June Membership Meeting

The State of the Association

When: Thursday, June 20, 6:30 to 7:30 PM
6:30 PM – CPCA Business Meeting, The State of the Association, election of the 2013-2014 Board of Directors
Where: Cleveland Park Library, 1st floor meeting room

Our June meeting will feature our annual year-end State of the Association address by Susie Taylor, President. Join us to discuss our accomplishments from the past year and make recommendations for next year’s work. The meeting will also feature an election of the 2013-2014 Board of Directors (see below post for a list of candidates).

   

2013-2014 Board Candidates

At the May 16 Membership Meeting, Pamela Korbel, Chair, Nominations Committee, presented the CPCA’s 2013-2014 Board candidates to the Membership. The election will be held during the June 20 Membership Meeting. The 2013-2014 Board candidates are as follows:

Officer Candidates:
President – Susie Taylor; 1st Vice President – Helen Chamberlin; 2nd Vice President – Ruth Caplan; Treasurer – John J. Korbel; Recording Secretary – Margaret Lenzner; Corresponding Secretary – Christopher Fioravante
At-Large Candidates:
Jeff Davis; Ann Hamilton; Clark Madigan; Gina Polidoro; Mark Rosenman

Click here to view bios of the 2013-2014 Board candidates.

   

May Membership Meeting

Solid Waste Solutions for the District: From Incineration to Zero Waste

When: Thursday, May 16, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
6:30 PM – CPCA Business Meeting **Vote on Parking Resolution (see below post)**
7:00 PM – Program
Where: Cleveland Park Library, 1st floor meeting room

Our May meeting, sponsored by CPCA’s Greening Committee, will take an in-depth look at the city’s plans for handling its solid waste, contrasting a possible solid waste incinerator with enhanced recycling, re-use and composting. Cities like Portland OR and San Francisco CA are way ahead of us. Can we catch up?

We are very fortunate to have four well-informed panelists.

  • Hallie Clemm, Deputy Administrator, Solid Waste Management Division, DC Dept. of Public Works
  • Mary Cheh, our Ward 3 Council Member, who has held hearings on this issue
  • Larry Martin, with Sustainable Community Initiatives and a founder of Community Forklift
  • Mike Ewall, founder of the Energy Justice Network, who has testified about the health and environmental dangers of incineration here in DC and around the country

The city is looking at alternatives right now. This is the moment to become informed!

   

Parking Resolution

Parking Resolution Draft
Presented to the CPCA Membership for Consideration
April 18, 2013

Whereas members of the Cleveland Park Citizens Association have expressed concern that the Office of Planning is developing proposed regulations for reducing, and in some cases eliminating, minimum parking requirements — including for “transit zones,” for new single family homes and for new multi-unit dwellings of fewer than 10 units, and for schools — which would affect this community; and
Whereas, even with the public transportation options currently available and planned, residents of Cleveland Park continue to depend on their cars, including elderly residents and families with children; and

Whereas lack of on-street and off-street parking is already a serious problem in some areas of Cleveland Park; and

Whereas there are specific topographical considerations in Cleveland Park, such as the steep hill just to the east and west of Connecticut Avenue, which has consequences for our community’s mobility; and

Whereas the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) has been engaged in a months-long project including the gathering community input to be used to help develop policy recommendations for “the future of parking” in the District of Columbia; and

Whereas DDOT has yet to release any of its recommendations, including those for residential parking permits and visitor parking passes;

Therefore the Cleveland Park Citizens Association calls on the Office of Planning to postpone issuance of its proposed parking provisions until it can develop proposals, in consultation with DDOT and individual communities, which take fully into account the specific transportation and parking needs of individual communities, the availability of viable public transportation options for all segments of the population, the city’s environmental sustainability goals, and the Comprehensive Plan’s mandate for adequate public and private parking.

   

Living with Giant/Cathedral Commons Construction – Update #3

The Cathedral Commons Construction Management Agreement Liaison Committee held its sixth meeting on May 1st. Key developments to celebrate or anticipate include the following:

  • The excavation phase is expected to be over by early June, and with it the early-morning dump truck annoyances.
  • The first of three giant cranes is on the site. It started concrete work on April 22nd. It will soon be joined by two more immense cranes, and the concrete is expected to reach grade level by early October.
  • If their insurance company approves it, Bozzuto intends to organize a kid-oriented community event to demonstrate and explain the operation of the cranes, maybe in September.
  • The installation of a storm sewer and a sanitary line down the middle of Idaho Ave. is expected to begin on May 28th. This will be done in two phases (Newark to Wisconsin, and Newark to the property line toward Macomb), and the affected part of Idaho will be closed to through traffic for two or three months for each phase. This work will be regrettably noisy.
  • Installation of a large water main under Wisconsin Avenue will begin this summer. Wisconsin will be reduced to two lanes during working hours until the end of the year. More information on this phase of the project will be posted here as it becomes available.
  • Starbucks and SunTrust Bank will be returning to the site. There will also be a drug store there, since there will not be one inside the Giant. Negotiations are underway between Bozzuto and several restaurants and retailers. Watch this space for updates.
  • The shell of the grocery store is scheduled to be delivered to Giant in April 2014. It will take them 4 – 5 months to fit out the space, so the grocery store — and other retail space — should be open in the Fall of 2014.

The next meeting of the CMA Liaison Committee is not yet firmly scheduled, but it will probably be on June 4, 2013, at the Second District Police Stations. The public is welcome.

The minutes of all Liaison Committee meetings are posted on the ANC3C website at http://www.anc3c.org. In addition, periodically updated construction information is available at http://www.cathedralcommons.com.

   

Cleveland Park Village Launching May 1

Cleveland Park Village launches May 1 as the latest in a national network of nonprofit services that help people age successfully in their own homes. Susan Hester, the founding executive director, said the volunteer-based Village is now accepting … [Continue reading]

   
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