Monday, March 22, 2021
7:00 pm
Online via Zoom Web Conference
See email for log-in information
Subject to Adjustment
7:00 PM Welcome & Introductions
** Agenda
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Monday’s meeting, again features “inside BVSCA” matters with no speakers from outside of BVSCA. Our featured topics from BVSCA representatives will be on the YMCA Development and updates from the recent CivFed meeting. We’ll start first with regular business, and the second half of the meeting will cover these two featured topics. And make note that for our April 26th Meeting, we will have Rashad Badr from St. Charles Borromeo Church presenting their current redevelopment plans.
** Regular Business (about 45 min-1 hour)
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** Treasurer’s Report
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Our Treasurer, Giang Dang, will give us a brief on our financial situation and membership numbers. As a reminder, please renew – or join – BVSCA here (http://www.ballstoncivic.org/membership/) .
** Ballston BID https://www.ballstonva.org/
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Our representative to Ballston Bid, Allyson Ugarte, will share news from Ballston BID (https://www.ballstonva.org/) .
Arlington Civic Federation Logo
** Arlington Civic Federation (CivFed)
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Hear the latest news from BVSCA’s representatives to CivFed (http://www.civfed.org/) , Anita Wallgren, Sharon Valencia, Adam Theo, and Nick Klissas.
** Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee (NCAC)
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BVSCA NCAC representative Henry Staples will share what is happening with NCAC (https://commissions.arlingtonva.us/neighborhood-conservation-advisory-committee/) .
** Developments within BVSCA’s Boundaries
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We’ll do a round-robin and share what we know about developments in the community:
1. The Clarendon Sector Plan (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/plans-studies/clarendon-sector-plan-update/)
2. Red Top Cab site (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/clarendon-west-red-top-cab/)
3. Arlington Public Schools
4. The Kirkwood (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/washington-kirkwood/)
5. GMU (https://www2.gmu.edu/arlington-forward)
6. 11th and Vermont (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/plans-studies/general-land-use-plan/special-study-11th-vermont/)
7. Washington Boulevard improvements (a BVSCA exploratory effort led by BVSCA’s Nick Klissas)
8. Arlington Forestry and Natural Resources Plan (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/fnrp/) (new BVSCA rep to the plan, Robert Gerber), and
9. A BVSCA tree inventory plan (w/ exploratory work by Giang Dang, Rosemary Ciotti, and Robert Gerber)
** Featured Topics (about 45 min-1 hour)
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** Arlington CivFed Updates (Deep-Dive)
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We are glad to now have four representatives to the Arlington Civic Federation (CivFed), who will provide updates on the most recent meetings, from which there are a number of highlights, including Senator Mark Warner speaking at the most recent CivFed Meeting (on COVID-related topics) and the following:
* CivFed Task Force in Governance and Election Reform (TiGER) has begun studying potential changes to the County’s governance structure and mechanisms of public input. Stay tuned for opportunities to participate.
* CivFed is now a Community Vaccination Committee Partner Organization. The County has asked for neighbors to help neighbors learn about COVID-19 vaccination. Some materials are available in multiple languages.
+ General Information: https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/
+ Vaccination: https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/vaccines/
+ Testing: https://health.arlingtonva.us/covid-19-coronavirus-updates/covid-19-testing/
+ Complete Vaccine Committee Toolkit: https://www.arlingtonva.us/cvctoolkit/
The CivFed Environmental Committee is proposing an additional resolution to “immediately update the Arlington tree canopy studies” last completed in 2016.
The resolution (http://www.ballstoncivic.org/3-16-21-proposed-resolution-preserving-tree-canopy-mwg-draft/) is available for review via BVSCA’s website.
** YMCA Redevelopment
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We’ve learned about a concept plan (this is early stages, folks) for the YMCA redevelopment at Kirkwood and 13th Street. Neighbors Henry Staples and Paul Ashin will share information about what they’ve learned and this will be the first chance for members of BVSCA to provide initial reactions during this initial planning phase. Here are some documents to review on the site, as well as links to documents for the GLUP+ area and neighboring sites.
* YMCA Concept Plan. To find the file, follow the instructions, below.
+ Go to Arlington Archives, Permit Arlington (https://archives.arlingtonva.us/publicaccess/permitarlington.aspx )
+ In the Project ID textbox, enter SPLC21-00002
* Special GLUP+ (https://commissions.arlingtonva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/FINAL-ADOPTED-NOV-2017_Washington_Kirkwood-Study-and-Concept-Plan_web.pdf)
* American Legion (3445 Washington Blvd)
+ Conceptual Site Plan Review (https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/10/American-Legion-Final-Report.pdf) and
+ County project page (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/3445-washington-blvd/) .
* Kirkwood Apartments (1122 N Kirkwood Road)
+ County project page (https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/washington-kirkwood/)