LETTER TO SAM FRAZIER FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00244R000200400012-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 6, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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EVERMAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
6300 Stoneham Lane
McLean, Va. 22101
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NCPC
Mr. Sam Frazier
National Capitol Planning
Commission
1325 G Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Frazier:
Much to our dismay, representatives from the
Evermay Community Association will be unable to
appear personally before the Commission's meeting
on January 7 with regard to the issue of CIA's
expansion.
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REG. AF aR. ADMIN.
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ADMIN. EX. ASST.
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OTHER:
Since our letter of December 7 (copy attached),
we have had a meeting with Congressman Frank Wolf,
Mrs. Nancy Falck, and representatives from the CIA/
VEPCO/McLean Citizens Association. Even though Mr. Wolf
and Mrs. Falck are working with the National Park Service
and the CIA/National Capitol Planning Commission,
respectivefully, we still have concerns and would
appreciate having our December 7 letter (with its
enclosure) plus this letter, read into the record at
your hearing tomorrow.
I am truly sorry that we cannot personally repre-
sent our community and appreciate this opportunity of
so doing. If there are any questions, please call at
226-2700 during the work day.
With best wishes and many thanks,
Sincerely,
Gloria A. Adams
President
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EVERMAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
McLean, Virginia 22101
6300 Stoneham Lane
December 7, 1981
Mr. T. Eugene Smith
Vice Chairman, National Capitol Planning
Commission
666 Tintegel Lane
McLean, Virginia 22101
At the McLean Community Association's monthly Board of
Directors' meeting held on December 2, we were shown plans by
the CIA for that institution's expansion of the building facilities
and personnel at Langley. We of the Evermay Community, as well as
other communities, have serious concerns regarding CIA's choice of
options in formulating these plans and we wish to express them to
you in the hope that you will be of some assistance.
It is our understanding that the Commission will be reviewing
the CIA proposal in early January for approval or disapproval. Since
the Evermay Community is located directly across from (and adjacent
to) the CIA gate on Route 123, its plans impact on us in a very direct
way both in regard to extra traffic loading and location of antennae
close to Route 123.
I am sure you are aware of the current traffic problem on Route
123 between Evermay and G.W. Parkway and, in the opposite direction,
to Tyson's Corner. We are at a loss in understanding CIA's decision
to concentrate the added traffic load on the Route 123 gate rather
than on the G.W. Parkway where it obviously appears to be more
efficient and acceptable to the cammunity residents. It is apparent
to us (and to many other community representatives who attended the
December 2nd meeting), that more acceptable alternatives have not been
fully considered by CIA planners. More specifically, why not make
more use of the obviously much more direct access and egress gate
on G.W. Parkway, leaving the less heavy truck traffic to the 123/193
routes? It appeared that feasible alternatives.which seeped both
more efficient and, at the same time, much.more acceptable to
community residents were discarded in favor of technical solutions
generated bya highly impersonal computer that totally disregarded
community relations and the public welfare.
We are also extremely concerned over the present and future
electric power requirements for the expanded CIA facility. Attached
is a copy of a letter which clearly illustrates our concern here in
Evermay. You surely must be aware of the VEPCO/Fairfax County case
regarding the high-power transmission lines that were erected by
VEPCO directly through the middle of Evermay, 50 feet from front doors.
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The residents of Evermay have been involved since 1977 in efforts
to have these high-power transmission lines either rerouted or buried.
We are now seriously apprehensive over CIA's voltage requirements
and the re-inforcing of VEPCO's policy to cover our landscape with
unsightly and potentially dangerous high-power lines and massive
towers especially since the CIA representatives informed us that
large amounts of computer and communications equipment would be
installed in the planned additional 1.1 million square feet of
office space. Will the residents of Evermay and other surrounding
areas be the taxpayers/ratepayers who will suffer more and more
from increased voltage lines hung from abominable towers? Will our
health be endangered due to increased activity of equipment and
the generation of strong electro-magnetic fields? Did the CIA/GSA
environmental impact statement address this issue? As of December 2nd,
no one at the McLean Citizens Association had seen a copy of the EIS,
much less the residents of this community. One person, co-chair
of the McLean Citizens Association's Transportation Committee, had
seen the Environmental Assessment, but had only received it on the
previous Friday to the Wednesday meeting. How has VEPCO been involved
in this planning? Has our Congressional delegation been involved?
Surely you can understand our concern and you will see fit to
disapprove the present plan AND recommend highly feasible changes
so that CIA would be able to meet its objectives without negatively
impacting on its neighbors.
One further serious concern of ours involves CIA's decision to
locate its planned meeting center and large disc antennae at the
Route 123 gate. With all the space available to it further into
its grounds and away from public roads and view, why has CIA
elected to place the center and the antennae as close as it possibly
can to its neighbors? They should be placed further into the campus,
away from public roads and surrounding homes.
Having presented a summary of our concerns here, we would like
to know if it would be possible for us to present our views to the
National Capitol Planning Commission in person and if so, at what
point would that be appropriate? Any information you can supply
us about this matter and about your meeting date and agenda would
be sincerely appreciated.
If you have any questions, please call me at 226-2700 during
business hours, or Charles Ciccone (287-7720). We look forward to
hearing from you.
With best wishes, I am,
Sincerely,
Gloria A. Adams
President
Enclosure
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Phone: [phone]
6 June 1979
STAT
Pearl
This is in response to your 10 May inquiry about possible CIA
participation in the VEPCO decision to upgrade the transmission lines
between CIA/Idylwood/Tyson's Corner substations. CIA did not request
the upgrading. Furthermore, the project will not increase our power
supply.
The CIA substation is located on U.S. Government property within
the CIA compound. but the CIA is a VEPCO customer like other area users
and has no voice in VEPCO policy. VEPCO informed the CIA in August 197:
that it had received permission from the State Corporation Commission of
Virginia to rebuild the transmission lines in the area. VEPCO, in
accordance with its agreement with the U.S. Government, requested written
permission from the CIA for work to be done within CIA boundaries. We
replied that we had no objection to the project, but we did not specifically
approve it.
I hope this information meets your needs. We will be happy to
answer any other questions you might have on the subject.
Sincerely,
Herbert E. Hetu
Director of Public Affairs
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