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January 5, 2012
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Huntington Community Association
2012 membership is $10, please pay dues now.
Updates/Activities
In Feb, 2 presenters, Ross Irwin from Huntington Club Condos will come to talk about the traffic study, and Inda Stegg, Attorney for VSE Property will come to give an update. They are submitting a rezoning request. She is likely to get Harry some information to put up on the HCA website.
The VSE property wants to do a 14 or so story high rise at the corner with office and ground level retail or possible hotel with a parking garage behind it, with 2 smaller 4-6 story apartment buildings in the back with more surface parking, VSE is locating over to Springfield.
In the spring, Supervisor Gerry Hyland was going to propose a stormwater protection bond package before the Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors approves this bond proposal, it could go on the November Ballot.
Dave gave some updates of the Mount Vernon Council of Citizen Associations. Updates can be found at mvcca.org. We need to have more HCA members participate on the MVCCA committees. Please contact Harry if you are interested in participating on the HCA Commitees.
Supervisor Gerry Hyland will hold Annual Meeting and virtual Bus Tour Review of Mount Vernon District probably one Saturday in February. That's informative to attend. They have a lot of county displays setup. Ususally, this meeting starts at 9am, program is at 10 or so.
The County should be working on its 2013 budget, they will be finalizing it by April. They will be looking for feedback on that, they have 2 or 3 public hearings about the budget.
Adam updated the group on a few items from the Transportation committee. There was a discussion about bicycles on GW Parkway. Currently, bicycles are prohibited in the roadway lanes. A few months ago a cyclist was struck by a hit and run driver. Hard Core cyclists cannot use the walking path for high speed training and often use the roadway. South of the City of Alexandria boundry at Little Hunting Creek down to Mount Vernon, the parkway is under federal jurisdiction of the National Park Service. In theh City of Alexandria north of Little Hunting Creek, Virginia law allows cyclists to occupy a roadway lane. Most members of the MVCCA transportation committee support petitioning the NPS to allow bicycles on the roadway during light traffic periods such as opening it up to cyclists on Weekend Mornings.
The Telegraph Road interchange was supposed to be completed by the end of 2011 but has been delayed. Adam has been trying to get an updated completion time for this.
Neighborhood Concerns
Berta asked who maintains Steps at the end of Biscayne, who do we call? The VDOT contractor who replaced the sidewalk by the tot lot on Farrington Ave left the leftover cement in a pile by the TotLot on Farrington. Talk to VDOT. We can check on these things.
On the Huntington Facebook Page, there has been a conversation about dog noise. You can call the non-emergency number 703-691-2131 to report Nuisance Barking.
Stephanie-- Community Along Creek, Report this to the non-emergency number. The park is closed from dawn to dusk and residents are encouraged to report activity after dark.
Welcome to Huntington Sign
This sign was damaged by vandalism again Neighbors will attempt repair of the sign again.
Future of Huntington Updates
The HCA Board needs to get together and do some planning. At one of the meetings in November, we decided that we should explore what current regulations would or would not permit raising elevations sufficiently. Look for announcements soon on more meetings. We may try to hold some Saturday meetings.
Angel Tree Update
Amiee Williams, Director of Community Center, sent the following email messave thanking residents for supporting Angel Tree. There were 44 people, 41 children and teens, 3 seniors
With Heartfelt Thanks To All,
Your response was phenomenal! The outpouring of support from the Huntington Community Association, faith based community, and private citizens alike has been amazing. Your generosity in these trying times, helped make this program possible, and offered help, hope, and encouragement to every child who received a gift from an angel. Thank you for sharing and encouraging smiles on so many faces--thank you so much for helping make this program a success again this year! Happy Holidays to all.
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December 1, 2011
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Huntington Community Association
Normally at the December meeting, we just have a potluck dinner. However, A&R Development presented in order to request a letter of support from the community for their proposed development.
Also, David Versel, new to the Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation, was present at the meeting.
Sean Pink of A&R development, along with engineers from Bowman Engineering presented the latest updates on the development proposed for the property along Biscayne bordered by Huntington Ave and Glendale Terrace (adjacent to the 7-Eleven property).
Sean explained that the option that A&R development has to secure some of the parcels for this project is about to come due, so they are at a critical juncture in terms of moving forward.
