(Oct. 20, 2016) The Berlin Planning Commission discussed the following items during an Oct. 12 meeting at Town Hall:
AGH Cancer Center
A new site plan for the Atlantic General Hospital Cancer Center on Old Ocean City Boulevard was unanimously approved by the commission.
Slight modifications were made after the State Highway Administration imposed minor changes, moving the building farther north and reducing the parking lot by about 20 spaces. One of the two entrances to the center, from Healthway Drive, was also eliminated.
Other items
Planning Director Dave Engelhart said upcoming items the planning committee would have to tackle included a utility plan for the new SonRise Church complex, and that discussions had been held regarding new hotels and motels in Berlin, but there was “nothing concrete.”
He said work on the Twisters gymnastics and recreation complex on Old Ocean City Boulevard was coming along after several delays, and that the commission would likely soon be discussing approval for items at the new police department near Flower Street and the Oceans East apartment complex, near Stephen Decatur High School.
Permitting could start soon for the new Berlin branch of the Worcester County Public Library, and the new mixed use building on Gay Street could see construction starting before the end of the year, Engelhart said. That building would contain shops on the first floor and apartments overhead.
Engelhart said the town would pursue grants to help remediate the ponds at Berlin Falls park, and that a grant application regarding the design of a bike path that’s tied into the park and runs along existing railroad lines was due back soon.
As for the proposed excursion train, he said, “Someone’s gotta figure out how to make [the train] profitable. I don’t know what other recent movement there’s been – I don’t think there has been much.”
AGH Cancer Center
A new site plan for the Atlantic General Hospital Cancer Center on Old Ocean City Boulevard was unanimously approved by the commission.
Slight modifications were made after the State Highway Administration imposed minor changes, moving the building farther north and reducing the parking lot by about 20 spaces. One of the two entrances to the center, from Healthway Drive, was also eliminated.
Other items
Planning Director Dave Engelhart said upcoming items the planning committee would have to tackle included a utility plan for the new SonRise Church complex, and that discussions had been held regarding new hotels and motels in Berlin, but there was “nothing concrete.”
He said work on the Twisters gymnastics and recreation complex on Old Ocean City Boulevard was coming along after several delays, and that the commission would likely soon be discussing approval for items at the new police department near Flower Street and the Oceans East apartment complex, near Stephen Decatur High School.
Permitting could start soon for the new Berlin branch of the Worcester County Public Library, and the new mixed use building on Gay Street could see construction starting before the end of the year, Engelhart said. That building would contain shops on the first floor and apartments overhead.
Engelhart said the town would pursue grants to help remediate the ponds at Berlin Falls park, and that a grant application regarding the design of a bike path that’s tied into the park and runs along existing railroad lines was due back soon.
As for the proposed excursion train, he said, “Someone’s gotta figure out how to make [the train] profitable. I don’t know what other recent movement there’s been – I don’t think there has been much.”