Station, Riverdale Road, Briers Mill Run

Access

67th Avenue, Riverdale Road

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Central Programmable Lawn Streetscape Enhancements Trail System Connections Street front Access

Program Criteria

This commons should be a large, flexible open space that provides a recreational and social focus for a mixed-use neighborhood.

Surrounding housing and retail uses can activate and compliment public use of the commons. The commons should provide space for a variety of public gatherings, including markets, performances, and special events. The commons should include trail connectivity, play spaces, and shade structures.

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Program Criteria

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station Plaza should be highly visible, and designed to accommodate markets, festivals and public gatherings.

Adjacent buildings should front on, and provide direct access to, the plaza. The plaza will connect to the Purple Line station, 57th Avenue, and the Captain John’s Branch Greenway. Uses surrounding the plaza should support pedestrian and bicycle activity.

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IMPLEMENTATION

Section 4: Implementation

TIMELINE AND STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION The East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan serves as a policy guide for elected officials, government agencies, property owners, real estate professionals and developers, and preservation and environmental organizations. The plan offers many policies and strategies to address planning issues in the area.

Its goals, policies and strategies will be realized through a variety of implementation mechanisms.

These approaches include legislative changes to applicable ordinances, capital improvement program commitments, operating budget initiatives, the incorporation of policy guidance in master and sector plans, and a strategic plan for implementation.

The plan for implementation establishes a full set of priorities and benchmarks of progress. Successful implementation will take time and require the efforts and coordination of all stakeholders—government, the private sector, nonprofit organizations, property owners, and residents to achieve the vision.

Plan recommendations are intended to occur over a 20-year horizon, and implementation strategies have been categorized according to priority and projected time of completion. The assigned timeframes are not fixed; rather, they are intended to be flexible, and to allow for implementation to occur as opportunities and resources arise.

Implementation timeframes are specific to this plan and reflect the catalytic role played by construction of the Purple Line:

1. Actions of private property owners contingent on market conditions, such as strategies for redevelopment, its form and nature, and phasing.

Short-term: Strategies intended to be implemented by the time the Purple Line opens for revenue service.

These strategies may require fewer resources, and so they may be easier to accomplish in the near-term.

Alternately, they may be high-priority strategies that lay the foundation for the implementation of later strategies.

2. Strategies requiring legislative action by the Prince George’s County Council.

Mid-term: Strategies intended to be implemented within 5-10 years of the opening of the Purple Line.

These strategies may require interagency collaboration or additional resources prior to implementation.

Long-term: Strategies intended to be implemented in ten or more years following opening of the Purple Line. These strategies require complex interagency collaboration, analyses, or resources that may take many years before implementation can begin. They may also require that the regional real estate and employment markets shift favorably to support full implementation.

3. Actions proposing specific design features for private or public construction. This includes the provision of certain urban design elements and the design of public facilities, including streets and sidewalks. These strategies will be implemented as projects, both public and private, are designed.

Actions proposing technical or financial assistance to implement these strategies are included.

The matrices may not be inclusive of all agencies and partners; rather, the list is intended to support interagency collaboration and spur timely implementation of sector plan recommendations.

As strategies are implemented over time, additional partners may be identified to assist in this effort.

The following implementation matrices contain actionable strategies and the potential agencies and partners that may have a role in implementing each action. They do not contain action items for the following types of strategies:

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Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Strategically acquire properties within the 100-year floodplain to prevent their being developed in the future.

LU 3.1

DOE, M-NCPPC

Town of Riverdale Park, State of Maryland

Ongoing

If the area defined as regulatory floodplain should change, periodically amend this sector plan to identify appropriate redevelopment policies and strategies, including, if warranted, rezoning recommendations. This strategy does not apply to properties in public ownership.

LU 4.1

M-NCPPC

DOE, DPIE

Mid-Term

Develop a regularly-updated database of vacant and underutilized properties.

LU 5.1

M-NCPPC

Prince George's County

Short-Term

As opportunities arise, assemble or combine parcels described in Table 7, increasing opportunities for development at scales appropriate for their location or zoning.

LU 5.2

Property Owners

Redevelopment Authority

As Needed

Explore opportunities to create incentives, including infrastructure prioritization and investment, tax benefits, financing strategies, financial assistance, and regulatory relief to facilitate the assembly of parcels recommended in Strategy LU 5.2 and/or the phasing of development recommended in Policies LU 8 through LU 11 and associated strategies.

LU 5.3

TBD

State of Maryland, Prince George's County

Ongoing

TBD

M-NCPPC, Educational institutions, nonprofit organizations

As Needed

Assist institutional property owners with creative redesign solutions for their campuses, preserving key community institutions while allowing for redevelopment of vacant land and surface parking, where appropriate.

LU 6.1

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Table 15. Land Use Element Action Steps As recommended by sector plan area residents, work with property and business owners to ensure that key destination businesses remain in the sector plan area.

Design an expanded Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station, including public open space and an area for bus circulation, boarding/ alighting, and layovers Acquire necessary property to construct ultimate station build-out.

Construct temporary facilities as necessary to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and bus access to the station.

Acquire the property at 5600 Riverdale Road and integrate it into the proposed public plaza, including seating, gathering space, public art, daylighting and restoration of Captain John’s Branch, and, as needed, a water feature that serves to help manage stormwater. Work with the property owner to relocate the existing restaurant to another location within the sector plan area. Partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation to ensure that site design meets the Formula 2040 Urban Park Guidelines, Appendix F.

Strategies Implemented

LU 7.1

LU 8.1

LU 8.2

LU 8.3; LU 5.2

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Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Property Owners

Town of Riverdale Park, PGCEDC

As Needed

TBD

M-NCPPC, MTA, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

TBD

M-NCPPC, MTA, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

TBD

Property Owners, M-NCPPC, MTA, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

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Table 15. Land Use Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Vacate Riverdale Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410 (East West Highway). Create a new east-west connection north of Captain John’s Branch and extend 56th Avenue to MD 410 (East West Highway).

LU 8.4; TM 5.4; TM 9.2

DPW&T

M-NCPPC, Property Owners

Mid-Term

Explore the potential for a food truck hub near the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station.

LU 8.6; EP 6.9; HC 3.4

TBD

PGCEDC, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Work with property owners and businesses to locate new convenience retail, services, and eating/drinking establishments closest to the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station.

LU 9.3; EP 4; EP 6

TBD

PGCEDC, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Explore the potential for a food truck hub near the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station.

LU 10.3; HC 3.4

TBD

PGCEDC

Short-Term

Avoid expansion of designated General Plan Center boundaries until they are built out.

LU 12.1

M-NCPPC

County Council

Ongoing

Use office space in this corridor to house workforce development programs.

LU 14.2

PGCEDC

Nonprofits, PGCC, UMD

Ongoing

Identify potential community service organizations and other public/ nonprofit/institutional tenants.

LU 15.1

PGCEDC

Nonprofits, Institutions, Prince George's County

Ongoing

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Strategies Implemented

Position office buildings for possible sale/lease to public agencies.

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

LU 15.3

Property Owners

Public Agencies

Ongoing

Identify opportunities to house PreK-12 educational services, schools, or support programs in office buildings.

LU 15.4

Property Owners, PGCPS

M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Monitor living conditions and code compliance for multifamily housing.

LU 16.1

DPIE

Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Renovate and maintain existing multifamily housing within Regulated Areas in a marketable, leasable condition. Ensure compliance with applicable codes, attractiveness of living units, buildings, and sites, and safety.

LU 16.2

Property Owners

DPIE, Town of Riverdale Park, DHCD

Ongoing

Further evaluate the impact of stormwater and flooding outside of the levee system on existing properties and buildings, in order to explore and identify potential solutions.

LU 18.1

DPIE

DOE, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

TBD

DHCD, M-NCPPC, Town of Riverdale Park, DPIE, Property Owners

Mid-Term

Conduct a property-by-property analysis of the existing multifamily complexes in the Kenilworth South Character Area; identify propertyspecific renovation, revitalization, and/or redevelopment concepts; and work with property owners and other stakeholders implement the resulting recommendations.

LU 18.2

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Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Prince George's County, Redevelopment Authority

Ongoing

Encourage engagement and participation in redevelopment planning and implementation. Initial outreach should target owners of properties located in designated Core areas of Neighborhood Centers and those who express a desire to redevelop in the near term. Include public agency representatives to participate in redevelopment planning and implementation when significant impacts to public facilities are anticipated due to development.

EP 1.1

M-NCPPC, Town of Riverdale Park

Encourage coordination to strengthen outreach and ensure a unified redevelopment vision for the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor.

EP 1.2

M-NCPPC

CKAR, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Utilize federal, state, and County tax credits to maximize redevelopment opportunities and mitigate displacement effects that may arise as a result of area revitalization.