They requested a letter of support from the community for to Supervisor Gerry Hyland raise a Board Matter before the Board of Supervisors to tell the Fairfax County Residential Housing Authority (RHA) to either amend the Huntington Neighborhood Conservation plan to allow for this development, or to remove this property from the conservation plan. The 2009 amendment to the Comprehensive Plan allows for this higher density development.
Matt (of Bowman Engineering) explained that the existing conditions on the site in question have about 50% impervious surface with no stormwater management. The proposed building covers 90% of the property; however, there will be stormater management. There is a proposal for mechanically retaining stormwater on the site with cisterns and underground tanks to control the rate of storm water runoff from the property. County Code will require stormwater runoff to be returned to the predevelopment condition, so any development should improve existing stormwater runoff from the site.
Sean presented the same concept plans that he previously presented to the HCA. The proposed development would be 8 stories at the high point and would contain along the lines of 165-173 residential units in the conceptual design with possibly 0.75 parking spaces per unit. The county is pushing for as little parking as possible. The proposed design has maybe 120-125 parking spaces. Seventeen percent of the units would be workforce housing. Units would consist of primarily of studios with some one and two bedroom units. The proposed design would be between 85Õ-94Õ high at the lowest part of the ground along Huntington Ave with the average grade about 75Õ above the ground.
Sean has been to nearly all meetings in Huntington, and noted that A&R is not only a developer but a property management company that will stay in the community. He expressed sensitivity to the flooding situation in lower Huntington and does not want this process to interfere with the other work the community is doing to propose amendments to the conservation plan that would allow redevelopment in Lower Huntington.
Sean is requesting a letter of support from the Huntington Community Association to support supervisor Hyland in bringing a board matter directing the RHA either to amend the conservation plan or to cut out that block from the conservation plan. He sees this development as a potential catalyst that could drive further development in Huntington.
There was discussion whether this letter should cover the entire block, bordered by Biscayne and Blaine and Huntington and Glendale Terrace, or just the property owned or controlled by A&R development. The group felt that only the property currently under consideration for development should be suggested for this change, so that the community will still have a say if other parts of the block eventually wish to redevelop. Sean did say that the low rise apartment along Huntington Ave and Blaine Drive did express a potential interest, but without the adjacent 7-Eleven parcel, that side is not being considered for development.
Ben Whelan-Morin made a motion to have a letter of support for Gerry Hyland to propose a Board Matter directing the RHA to either excise the block (along Biscayne between Huntington Ave and Glendale Terrace) from the Conservation Plan or amend the conservation plan to allow this development to go forward.
Adam Froehlig seconded the motion. The majority of those present voted in favor of the motion, with 15 votes in favor of a letter of support and 1 opposed. The motion passed
If the Conservation plan were to be amended to permit this development to go forward, this is only one step in the process. The next step would be re-zoning, which is a public process with public hearings and plenty of opportunity for public input before anything else goes forward.
Angel Tree Program
Amiee Williams, director of the Huntington Community Center described that the Angel Tree has 3 wishes from several children or elderly that use the Community Center or are in the Neighborhood. Please take an ornament if you are able to and provide the requested gifts to a needy child. Please tape your angel ornament to the gift or place it in the bag with the gift when dropping off gifts to the community center. Gifts should be dropped off by December 15, 2011.
Future of Huntington Planning Meetings
Harry noted that originally meetings were scheduled for December 7 and December 14, but the group reached consensus that we should cancel these meetings and wait until January to hold future meetings.
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November 3, 2011
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Huntington Community Association
Presentation of proposed Sunoco Gas station and convenience store (30 minutes)
Sunoco gas station, Property on Richmond Hwy
Sara Mariska and other counsel from the firm of Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh, P.C. representing Sunoco came to give a presentation on the plans for the Sunoco property. The original Sunoco gas station Property (next to Suntrust Bank on Richmond Hwy) was acquired by VDOT as a staging area for Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. VDOT offered property back to Sunoco, and Sunoco closed on the property in December 2010. It had been a gas station for several years since the 1960s or 1970s until VDOT took over the property in 2003. Sara and other reps of Sunoco were here at the HCA in September of last year, to present, and they have been looking at the property. Because the property was not used for over 2 years, the special exception permit which allowed a gas station at the site expired. Now to do anything with the property, it must go before a special exception process again. It is a 6-9month process that requires input from the community, county staff, and planning commission.
