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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Still,  NCC is almost 1.5 times the size of RCH, flatter, and larger than the size identified by Parks for co-lactation of a school.  [/quote]

The only parts of NCC that are flat are the fields. The surrounding areas are ravines, and hills. Yes, the tennis courts and basketball court, are flat but all the heavily forested land surrounding them is far from flat.

I very much doubt NCC Park will be possible. It is not just about the acreage stated, it is about what portion of that acreage can be built upon. Besides taking down a lot of trees, there would have to be large scale regrading.

So you remove most of the trees from the site, and you are left with a school sitting pretty much right next to that great source of pollution, the beltway. Without trees to mitigate the heavy carbon emission from all the traffic choked beltway, the air will quality will be very poor. Not the most healthy location for kids, nor for any of the teams that currently use those fields. And the school location would be completely dependent on car/bus transportation. If you go to the park and walk around, you cannot walk through all the tree choked ravines and steep drop offs that currently surround the fields.

The site makes no sense at all. But I guess some people look at the acreage and all they see is how "big" it is.[/quote]
You're right; people focus on what they want, and they ignore the big picture.  Please understand that I was only discussing the sites in terms of the (vague) criteria the committee is using to steamroll our parks.  I'm very sympathetic to the tree removal and grading concerns, as they exist in other parks, as well.  To me, the best locations are further south, where the land appears to be flatter and present less topology problems.

All of this discussion, however, assumes that we're focusing only on parks.  Why?  Are we just admitting defeat, that we can't live with green space unless we live next to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute?

I don't know about you, but with the premium I pay in taxes to live in this open-air mental institution of a county, I really resent the incompetence that has put us in this position with few options.  Instead of collaborating, they pit neighbors against each other.  Now, however, is not the time for us to be divided.  Our respective communities up here need to join in opposition to this scam and defend our parks.   Let them find the money for a site.
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