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News for Neighbors from ARLINGTON HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION October 2000 http://www.geocities.com/~ahca |
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Tuesday, October 17, 7:30 pm Patrick Henry Elementary School, 701 South Highland Street See Agenda |
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WHAT HAPPENED AT 6th &
GARFIELD?
by Jay Jacob Wind
The "secret passageway" at Garfield and 6th became less secret in September after Arlington County workers leveled landscaping to install a 6-foot sidewalk and 8-inch water main.
In 1999, AHCA asked the County to replace the deteriorated asphalt path between the 500 block of Garfield and 6th Street. Before starting work, County engineers discovered that water mains on Garfield and 6th did not connect, resulting in low flows. Since they were already installing a sidewalk, they decided to connect the two mains with 8-inch pipe under a 6-foot concrete sidewalk. During excavation, they dug up landscaping planted many years ago by Fred Abbott and maintained by neighbor JC Walters-Byrnes and others as a labor of love.
The day after the demolition, AHCA president Jay Jacob Wind complained to County engineer Dave Hundelt about lack of notice that the landscaping would be leveled. Hundelt agreed to restore the landscaping once the construction was complete.
On September 12, Wind met with Byrnes, Hundelt, and County engineer Jim Allen. They agreed that Byrnes would draft a landscape design, review it with neighbors, and provide Hundelt a final design.
Arlington County would then follow the agreed-upon design and replaced the landscaping as soon as possible after the construction was complete. Byrnes's design includes arbor vitae and attractive, easily-maintained varietals, on-line at geocities.com/ahcawebsite/garfield.gif. By the time you read this, some landscaping should already be in place.
The person most upset was 9-year-old Ross Kinsman, who spent many hours building "forts" among the rocks and bushes. According to his father, David Kinsman, "he was just beside himself twice daily as he went through the path and declared, 'They ruined our forts. I want them to put things back.'"
MEMO TO FUTURE AHCA PRESIDENTS:
When other projects like this
come up, always call a meeting with neighbors and County Staff before the
design begins. Avoid after-the-fact recriminations.
Thanks to AHCA Volunteers at the County Fair!
AHCA volunteers included Bob Dannemiller, Pattie DeLoatche, Mary
Ellen Finn, Jim + Joan Gill, Juliet+Mark Hiznay, Colleen Horn, Carole Lieber,
Sean Meehan, Karl Schwartz, Jennifer Schultz, Betty Siegel + John Merck,
Kimberly Sumner, Jay Vennett, Jay Jacob Wind, and Paul Wind.
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LOOKING FOR A SIGN?
Please help weed near the Arlington Heights signs at 2nd & Garfield, 7th & Glebe, 9th & Irving, and Route 50 & Irving.
GOT BRANCHES?
Special pick-ups of branches or yard waste are free. Call Arlington County Solid Waste office (703-228-6570) by 4 pm on every other Thursday. You do not need to bag or bundle branches. Special pick-ups of appliances cost $25.00.
GOT NEWS?
Please send articles for the next OVER THE FENCE to Pattii Rosensteel (703-979-4555 pattii@aol.com) by November 1. AHCA Officers: President Jay Wind (703-920-5193 jay.wind@att.net); VPs Jay Vennett (703-920-1832) and Pattie DeLoatche (703-979-0484); Treasurer Bryan Sieling (703-486-2439); Secretary Betty Siegel (703-892-1959); Neighborhood Conservation: Jim Gill (703-685-1760) and Dan Perch; Social Monique O'Grady (703-521-5631);Social Action Lydia Nuñez (703-979-7499); Newsletter Distribution Bahar Hess (703-521-8528).
GOT E-MAIL?