The proposal is to have a quick Service Food store, approximately 2500 square feet, 6 pumps 12 fueling positions. The structure would move from the structure currently exists on the property. There are not any service stations on this side of Richmond Hwy for about 3-4 miles in either direction.
Adam, The MVCCA Transportation Committee representative of HCA, was concerned about curb cuts on Richmond Hwy, and was concerned about the impact of the Sidewalk.
Would the existing retention pond on the corner of Huntington Ave and Richmond Hwy be dealt with as a part of this development?
All new development in Fairfax County must address stormwater runoff and stormwater retention. They
are early in the conceptual design process for the site, but noted they would be updating the site to
current standards. There is currently no stormwater retention on the current site. The site drains
towards the east from West to east and then it splits south to north. The intent is to keep the same
drainage pattern and capture stormwater runoff and holding.
Would the problem of making a u-turn on Huntington be dealt with?
Currently, there is a solid median on Huntington Ave near Old Richmond Hwy to prevent cars from turning left from Huntington onto Old Richmond Hwy. As a result, many drivers make a U-Turn at the end of Huntington to access Richmond Hwy. Adam noted that VDOT has a policy of a solid median where there are 2 left turn lanes.
The back of the building is viewed by several streets . It was requested that it be made attractive - add trees, etc. They have not considered an interparcel connection to the bank. Sunoco is interested in being able to sell alcohol at this site. It was recommended that individual servings not be sold.
There was a lot of concern about traffic being able to cut through from Old Richmond Highway over to Route 1. It was noted that this station should be well landscaped since the Southeast Fairfax Development Corp has spent a lot of money =trying to beautify the northern gateway of Fairfax County and the Mount Vernon District, wtih alot of landscaping, and trees. We would hope that Sunoco would make this a beautiful gateway entrance into Fairfax County. This groups most recent location is well landscaped and is off of Backlick Road.
There was a concern that there should be an attempt made to beautify the rear of the property to make it attractive.
There was a suggestion that they look for where trash accumulates on the site and put trash cans out and be diligent about emptying the trash cans.
A question was asked about what could be done to beautify the current property, which some residents feel is an eyesore. The representatives present agreed to look into this, and at a minimum try to see if the grass could be cut. They might also be able to explore the possibility of demolishing the existing structure but that seemed less likely of a possibility.
Proposed timeline: Because of various Zoning Processes and approvals, Sara and her group would again have to return to the MVCCA for input, especially the MVCCA transportation committee. Then they must meet with county staff and take this to the county which will take at least 3 to 4 months and then there would be a 6-9 month approval process after that. An optimistic timeframe would be probably two years before they could put a shovel in the ground.
No thought has been given to if the station is used as a cuthrough between Old Richmond Hwy and Richmond Hwy.
Redevelopment Challenges for Huntington Club Condos (30 minutes)
Ross Irwin, treasurer of the Huntington Club Condos, and John Joyce and the board member from Building One in Huntington Club were present to talk about the Redevelopment challenges they faced.
Ross started by giving a comprehensive overview of the Flooding problems in Huntington before leading into the challenges his development has faced. To learn from them what has been more successful and learn from them. They are a condo association, so they have more financial resources than the HCA.
Ross noted that he is a geologist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, so he is familiar somewhat with satellite imagery and flooding issues.
He explained what is causing the flooding Huntington. Explained how there are now more impervious areas. Each storm is causing more sediment; making the river more shallow. Channel floor is right about at sea level now. Areas on either side of us - Mid Town and Riverview aptartments have been built up that causes the flood plain to be constricted. Mid Town / Metro area actually helps us.
He used several charts from the 2007 Huntington Flood Study here:
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/floodreport.htm
He noted that Cameron Run Watershed is 42sq miles 20-40% impervious service.
He reminded that the Army Corps of Engineers report on the 2006 flood found that channel sedimentation increases flood risk to about 160 homes permanent solution needed: Levee or redevelopment. The magnitude of the flood is related to how much water is running off into the channel, and the timing of the runoff.
He gave a history of some of the floods in Huntington as described in the Army Corps of Engineers report. He also showed a graph from the week of the September 8, 2011 flood, which indicated that the ground was saturated. The data is from the Hydrology gauge here:
ttp://waterdata.usgs.gov/va/nwis/uv/?site_no=01653000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,62620,00062
He noted that the water rises very quickly in Huntington. Once the upstream flood gage goes above 8-10 feet, there is street flooding, and structure flooding occurs generally when the gauge reaches 14 feet.
