Membership Meeting Minutes-November 9, 2016

  • Call to order
  • Agenda Items
    • Welcome
    • Alexandria Police Report
    • Parking Study Next Steps
    • Mount Vernon Avenue Bus Stop Improvements
    • Land Use Committee
    • DRCA December Meeting Update
    • Stormwater Management Briefing
    • Announcements
  • Adjournment  

  • Call to order:  7:31 pm
  • Welcome: Rod Kuckro, President
  • Alexandria Police Report
    • 8 Part 1 felonies
      • 1 scooter theft; 7 “leave-behind” larcenies
    • City wide down 4.5%
    • MVA traffic enforcement effort on 11/11
      • What sort of tickets can we get?
        • Don’t hit pedestrians
        • Rolling stops
        • Speeding
    • Jerry from Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee looking for pedestrian representative
  • Parking Study Next Steps, Rod Kuckro, President
    • Motion to request City to pursue shared lots
      • Friendly amendment: City dedicate an officer to Del Ray evening and weekends and early mornings.
      • Motion carries
  • Mount Vernon Avenue Bus Stop Project, Brian Meli, Ray Havers
    • Overview with current bus stop locations
      • Existing vs proposed
    • Synergy of Complete Streets and need to repave
      • Bulb out vs 100 ft stretch of no parking for bustop
        • 2 spots lost vs 5 spots
    • Bulbs help prevent fishtailing and accidnets
    • Challenges
      • Flat slopes
      • Leaves
      • Drainage
      • Removal of some current spots
  • Land Use Committee
    • Meeting at 11/10 Jeff Houston. On the agenda:
      • Junction Bakery: SUP amendment (off-premises alcohol)
      • 7-11 restricted from single beer and fortified wine
      • BZA review for house addition
      • Height variance on Uhler
  • DRCA December Meeting
    • Holiday Social
    • Special location: Number Nine Loungs (Evening Star upstairs)
    • Donation collected for Alexandria Domestic Violence program
    • January last meeting in Reingold
    • New meeting location: Del Ray Methodist Church
    • David McWilliams
  • Stormwater Management Fee, Jesse Maines, Division Chief Stormwater Management, Transportation & Environmental Services
    • Goal: Clean up Chesapeake Bay
    • Dedicated half-cent
    • CB Total Maxinmun Daily Lload (Pollution budget)
    • Lake Cook retrofit of retention pond
    • Ben Brenman Pond retrofit
    • Proposed tiered fee structure:
      • Condo .28 billing units
      • Townhouse .42 units
      • SFH 1.0 units
      • Large SFH 1.67 units
    • Incentives for good behavior
    • Fee for service not a tax so non-profits must pay.
    • Appeal and incentive separate process
  • Announcements
    • Mount Vernon Big Flea: April 29, 2017
      • 11/12 and 11/19 first round of drop-offs at Flea Central (Swann and Route 1)
    • DRBA
      • Turkey Trot, 11/24:
        • Need volunteers
      • Tree lighting and luminaries, Santa on 12/3
    • DRA
      • Current show: H2O
      • No show in December. Instead: Holiday Markets, three weekends, each with different artists.
  • Adjournment, 9:08 pm