EP 1.3

Property Owners

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

As Needed

EP 2.1, EP 6.6

M-NCPPC, Town of Riverdale Park

Prince George's County

Short-Term

Enhance appearance of properties beyond minimum standards through installation of landscaping, decorative features and other beautification measures, as appropriate to supporting broader revitalization efforts.

EP 2.2

Property Owners

Prince George's County, M-NCPPC, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Implement the recommendations in Prince George’s County’s 2013 Property Standards Reform Action Plan.

EP 2.3

Property Owners, DPIE

Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Develop a façade improvement and building modernization program that assists local property owners with dated building exteriors and to improve commercial district aesthetics and attract new retail.

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Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Bring properties into code compliance through advanced notification of enforcement (warnings), technical assistance, and identification of funding needs and sources.

EP 2.4

DPIE, Town of Riverdale Park

Property Owners

Ongoing

Establish creative and reliable financing approaches; provide ample adaptable and modern office space; and offer administrative, management, and marketing support to help start-up companies grow and remain in the sector plan area.

EP 3.1

TBD

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Access Enterprise Zone (EZ) tax credits to support business investment and job creation. In accordance with state and County guidelines, the area’s Enterprise Zone designation establishes multiple tax incentives to support economic development efforts.

EP 3.2

PGCEDC

Property Owners

As Needed

Install wayfinding signage to alert drivers and pedestrians to commercial entrances along the Purple Line route during construction.

EP 4.2

DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park, SHA, Property Owners

Nonprofits

Short-Term

Assist businesses with advertising and marketing during construction of the Purple Line.

EP 4.3

PGCEDC, MTA

Prince George's County, State of Maryland

As Needed

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Strategies Implemented

Encourage property owners and businesses to facilitate relocation of commuter-serving retail prior to redevelopment of existing sites.

To the maximum extent practicable, construction activities that block commercial entrances should take place during non-business hours to reduce negative impacts to businesses.

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

EP 4.4; LU 9.3; LU 10.1

PGCEDC, Town of Riverdale Park

M-NCPPC

As Needed

EP 4.5

MTA, SHA

Prince George's County

As Needed

Ongoing

Ongoing

Explore opportunities to establish a one-stop employment and workforce development center in the sector plan area where job seekers can participate in post-secondary, job training and certification programs, English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, and high school graduation equivalency (GED) programs.

EP 5.1

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, State of Maryland, Nonprofits

Develop and advertise regular and reliable transit service to employment centers in Prince George’s County, Montgomery County and Washington, DC, with particular attention to early-morning and late-evening hours that accommodate non-traditional workday schedules. See also Policies TM 13 and TM 14.

EP 5.2

DPW&T, WMATA, MTA

Town of Riverdale Park

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Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Establish a central, safe and well-lighted zone for regular day labor pick-ups to support worker safety and avoid complaints about loitering.

Clearly display approved zone pick-up hours to discourage groups from congregating at night.

EP 5.3

PGCEDC, Town of Riverdale Park, Nonprofits, Property Owners

Provide additional post-secondary education and training opportunities.

EP 5.4

Institutions

Nonprofits

Ongoing

Explore the potential of consolidating workforce development programs and post-secondary education programs, especially those that cater to non-native-born and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) populations in the sector plan area. Such a consolidation maximizes the utility of the Purple Line to serve concentrations of these residents in other communities along the Purple Line, such as Langley Park and New Carrollton.

EP 5.5

Institutions

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, State of Maryland

As Needed

Create and support the launch of an East Riverdale business association to facilitate collaboration between community stakeholders, business and property owners, public agencies and private-sector investors.

Evaluate the potential of launching a Business Improvement District (BID) for the East Riverdale commercial areas as redevelopment begins.

EP 6.1

CKAR, Town of Riverdale Park

PGCEDC

Short-Term

Establish creative and reliable financing approaches; provide ample adaptable and modern commercial space; and offer administrative, management, and marketing support to help start-up companies grow and remain in the sector plan area.

EP 6.2

TBD

PGCEDC

Mid-Term

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Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element Action Steps Develop an East Riverdale commercial district brand and identity that reflects local community character and markets the area as a retail and commercial destination.

Provide capacity-building technical assistance to businesses and property owners to identify grants, encourage physical improvements, and diversify tenanting.

Support ongoing coordination between businesses, residents, and public agencies around issues relating to streetscaping, capital, and public space improvements. Work with property owners to create and improve pedestrian-friendly frontages along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), including a wide pedestrian clear-zone, street trees, landscaping and flower beds, stormwater management, outdoor seating, and other public enhancements.

Facilitate installation of coordinated district artwork to clearly identify the East Riverdale business district and define a sense of place.

Locate public events in parking lots and other underutilized areas in the business district in order to position the area as a regional destination.

Create and develop programming for temporary public spaces that encourages public gatherings and attracts potential patrons to area businesses. Potential events include: food trucks; vendor fairs and farmers’ markets; family events; arts and cultural events.

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

EP 6.3

TBD

PGCEDC

Short-Term

EP 6.4

Nonprofits, Prince George's County

Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

EP 6.5

M-NCPPC, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

SHA, MTA

Mid-Term

EP 6.8

Nonprofits, Property Owners

Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

EP 6.9

Town of Riverdale Park, Nonprofits

Prince George's County

Ongoing

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Table 16. Economic Prosperity Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

CKAR, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Facilitate partnerships to create, maintain, and rehabilitate retail space along the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) corridor that is affordable to small and local businesses.

EP 6.10

Prince George's County

Provide assistance to property owners to locate new tenants.

EP 7.1

PGCEDC

Identify opportunities to provide shared work or co-working space.

EP 7.2

Property Owners

PGCEDC

As Needed

Encourage connections and partnership between property owners and entities with experience starting co-working and incubator spaces for small businesses.

EP 7.3

Nonprofits

PGCEDC

As Needed

Work closely with healthcare providers to maintain existing offices, and identify opportunities to attract additional health care providers/ services to the area.

EP 7.4

Property Owners

PGCEDC

Ongoing

Conduct updated surveys of Kenilfair Plaza Shopping Center to determine the extent of the floodplain. Limit new construction to areas of the property outside of the floodplain.

EP 8.2

DOE

DPIE

Ongoing

Explore opportunities for flood mitigation, including flood control measures, at Kenilfair Plaza Shopping Center. Public sector investments in flood control at this location should protect houses in the Green Manor subdivision along Quesada Avenue and 54th Avenue.

EP 8.3

Property Owners

DPW&T, DOE, USACE, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Construct the Purple Line along the preferred alignment within the sector plan area.

TM 1.1, TM 1.2, TM 1.3, TM 2.1, TM 2.2

MTA

SHA

Mid-Term

Wayfinding signage at the station should include directions to residential and retail development, institutions, station platforms, parks and trails, and other points of interest.

TM 2.3

MTA

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Mid-Term

Acquire sufficient property near the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station to accommodate intermodal transfers and the recommended public spaces.

TM 3.1

TBD

M-NCPPC, MTA, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Provide for interim intermodal transfer solutions including, but not limited to, the following: clear signage for bus drivers and passengers; improved bus stops along Riverdale Road, including real-time bus information, shelters with benches, trash receptacles, signage, and improved lighting; improved, well-lighted and well-signed sidewalks between existing bus stops and station platforms.

TM 3.2; TM 12.1

TBD

MTA, DPW&T, WMATA

Short-Term

Construct a dedicated bus lane at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station that allows passengers to board or alight from buses as close as possible to platform escalators/elevator.

TM 3.3

TBD

MTA, DPW&T, WMATA

Mid-Term

Do not permit, and phase out existing, bus boarding/alighting from MD 410 (East West Highway) or MD 210 (Kenilworth Avenue) adjacent to the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station. All bus access to the station should be from Riverdale Road or the proposed bus lane.

TM 3.4

DPW&T, WMATA

Short-Term

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Strategies Implemented

Lead

TM 4.1

DPW&T, SHA

TM 4.2

DPW&T

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Prioritize pedestrian safety at Purple Line stations by implementing all of the measures identified in Policy TM 4 at the following intersections: •

Riverdale Road/58th Avenue at MD 410 (East West Highway)

•

MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) at: »» MD 410 (East West Highway) »» Riverdale Road »» Jefferson Street

•

Riverdale Road at

Ongoing

»» Auburn Avenue »» MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) »» 67th Avenue »» 64th Avenue/Eastpines Drive »» 66th Avenue at MD 410 (Riverdale Road) »» Entrance/Exit Ramps of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway at MD 410 (Riverdale Road) Increase pedestrian safety by implementing as many of the measures identified in Policy TM 4.