The development possibilities could be open further if developers were able to bring in fill to raise new structures above the existing floodplain like Riverside Apartments did.
He showed a slide with an image from the Army Corps report that shows the fill used in the construction of Riverside towers:
He noted that there is another Fairfax County Area Plans Review (to the comprehensive plan) in 2014, Or we could request an out of Turn plan amendment (special planning study).
Needs to consider for Redevelopment efforts
- Coordinator and committee with substantial time commitment
- Inclusive community participation process, open communication
- involvement of directly affected landowners from the beginning
- coordination with Fairfax County Government
- Economic Analysis: What is possible
HUNTINGTON CLUB'S EXPERIENCE:
- Organize committee, research, internal outreach, survey of owners
- Comprehensive report to owners
- Petition of support for Comprehensive Plan amendment (Generally, the county wants to know that 75% of landowners are in favor of any consolidation of single family houses before approving or moving forward with this type of change). If there is any sort of consolidation envisioned, The county wants a petition of support of 75% of landowners.
- Citizen Review, traffic study, Fairfax County Staff report
- Request and review of developer proposals
- Rezoning and Construction
- The Huntington Club began their process in 2005.
- In September of 2009 they submitted their comprehensive plan amendment
- April 10, the Fairfax County redevelopment task force said to wait for traffic study
- Traffic Study was submitted to VDOT and FCDOT. FCDOT wants additional changes. They are waiting to hear back any day now on the results of the traffic study which is required before they can move forward to the next step.
Membership Meeting
Treasurer's report
Because we are a volunteer community association , this year we had approximately $400 income and our expenses were $338 dollars, and we netted $60, end of year $961 in the account, Our expenses are the MVCCA membership, $102 US Post office box $140.
The HCA also gets in kind donations such as web hosting, Solo cups for potlucks, etc.
Election of Officers for 2012
Some of the nominations for officers made at the October meeting were withdrawn, leaving only one nomination for each officer position. There was a motion from Ben Whelan-Morin and from Ray Novitske to accept the current slate of unopposed officer nominations by acclimation, and this motion was seconded by LaVerlle Berry. There were no objections raised to the new slate of officers.
New Officers
David Coon is the HCA Secretary Elect
Terena Ford Jones (who has been in Huntington for a little over 20 years) is the new HCA Treasurer elect. She stressed the Importance of Getting out and speaking to people.
Stephainie Leedom, is the new HCA Vice President Elect
Harry Shepler, is the new HCA President Elect
Upcoming Dates:
Adopt-A Highway Huntington Cleanup Day 9am at Community Center November 5.
Wednesday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Future visioning, planning meeting at the Huntington Community Center
December 1 Potluck
Even though the December meeting is our potluck, Sean Pink of A&R Companies has requested to give a brief update on the status of their proposed development for the block between Huntington and Glendale Terrace along Biscayne. He wishes to get a motion of support from the HCA for this development.
Wednesday, December 7, 7:30 p.m. Future visioning, planning meeting at the Huntington Community Center Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 p.m. Future visioning, planning meeting at the Huntington Community Center
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October 6, 2011
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Huntington Community Association meeting
Welcome & Introductions
Harry Shepler, Vice President of the HCA, gave some introductory remarks. He noted that the Board of the HCA had met twice.
Guiding Principles for Huntington's Future
On the back side of the agenda, Guiding Principles for Huntington's Future developed by the HCA Board were distributed for discussion. Harry said the idea was that maybe we could consider them for adoption at the next meeting if everyone agreed.
In regards to the principle that everyone's opinion is valued, John McGraw noted that he owns 8 houses in Huntington (representing an investment over $1,000,000) and suggested that his vote should be weighted accordingly, also expressing that owners should have more of a vote than renters.
Bylaws of the HCA prescribe that membership is open to all residents of the community, and Supervisor Hyland previously expressed concern that all members are heard.
Every paid member of the HCA gets one vote per paid membership.
Information from past community meetings
David Coon, Secretary of the HCA, presented a brief summary of the two community meetings held with Supervisor Hyland on September 10 and 14th.
At the September 10 meeting, it became clear Supervisor Hyland is now open to the idea of allowing the community to further amend the existing conservation plan to allow for more development in Huntington. Congressman Moran noted that there is no Federal money for flood protection, and that Huntington does not meet the cost-benefit criteria used by the Army Corps of Engineers in determining funding for Federal Flood Protection.
