4.    FOREST CONSERVATION EASEMENT MODIFICATION – MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND – 3501 TAYLOR AVENUE  (Second District)
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Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) is requesting to modify their existing Forest Conservation Easement to allow for the redevelopment of the campus’s main entrance to provide a safer and more secure school grounds for staff, visitors, and students with unique needs. The entrance redevelopment includes widening the drive to a three-lane entry/exit road with a turnabout, a new pedestrian walkway along the exit drive, a new manned guardhouse, and a new vehicular entrance gate to allow for the campus to be gated during off-school hours and times of high alert. This development will require an encroachment of 0.14 acres into an existing Forest Conservation Easement, recorded in 2013.  A 2:1 mitigation for the disturbed forest will be provided elsewhere on campus through a new easement. The school has notified neighboring community organizations and property owners of the modification and has not received any comments or concerns.

Recommendation:  Approval

FC Easement Modification Narrative
Original Easement & Addendum
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