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SHA

Ongoing

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Ensure student safety while walking to schools by encouraging construction of sidewalks on both sides of the streets in the areas that are within 1.5 miles of an elementary school, and within 2 miles of a middle or high school. Prioritize pedestrian safety measures along these routes as identified in Policy TM 4.

TM 4.3

SHA

Short-Term

Support SHA efforts to complete design, right-of-way and construction phases of roadway improvements on MD 410 from MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to Mustang Drive, including: lane reduction from six lanes to four lanes; separated bicycle lanes; new sidewalk along eastbound MD 410; and installation of new crosswalks and signals at the following intersections: Riverdale Road/58th Avenue; Mustang Drive; and 62nd Avenue.

TM 4.4

SHA

Mid-Term

Prioritize implementation of the recommendation of the 2009 Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, in part, to construct MD 410 (Riverdale Road) to the recommended 100-120-foot right-of-way between Veterans Parkway and 64th Avenue/Eastpines Drive.

TM 6.3; TM 7.2

SHA

Short-Term

Consider the strategic location of variable message signs that display traffic conditions and comparative travel times. For example, at the intersection of Riverdale Road and Veterans Parkway, travelers would benefit from travel time comparisons to the US 50/MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) interchange via MD 410/US 50 vs. MD 410/Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

TM 7.2

TBD

Potential Parties Involved

SHA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

Timeframe

Long-Term

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Utilize traffic calming and traffic management techniques to maintain safe vehicle speeds and encourage through traffic to remain on the arterial and collector streets. Design local streets for comfortable nonmotorized accommodation and local access trips. Techniques include narrow lanes, stop controls, a dense tree canopy.

TM 8.5

TBD

SHA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Provide street trees to protect pedestrians from traffic, make streets more pedestrian-friendly, and reduce urban heat island effects.

Street trees should be part of an overall streetscape plan designed to provide both canopy and shade and to give special character and coherence to each street.

TM 8.6

TBD

SHA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park, Nonprofits

Ongoing

TM 8.7

TBD

SHA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC, Nonprofits

Ongoing

Provide attractive and durable street furniture such as benches, waste and recycling bins, and tables on all sidewalks with commercial or multifamily frontage.

TM 8.8; EP 6.5

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, DPW&T, Nonprofits

57th Avenue between Riverdale Road and the Riverdale ParkKenilworth Station should be constructed as a Special Pedestrian Street.

TM 8.10

TBD

Provide a visually distinct wayfinding system for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders and drivers to help them reach destinations within the sector plan area more easily and conveniently.

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Ongoing

SHA, MTA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

TM 9.1

DPW&T, SHA

Property Owners

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between MD 410 and Carter’s Lane.

TM 10.1

SHA

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for MD 410 (East West Highway) between the Northeast Branch and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

TM 10.1

SHA

Property Owners

Long-Term

Action Steps Evaluate the feasibility of reconstructing the following street segments as Complete Streets. These improvements should incorporate and accommodate the bicycle and pedestrian facilities recommended in the Approved Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, as amended by this sector plan (see Map 31 and Table 8): • Good Hope Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Auburn Avenue • Auburn Avenue between Good Hope Road and Riverdale Road • Campus Drive between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and US 1 • Riverdale Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Lafayette Avenue • Riverdale Road between MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) and MD 450 (Annapolis Road) • MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between MD 410 (East West Highway) and Carters Lane.

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for MD 410 (Riverdale Road) between MD 410 (East West Highway) and 64th Avenue.

TM 10.1

SHA

Property Owners

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for Campus Drive between the Northeast Branch and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

TM 10.1

DPW&T

Property Owners

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for Good Luck Road between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

TM 10.1

DPW&T

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation recommendations for Carter's Lane between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and Greenvale Parkway.

TM 10.1

DPW&T

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for MD 201 (Kenilworth Ave) between Good Luck Road and River Road.

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for MD 201 (Kenilworth Ave) between River Road and MD 410 (East West Highway).

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for MD 410 (East West Highway) between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and 58th Avenue.

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Short-Term

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Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for MD 410 (Riverdale Road) between 64th Avenue and Veterans Parkway.

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for MD 410 (Veterans Parkway) between Riverdale Road and sector plan boundary.

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Riverdale Road between MD 410 (Veterans Pkwy) and Auburn Avenue.

TM 10.2

SHA

Property Owners

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Greenvale Parkway (South) between Carters Lane and 61st Place.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 58th Avenue between MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and Roanoke Avenue.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 61st Place between Riverdale Hills Park and its northern terminus.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 61st Place between Roanoke Avenue and Riverdale Hills Park.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

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Strategies Implemented

Lead

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 62nd Place between MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and Sheridan Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 63rd Place between Tuckerman Street and proposed trailhead.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 66th Avenue between MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and Patterson Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 67th Place between MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and Patterson Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Beacon Light Road between Patterson Street and Furman Parkway.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Eastpines Drive between MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and Oliver Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Eastpines Drive between Oliver Street and Greenvale Parkway.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

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Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Furman Parkway between Greenvale Parkway and Beacon Light Road.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Patterson Street between 66th Avenue and 67th Place.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Roanoke Avenue between 58th Avenue and 64th Avenue.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Tuckerman Avenue between 62nd Place and 64th Avenue.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 62nd Place between Sheridan Street and Tuckerman Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Greenvale Parkway (North) between Eastpines Drive and Mustang Drive.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Riverdale Road between the Northeast Branch and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Potential Parties Involved

Property Owners

Timeframe

Mid-Term

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 56th Avenue between Kennedy Street and Nicholson Street.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Property Owners

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 56th Avenue between Nicholson Street and MD 410 (East West Highway).

TM 10.2

TBD

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, DPW&T

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Riverdale Road Relocation between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue and 56th Avenue Extended.

TM 10.2

TBD

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, DPW&T

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Nicholson Street between MD 201 and Browning's Grove Park.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Property Owners

Mid-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for Auburn Avenue between Riverdale Road and Brier’s Mill Run Trail.

TM 10.2

DPW&T

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for 57th Avenue between Riverdale Road and Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station.

TM 10.2

TBD

MTA, DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Short-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Captain John's Branch Greenway Trail between MD 201 and Greenvale Parkway (North).

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

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Strategies Implemented

Lead

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Riverdale Hills Park Trail between the two sections of 61st Place.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Brier’s Mill Run Trail between Auburn Avenue and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Anacostia Watershed Society, WSSC

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the East Leg, Northeast Branch Trail between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and the southern sector plan boundary.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the 63rd Place Trail between north end of 63rd Place and the Parkdale Trail.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Parkdale Trail between the north end of the 64th Avenue right of way at the Parkview Gardens Parking Lot and Parkdale High School

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Madison Hill Trail between Silk Tree Drive at Madison Hill Park and the Brier’s Mill Run Trail.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Long-Term

Long-Term

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Long-Term

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the 70th Place Trail between the end of pavement on 70th Place and the Glenridge Park Trail.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the 67th Court Trail between the end of 67th Court and the Brier’s Mill Run Trail.

TM 10.3

M-NCPPC

Property Owners

Long-Term

Implement the Master Plan of Transportation (as amended by this sector plan) recommendations for the Somerset Road Pedestrian Path and Steps between MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and 58th Avenue.

TM 10.3, TM 11.3

TBD

DPW&T, SHA

Long-Term

Include bicycle-priority measures where bike routes or facilities cross MD 410 or MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), including bike boxes, protected intersections, and separate bike lane signals.

TM 10.4

SHA

If Kenilfair Plaza is redeveloped, identify opportunities to provide a well-lighted, safe, and attractive pedestrian pathway from MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to the Northeast Branch.

TM 10.5

Property Owners

M-NCPPC

Mid-Term

Identify opportunities and mechanisms, such as disused public rights-ofway, public use or access easements, or strategic acquisition, to provide and formalize pedestrian connections between neighborhoods.

TM 10.6

M-NCPPC

DPW&T

As Needed

Sidewalk gaps should be evaluated for eligibility for Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes to Transit, and other state and federal programs that support pedestrian connectivity and safety.

TM 11.1

DPW&T

M-NCPPC

Ongoing

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Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Mid-Term

Mid-Term

Section 4: Implementation

Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

All sidewalks along streets classified as Collector and above should have pedestrian-scale lighting at regular intervals.

TM 11.2

DPW&T

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

TM 7.1, TM 12.1

DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

Property Owners

Mid-Term

TM 12.2

WMATA, DPW&T

UMD

Ongoing

Retrofit existing and outfit new bus/shuttle stops within the sector plan area with amenities to include but not be limited to: • Widened sidewalks, bus stop pads, and relocated landscaping to make boarding or alighting from a bus easier and safer • Bus shelters with seating for at least four patrons • Bicycle racks or lockers • Well-maintained signage indicating routes and services serving the stop or destinations in proximity • Next-Bus Technology with real time bus arrival information (sheltermounted display and smart phone mobile apps) plus up-to-date timetable and schedule information • An up-to-date map of the sector plan area patterned on WMATA’s Bus Stop Neighborhood Maps • Pedestrian-scale lighting • Shade trees • Durable and well-maintained trash and recycling receptacles Collaborate with transit service providers (WMATA, DPW&T, University of Maryland, etc.) to ensure that third-party bus-stop maintenance contracts support the strategy above.