At the September 14 meeting, the consensus appeared to be to propose a dual path, that is, the residents of Huntington should pursue amending the conservation plan to allow for development, while at the same time, the Board of Supervisors will pursue a vote on a bond referendum for Stormwater management, which would include flood protection for Huntington. The Board of Supervisors has 9 members plus a chair, requiring 6 out of 10 votes to approve a bond referendum, which would go before all the voters of Fairfax County. After the June 2006 Flood, Supervisor Hyland proposed such a referendum but only received 4 out of 10 votes by the Board of Supervisors.
The strategy Supervisor Hyland outlined at the September 14 meeting would be to bundle flood protection for Huntington with projects elsewhere in the county in an attempt to get broader support for the bond referendum. Once the new Board of Supervisors is seated in January, this matter will be brought before the board in the Spring of 2012, in the April-June timeframe is probably when the Board would vote on a referendum. If approved, that referendum would appear on the ballot in November 2012 to all voters in Fairfax County. Supervisor Hyland did say at the September 14 meeting that in keeping with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, no homeowner can be forced to sell out under eminent domain for private development. Supervisor Hyland also said that a majority of the community must be on board with amending the conservation plan before he would take this to the Board of Supervisors for consideration.
Notes produced by the county will appear on Supervisor Hyland's website.
Comprehensive Plan vs Conservation Plan vs Zoning Plan
Ray Novitskie gave an overview of the various plans in force.
Ray noted that years ago, Fairfax County had to come up with a Comprehensive plan, like all counties in Virginia. It is a plan that guides future land use and development. It takes into account land use, transportation, density, drainage etc.
The Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) is the is the legal document for everything in the Future. It controls what happens in the future.
There is also something called a Zoning plan that governs what you can do with your community today. Ray noted for example, you might have a zoning plan that is zoned C8 (low density commercial) along Huntington Avenue but the comprehensive plan limits the zoning currently in effect. In other words, the Zoning could be changed to allow for Higher desnity development because the comprehensive plan allows for different zoning in the future.
Ray described that the Conservation Plan sits on top of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Plan. The Conservation Plan is legal and binding, it is usually put together to conserve something. The conservation plan came in during 1978 with the planning for Metrorail in Huntington, because the county thought this area would be worthy of rezoning in light of Metro.
It was done in 1978, but it said in order to conserve Huntington, we need several improvements such as drainage and sidewalks.
As Ray noted, the Zoning Plan controls here and now, Comp Plan controls future. The conservation plan also controls both, the conservation plan in Huntington controls things in places and others.
Zoning changes occur usually based on what the COMP plan wants in the future. You need all three together. You have to change the Zoning if you want to do.
Comp Plan, was done years ago., Comp Plan. The Conservation Plan says you have to follow what the plan says. It included improvements for the neighborhood. The area covered by the plan is pretty much duplexes and the few single family houses interspersed between the duplexes.
In 2008, the HCA was approached by Fairfax County to amend the conservation plan to allow a proposed development by A&R Companies to happen. A&R wishes to develop a parcel along Huntington Avenue bounded by Biscayne Drive and Glendale Terrace. The HCA formed a committee to propose the amendments. The County said we were on a very short time schedule. The HCA asked the County if we could look at the entire conservation plan. The County told us we could look at the whole plan. The Question arose was "Do we want to conserve Huntington?" The HCA committee looked at the entire conservation plan for Huntington, and proposed taking some things out and adding some things too it. The committee added language that if substantial progress towards permanent flood protection is not forthcoming by a certain date (2013), we think that Our Conservation Plan should automatically take a section and set aside for redevelopment (for those properties in "lower Huntington", or the area North of Huntington Ave. Rather than have this area in Huntington, the commitee felt that it was important to conserve the rest of Huntington to put this area up for redevelopment. If no significant improvement by 2013, it would allow the area to be redeveloped. Under that proposal, which was left deliberately vaugue, the idea would be that the entire area north of Huntington Ave would be changed to allow for redevelopment. Because of building restrictions in the floodplain, other properties not in the floodplain could be redeveloped if developers used the floodplain areas as land credits to off-set higher density development in the areas not in the floodplain.
