Barcroft Neighborhood Conservation
Plan Update - 2008
We are almost finished with the update of our 1990 Neighborhood Conservation Plan.
Here is the current and almost final draft. It was approved by the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Commission on October 9, 2008 and by the Planning Commission on November 3rd, President Heidi Wicker will present it to the County Board for final "acceptance" on November 18.
Below are steps in the process that got us there.
Last stages, Spring of 2008
We have finished entering the responses to the Barcroft Neighborhood Conservation survey into a database. We entered every comment in addition to the check box totals.
We got exactly 275 surveys back, a response rate of 32.6 per cent. In addition to the 28 block captains who distributed and picked up the surveys, Marlene Oronao translated the survey into Spanish and distributed it along Columbia Pike. Many thanks to all who helped.
In the next phase the committees will meet and draft sections of the plan. If you are interested in the drafting, please contact one or more of the committee chair(s) below:
Committees and Some of the Issues
Including meetings they held last year to get our Survey questions together.
Parks and Environment
Chairs: Shirley Gay 703-920-1913 and Shelley Fichtner
Members: Noreen Atkinson, Dan Elmer, Jim Kerr, Randy Swart
Issues:
- FMR & Columbia Pike park design
- Va. Power substation
- Invasives
- Name for Taylor St park (Ann Noll Park ?)
Minutes of meetings:
Transportation
Chair: Mark Wigfield (acting) 703-979-0339
Members: John Lis, David Peacefull and Elaine Squeri, Mark Wigfield
Issues:
- Traffic
- Traffic calming done and left to do
- Bus routes
- Pike
- George Mason
- Arlington Blvd
- Easier way to get to Ballston
- Parking: use of church parking lots
- Parking restrictions/zoned parrking?
- Snow clearance
Capital Improvements
Chair: Jame Eisenberg 703-553-8992
Members: Dan Junker, Theresa Saunders, Heidi Wicker, John Lis, Chris Ditta, Bruce Atkinson, Heidi Wicker, Eric Parker and Gary Mason
Issues:
- Streetlights
- Sidewalks: where to finish
- Finish Pershing/3rd/Wakefield intersection
- Fix Arlington Boulevard/Pershing intersection
Community Services
Chair: Deborah Wood
Members: Ken Simpson, Jill Herndon.
Issues:
- Affordable housing
- Buchanan Gardens
- Arlington Mill Center
- Services for ageing in place
Beautification
Chair: Chris Hoh 703-979-1947
Members: Maureen O'Keefe, Barbara Swart
Issues:
- Arlington Blvd strip
- Pike "pocket" between Food Star and Taylor St
- Curbing newspaper machines on the pike
- Discouraging throwaway newspapers
Commercial Development
Chair: Bryant Monroe
Members: Bryant Monroe and John Lis
Issues:
- Business mix on the Pike
- Evolving needs
Zoning and Land Use
Chair:
Members: Bruce Atkinson, Byrant Monroe, Randy Swart
Issues:
- Townhouse
- Infill
- Pipestems and other cramming
- Pike Form Based Code issues
Historic Preservation
Chair: Heidi Wicker (Acting)
Members: Sara Amy Leach, Gary Mason, Bruce Atkinson and Heidi Wicker.
Issues:
- Historic designation for the neighborhood?
Outreach
Co-Chairs: Pat Williamson and Marlene Oronao
Drafting
Susan Cohen, Mark Wigfield, Randy Swart
Data Compilation
Peg Lefebvre, Barbara Swart
Please contact the chair if you are interested in working on any of the committees. If there is no chair listed, send an email to Randy Swart and we will make sure you are informed of the next meeting.
County Liaison
Our liaison with the Neighborhood Conservation staff is Tim McIntosh.
Tim McIntosh, Neighborhood Planner
Neighborhood Services Division
Dept. of Community Planning, Housing and Development
2100 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-228-3829
Email: tmcintosh@arlingtonva.us
This page was revised on: November 14, 2008.
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