Barcroft School and Civic League
Monthly Meeting Minutes
September 5, 2002
Prepared by: Sue Tennenbaum
At about 7:30 pm the meeting was called to order with the words: 'All right people, this is not the ice cream social." This produced little immediate response, but somehow people accepted this disappointment and slowly settled into seats and--instead of eating ice cream--listened to topics like:
Hi Cue: Pat Williamson announced that the County has so far received no papers from Hi-Cue in its bid for a liquor license. Capt. Michael Dunne of the Arlington police called our opposition to the prospective license, "the first time a community has fought a liquor license before it was issued." He said the police dept is 100% behind our community effort; the support from all parts of the community is impressive; and the Captain concluded his remarks saying, "I hope and believe (the effort to block the license) will succeed"
Traffic Committee: Asphalt "humps" or "cushions" are planned for 3rd, 4th, Pershing, and Buchanan streets (and later I thnk Elaine mentioned Abingdon as well) "by the end of this month or this fall," said Elaine Squeri. Elaine further mentioned that she is very interested is the problem of cut throughs and wants to know what others feel about it. (By email or calling 920-7014)
Gary LeFebvre gave the Treasurer's report, summaring that over the last 16 months our bank balance fell from 56,000 to 41, 800, pretty good considering that during that time (in addition to the normal income and expenses) BSCL spent $27,000 on the handicapped ramp at the community house.
Columbia Pike Plan: Bryant Monroe reminded us that in March of this year the County Board approved the concept plan for Columbia Pike and we are now beginning a "charrette process, a sophisticated tool to supplement traditional complex and inflexible zoning restrictions." This begins the night of Sept. 6 at the Sheraton Hotel near Navy Annex and concludes with a presentation the following Thursday night. The whole point of the exercise is to solicit citizen inquiry, and all are encouraged to attend. More information: Bryant at 271-0944 This is the first time this type of planning has been tried in Northern Virginia, or -- for that matter--in the whole metro DC area.
Eric Harold, who stood in for Tom Palance to talk about the parking committee, spoke about what churches are doing to keep congregants' cars from flooding the neighborhood. There was some disuccssion of residential parking permits, but a tag survey must be done before this can be tried. The Douglas Park neighborhood has a pilot program and the results may affect what we decide to do.. One speaker expressed his deeply-felt concern that parking bans ring Hispanic apartment buildings without consultation with those affected. "As a demographic issue,
this is of questionable legality...", he concluded.
Our president had the last -- as well as the first -- word, saying quite accurately that "This (parking) is an issue whose populatrity will not wane with the season..."
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