The county sat on these amendments for a various number of reasons, and the county is still sitting on it. Recently, it came out that the reason the county sat on these amendments was because the County was a party to the lawsuit concerning flooding in June of 2006. If the amendment is approved, we would need to change the Comprehensive Plan if the amendment were to be proposed.
Q: How do we ensure that the developer is not going to scoop up the properties along Huntington Ave and leave everything else.
A: There are several ways to ensure that this does not happen. The comp plan can be used to ensure this. They stipulated that if development takes place, and there is an economic benefit to not leave those. We could also put language in the conservation plan to not allow developers to "cherry pick" individual properties. There is a benefit for them to try to get everything to try and build higher density. The Zoning can be changed but you need to change the comp plan
If we go through this process, Gerry Hyland has offered to provide as much assistance as possible. IF we do want to go through this, there are things the County can do to move this along faster, such as utility improvements, adding incentives, if residents are being displaced, would be able to offer
Timeframe-in order to get the Conservation plan approved. Once the department of housing and community development looks at it, it goes to a public hearing, and then to the Board of Supervisors. (at least a 3-6 month process). Ray noted that to change the Comprehensive Plan, it takes a year for something of this size. The choice is to either come up with a new option, or go back to the County and go There are 2 tracks, one is to pursue flood protection, and the other path is redevelopment. We are trying to pursue both.
Someone asked about the lawsuit. It was explained that the lawsuit was an independent lawsuit initiated by some residents and tenants impacted by the 2006 flooding. It was initiated against the county and the state. The State Supreme Court said that The county or state could not be sued, only VDOT remains party to the lawsuit.
Next Steps
Harry described that we need to meet in smaller group settings and form committees to work through the process. Some potential dates for these meetings are below.
An email address for the Board of the HCA has been established at bod@huntingtononline.org
There was talk about the possibility of having Saturday meetings or a dial-in number for residents who cannot attend the meetings in person. One of the proposed committees is a communications committee which can address this.
Nomination of Huntington Community Association officer for 2012
The following nominations were made for 2012 HCA Officers:
David Coon-nominated for Secretary
Tereena Ford Jones-nominated for Treasurer
Michael Andel-nominated for Treasurer
Vice President-Benjamin Whelan-Morin
Vice President - Stephanie Leedom (nominated after the meeting by email).
President -Harry Shepler
Further Nominations can be submitted by email to 'bod at huntingtononline dot org' for consideration at the November 3, 2011 meeting.
Elections for HCA officers will be held at the November 3, 2011 meeting.
The developers of the Sunoco property on Richmond Hwy (next to Suntrust) wish to come again and present plans for re-opening a Sunoco gas station and food mart on that site. They came to the HCA several months ago. They have been tentatively scheduled for the November 3, 2011 meeting.
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September 1, 2011
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Huntington Community Association meeting
Hurricane Update
Alan Rouf wrote Thursday evening about the Storm Drain, and Friday Morning, Brett Kinney and Supervisor Hyland said that they cleaned the drains.
The county had posted information on their Emergency Preparedness blog about how no structure flooding was anticipated but that street flooding was possible, that information never got pushed out on CEAN or Huntington Watch until Saturday 7pm. FFX Co Stormwater Management were on Fenwick and Arlington Terrace.
There were trees down, some tree damage on Kathryn.
Treasurer's
Report We have $830 We could do quarterly or bi-annually. There are 700 units in Huntington. On Biscayne, There are Senior Citizens without computer access who like to read updates.
There was a thought that maybe we could send out one flyer asking people to subscribe to email list or indicate if they want a paper update.
Huntington Cleanup this Saturday, September 4, 9am
This Saturday at 9am at the Huntington Community Center, quarterly cleanup. We clean Huntington, and we pick some other areas.
MVCCA Consumer Affairs Committee Proposed Resolution on Sewer Ownership
Tuesday September 4 at 7:30PM (in the Principal's conference room of the Walt Whitman Middle School) the Consumer Affairs committee of the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens' Associations is proposing a draft resolution about the sewer lateral repair policy in Fairfax County, which currently states, that unlike any other jurisdiction in Northern Virginia, the homeowner is responsible for their sewer lateral into the middle of the street and is financially responsible for paying to tear up and repair the public street if the sewer line needs repair. The draft resolution proposes directing the county to look into changing county code to make the county responsible for the portion of the sewer lateral that falls under county streets.