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Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Increase headways, where warranted, to provide more frequent service.

TM 13.1

WMATA, DPW&T, MTA

Continue to collaborate with DPW&T, WMATA, MTA, the University of Maryland, and other bus providers to explore express bus, limited-stop, and/or bus rapid transit service along MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and MD 410.

TM 14.1

DPW&T

WMATA, MTA, UMD

Ongoing

Work with property owners, the Town of Riverdale Park, and other stakeholders to evaluate the potential for shuttle services between key commercial and residential nodes, community institutions, and Purple Line or Metro stations.

TM 14.2

TBD

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, DPW&T

Short-Term

Encourage and support collaborative efforts between the Prince George’s County Public Schools and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to combine school bus stops with public transportation bus stops in order to improve rider comfort, and explore possible routes that can connect residents to schools using public transportation.

TM 14.5

TBD

PGCPS, DPW&T

TBD

Ongoing

Mid-Term

Potential Parties Involved

As Needed

Evaluate opportunities to better connect sector plan area residents to jobs, regional employment centers, workforce development opportunities, and training locations and services. See Policy EP 5.

TM 14.4

TBD

Nonprofits, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC, Prince George's County, PGCEDC

Explore the feasibility of constructing a small public parking facility west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and south of Riverdale Road to support retail activities along the west side of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

TM 15.1

Town of Riverdale Park

Revenue Authority

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Timeframe

Section 4: Implementation

Table 17. Transportation and Mobility Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Explore the feasibility of constructing a public parking facility at a redeveloped Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center to lessen the cost to property owners of redevelopment and to provide a centrally located, revenue-generating public amenity.

TM 15.2

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park

Revenue Authority

Mid-Term

New development along existing County and Town streets should, with the consent of the permitting agency, include on-street parking as part of frontage improvements.

TM 16.2

Property Owners

DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

As Needed

Work closely with property owners, parking facility concessionaires, and prospective tenants to secure parking agreements and leases.

TM 17.1

Property Owners

Create a residential parking permit district in neighborhoods abutting Purple Line stations to ensure that on-street parking on single-family residential streets is limited to residents and their guests.

TM 18.2

Revenue Authority

Town of Riverdale Park

As Needed

Bring Capital Bikeshare to the sector plan area to facilitate “last-mile� connections and other short trips within the community.

TM 19.1

Capital Bikeshare

DPW&T, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Promote the provision of secure bicycle racks (along with bike lockers at the Purple Line stations).

TM 19.2

MTA

DPW&T

Short-Term

Explore installation of a privately operated bike station at the Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line station, with secure, covered parking and repair facilities.

TM 19.3

MTA

Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Action Steps

Ongoing

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Table 18. Natural Environment Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Regularly survey and map the one-percent (100-year) floodplain, tracking and reporting changes to the floodplain, to best inform the community, policymakers, regulators, and the private sector. Require the use of current data when planning and approving development in the sector plan area.

NE 1.1, LU 4.1

DOE

DPIE, DPW&T, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Identify strategic opportunities to acquire flood-prone and flood-susceptible properties to protect the sub-watersheds and buffer private development.

NE 1.4

DOE, M-NCPPC

DPIE, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Integrate stormwater management with rain gardens, landscape strips and other green/environmental site design features that minimize stormwater runoff and increase the filtration of rainwater into the ground. In areas where soils prevent easy absorption, evaluate and implement alternative on-site stormwater management features.

NE 2.1

Property Owners

DOE, M-NCPPC, Nonprofits

Ongoing

Evaluate the sector plan area’s existing stormwater management facilities for additional capacity to support redevelopment.

NE 2.2

DPW&T

DPIE, DOE

Short-Term

Create a catalog of sites where stormwater mitigation or intervention is warranted.

NE 2.3

DOE

DPW&T

Short-Term

Fees paid, or off-site mitigation features constructed, in lieu of providing onsite stormwater management should be directed to stormwater management projects within the drainage area into which the applicable property drains.

NE 2.4

Prince George's County

Partner with DOE, the Town of Riverdale Park and DPW&T to evaluate flood risks due to ponding behind levees. Based on evaluation, identify location for mitigation strategies, such as high-capacity pumps and upstream storage, to facilitate drainage and reduce risks and impacts of non-riverine flooding

NE 2.8

DOE

Action Steps

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Short-Term

Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC, DPW&T

TBD

Section 4: Implementation

Table 18. Natural Environment Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Evaluate the feasibility and cost of an underground stormwater management facility in the Captain John's Branch storage area upstream of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) and its potential to reduce flood risk west of MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

NE 2.9

DPW&T

DOE, M-NCPPC

TBD

Identify strategic opportunities and funding sources to construct the improvements identified in Table 12.

NE 3.1

Nonprofits

DOE, M-NCPPC, DPW&T

Ongoing

Remove, where feasible, concrete channelization measures.

NE 4.1

DPW&T

Nonprofits, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Reintroduce native plants and species.

NE 4.2

TBD

DOE, M-NCPPC, DPW&T, Nonprofits

Mid-Term

Daylight Captain John's Branch as it approaches the existing intersection of Riverdale Road and MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue).

NE 4.3

TBD

Property Owners, DPW&T

Long-Term

Identify opportunities for stormwater management measures along the stream valley to control downstream flow.

NE 4.4

TBD

DOE, M-NCPPC, DPW&T, Nonprofits

Ongoing

The Anacostia Flood Control System should be evaluated for potential strengthening and extension within and surrounding the sector plan area.

NE 5.5

USACE

DPW&T

Mid-Term

TBD

Redevelopment Authority, Prince George's County, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Action Steps

Encourage net-zero residential infill and redevelopment.

NE 6.5

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Table 19. Housing and Neighborhoods Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

DPIE, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Identify areas with high concentrations of foreclosed and vacant dwellings, and develop a comprehensive neighborhood stabilization strategy.

HN 1.1, HN 6.3

DHCD

Encourage market-rate rental property landlords to seek Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) or other tax credit awards for the rehabilitation of aging market-rate residential properties into newly renovated mixed-income properties.

HN 1.2

DHCD

Work closely with the Department of Housing and Community Development to engage stakeholders in programs that assist with neighborhood stabilization, rental assistance, age-in-place, and energy efficiency and weatherization upgrades.

HN 1.3

DHCD

Nonprofits

Ongoing

Promote state and County programs that provide assistance to repair health and safety hazards for the dwellings of low-and moderateincome homeowners and seniors.

HN 1.4

Prince George's County

State of Maryland

Ongoing

Promote the Triple Play Program and My Home II Program for assistance with home ownership and the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program (Section 8) and the Rental Allowance Program (RAP) for assistance with rental housing. All programs need to be more widely advertised to residents of the sector plan area, including Spanish-speaking residents.

HN 1.5

DHCD

Expand public outreach efforts within the sector plan area to include regular access to foreclosure prevention and financial literacy counseling.

HN 1.6

DHCD

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Ongoing

Ongoing

Nonprofits

Ongoing

Section 4: Implementation

Table 19. Housing and Neighborhoods Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

HN 1.7

Nonprofits

Identify a permanent community organization or municipal partnership to continue operations of the Bladensburg-East Riverdale Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative.

HN 1.8

BladensburgEast Riverdale TNI

Prince George's County, Town of Bladensburg

Ongoing

Following completion of the Countywide Housing Strategy, identify opportunity sites for the construction of new, affordable housing, including units affordable to the workforce, seniors, and families. Key opportunity sites may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Former Park Police Headquarters; (2) Riverdale Plaza; (3) Eastpines Shopping Center; and (4) Other sites identified via the strategy planning process.

HN 1.10

TBD

Property Owners, M-NCPPC, DHCD

TBD

Inform residents of existing protections in the Prince George’s County Tax Code that prevent large single-year or incremental property tax increases.

HN 2.1

Prince George's County

Identify resources for targeted capital improvements at multifamily complexes.

HN 3.2

DHCD

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Continue to provide affordable and workforce housing, even as neighboring rents rise in response to Purple Line-related redevelopment.

HN 3.5

Property Owners

DHCD

Ongoing

Action Steps Work with neighborhoods and civic associations to install and maintain neighborhood-specific entry signage.