To join AHCA's e-mail list AHCA@EGROUPS.COM,
write to AHCA-SUBSCRIBE@EGROUPS.COM
QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7:30 PM
- Call to order and introductions
- Secretary Betty Siegel: Minutes of July 18 Membership Meeting
- President Jay Wind: Walter Reed Center, Columbia Pike Planning, 6th Street sewers, 6th & Garfield sidewalk
- Neighborhood Conservation Representative Jim Gill: Detailed Report:
- Completed Carlyle lighting projects: 000-100 S. Hudson, 200-600 S. Irving, 200-500 S. Jackson, 600 S. Highland, 600 S. Ivy, 5th from Irving to Jackson, 6th from Highland to Irving, 7th from Walter Reed to Glebe,
- Next: 200-500 S. Fenwick, 200-500 S. Garfield, 200-500 S. Ivy, 5th near Fillmore, 3rd from Irving to Ivy
- Set priorities for remaining unfunded projects:
- 6th from Fillmore to Highland; 6th from Irving to Glebe - streetlights
- 700-900 S. Irving - streetlights
- 2nd from Fillmore to Glebe; 100 S. Old Glebe; 1st from Old Glebe to Glebe - streetlights
- 000-200 S. Garfield - sidewalks curbs and streetlights
- 000-200 S. Fenwick - curbs, sidewalks, and streetlights
- 200-600 S. Highland - sidewalks
- Remaining blocks for future projects:
- 000-1000 S. Fillmore / S. Walter Reed, 000-200 S. Highland, 700-1000 S. Highland, 000-200 S. Irving;,
- 700-900 S. Ivy, 000 and 200-300 S. Old Glebe, 000-1000 S. Glebe,
- Arlington Boulevard, 5th from Jackson to Glebe, 9th from Walter Reed to Glebe, Columbia Pike
- First Vice-President Jay Vennett: Thanks for help at Concert, Friday night, July 21, starring The Nicki Gonzalez Band, Naming of Pike Park, progress at Arlington Heights Park
- Second Vice-President Pattie DeLoatche: Membership report
- Treasurer Bryan Sieling: Current membership tallies and account balances;
- Traffic Committee chair Bryan Sieling: Stoplight at 2nd and Glebe Road, four-way stop sign at 7th and Highland, traffic calming on 2nd Street and elsewhere; median strip on Route 50, Glebe Road bridge over Route 50; left turn at Columbia Pike and Glebe
- Social Action Committee Lydia B. Nuñez
- Civic Federation Delegation Richard Bolczak, Carole Lieber, Dave Davis, Jay Jacob Wind
- County Fair Carole Lieber: Thanks for help
- Social Chair Monique O'Grady: October family movie night, T-shirt and sweatshirt sales
- Newsletter Pattii Rosensteel; Advertising Rosie Haltigen, Pattie DeLoatche; Distribution Bahar Hess
- Thomas Jefferson School report Litong Roa
- Patrick Henry School report Cathy O'Malley
- Neighborhood Sign Maintenance Joan Gill; also review by-laws question whether non-members can vote
- Determine membership dues for families and businesses for 2001 (currently $10 and $20)
- Create Nominating Committee for January elections
- Consider winter holiday celebration plans
- Approve Small Park Grant letter of intent for 3000 Arlington Boulevard Karen Laake
- Other business, announcements, crises, and disasters Adjourn until next meeting; January 22, 2001
AND ON EVERY STREET CORNER YOU SEE ...
by Jay Jacob Wind
... Construction equipment, or so it seems. This year, sidewalk, road, and streetlamp projects started or finished all over Arlington Heights. AHCA's goal is to make Arlington Heights as nice a neighborhood as possible, with fine schools (Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Arlington Career Center, Strayer University), fun restaurants and shops, a great theater, live music, sidewalks wherever neighbors want them, well-maintained homes, rising property values, and safe well-lit streets with Carlyle-style streetlamps. Here's a street-by-street Neighborhood Conservation (NC) report.
NORTH TO SOUTH:
Arlington Boulevard (Route 50): Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) began planning reconstruction of the Glebe Road bridge over Route 50. VDOT conducts a public meeting for this project on Thursday, October 19, 5:00-8:00 pm, at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. (Contact Eric Lanman for more information.) AHCA asked VDOT to make Route 50 traffic safer by installing a median strip from Fillmore to Irving and to add curbs, gutters, and better lighting along our stretch of the Nation's main east-west thoroughfare. (Thanks to Jim Gill for initiating this correspondence and for working on all the NC projects listed below.) Arlington County installed an Arlington Heights Neighborhood sign at Route 50 and Irving. (Thanks to Joan Gill for this and the other three signs.)
1st Road South: At AHCA's request, Arlington County moved the sign that formerly pointed eastbound Route 50 traffic onto 1st; repaired sidewalks; and replaced a fallen streetlamp. (Thanks to Rosie Haltigen for making this all happen.) AHCA's current #2-priority Neighborhood Conservation (NC) proposal would install Carlyles from Old Glebe to Glebe.
