LETTER TO (SANITIZED) FROM HARRY E. FITZWATER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00244R000400740006-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 15, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
15 JUL 193
McLean, Virginia 22101
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This letter is in response to your letter of 23 June 1983
apprising us of your concerns and those of your fellow citizens.
We are delighted that the public meeting held here at the
Agency on 28 June was of some assistance in airing these
concerns. That, of course, was our goal, and we were and
continue to be happy to oblige you. I would therefore like to
deal with the points in your letter.
Your concerns for the adequacy of our parking facilities
apparently stemmed from an impression that we are planning
against a three-to-one carpool ratio, which you now know is not
the assumption we have used. Our planned carpool ratio, which
is significantly lower, is commensurate with ratios found at
other Federal installations and is approximately the same as the
ratio that existed here in the late 1960s and 1970s.
At your request, we have indeed been discussing increasing
the planned size of the parking facility with members of the
National Capital Planning Commission's staff. In fairness, you
should know that their initial reaction has been lukewarm. They
insist upon seeing a very strong supporting rationale before
they will consider recommending approval of such a change, and
it is frankly difficult for us to justify seeking a lesser
parking ratio than other Government elements similarly located.
To reassure you, should on-street parking ever become an
issue--which we consider highly unlikely--the CIA would support
a request for a local parking ordinance.
Your expressed concerns for the reasonableness and adequacy
of local road improvements is certainly understandable. This is
clearly the concern of most local residents. in recognition of
this, we have asked the Virginia Department of Highways and
Transportation (VDH&T) to assist us in the design of
improvements. Their ultimate responsibility for the safety and
adequacy of any improvement should provide an added level of
assurance that road design will be done properly. Moreover,
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because we heard your voices loudly and clearly at the public
meeting of 28 June, we have invited the McLean Citizens
Association and the Park Service each to name a representative
to join us and VDH&T representatives in an advisory committee
intended to provide yet another level of assurance that all
concerns and issues are considered in the formulation of the
ultimate traffic solution associated with our planned expansion.
While the complete engineering design of road improvements
is expected to take until early 1985, the selection of the
design to be developed should occur by the end of this calendar
year. This. should give the community confidence that an
acceptable road solution will be in hand before the Agency
starts construction in the spring of 1984. We look forward to
working together with the community toward this end.
With respect to increased employee usage of the George
Washington Memorial Parkway, which is already used by a large
number of our people, we recognize our charge to look for
additional options and we intend to do so. We have already
requested VDH&T to expand the scope of its consultant study to
seek additional ways to increase our usage of the Parkway.
Park Service representatives have advised us that routing
truck traffic down the Parkway is a problem as a result of the
Parkway design. Road beds, curbing, curve radii, and sight
distances have been designed for passenger cars. Large
commercial vehicles on this roadway create safety and
maintenance problems. We will continue to pursue this subject
on a case-by-case basis as the numbers and types of vehicles to
be used by a construction contractor become known. Of course
contractor employees can still use the Parkway for commuting,
and they will be encouraged to do so.
With your support and assistance, we should be able to see
the necessary road improvements in place before the new building
is ready for occupancy. Should unforeseen problems arise that
prevent this from occurring, we will at least try to time our
occupancy plans to coincide with the capacity of the local road
network. The Agency does not plan to force occupancy of the new
facility if it creates unwarranted traffic problems for the
community and our employees.
The Agency does not have a transcript of the 28 June
meeting. Congressman Wolf has advised us that he will be
providing a newsletter containing a summary of concerns and
actions agreed upon at the 28 June meeting.
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We. look forward to working with you as an officer of the
McLean Citizens Association in trying to achieve a traffic,
solution acceptable to all concerned. We have-been attempting
to deal with local citizen concerns in an evenhanded way.
Having citizen participation in our planning to deal with
community concerns should help us both.
Thank you for the very clear expression of your concerns.
I hope this has addressed them for the moment.
Sincerely,
loam. E. Fitzwater
Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director
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