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe Mid-Term

Ongoing

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Table 19. Housing and Neighborhoods Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Work with property owners, the County, Town of Riverdale Park, the state and others to ensure adequate and fair relocation of residents in flood-prone areas, or displaced by renovation or redevelopment.

Ensure that residents are relocated to comparable or better housing in a transit-supported location.

HN 3.8

Property Owners

Prince George's County

Mid-Term

Explore incentives to make development more attractive in light of potential negative impacts on returns of investment caused by land costs, infrastructure costs and building code changes.

HN 3.9

Prince George's County

State of Maryland

Ongoing

Partner with property owners to support the provision of housing units affordable to seniors proximate to Purple Line stations.

HN 3.10

TBD

M-NCPPC, DHCD, Nonprofits

Develop a Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) program to provide neighborhood civic associations or groups with resources for community-driven projects that enhance and strengthen neighborhoods.

All projects are initiated, planned and implemented by community members in partnership with a collaborative, municipality or developer. Every award is matched by neighborhoods' or communities' resources of volunteer labor, donated materials, donated professional services or cash. This community match is the critical element of a successful NMF Program.

HN 5.1

Prince George's County

Town of Riverdale Park

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Mid-Term

Section 4: Implementation

Table 19. Housing and Neighborhoods Element Action Steps Conduct a coordinated education campaign for residents and workers to learn how to best use Prince George’s CountyClick 311 system to address concerns and complaints related to residential property or neighborhood blight, code enforcement, building, noise, housing and construction.

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

HN 6.2

Prince George's County

Ongoing

HN 3.3, HN 6.1, HN 6.4, UD 4.10

DPIE, Town of Riverdale Park

Short-Term

Create a code enforcement task force to provide targeted support to code enforcement agencies for the Town of Riverdale Park and Prince George’s County on the following key issues within the sector plan area: • Vacant and blighted residential properties • Housing code violations • Public nuisances • Zoning code violations • Communication between DPIE, Town of Riverdale Park, the community and institutions or agencies affected by code violations

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Table 20. Community Heritage and Culture Element Action Steps

0 Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Short-Term

Foster partnerships between private, public, nonprofit institutions, and neighborhood associations to promote community cultural programs in public spaces and institutions.

CH 1.1

TBD

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Encourage cultural and heritage wayfinding displays in neighborhoods that reflect community heritage and customs.

CH 1.2

TBD

Nonprofits, M-NCPPC, Prince George's County

Short-Term

Incorporate interpretive historical markers and commemorative public art throughout the sector plan at Purple Line and bus stations, trails, and open spaces.

CH 1.3

TBD

MTA, M-NCPPC, Town of Riverdale Park, Nonprofits

Short-Term

TBD

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Mid-Term

CH 2.4

TBD

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Encourage local art, humanities, and cultural gatherings locations with the assistance of private-public enterprises, educational institutions, and the Prince George’s County Art and Humanities Council.

CH 2.5

Art and Humanities Council

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Develop a community resources-based analysis to inventory historic and cultural elements assets that characterize this sector plan area to guide preservation, heritage, tourism and economic-development efforts.

CH 2.6

M-NCPPC

Encourage and support street markets, fairs and festival marketplace spaces to showcase local cultural expressions.

Support local artists and art organizations in the sector plan and attract new artists and art organizations to the area.

CH 2.2

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Short-Term

Section 4: Implementation

Table 20. Community Heritage and Culture Element Action Steps Support existing cultural initiatives in the sector plan area and leverage resources to identify and market a local heritage and public art trail.

0 Strategies Implemented

CH 2.7

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

TBD

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Partner with local organizations to identify opportunities and pursue grants, loans, and tax credits to promote cultural and heritage tourism.

CH 2.8

TBD

Document and evaluate worthy early twentieth-century and midcentury properties within the sector plan area.

CH 3.1

M-NCPPC

Consider Historic Site designation for relevant properties using criteria established by Subtitle 29 of the County Code, the Historic Preservation Ordinance.

CH 3.2

County Council

Consider non-regulatory listing on the National Register of Historic Places for M-NCPPC’s Regional Headquarters (6600 Kenilworth Avenue) to recognize its history and architectural importance.

CH 3.3

Historic Preservation Commission, M-NCPPC

Promote rehabilitation tax incentives and grants available under certain types of historic designations.

CH 3.4

Prince George's County

Use the area’s historic architectural assets to help develop a sense of place and branding for the East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Area.

CH 4.1

Ongoing

Historic Preservation Commission, M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Short-Term

State of Maryland

Ongoing

Mid-Term

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Table 20. Community Heritage and Culture Element Action Steps Support efforts to incorporate the sector plan area into the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area to spur heritage tourism and access funding.

0 Strategies Implemented

Lead

CH 4.2

M-NCPPC

Link Historic Sites and Resources with the County’s trails, sidewalk system and wayfinding efforts, where appropriate. Identify planning, design and interpretation projects that are eligible for Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) grants throughout the Certified Heritage Area (CHA).

CH 4.3

Preserve the parkway-like character of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway as an important segment of the Star-Spangled Banner Trail of the National Scenic Byways Program and as included within the StarSpangled Banner Trail Comprehensive Management Plan.

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe Ongoing

M-NCPPC

Nonprofits, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

CH 4.4

National Park Service

TBD

TBD

Conduct a community process to identify names and/or brands for the broader unincorporated community along MD 410 (Riverdale Road), including the Beacon Heights-East Pines Station.

CH 5.2

TBD

PGCEDC, Prince George's County, M-NCPPC

Mid-Term

Create significant entrance features along major roadways, such as MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue), to highlight entry into the town and into key neighborhoods within the town, especially the Kenilworth commercial area and the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

CH 5.3

Town of Riverdale Park

SHA

Short-Term

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Table 21. Design Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Identify adaptive reuse strategies for former auto-oriented uses.

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

UD 3.10

Property Owners

M-NCPPC, PGCEDC, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Incorporate special programming, such as arts festivals, block parties, and farmers’ markets to allow residents to get to know one another and to consistently provide a lively street environment.

UD 4.6

Nonprofits, Town of Riverdale Park

Property Owners

Short-Term

Install traffic-calming techniques that reduce traffic speeds, help to beautify the public realm, and reduce the chance for potential criminal activity.

UD 4.9

DPW&T

Town of Riverdale Park, SHA

Ongoing

Work collaboratively with public, institutional, and nonprofit sectors on targeted cleanup operations in parks, along streams/stormwater facilities, and other public areas.

UD 4.12

TBD

All

Ongoing

Repair, maintain, and install additional street lights, especially in multifamily and retail areas.

UD 4.13

DPW&T

Town of Riverdale Park, SHA

Short-Term

Explore the potential for lighting accents, public art displays or other artistic treatments of Purple Line facilities, especially the stations, overhead structures, and abutments.

UD 5.4

MTA

Prince George's County, Nonprofits

Short-Term

UD 6.1

Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George's County

Nonprofits, Property Owners

Short-Term

Encourage temporary creative gathering spaces on parking lots, street intersections, or public spaces.

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Table 21. Design Element Action Steps

Create parklets on streets, in parking lots, and other highvisibility public locations.

Work with the appropriate regulatory agencies and civic organizations to permit and facilitate community tactical urbanism efforts.

Strategies Implemented

UD 6.2

UD 6.3

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Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George's County

Nonprofits, Property Owners

Short-Term

Community

Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George's County, M-NCPPC

Short-Term

Section 4: Implementation

Table 22. Healthy Communities Element Action Steps

Identify locations for, and host, regular farmers’ markets.

Strategies Implemented

HC 2.2

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

TBD

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, Nonprofits, Prince George's County

Short-Term

Short-Term

Work with garden-supply companies and nonprofits to increase access to gardening/farming supplies, including temporary or adjunct retail or donation space.

HC 2.3

Nonprofits

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park, Prince George's County

Partner with Prince George's County Public Schools to provide opportunities for community members to help maintain school gardens.

HC 2.5

Community

PGCPS

Ongoing

Support existing community gardens at the Center for Educational Partnership and explore locations for new community gardens.

HC 2.6

TBD

Community

Ongoing

Assist, educate, and connect families with food-assistance providers.

HC 3.2

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Promote better nutrition through food demonstrations, product placement, cooking classes, and other activities in public and private schools, apartment club houses, civic buildings, and park facilities

HC 3.5

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Promote the development of a food hub to support urban farmers, retailers, and consumers across the County.

HC 3.6

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Support policies and programs that encourage small food businesses and organizations to increase sales of healthy foods such as a “Healthy Carry-Out” initiative and sales of community garden produce.

HC 3.7

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

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Table 22. Healthy Communities Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Support and promote the growth and development of economically viable and sustainable food production enterprises and attract urban farmers to the sector plan area.