2nd Street South: The County repaved 2nd just in time for the County Fair and repainted the centerlines and crosswalks just in time for school. AHCA's #2-priority NC proposal would install Carlyles from Fillmore to Glebe. Arlington County installed a neighborhood sign at 2nd and Garfield. After AHCA and Thomas Jefferson Middle School principal Sharon Mondé sent letters, the County announced plans to install a stoplight at Glebe. (Thanks to our Traffic Committee of Bryan Sieling, Karl Schwartz, Mike Braton, Doris Keller; to TJ PTA president Mark Dorfman; to Alcova Heights president Jerry Gideon, and to Arlington County's Joseph Durkee and his staff for meeting and working out an agreement to install the stoplights on temporary overhead wires, to be replaced eventually by permanent Carlyle stoplights.)
3rd Street South: The County Board approved AHCA's NC proposal for Carlyles from Irving to Ivy.
4th Street South: If we can find 4th Street, we'll find a project for it.
5th Street South: The County installed Carlyles from Irving to Jackson. The County Board approved AHCA's NC proposal for Carlyles on the cul-de-sac west of Fillmore.
6th Street South: At AHCA's request, the County replaced the sidewalk in the secret passageway from the 500 block of Garfield to 6th. Not at AHCA's request, the County installed a water main under the sidewalk and tore up the landscaping maintained as a labor of love by JC Walters-Byrnes. The County will soon install new storm sewers and drains from Highland to Glebe to end localized flooding, eliminate Lake Irving and Lake Jackson, and fill missing links of sidewalk and curb at Irving. AHCA's #3-priority NC proposal would install Carlyles from Fillmore (Walter Reed) to Glebe.
7th Street South: In September, the County installed Carlyles from Walter Reed to Glebe. Arlington County installed a neighborhood sign at 7th and Glebe.
8th Street South: Same as 4th Street South, above.
9th Street South: Juanita Zientara is collecting signatures to add to Jennifer Schultz's petition for Carlyles from Walter Reed to Glebe.
9th Road South: The County funded a project for improvements to both 9th Road and our side of Columbia Pike, including Carlyles, but economic development officer William Roberts wrote in the accompanying article that work cannot begin until the County acquires rights-of-way.
Columbia Pike (Route 244): AHCA members participated in every meeting of the Columbia Pike Planning Process. Jay Jacob Wind visited EVERY business on this side of the Pike to invite them to join AHCA and advertise in our newsletter.
EAST TO WEST:
Fillmore Street / Walter Reed Drive: AHCA hosted the Columbia Pike Blues Festival, assisted Patrick Henry Elementary School's plantings, and celebrated Cintia Johnson's award as Arlington's Washington POST Principal of the Year. Neighbors could petition for NC work from Route 50 to Columbia Pike.
Fenwick Street: AHCA's #5-priority NC proposal would install curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and Carlyles from Route 50 to 2nd. The County Board approved AHCA's NC proposal for Carlyles from 2nd to 5th.
Garfield Street: At AHCA's request, the County cleaned up the greenspace at Garfield and Route 50 and patched potholes between Route 50 and 2nd. (Thanks to Karen Laake for pushing for the clean-up.) Karen also initiated a petition to convert the greenspace into a park. AHCA's #4-priority NC proposal would install curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and Carlyles from Route 50 to 2nd. The County Board approved AHCA's NC proposal to Carlyles from 2nd to 5th. AHCA's #3-priority NC proposal would install Carlyles from 6th to 7th.
Highland Street: AHCA's #6-priority NC proposal would install curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and Carlyles from 2nd to 6th. This proposal got a boost when the County Board added Safe Routes to Schools to the Capital Improvement Plan in the Transportation Bond Issue. (Thanks to Monique O'Grady for testifying to the County Board about the need for sidewalks.) The County installed Carlyles from 6th to 7th. Neighbors are petitioning for NC work from Route 50 to 2nd. Neighbors could petition for NC work from 7th to 9th.
Hudson Street: The County installed Carlyles from Route 50 to 2nd.
Irving Street: The County installed Carlyles from 2nd to 6th. AHCA's #1-priority NC proposal is for Carlyles from 6th to 9th. Neighbors are in the process of completing a petition for NC work from Route 50 to 2nd. AHCA obtained a Small Parks Grant for Arlington Heights Park at 9th and Irving, including a drinking fountain, landscaping, park benches, a picnic table, and a neighborhood sign.
