Vienna Never Intended to Revitalize Maple Avenue
At the April 3, 2006 Council meeting this agenda item was seen:
AWARD OF RFP 06-02, THE MAPLE AVENUE FEASIBILITY STUDY, TO DUNCAN ASSOCIATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH FERRELL MADDEN, FOR THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00. Council consideration to award this contract to analyze four different possible approaches to Zoning control on the commercial corridor of Maple Avenue.
Now at the June 19, 2006 Council meeting this agenda item will be heard:
REQUEST APPROVAL TO AWARD RFP 06-01 TO MOSELEY ARCHITECTS P.C. IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $119,704.00, FOR ARCHITECTURAL /ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR AN ASSESSMENT OF WORK SPACE NEEDS AND ASSOCIATED DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. Council consideration to contract Moseley Architects of Richmond, Virginia to examine the feasibility of possible renovation or expansion of the Police Department.
Does anyone see the problem here?
$10k to study Vienna's commercial corridor worth in the hundreds of millions and $120k to study a new Police station expansion - seem logical to you? Maud and her cronies never had any intention of revitalizing Maple Avenue. They should have donated the $10k to a worthy charity instead of wasting it with a dog and pony show.
Comments
That's the last damned straw! This whole place stinks to high heaven! Can anyone, I mean anyone, see that something is grossly wrong here?
Posted by: Charlie Wilson | June 17, 2006 01:58 PM
A complete lack of scrutiny is the root problem here. They spend the $10,000 to study Maple Avenue to make it look like they are doing something. And then they spend $120,000 to just study the police department expansion?! Bottom line: Maud Robinson, even at an age exceeding 80 years old, is a corrupt politician.
Posted by: Historic Vienna | June 17, 2006 03:57 PM
Outside auditor - good first step. Follow the money...
Posted by: Charlie Wilson | June 18, 2006 07:37 AM
$120k to study??
Did someone just bequeath a large sum to the town?
I guess next they'll be asking "us" for more because of a shortage...but wait..there's more! We just tore down a business district on Maple Ave. (revenue) to make room for a green area (cost)...on Maple Ave?
Hold on! I know what you're thinking! We need people to spend money in Vienna..so why are we tearing down business possibilities? And with the traffic on Maple Ave..do we want our kids playing there?? Hell..it's dangerous enough just walking to the post office!
What!? You walk to the post office?!?
:-)
Posted by: tbrduc | June 18, 2006 09:06 PM