HC 4.1

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Collaborate with local and regional food-equity councils to improve regional food production, processing, and distribution chains.

HC 4.2

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Cultivate a network of school and community gardens within the sector plan area.

HC 4.3

Nonprofits

Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Mid-Term

Ensure that existing healthcare facilities within the sector plan area are maintained in place, relocated to locations closer to Purple Line stations, and/or relocated out of the floodplain.

HC 5.1

Property Owners

Health Department

Ongoing

Identify and advertise transit services that connect the sector plan area to critical healthcare services in nearby areas, including the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo.

HC 5.2

DPW&T, WMATA

MTA

Short-Term

Work with property owners to identify potential leasable space in new development for health care providers.

HC 5.3

Property Owners

Health Department

Short-Term

Promote and utilize community partnerships with local nonprofits and the private sector to meet child care and early-education needs.

HC 6.2

Nonprofits

Property Owners

Short-Term

Nonprofits

Property Owners, Prince George's County, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Action Steps

Coordinate with local child care and early-education referral/resource agencies to distribute resources and informational materials to childcare and early-education providers, employers, parents, developers and local businesses.

HC 6.3

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Table 22. Healthy Communities Element Action Steps

Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Work with property owners to ensure the establishment of child-care facilities at the Purple Line stations.

HC 6.4

Property Owners

MTA, PGCEDC

Mid-Term

Activate parks and public spaces with programming. Facilitate partnerships with M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation, Northern Area Operations and local organizations to improve access and frequency of programming within the sector plan area.

HC 7.1

M-NCPPC

Property Owners

Ongoing

Evaluate program demand and adjust offerings based on community feedback on a regular basis. Undertake a demand and level of service analysis of existing programs offered by DPR and program partners in Prince George’s County.

HC 7.2

M-NCPPC

TBD

Ongoing

Implement best practices in program life cycles to maintain a culture of equality and quality program delivery. Continue to monitor recreation trends and national best practices that incorporate new and innovative recreational park programming.

HC 7.3

M-NCPPC

TBD

Ongoing

Diversify and increase availability of senior programming to serve active and multilingual seniors. Promote and increase the availability of programming that caters to diverse cultures, ages, interests, and skill levels.

HC 7.4

M-NCPPC

TBD

Ongoing

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Table 23. Public Facilities Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Replace William Wirt Middle School on-site, as programmed in the FY 2017-2022 and FY 2018-2023 Capital Improvement Programs.

PF 1.1

PGCPS

Identify a central location for a Fire and Emergency Medical Services station that supports the Riverdale communities with career and volunteer staffing along the MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) or MD 410 Corridors of the sector plan area. (CIP #LK 511123).

PF 1.2

PGFD

Explore moving the headquarters of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to a more centrally located and transitaccessible location in the County. (CIP #EC 001254).

PF 1.3

M-NCPPC

Long-Term

Replace and add capacity to Beacon Heights Elementary School and Parkdale High School, as recommended in the Prince George’s County Public Schools Approved 20-year FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

PF 1.4

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Complete the programmed renovations to the New Carrollton Branch Library, just outside the sector plan area. (CIP #HL 719213).

PF 2.1

PGCMLS

Short-Term

Construct the new Bladensburg Branch Library, just outside the sector plan area (CIP #HL 719713).

PF 2.2

PGCMLS

Short-Term

Replace and add capacity to Lamont, Riverdale, Templeton, and Woodridge Elementary Schools, and Charles Carroll and Hyattsville Middle Schools, as recommended in the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

PF 2.3

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Action Steps

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Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe Ongoing

Riverdale Heights VFD, Riverdale VFD

Short-Term

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Table 23. Public Facilities Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Keep Glenridge Elementary School open until a determination is made on the future of Margaret Brent Regional School at the completion of a planning study as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan. See also Strategy PF 2.6.

PF 2.4

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Construct a new elementary school in PGCPS Planning Area 12 as recommended by the PGCPS Master Plan Support Project.

PF 2.5

PGCPS

Long-Term

Conduct a planning study as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan to consider the possibility of converting Margaret Brent Regional School into a neighborhood school.

PF 2.6

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Construct new middle and high schools recommended in the northwest section of Prince George’s County, as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

PF 2.7

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Renovate Rogers Heights Elementary School as recommended by the FY 2017 Educational Facilities Master Plan.

PF 2.8

PGCPS

Mid-Term

Ensure safe pedestrian access to the New Carrollton Branch Library at 7414 Riverdale Road.

PF 3.1

DPW&T, City of New Carrollton

Mid-Term

Evaluate the potential relocation of the Kenilworth Branch Post Office at 6270 Kenilworth Avenue to a more central location in or near the Riverdale Park Neighborhood Center.

PF 3.2

USPS

Long-Term

Action Steps

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

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Section 4: Implementation

Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Action Steps Strive to meet the long-standing Level of Service (LOS) standard of 15 acres of local parkland for every 1,000 residents and, 20 acres of regional parkland for every 1,000 residents.

Strategies Implemented

Lead

PR 1.1

DPR

Pursue opportunities to create new parks and plazas within redevelopment occurring around the Purple Line stations. New parks and plazas should create linear connections between urban and open spaces as part of an integrated, accessible public space network that maximizes neighborhood connectivity. New parks and plazas should meet the Urban Park Typology and Urban Park Guidelines found in Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space.

PR 1.2

Include park and trail access planning in transportation planning efforts in order to identify sufficient connectivity and accessibility to major parks, trails, and public facilities.

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Long-Term

TBD

M-NCPPC, MTA, Town of Riverdale Park, Property Owners

Ongoing

PR 1.3

DPW&T, SHA, WMATA, MTA

M-NCPPC

Ongoing

Evaluate bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and accessibility to the 11 local parks and, where appropriate, improve entrances that connect the street and sidewalks to the trail network. Formalize and pave the existing trails within the following parks: Fletcher's Field Park, Browning’s Grove Park, Riverdale Hills Park and Brier's Mill Run Park.

PR 1.4

M-NCPPC

Partner with the National Park Service and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to identify measures to improve pedestrian and bicycle access to Greenbelt Park from Good Luck Road.

PR 1.5

National Park Service

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Short-Term

DPW&T

Short-Term

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Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Incorporate new privately owned public spaces (POPS) into mixed-use developments that meet the Urban Park Typology in Formula 2040.

Prioritize public access to POPS through public-use easements and maintenance agreements.

PR 1.6

TBD

M-NCPPC, Property Owners

Ongoing

Evaluate the potential to restore the channelized Captain John's Branch and Brier’s Mill Run (formerly Brier Ditch) tributaries to their natural state as part of a larger linear park and trail concept.

PR 1 .7

TBD

M-NCPPC, DOE, Anacostia Watershed Society

TBD

Construct the park, recreation, and open space recommendations in Table 14.

PR 1.8

M-NCPPC

Property Owners, Town of Riverdale Park

Ongoing

Explore opportunities to improve access and connectivity to existing regional trails and parks, with particular focus on the Northeast Branch Trail and the Anacostia River Stream Valley Park. To improve connectivity to the Anacostia Stream Valley Park, explore the feasibility of adding bicycle and pedestrian bridges over the Northeast Branch to the Northeast Branch Trail and retrofitting the culverts under the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to form an east-west trail network through Madison Hill Park. This trail should ultimately provide a connection from Auburn Ave, to Parkdale High School, and east to the Northeast Branch Trail (See Table 10, and Strategy TM 10.3).

PR 1.9

M-NCPPC

TBD

TBD

Work closely with the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Public Works and Transportation to implement the recommended trail facilities found in Table 10 and Strategy TM 10.3.

PR 1.10

TBD

DPR, DPW&T

TBD

Action Steps

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Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Evaluate needed improvements at Riverdale Hills Park, and work with stakeholders to discuss community adoption of the park. Support the addition of amenities and trail connections to enhance the park.

PR 1.11

M-NCPPC

Community

Ongoing

Identify the existing M-NCPPC programs and facilities offered in, and within close proximity to, the sector plan boundary. Determine the current programming needs by identifying the areas where existing parks and recreation facilities need to be improved, or added, in order to provide a reasonable mix of amenities to the community.

PR 2.1

M-NCPPC, MTA

Short-Term

Evaluate opportunities to program new and existing parks with a lively and diverse mix of activities, such as structured and informal recreation, children's play, community gardens and community canine areas.

Partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation, Northern Area Operations, Sports Health and Wellness Division, and the Natural and Historical Resources Division to improve programming offered in the Sector Plan Area.

PR 2.2

M-NCPPC

Short-Term

Complete the Strategic Trails Plan for the Department of Parks and Recreation. Implement and identify strategies that improve access to existing trail networks and ease commute to the Purple Line.