Ivy Street: The County Board approved AHCA's NC proposal for Carlyles from 2nd to 5th. The County installed Carlyle lights north of 7th. Juanita Zientara is also petitioning for Carlyles from 7th to 9th.
Jackson Street: The County installed Carlyle lights from 2nd to 6th.
Old Glebe Road: AHCA's #2-priority NC proposal would install Carlyles from 1st to 2nd. At AHCA's request, the County will review traffic safety from 2nd to 3rd.
Glebe Road (Route 120): At AHCA's request, the County and VDOT agreed to install a stoplight at 2nd with temporary overhead lines. Eventually, permanent Carlyle stoplights will replace the temporary lines. The wait continues for left-turns at Columbia Pike, pending right-of-way acquisition. (See below.) Neighbors could petition for NC work from Route 50 to Columbia Pike.
WHAT'S (NOT) HAPPENING ON COLUMBIA PIKE?
by William Roberts, Arlington County Economic Development
For several years, Arlington County has planned streetscape improvements along Columbia Pike from Walter Reed to Glebe and on South Garfield and 9th Road South behind Cinema 'n' Drafthouse and Matuba Restaurant, beside the 7-11. Planned improvements include sidewalks, Carlyle lamps, and undergrounding utilities along Columbia Pike. The projects are funded but await right-of-way acquisitions before construction can begin. The most current projected schedule for construction is now Spring 2001, dependent on right-of-way acquisition. Intersection improvements at Columbia Pike and Glebe include new sidewalks and Carlyle lamps. This project is being managed by the Department of Public Works and funded by VDOT and also awaits resolution of right-of-way acquisition.
Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) and County planner Doug Woods hosted Columbia Pike Planning meetings in July. Citizens reviewed drawings reflecting six levels of density, from very low (current status) to very high (Rosslyn or Ballston). CPRO will soon announce the dates of the next round of meetings.
TRANSPORTATION BOND INCLUDES HIGHLAND SIDEWALK
by Monique O'Grady
A sidewalk on the west side of South Highland between 2nd and 6th was the #1-priority Safe Routes to School Program project in an internal Arlington County memo by Department of Public Works (DPW) director Sam Kem dated July 28. The memo budgeted $100,000.
DPW prioritized the project after determining the lack of a sidewalk endangers students walking to and from Patrick Henry Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and the Career Center. Right now, that stretch of Highland lacks sidewalks on either side of the street. Patrick Henry Principal Cintia Johnson and Career Center Director Dr. William Sullivan both wrote letters to the County Board asking for a sidewalk.
In June, Highland street resident Monique O'Grady spoke before the County board to press for funding and a high priority.
If Arlington's voters approve the Transportation Bond Issue on November 7, the sidewalk could be built early next year. Otherwise, the sidewalk is listed in the County's Capital Improvement Program in 2004.
In 1999, Highland residents petitioned for NC funds for the sidewalk and Carlyle lamps. With the backlog of NC projects, no sidewalks would be built for several years. If the Transportation Bond Issue passes and Safe Routes to Schools is funded, the NC sidewalk funds could be allocated to other neighborhood projects.
NEW BUSINESSES IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
by Jay Jacob Wind
- Arlington Health Foundation leased the old Pier One space at 3045 Columbia Pike in the Strayer University Building for a pediatric clinic targeted at uninsured children.
- Discovery School of Arlington opened a 26-student pre-school on the ground floor of Arlington-Fairfax Jewish Congregation, 2920 Arlington Boulevard, between Fenwick and Garfield. Director Rebecca Fox said only 20 cars would park in the Congregation's parking lot on Garfield Street for about 15 minutes each between 7:30-9:00 am and 3:30-6:00 pm. No cars associated with The Discovery School will park in front of the Congregation or on Fenwick Street, except during inclement weather. Fox explained, "Discovery School has operated as Preschool Discoveries, Inc., for many years in Arlington and McLean. We take pride in our relationship with the community and go out of our way to minimize impact. We arranged for staggered drop-off and arrival times and carpooling to accommodate additional traffic. Our presence in other neighborhoods has not created an inconvenience. All but two of the currently enrolled families live in Arlington County. Discovery School is non-denominational and open to students ages 2-6, welcoming students from the neighborhood." For comments or questions about Discovery School, contact Rebecca Fox, Director, Preschool Discoveries, Inc., 2006 Lorraine Avenue, McLean VA (703-241-8682, fax 540-563-1103, e-mail fox@preschooldiscoveries.com, website www.preschooldiscoveries.com).
