The first Pike West End Food Truck Party of the year is less than two weeks away!
Enjoy great street food by:
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Forest and Douglas Park Civic Associations.
The next Civic Association meeting will be held Tuesday 26 February 2019 at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9 (19th St S at Walter Reed Dr). Pizza will be served. On the agenda:
UPDATE: All 2018-2019 Officers were re-elected to another term.
UPDATE: The assembled membership agreed unanimously to support Metta in their move to South Highland Street.
UPDATE: There was considerable opposition to connecting 12th St South through to Monroe St; but no opposition to connecting 12th and Lincoln as per previous plans. County staff were encouraged to review the history of both Pike 3400 and the Post Office to learn of historical discussions regarding 12th St.
OTHER ACTIONS: The assembled membership agreed to donate $500 to Phoenix Bikes’ annual fundraiser.
Attendees were reminded to participate in the Neighborhood Survey that closes 9 Mar 2019.
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
The next regular Civic Association meeting will be held Monday 25 June at 7.30pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9, Walter Reed Dr at 19th St S. On the agenda:
This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.
Please mark your calendars for 7:30-9PM on Tuesday, June 19th, for our Neighborhood Conservation Plan Revision kickoff event at Fire Station No. 9 (in the basement – and Fire Station No. 9 is the one off of Walter Reed Dr. near the dog park).
We’re going to have food (pizza and other things) and beverages and talk about what we want our neighborhood to look like over the next 10-20 years. At the event, we’re going to go over the NC Plan briefly and we’re going to give you an opportunity to provide your specific thoughts on what you’d like to see in the new plan, and how you can help us get there.
Please join us!
The Douglas Park Civic Association will host a special meeting to review the initial design concepts for the Neighborhood Conservation project along 12th St S from Glebe Rd to S Highland St. This project includes curb, gutters and a sidewalk. Please join us for a special civic association meeting Thursday evening 5 April 2018 at 7.15pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9; 19th St S at Walter Reed Drive. County staff will present the draft plans and take questions and comments.
See the official County meeting announcement here [PDF, 344 KiB].
Please join us!
Over the past two years, a county-board-appointed Working Group of residents has been reviewing and updating the vision and planning for the 4 Mile Run Valley and its associated parks (Allie Freed Park, Shirlington Park, Shirlington Dog Park and Jennie Dean Park). Please join us for a special civic association meeting Monday evening 19 March 2018 at 7.15pm in the downstairs meeting room at Firehouse 9; 19th St S at Walter Reed Drive. Working Group members and county staff will present the draft plans and take questions and comments. The final policies when adopted by the county board will frame the evolution of the Valley for the next quarter-century.
The draft policy framework document is here:
https://arlingtonva.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/02/DRAFT_4MRV_Framework2218.pdf
The parks guidelines document is here:
https://arlingtonva.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/02/4MRV_parks_guidelinesDRAFT020918x.pdf
Please join us!
This project at 1100 S Highland St was originally approved in 2009. It consists of 12 townhomes containing 32 market-rate apartments and 4 affordable units. A representative from the project has been requested to be on hand at the 20 November civic association meeting.
We had a productive meeting on 21 September at the Ft Barnard laydown site which resulted in a few tweaks to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DES and some improvements to the landscape screening plan.
The final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is available here:
Ft Barnard Site MOU.
The revised landscape plan is available here:
Ft Barnard Site Landscape Plan.
The landscape plan is scheduled for a November 2017 implementation.
As you may have noticed, over the past two months DES staff has transitioned the use of the Ft Barnard site at near the intersection of South Pollard Street and 19th Street South. This has resulted in a sharp reduction in the use of the site as the site now houses a half-dozen large refuse containers which are utilized in the event of major storm damage or very large public events.
On Thursday 21 September 2017 at 6p, we will have an on-site meeting to review the latest MOU and the latest revisions to the landscape plan. Staff has incorporated feedback from our prior meeting and has produced a much denser and more robust plan that is heavily weighted to native plant material.
You can review the latest Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) here….
…and the latest landscape plan here.
Please join us Thursday evening.
Over the past year, the Douglas Park community has worked with Arlington County staff to modify the County use of the fenced-off portion of the Ft Barnard site, near the intersection of South Pollard Street and 19th Street South. When implemented, the modifications will result in a sharp reduction in the use of the site as the site will become a storage area for a half-dozen large refuse containers which will be removed and utilized off-site in the event of major storm damage or very large public events. The DRAFT Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is available here.
As part of this effort, Douglas Park has requested more vegetative screening to further buffer the community from onsite activities. A PDF document showing the initial landscape plan sketch and screening areas is available here. Staff met with residents on Monday 15 May 2017, to gather feedback on the screening plan. At that meeting, the attendees:
As part of the County’s commitment to sustainability, the County will try to incorporate topsoil fabricated at Arlington County’s Earth Products and Recycling Yard facility as it becomes available. Staff will also work to dispatch a tree crew to prune the existing oaks, and schedule bulk material pick-up from the streetside.
If you have additional comments regarding the landscaping plans or the proposed MOU,
please use the email link here to send your comments to our County liaison and the DPCA Exec Team. Please provide your comments by Monday 12 June 2017. County staff will then update the landscape plan to reflect the above community comments along with any additional comments received.
