- Call to order, 7:34pm
- Agenda items:
- Capt. Dennis Andreas, Alexandria Police Report
- Sheriff’s Office Report
- Karen Graf, Chair Alexandria School Board
- Jeff Bandy, Office of Real Estate Assessments
- Land Use Committee Report
- Update on Dominion Virginia transmission line project
- Bylaws Committee Report
- Announcements
- Police report, Capt. Dennis Andreas
- Crime up because nicer weather
- 3 of 18 Part 1 larceny in Del Ray
- Larcenies in front yards
- Reminder: don’t leave valuables vulnerable
- 4 theft from autombiles
- Questions from members
- Follow-up on parking matters
- Follow-up on Old Town homicide
- Arrest, no further comment
- Maple Street assault
- Announcement: Text for 911 service
- Need to put location in text
- More info is better
- “Call if you can; text if you can’t”
- Don’t abbreviate (aka avoid text-speak)
- Sheriffs office, Lieutenant Monique Rea
- Last report from Lt. Rea: Retiring after 30 years of service
- Prison population down
- Two incidents: One death and one attempted suicide attempt
- Reading programs still accepting books (M-F, business hours)
- Karen Graf, Chair Alexandria School Board
- 4 years on board, 12 years in Del Ray, 3 children in ACPS
- Her district enompasses Old Town, Potomac Yard, Del Ray, Arlandria
- Priorities
- Instruction
- Infrastructure
- Out of space!
- Pre-school getting squeezed out
- Goal: Space for everyone
- Communications
- Bad mouthing school not helpful
- Ask for a tour
- Q&A
- Trailers? Not popular, expensive
- Modernization: Cheaper. Old stuff still old, so build new
- New elem school needed on west end
- School choice? Limited space to opt into
- Centralized preschool?
- Seeking diversity in classroom
- Potomac Yard school? Simpson Field would have to be pulled up
- Possibly on north end of Potomac Yard: Vertical school?
- Office of Real Estate Assessments, Jeff Bandy
- Sales price vs assessment
- Problem with land value
- Infill developers –>Drivers of land value
- Economics of deal = zoning + land –> larger the lot, larger the house =$$
- 1-story homes target for redevelopment, working on margin
- Defenses?
- Historic District
- Keep value up (run down property targeted for flipping
- Vacant (undeveloped) lot more expensive, tear-down house has utilities, sidewalks, etc.
- Lots of questions
- Appeals: Both positive and negative experiences
- New member recognition
- Land Use Committee
- 113 E Custis/Teardown/contributing structure
- Sicilian Pizza restaurant: Carry out/delivery 1504 MVA
- Audi dealership site? Nothing to review
- 2509 Leslie –>BZA
- Update on Dominion Virginia Power transmission line, Jay Nestlerode
- 9 possible alignments
- CSX Alignment easier
- Overhead option still in play, but not popular
- Wish to file this summer, then six months
- Simpson Park Update
- Bylaws Committee Report
- Members to review proposal by 4/30
- Announcements
- Del Ray House & Garden Tour: May 7
- National Night Out: Volunteer needed to coordinate August 2 event
- Potomac Yard Metro update at next meeting
- Del Ray Artisans
- Shows: Creatures of the Sea (current), Surrealism (next) at gallery
- Shows at Animal Shelter: Just Around the Corner. Next: Streets meet Glass
- Spring2Action Lots of stuff going on at the Colasanto Center
- Funding Request: Adopt-a-Park $500 for St. Asaph Park
- Committee has raised $478.15
- Adjournment
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