PR 2.3

M-NCPPC

Short-Term

PR 3.1

M-NCPPC, Property Owners

Short-Term

Action Steps

Add urban parks and plazas in strategic, highly visible locations at, and between, Purple Line stations in order to feature green space as a unique identifying element of the community.

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Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Identify potential sites for acquisition near the intersection of MD 410 (Annapolis Road) and MD 410 (Veterans Highway) to build a multigenerational center. Once a site is secured, develop concepts for the multigenerational center that are eye-catching and appealing. The design should indicate a community centerpiece and be inviting and easily identifiable to the residents and visitors alike.

PR 3.2

M-NCPPC

Mid-Term

Search for infill land acquisition opportunities that expand the urban park network, enhance the Countywide Green Infrastructure Network and other natural systems and waterways, and improve park and trail connectivity within the sector plan area.

PR 3.3

M-NCPPC

Short-Term

Consider reconfiguring, or adding amenities to, public spaces that support flexible programming for different age groups and diverse interests.

PR 3.4

M-NCPPC

Property Owners

TBD

Maintain Center for Educational Partnership as a community resource which provides space for public and private organizations to provide needed resources, programming, and activity space to the community.

PR 3.5

TBD

TBD

TBD

Action Steps

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

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Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

PR 4.1

M-NCPPC

TBD

TBD

Facilitate partnerships with the Department of Parks and Recreation, WMATA, the National Park Service, and other agencies to identify regional and local trails, historic and cultural sites, museums, and recreational facilities on regionally produced maps, print publications, websites and applications, and any new communications technologies, as appropriate.

PR 4.2

M-NCPPC, WMATA, National Park Service

TBD

TBD

Ensure that redevelopment site design sensitively engages and integrates the park and trail system, while improving flood functions and enhancing natural systems. Integrating future low-impact development with the trail and park system is a placemaking strategy that will support the Department of Parks and Recreation’s primary goals of connectivity, health and wellness, and economic impact.

PR 5.1

TBD

DPR

TBD

Action Steps Identify funding for park and trail wayfinding along the Anacostia Tributary Trail. Partner with the Department of Parks and Recreation to phase, design and install a wayfinding system that integrates with, and supports, Purple Line wayfinding measures. Wayfinding destinations should include the following: • Existing and future neighborhood parks; regional parks; • Anacostia Tributary Trail System; • Town of Riverdale Park; • City of College Park; • University of Maryland, College Park • Other destinations as needed to facilitate efficient multimodal navigation

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Table 24. Parks and Recreation Element Strategies Implemented

Lead

Potential Parties Involved

Timeframe

Evaluate the feasibility of creating a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Anacostia River to provide a direct connection between Quesada Road and the Northeast Branch Trail, and to encourage future trail-oriented development. Include a new non-motorized gateway leading from Riverdale Community Park to the Northeast Branch Trail. (See TM 10.3.)

PR 5.2

DPR

TBD

TBD

Require that redevelopment on parcels adjacent to parkland include low-impact and environmentally sensitive site design. Building designs should increase visibility and access to the park, and encourage safe and regular park use.

PR 5.3

Property Owner(s)

County Council

TBD

Ensure that all parks meet or exceed the Urban Park Typology and Guidelines found in the Department of Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Formula 2040, Appendices F and G.

PR 5.4

DPR

DPR

TBD

Action Steps

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Index Symbols

Beacon Heights Elementary School 41, 177, 234 Beacon Heights Station 3, 16, 18, 45, 47, 48, 65, 80, 82, 161 beautification 91, 199

100-year floodplain 34, 56, 70, 130, 195

Bethesda 11, 23, 25, 99

5600 Riverdale Road 76, 196

biking 29, 76, 80

A

Bladensburg Branch library 41

Alamo Restaurant 11

Bladensburg High School 41

Alfred M. Rinaudot & Associates 11, 157

Bowie State University 92

Anacostia River Stream Valley Park 44

Brier’s Mill Run 29, 31, 84, 183, 214, 215, 216

Anacostia Trails Heritage Area 51

Browning and Baines Coffee Company 10

Anacostia Tributary Trail 44, 50

Browning-Baines House 10

Annapolis 12, 21, 41, 110, 163, 166

Browning’s Grove Park 44

Archdiocese of Washington 77

bus 25, 26, 45, 50, 76, 78, 79, 99, 100, 107, 122, 123, 155, 196, 205, 217, 218, 226

Auburn Manor 39, 67, 106

Business Improvement District (BID) 93, 202

Auburn Manor Apartments 67 Auto repair shops 163

B

C Captain John’s Branch 16, 29, 31, 51, 76, 78, 79, 131, 133, 134, 135, 161, 196, 197 Celtic Building 11

Baltimore-Washington Parkway 10, 12, 21, 23, 53, 80, 81, 101, 107, 111, 206, 207, 210

Center for Educational Partnership 44

barrier-free architecture 11

Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation (CKAR) 89, 92, 93

bars 77, 80 Beacon Heights Core 67

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Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Study 47, 51, 75, 95, 118 Character Area 6, 83, 84, 85

Cherry Hill Cemetery 10, 44

farmers’ market 48

Cooper Lane Elementary School 41

First Korean of Maryland Presbyterian Church 11

CountyClick 152

Fletcher’s Field Park 3, 44, 58

CR-63-2015 58

flood control 3, 29, 56, 70, 95, 133, 204

“Crescent” model (Sears) 10

flooding 3, 29, 34, 56, 85, 130

Cushing Daniel, Jr 10

floodplain 6, 16, 29, 34, 37, 56, 68, 70, 84, 95, 129, 130, 131, 132, 150, 173, 195, 204, 220, 232

D

Food Fair Supermarket 11, 16, 157

day labor 92, 202

food truck 77, 80, 94, 104, 172, 197, 203

dining 77, 80, 92

Formula 2040: Functional Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Open Space 51, 183

E East Pines Shopping Center 10, 48, 50, 67, 81, 82 East Pines Terrace Apartments 16, 67, 161 Ecole des Beaux Arts 10 Economic Development Corporation 75, 84, 91 Edmonston Road Rain Garden 93 Edwin F. Ball, AIA 11, 157 enforcement 91, 152, 165, 200, 225 Enterprise Zone (EZ) tax credits 91, 200 Ernest Maier, Inc 12

F

G Gateway Arts 56, 68 General Plan Center 83 Glenridge Community Park 44 Glenridge Elementary School 178 Greenbelt Park 27, 34, 58, 110, 183, 185 Greenhorne and O’Mara 11 Green Infrastructure Network 37, 70, 143 Gretta Addition to Riverdale 10 grocery 77

façade improvement 89, 163, 199

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H

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) 156

healthcare 84, 95, 171, 173

Maryland-National Capital Park Police 16, 43, 140

Historic Preservation Ordinance 156

Maryland State House 166

Historic Site 10, 12, 44

Maryland Transit Administration 47, 250

Hyattsville Elementary School 41

MegaMart 16, 157

Hyattsville Middle School 41

Mid-Atlantic Trucking Association headquarters 11, 157

I incubator 5, 84, 95, 204

K Kea, Shaw Associates, AIA 12 Kenilfair Shopping Center 51, 95 Kenilworth Branch Post Office 178 Kenilworth Roadside Park 44 Kenilworth South Character Area 6, 84, 85

L Lamont Elementary School 41 Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) 89

M Madison Hill Park 44, 51, 117, 165, 215 Marenka House 11 Margaret Brent Regional School 41, 178

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midcentury 11, 12 M-NCPPC’s Regional Headquarters 11, 156, 157 multifamily 12, 20, 38, 50, 65, 68, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 109, 125, 148, 149, 150, 165, 198, 208, 223, 229 M-U-TC, Riverdale Park 68

N National Park Service 236, 250 National Register of Historic Places 10, 12, 156, 157, 227 Natural and Historical Resources Division 184 Neighborhood Centers 3, 6, 26, 45, 51, 65, 66, 67, 68, 77, 78, 80, 81, 89, 93, 107, 124, 125, 150, 158, 163, 178, 199, 228, 235 Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) 150, 151 New Carrollton 16, 21, 23, 25, 26, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53, 65, 92, 99, 106, 138, 161, 177, 178, 202, 234, 235 New Carrollton Branch Library 41, 43, 177, 178 New Carrollton Woods 16, 39, 106, 138, 161 New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) 89

Northeast Branch Trail 117, 215

O office 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 20, 45, 48, 49, 50, 56, 58, 65, 68, 77, 78, 81, 84, 85, 91, 92, 95, 125, 162, 197, 198, 200

