Agenda
Welcome
Alexandria Police Report
Alexandria Sheriff’s Office Report
DRCA Committee Reports
Public Art Proposal
DRCA Budget Presentation
DRCA Housekeeping
Announcements
- Welcome and Board Introductions, Virginia Bush, DRCA President
- Alexandria Police Department Report, Capt. Dennis Andreas
- Crime
- City-wide: 14% YTD up (driven by robbery, aggravated assaults, auto theft)
- Del Ray stats also up YTD ( car crimes, bike, shop-lifting, not generally crimes against persons)
- 9/7, W Mason 100 block, suspect ID’ed (series)
- Traffic
- Enforcement down (focus on safety during pandemic)
- MVA rollover MVA (under investigation)
- Q: Indecent Exposures, no perp
- Shell Station robbery: 8/16, 00:12am (regional series)
- Weather related? Not sure
- Crime
- Alexandria Sheriff Office, Lt Sean Casey
- On account pandemic, inmate pop down to 275 inmates (350 average)
- Drug take back in October
- Q: Trick or treating —> Follow Governor’s Guidance
- DRCA Committee Reports
- Land Use, Kristine Hesse
- ADU-comments –> Sam Shelby
- Guidelines in October?
- City Council vote in Dec?
- Relaxed regulation for outdoor dining (e.g., Hops-n-Shine, Lena’s)
- Questions
- ADU and FAR, flooding
- Manning Street flooding
- Parks,
- Adopt a Park (7 parks with Kettle)
- Delayed start of cleanup on account of pandemic. Resumed in August.
- Need leader for Kettle
- Some more volunteers are needed for Simpson
- Land Use, Kristine Hesse
- Public Art Presentation, Pat Miller
- Proposed statue to be located at Pat Miller Neighborhood Square (Oxford/MVA) by Kirk “Cees”
- Public Art Fund contributions Ray Mamood/Pork Barrel
- 10 years in making
- No lights
- Motion to support by Gayle Reuter, carries
- DRCA 2020-2021 Budget Presentation, Valerie Donohue, DRCA Treasurer
- Gayle Reuter moves to adopt and approve budget as presented, Annie Ebbers seconded. Motion carries with no objection.
- Housekeeping, Virginia Bush
- Shorter virtual meetings to avoid “Zoom fatigue”, with generally one guest or one topic
- Halloween decorating challenge-street by street
- Speaker Ideas?
- Keeping the Arts Alive in Covid-era
- Announcements
- Del Ray Business Association
- Art on the Avenue goes virtual 10/3-12/24
- Halloween Parade cancelled (looking for other ways to celebrate: Stroller photos, scavenger hunts)
- Turkey Trot 48th Year virtual also
- Holiday Tree Lighting (looking for alternatives to traditional gathering but there will be a tree this year)
- Del Ray Artisans
- Gallery reopened with limited hours (Thursday, Friday 12-6; Saturday 12-4)
- All shows now “cash and carry” (purchased art can be taken home right away)
- September show: “Art in Motion”
- October show: “Living in a Mini World”
- Del Ray Business Association
- Meeting Adjourned, 8:10