Citizens for Responsible Growth - Comment or Attend City Council Hearing on the Cricket Stadium Project

 

Please submit your comments or attend. City Council Hearing Thursday, July 16 at 6:00 pm   Considering the Cricket Stadium Project  on Rt. 144 next to Chesako RV   On Thursday, July 16 at 6:00 pm, the City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the Revised Annexation Agreement for the Frederick Gateway property (PC24-983ANX). This is the former Gladhill farm land that is next to Chesako RV and includes the current Golf Driving Range.  The plan is to fill in part of a flood plain and build a cricket field to be approved for up to 10,000 spectators. It will be a fairly basic facility. The field will be dual used for sports and special events. There will be only 300 parking spaces at the facility and the only spectators parking there will be VIPs, players, etc. Others will park at the fairgrounds and go to the facility by shuttle buses, Uber or charter buses that drop spectators off and pick them up at the complex. All Washington Freedom cricket games will have parking like a pop up event. Some special events may also have to employ this pop up event technique. This writer estimates the onsite parking will cover parking for approximately 1,000 people for other onsite events. To access the property, cars and buses will travel on a 2 lane road (Route 144) and turn into a State-owned Park & Ride prior to reaching the property.  On cricket game days, up to 91 out of town buses will travel onto and out of the facility during a 3 hour period with the same in-and-out trips at the end of the game. For people  parking at the fairgrounds, 35 buses will travel to and from the stadium at least 6 times to bring people  to the field during a 3 hour period, and at least the same 6 times when returning spectators to their cars at the fairgrounds. That is 182 trips on and off the property for the out of town buses alone. The City Council meeting will also cover the Zoning Map Amendment Rezoning from General Commercial to Institutional Floating Zone (PC24- 984ZMA). This will include a park on the property as well. The land to be rezoned for the cricket field and park will be approximately 24 acres of the approximately 49 acres discussed in the modified annexation agreement.  MORE INFORMATION BELOW. It is possible that the City Council will vote on both applications during this meeting. __________________ July 16 City Council agenda… see Item C regarding the Cricket Stadium for lots of accumulated information.  https://cityoffrederick.granicus.com//GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?event_id=5656&send_agenda=true More details from the Frederick News-Post: City Council dissects latest proposal for Frederick cricket stadium Joseph DeBell  Fri, June 26, 2026 Team pitches cricket facility with smaller maximum capacity to new Frederick City Council Nolan Wilkinson  Mar 27, 2026 __________________ Please send your comments about the Annexation Agreement and Rezoning to the City Council by July 14: Council President, Cesar Diaz, cdiaz@cityoffrederickmd.gov Council Vice-President, Katie Nash, knash@cityoffrederickmd.gov Council Member Peter Brehm, pbrehm@cityoffrederickmd.gov   Council Member Joe Atkins, jadkins@cityoffrederickmd.gov Council Member Libby Taylor, ltaylor@cityoffrederickmd.gov Council Member Derek Shackelford, dshackelford@cityoffrederickmd.gov Council Member Sarah Hemple Irani, shempelirani@cityoffrederickmd.gov

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