P Paint Branch elementary School 41 parcel assembly 72 Parkdale High School 20, 34, 41, 51, 101, 117, 177, 215, 234 Park Police Headquarters site 48 parks 43, 44, 56, 58, 89, 110, 155, 162, 164, 165, 171, 183, 184, 229 Parkview Apartments 67 Parkview Gardens 39, 81, 106, 117, 149, 215 Pedestrian Streets 104 Placemaking 161 Plan 2035 3, 45, 65, 77, 80, 81, 84 Plaza Del Alamo 11 Prince George’s County Community College 92 Prince George’s Plaza 26, 45, 65, 68 Prince Georgetown Apartments 16, 39, 67, 106, 140, 149 privately-owned public spaces (POPS) 183 Property Standards Reform Action Plan 91 Purple Line 3, 5, 6, 16, 23, 29, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 56, 58, 67, 68, 72, 75, 81, 89, 91, 92, 99, 100, 101, 104, 106, 110, 112, 118, 122, 124, 125, 147, 148, 149, 155, 162, 165, 173, 184, 193, 200, 202, 205, 206, 218, 219, 223, 226, 229, 232, 233, 238

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R Refreshing Spring Church of God 16, 34 Rehabilitation Tax Incentives for Historic Buildings 89 restaurant 11, 16, 76, 163, 196 retail 3, 5, 6, 12, 45, 49, 50, 53, 56, 58, 65, 68, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 123, 162, 165, 171, 197, 199, 201, 203, 204, 205, 218, 229, 231 Riverdale Baptist Church 10 Riverdale Elementary School 41 Riverdale Heights 10, 39, 43

sidewalks 27, 41, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 89, 100, 106, 107, 109, 118, 122, 124, 162, 164, 193, 205, 208, 217 Sports Health and Wellness Division, 184 St. Anne’s Church 166 St. Bernard of Clairvaux 157 St. Bernard’s Catholic Church 11, 106, 149, 166 St. Bernard’s School 16, 77 Steering Advisory Committee. 52 St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church 166

Riverdale Hills 10, 39, 44

stormwater 3, 29, 35, 70, 76, 78, 85, 93, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 165, 196, 203, 220, 221, 229

Riverdale Hills Park 113, 117, 185, 187

subdivision regulations 52

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station viii, 16, 17, 49, 50, 51, 56, 76, 77, 79, 99, 100, 109, 135, 161, 187, 189, 196, 197, 205, 208

supermarket 11, 40

Riverdale Plaza 10, 16, 49, 51, 66, 77, 79, 94, 106, 123, 135, 165, 166, 219 Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center 10, 16, 51, 66, 77, 79, 106, 123, 135, 166, 219

sustainability 45, 93

T

Riverdale Triangle 51, 78, 161

Tactical Urbanism 167

Rogers Heights Elementary School 41, 178, 235

Templeton Elementary School 41

S schools 6, 41, 53, 84, 89, 110, 172, 178, 198, 231, 235 Sears, Roebuck and Company 10 Seattle, Washington 151 SHA 100, 200, 201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 216, 228, 229

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Trails Master Plan 184 Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI) 46 Transportation Review Guidelines 20

U University of Maryland 84, 92, 122

V “Vallonia” model (Sears) 10 Vandeputte family 11

W Walton and Madden, AIA 11, 157 wayfinding signage 91, 200 WiFi 92 Wildercroft Shopping Center 81 Wildercroft Terrace 67 William Wirt Middle School 20, 27, 41, 51, 101, 177, 234 Woodridge Elementary School 41 workforce 5, 6, 16, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 92, 93, 123, 147, 148, 173, 197, 201, 202, 218, 223 workforce housing 16, 78, 80, 81, 147, 148, 223

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APPENDICES All appendices available at http://www.pgplanning.org/394/ERBH Appendix 1: Existing Conditions Appendix 2: Relevant Plans Appendix 3: Additional Purple Line Studies Appendix 4: Master Plan Amendments Appendix 5: Purple Line TOD Study Appendix 6: CKAR Study Appendix 7: MD 201 and MD 410 Recommendations Appendix 8: Funding Sources Summary

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East Riverdale-Beacon Heights Sector Plan Steering Advisory Committee Mayor Vernon Archer, Town of Riverdale Park Robert Asprilla, CASA de Maryland Jessica Barnes, Town Clerk, Town of Riverdale Park Alice Bishop, President, Templeton Knolls Civic Association Lisa Butler McDougal, President, Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development, Inc. Lisa Davila-Steele, Roswil Homeowners’ Association Cindy Daymont, Riverdale Heights/Hills and Crestwood Civic Association Alex Gross, President, Advantage Properties, Inc. Patricia Hayes-Parker, Executive Director, Central Kenilworth Revitalization CDC Sara Imhulse, Town Administrator, Town of Riverdale Park Louis Jones, East Riverdale Citizens’ Association Keilow King, Beacon Heights Citizens’ Association Gerrit Knapp, Executive Director, National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education John Lestitian, Town Manager, Town of Riverdale Park Aaron Marcavitch, Executive Director, Anacostia Trails Heritage Area Emmanuel Nwude, President, Beacon Heights Citizens’ Association Aimee Olivo, Chief of Staff, Prince George’s County Council District 3 Office Bob Ponichtera, Executive Director and Founder, Liberty’s Promise Daniel Smith, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Anacostia Watershed Society Sister Carmen Soto, Saint Bernard’s Church Alicia Wilson, Executive Director, La Clincia Del Pueblo

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Special Thanks Town of Riverdale Park Mayor and Town Council Chair Dannielle Glaros, Prince George’s County Council East Riverdale/Bladensburg Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative Liberty’s Promise, Parkdale High School Students Prince George’s County Department of the Environment Prince George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation Prince George’s County Police Department Prince George’s County Office of the Sheriff Maryland State Highway Administration Maryland Transit Administration National Park Service, Greenbelt Park Purple Line Corridor Coalition

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Acknowledgements

Michael Zamore, Acting Planning Supervisor, Community Planning Division Karyn McAlister, Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager, Prince George’s County DPW&T Laura Connelly, Planner Coordinator, Park Planning and Development Division

Andree Green Checkley, Planning Director

Daniel Janousek, Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division*

Fern V. Piret, Ph.D., Planning Director^

Ted Kowaluk, Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division

Debra S. Borden, Acting Planning Director/Principal Counsel

Robert Krause, Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division*

Scott Rowe, AICP, CNU-A, Acting Chief, Community Planning Division

Jay Mangalvedhe, Senior Planner, Countywide Planning Division^

Ivy A. Lewis, Chief, Community Planning Division*

CORE PROJECT TEAM Frederick C. Stachura, JD, Planning Supervisor, Community Planning Division Susan Hartmann, Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division

Kierre McCune, Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division Faramarz Mokhtari, Ph.D., Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division^ Eileen Nivera, Planner Coordinator, Park Planning and Development Division^ Joseph Arce, Senior Planner, Park Planning and Development Division Thomas Worthington Gross, Senior Planner, Countywide Planning Division Daniel Hartmann, Administrative Manager, Office of the Planning Director

Daniel Sams, Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division

Robert Getz, Publications Specialist, Office of the Planning Director

Bryan Barnett-Woods, Planner Coordinator, Countywide Planning Division

Sean Adkins, GIS Specialist II, Community Planning Division

Samuel White, Jr., Acting Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division

Mark Burt, GIS Specialist II, Community Planning Division*

Maha Tariq, Senior Planner, Community Planning Division

Ian Obligin, Park Planner, Park Planning and Development Division*

Teri Bond, AICP, Planning Supervisor, Community Planning Division* Tanya Hedgepeth, Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division* Zunilda Rodriguez, AICP, Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division*

Judith Franklin, Principal Administrative Assistant, Community Planning Division Tamika Henderson, Principal Administrative Assistant, Community Planning Division

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

William Washburn, AICP, Planner Coordinator, Community Planning Division^

M’Balu Abdullah, Senior IT Support Specialist, Office of Publication Services

Jose C. Ayala, CNU-A, Senior Planner, Community Planning Division*

Mandy Li, IT Support Specialist II, Office of Publication Services

David Boston, AICP, Senior Planner, Community Planning Division*

Mishelle Carson-Reeves, Information Management Division

Anthony DeLorenzo, Senior Planner, Community Planning Division*

Michael Croll, Information Management Division

Valecia Wilson, Senior Planner, Community Planning Division* Denine Cheesman, Intern, Community Planning Division* Max Pastore, Intern, Community Planning Division*

RESOURCE TEAM Victor Weissberg, Assistant to the Director, Prince George’s County DPW&T Sonja Ewing, Supervisor, Park Planning and Development Division Tom Masog, Planning Supervisor, Countywide Planning Division ^ Retired * Former Employee | Project Manager

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Keith Wright, Information Management Division

CONSULTANT TEAM Toole Design Group Design Collective, Inc. Site Resources, Inc. Vantage Point Economic & Transportation Development Strategies, Inc.

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