Riverdale Heights/Riverdale Hills/Crestwood Community Assoc.

November Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes November 14, 2007

Attendance: approximately 30 members. Next meeting will be Saturday January 12th at 11 AM.

Speaker at the January meeting will be Senator Pinsky, and Michal Herman, County Executive’s Chief of Staff.

A handout was distributed with tips for when to buy goods and services

The incorporation as a 501(c)(4) corporation and tax exempt status in process

The Community Association Mission Statement was distributed and will be posted on the website

A petition to increase the Gang Task Unit and District I Police Force was passed around for signatures

In order to help the “At Risk” children at William Wirt it was decided to work with the school and buy Christmas presents for these children.

Treasurer Report – the association is solvent

It was decided to request a representative from the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) to speak at our March meeting in lieu of the fire department.

Committee Updates:
• Community Improvement Committee
o Graffiti removal continues
o Kenilworth Revitalization Project continues with several local meetings scheduled for December
o Beautification of Rittenhouse Street – Special thanks to Bill Marvel of Takoma Tree for delivering and spreading wood chips - Gratis!
o Road and sidewalk repairs in progress and more to come – would not possible without Eric Olson’s involvement and perseverance
• Communications Committee
o Keep informed by visiting the RRC Community Association website:
www.neighborhoodlink.com/riverdale/rhrhcca/
o Suggestions for where to place yard signs are welcome

Other News and Updates
• Please keep coming to the meetings, stay involved, volunteer to serve on a committee, and bring a neighbor to the next meeting. You could win the prize for bringing the most new attendees to the January meeting!
• Please support our volunteer fire department – donations cheerfully accepted and volunteers to assist with Bingo and other events are always welcome!


Speaker
• Beth Reed speaking about Emergency Preparedness
o Learn how to be prepared for any emergency
o Create a plan
o Fill your emergency preparedness “tool box”
Members received valuable advice and information regarding what to do in advance to be prepared in the event of an emergency, and how to react to an emergency.

Questions/Comments
The following questions or concerns were raised and the officers are looking into each one and will provide an update at the next meeting:

1. How many people can live in one house? How many cars are allowed to park at one house?
2. What are the laws about commercial vehicles parking on neighborhood streets?
3. Can we request that a member from the police department attend our association meetings?

The answer to questions 1 and 2 will be addressed at the March meeting when we have Charlie Wilson, Director of Environmental Resources (DER), as our guest speaker. DER is responsible for code enforcement.

The answer to question 3: we made the request of the assistant commander of police district IV. We were told that if an officer attended each association meeting (ours and all others from associations within their district) it would take up too much of their time. They are concerned that police work to help keep our communities safe would be jeopardized. They did agree to attend meetings when we request them to address certain topics.

Meeting Adjourned