- Internet & Information Solutions, Inc. (703-920-2004, www.iiSolutions.com) opened at 415 South Glebe Road in Dominion Arms. Owner Jason Powell and his staff design websites, provide web and e-mail servers, and conduct classroom and on-site training. iiSolutions joined AHCA as a business member.
- Sports House Grill Restaurant (703-892-7040) opened at 3249 Columbia Pike in Westmont Shopping Center. Co-owned by Angel Montaño and DC United star Marco Etcheverry, the new restaurant features Bolivian cuisine, traditional cool stucco walls, and a big-screen TV. The restaurant's grand opening for the Copa Mundiál (World Cup) qualifying-round soccer game July 27 was too successful, however, when 150 fans crowded into the 75-seat restaurant, more stood outside, and all 100 parking spaces in Westmont's lot were occupied. Neighboring businesses called Arlington Police and the Fire Marshall, who issued an administrative warning for overcrowding. Arlington Police Area 3 Commander Steve Holl said, "It's happened before at other places. A sports restaurant televises an international soccer game, doesn't know how many people to expect, and gets a huge crowd. Most of the time, there's no second problem." In fact, on August 16, for this year's final Copa Mundiál match, Montaño allowed only 75 patrons without incident.
- Montaño has two more plans. Marco Antonio Etcheverry Soccer Academy (MAESA) now has its office in the basement of 3249, where it coordinates youth soccer programs and publishes its website, www.etcheverrysoccer.com. Montaño has also asked a Use Permit for live karaoke music (vocal only) in the restaurant. If the County grants the permit, Sports House will become the third live entertainment center in the Arlington Heights section of Columbia Pike, along with sound stages at El Puerto Seafood House (3007 Columbia Pike, 703-271-8100) and Coco's Grill and Restaurant (3111 Columbia Pike, 703-920-5450).
- Strayer University (703-892-5100) at 3045 Columbia Pike welcomed Melvin Minns as new campus administrator.
HELP BUILD A PLAYGROUND IN THE BARCROFT NEIGHBORHOOD
by Anne Miller
Arlington Unitarian Cooperative Preschool (AUCP) at Route 50 and George Mason Drive will construct a new playground on the site of its existing playground on October 26-29, 2000. The new playground was designed by Leathers and Associates, experts in design and construction of community playgrounds for more than 20 years, the same organization that designed the current playground. Like the existing playground, the new one will be all wood, with many mazes and tunnels for imaginative exploration, and will be open to the entire community. The new playground will also feature a play bus, tube slide, spring riding toys, puppet theater, chime wall, balance beams, tire pony, playhouses, and a castle. In addition, it will be handicapped-accessible.
Under the supervision of Leathers and Associates, the playground will be constructed in the old-fashioned barn-raising method, relying upon AUCP members and volunteers from the community to do the actual construction. The preschool is lining up as many as 300 volunteers from all over the community for each of the four days of the build. Food donated by Fresh Fields and childcare will be provided on-site.
If you are willing to volunteer for as little as one shift of
the build (4 hours), please contact Anne Miller (703-533-1976).
Volunteers are needed for a variety of jobs, including skilled and unskilled
labor, childcare, food service, and administrative support. No prior experience
is required for most jobs. Children between ages 10-13 can volunteer, as
long as they work alongside their parents, and those between 14-17 can
work on crews without their parents, but cannot use power tools. Please
get involved in this project that promises to be both fun and rewarding
-- and when you take your children to this fantastic new playground, you
can tell them that you helped build it!
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Please send to AHCA, c/o Monique O'Grady, 315 South Highland Street, Arlington VA 22204-2053
Name ______________________________________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
City ST ZIP ______________________________________________ Phone ________________________
Adult t-shirt colors: blue shirt, cream lettering, green & gold pineapple.
Youth t-shirt colors: cream shirt, blue lettering, green & gold pineapple.
How many sweatshirts, T-shirts or bibs? [__] XXL Sweatshirts @ $19.00 each $__________
[__] Adult Medium [__] Large [__] Extra-Large Sweatshirts @ $17.00 each $__________
[__] Adult Medium [__] Large [__] Extra-Large T-shirts @ $10.00 each $__________
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PLEASE JOIN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Please send to AHCA, c/o Bryan Sieling, Treasurer, 632 South Highland Street, Arlington VA 22204-2435
Family Members _______________________________________________________________________
Children's Names _______________________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
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