Recent Current Events
2006-2007
2006-2007 Committee reports
On June 5 we adopted this resolution on Arlington's AIRE initiative.
On April 3 we approved this report on Arlington County's proposed FY 2008 budget.
On April 3 we adopted this resolution on use of Wilson School grounds.
At our 91st Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on March 30th we awarded the Sun-Gazette Cup to Jerry Auten, Chair of the CivFed Transportation Committee, and awarded the Order of Distinguished Meritorius Service to Martha Moore, Co-Chair of Planning and Zoning Committee. Congratulations to two deserving and hard-working Federation delegates!
Here is the Report of the Revenues and Expenditures Committee on the County's FY 2008 Budget, the main business of our April 3 meeting. And here is earlier testimony by Committee Chair Burt Bostwick before the County Board on the FY 2008 budget.
Testimony of Schools Committee Chair Beth Wolffe before the School Board's budget hearing on March 15.
Our Transportation Committee prepared this Issues Paper for the Master Transportation Plan hearing on March 19.
Revenues and Expenditures Committee held its organizational meeting for this budget season on March 11 at Chairman Burt Bostwick's home, 3833 Military Road. Please email Burt (Burt+) if you are interested. Committee Chairs are urged to let R&E know of any budget priorities, particularly anything that has been requested by a CivFed resolution. The Schools Committee is also meeting through March. The final budget recommendation is likely to be voted on as a single package at our April 3rd meeting, so if your neighborhood has strong budgetary views you should be joining one of the committees as they work.
Longtime CivFed delegate Sherwin Landfield died on February 3rd. Sherwin was involved in many areas -- Airport issues among them. We awarded him our Order of Distinguished Meritorious Service in 1997. His urn was placed at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, February 21st. Many of us will always miss Sherwin whenever airport noise comes up. The Washington Post had a good obituary on February 21st.
February 6 Meeting:
We passed unanimously this resolution on Metrorail Blue Line service on January 2nd.
Here is the Sun Gazette coverage.
The School Board provided these materials as promised during their December visit: the formal written response to questions the Federation had posed before their visit, and the PowerPoint presentation they used during the meeting. We appreciate their responsiveness.
We adopted this resolution on building height in Rosslyn on December 5th.
We appointed on December 5th an Awards Committee consisting of Frances Finta, Ann Rudd, Charlotte Cleary, Herschel Kanter and Amy Levin. Please contact one of them if you have an award to suggest.
Our January Newsletter, the Civic Voice
We adopted our Legislative Package for 2007. Here is the final package. And here is the voting on the additional items we approved for inclusion in the package.
We adopted this resolution on Transfer of Development Rights on November 14.
Frances Finta and Larry Mayer with the
ACCF wreath at the Veterans Day Ceremony
In Clarendon Park. November 11, 2006
On October 3rd our Delegates voted in favor of all the bond issues on the November ballot, including the following for and against counts:
- Parks 40 to 37
- Metro 71 to 6
- Community Infrastructure 57 to 19
- Utilities 68 to 8
- Schools 47 to 28
Here is the report of our Revenues and Expenditures Committee on the County's bond issues for 2006.
At our October 3rd meeting we also adopted this Resolution on constitutional amendments on the 2006 ballot and this Resolution on bond timing.
On September 18 we sent this letter to the County commending the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources for its prompt cleanup after the storm on June 25th.
On September 16 CivFed President Larry Mayer testified before the County Board on the position we adopted in this resolution on restoring the BZA's ability to grant exceptions to the Zoning Ordinance.
Our Transportation Committee met on Sunday, September 10 to discuss Arlington's Master Transportation Plan update. See this page for details on the comments made. Here is the County's Draft Residential Sidewalk Policy referred to in New Business at our September 5 meeting.
Joint letter to the County Board on LPACAP funding decisions. We also have the response from Chairman Zimmerman.
Here is a list of Arlington's CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) graduates by neighborhood. How many CERT grads does your neighborhood have for emergency response?
On August 10th we sent this letter to the Arlington County Board on plans for continuing the Arlington Urgent Care Center.
On July 6 we sent this letter to the Arlington County Board asking them to defer action action on Lot Definitions.
At our June 6 meeting we elected new officers.
President: Larry Mayer
Vice President: Frances Finta
Treasurer: Tim Wise
Secretary: Burt Bostwick
Executive Committee: Frank Emerson, Larry Finch, Stan Karson, Jackie Snelling, Eileen Williams
We also passed this Historic Preservation Policy Resolution, and did not pass a resolution on Buckingham.
2005-2006
Check out our new Arlington County Street System Guide. There is logic to the system, and our guide will help you find any address in Arlington.
CIP hearing testimony by R&E Chairman Burt Bostwick.
Schools CIP recommendations from the ACCF Schools Committee.
The Office of Emergency Management has a page up on Hurricane Preparedness Week and others on preparing your pet for a disaster, having a Personal Response Plan, pandemic flu and receiving alerts from the County in case of disasters.
At our May 2nd meeting we passed the Airport Committee's resolution on an airport noise study. Here is a summary of the study's recommendations. Our State legislators briefed us on the perennial lack of progress in Richmond.
CivFed on Arlington TV! ACCF President and 2006 Sun-Gazette Cup Recipient Patrick Smaldore was interviewed by ACCF Community Relations Chair Beth Offenbacker on Arlington Weekly News. If you missed it, here is a partial transcript of the interview.
We met on April 4 and adopted this report incorporating resolutions with recommendations for the Arlington County budget for FY 2007. We also passed this resolution on sidewalks.
Our Schools Committee has produced this report for the Arlington County Public School Board on closing the education gap.
On March 7 we adopted this resolution on limiting the real estate tax rate used for the second collection to the amount required to generate planned budget funds.
Here are the two presentations on Transfer of Development Rights that experienced technical difficulties in our March meeting. It is a .pdf file. The first black and white slides were prepared by Martha Moore to introduce the topic. The second presentation was developed by Colleen Connor, County Planner. TDR's occur in Site Plan areas, so this map provided by the County shows where they could occur.
Our Executive Committee met with County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman on February 17 to discuss Arlington civic issues.
L to R: Frank Emerson, (ex)Pres. Patrick Smaldore, Frances Finta, Chairman
Zimmerman (seated), Burt Bostwick, Stan Karson, current Pres. Larry Mayer
See this Memorandum of Meeting for the substance of the discussion.
On February 7 we passed a resolution on the Four Mile Run Plan
On February 7 we passed this resolution on support for ad hoc civic association alliances.
On February 7 we passed this resolution on Transfer of Density Rights.
Our Planning and Zoning Committee briefed us at our January 3 meeting on changes to regulations for secondary rental of church and lodge parking lots. Martha Moore and Bill Gearhart have developed background materials. We also took a straw poll of delegates that closed on January 15. Here are the results.
The Sun-Gazette mentioned our page on smoke-free restaurants in Arlington!
Here is a study on how neighborhood civic associations can include diverse groups.
Here is the County's announcement of the new zoning provisions affecting lot coverage, and a worksheet for finding out how your property may be affected. But the best guide to understanding Arlington's zoning regulations is Martha Moore's guide (pdf format). It's also on our page in Word format. Both were revised December 12th, and are expected to be revised again as clarifications emerge. Highly recommended! We had adopted this resolution on lot coverage restrictions at our October 4, 2005 meeting.
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