Baltimore County Council Postpones Open Space Vote: Report

The decision on whether developers will start kicking in more toward open space in Towson will have to wait.

A resolution that would have increased the amount of funding that goes to open space in Towson, including for turf fields at Loch Raven, Towson High and Carver Center for Arts and Technology, was reportedly postponed Monday.

The Baltimore County Council has been reviewing plans since the winter regarding open space in part responding to public outcry for recreational spaces in Towson.

As it stands, if developers cannot provide open space as part of their projects, they have been required to put money toward open space projects; however, this amount varies throughout the county, and in the heart of Towson, developers pay little to no fees, according to WBAL.

That’s because the fees for open space in Towson’s core were reduced in 2000 in part to allow for student housing, according to The Baltimore Sun.

A resolution that was up for a vote at Monday’s county council meeting would have provided more funding to open space projects in Towson such as the turf fields; Radebaugh Park; and improvements to the West Towson Trail, Southland Hills minipark and Towson Manor Village Park. But the council opted to hold off on the resolution.

The Baltimore Sun attritbuted the postponement of the vote to ongoing negotiations between developers and the community,

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