- Agenda:
- Welcome
- Alexandria Police Report, Capt. Dennis Andreas
- Adopt-a-Park, Jon Quandt
- Storm Water Fee Presentation, Jesse Maines, Rachel Moxley, Danilo Nuñez, City of Alexandria, Transportation and Environmental Services
- Special Guest: Virginia Delegate Mark Levine
- Aouncements
- Adjourn
- Call to order: 7:06
- Welcome new members
- Turkey Trot T-shirt raffle
- Alexandria Police Report, Captain Dennis Andreas
- 21 Part 1 crimes
- 1 Rape (victim knew attacker)
- 2 robberies
- Carjacking (drug deal gone bad)
- Unlocked car driver of tats
- Lock up warming-up cars!
- Traffic update
- Also parking violations: half called in, half observed by APD
- Crashes
- One involving injury (Route 1)
- Questions?
- Use Monroe Avenue Bike Lane by vehicles to avoid taffic caling bumps
- Report it to Call-Click-Connect
- Land Use Committee Report
- Application on Monroe Avenue applicant requires special exemption because of 1.5’ from property line
- Also wants second story. Already plenty of 2 story homes so LUC in favor.
- Moved by committee, no second required
- Motion carries to approve
- Jon Quandt, Adopt-a-Park coordinator
- After 4 years Jon is stepping down and seeking successor
- 6 parks covered by program
- Report once a month (google form)
- Teams tidy up 1-2 times a month, April to November
- About 2 hours a month
- Volunteers are also needed to refill pet-bag dispensers
- Stormwater Fee Presentation, Jesse Maines, Rachel Moxley, Danilo Nuñez, City of Alexandria, Transportation and Environmental Services
- What is fee?
- Based on amount of impervious surface on property
- Runoff goes in storm water system —> local waterways after picking up pollutants
- Council initially allocated 0.5 cent of real tax; now replaced by fee. EPA started enforcement
- As a fee brings in non-profits and church properties
- Residential fee is based on hosing type
- Condos
- Townhomes
- SFH
- Large SFH
- Non-residential different rates
- Utility viewer to predict fee
- Billing starts in May 2018, 2 payments a year
- Credit system to reduce fee
- Manual for ideas (expected Fall 2018)
- Examples include rain barrels and use of permeable surfaces
- Questions
- Assistance for older citizen? Not yet
- Year 1 reductions? No.Credits can apply in second year
- More information at Beattley Library Open House, January 29
- Special Guest: Virginia Delegate Mark Levine
- Topics discussed:
- Alabama Senate race
- Virginia delegate race recounts
- Bills
- Allow minimum wage set by locality
- Family medical leave
- Gun bills
- Universal background checks
- Bump-stock ban
- Charlottesville-based ban on weapons at protests
- Back to Richmond fundraiser
- Monthly meet ups at Los Tios (one Sunday each month)
- Issues
- Medicaid expansion
- Stormwater
- Infrastructure
- Thanks to transparency Caucus, every committee meeting will be filmed and archived
- Announcements
- Del Ray Business Association
- Please vote for Holiday Trees by 12/25
- Adjourned: 8:37
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