A motion was made authorizing David Coon, as the HCA representative of the MVCCA to vote on behalf of the HCA in support of the resolution because the Present membership of the Huntington Community Association unanimously voted (10-0) support the draft resolution going before the MVCCA Consumer Affairs Subcommittee.
Discussion Board
It was noted that the website Discussion Board disappeared, nobody posted to it in 8 months. Ray upgraded the website, and the discussion board seems people have migrated to the community Facebook page. Some people do not wish to Join Facebook and Ray noted how Jefferson Manor uses a Yahoo group to accomplish the listserv/discussion board.
Neighborhood Improvement Program
There is a Neighborhood improvement program, communities can request a grant of up to $5,000. An informational meeting will be held at the South County government center next Thursday and David Coon said he would try to attend.
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August 4, 2011
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Huntington Community Association meeting
Treasurer's report: Michael reported that we have about $840
There were no expenses this past month, Dues are $10, voluntary, we spend money keeping website open, mailbox rental, MVCCA Dues etc.
Berta asked who do we contact for grass at end of Biscayne. The Huntington Sign was vandalized. Laverlle will have is neighbor look at the sign to see if it can be repaired.
There was discussion about the A&R Property proposed for development on the corner of Huntington Ave and Biscayne. The county asked for a meeting during the day on Monday, which no HCA board members were able to attend. The HCA is still waiting to hear back from the county about our proposed amendments to the language in the Huntington Conservation plan which would allow the development to move forward. A&R proposed language which would be narrowly tailored to their development but ignore other changes proposed by the community to the plan. Also, the county wants the County's Comprehensive Plan to supersede the Huntington Conservation Plan to make it easier for them to govern changes to the community. This would rob Huntington of any ability to influence changes in the neighborhood.
Flea Market & Open House Scheduled August 27, Commuinity Center. (Note this was delayed until September due to Hurricane Irene)
Next Community Cleanup: August 27. (Note this was delayed until September due to Hurricane Irene)
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May 5, 2011
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Huntington Community Association meeting
There were 2 groups presenting at the meeting, the A&R Property, and the Existing VSE Building Property
A&R Property at the Corner of Huntington Ave and Biscayne
Sean Pink, Project Manager for A&R Development. Huntington Ave Mixed-Used Development Project, Development Manager. The project started in 2007. They initially started with the entire block surrounded by Glendale, Blaine, Biscayne and Huntington Ave. They started the Area Plan Review (APR) process to get a higher density on this site. They wanted to get the comprehensive plan changed to allow a 3.0 Floor Area Ratio. They acquired 2 duplexes at Biscayne/Glendale, and apartment complex on the corner of Huntington Ave and Biscayne.
Tony Rodgers was here last March, Executive VP of A&R, he was unable to make it here tonight. Last time, they were talking about a C-shaped building. The footprint of the building takes up the entire lot, about one acre, between Huntington Ave and Blaine and Biscayne. They did a title search. The Water Authority has an easement on the corner of Huntington Ave and Biscayne, which creates a small plaza. There is a sanitary sewer line along the East side of the property. They are trying to give as much space to pedestrians on Huntington Ave, 12' sidewalks. A&R wants 7 parallel parking spots on Huntington Ave Ave, VDOT does not.
The first 2 floors will be a parking garage cut into the hill. Along Huntington Ave, will be the retail space. The edge of the parking garage has been faced with residential units. Entrance is proposed for the first floor along Biscayne, 2nd floor is further up the hill on Biscayne, both parking garage entrances on Biscayne using the hill on Biscayne to avoid the need for ramps in the garage.
An elevation view showing the corner of Huntington Ave at Biscayne:
The interior courtyard will be 15' above ground. They are proposing more impervious surface for stormwater management. The current site is about 50/50 with grass and impervious surface. They are working with Bowman engineering for stormwater management. Along Huntington Ave, they are proposing a Filterra box for trees. A&R has met with the county planners.
They need to re-zone the land before they can move forward with the project. It is currently zoned C-5, C-8. They want to do a residential mixed use zoning designation. They are planning to submit the rezoning request this summer. If they can get the rezoning application, early summer, the Board of Supervisors approval would not come until January or Feb (they recess in Nov-Dec). They would be breaking ground next summer (2012.) Construction should take about 14 months once ground is broken, putting completion into early fall of 2013. This is aggressive with everything smooth sailing.
The APR set the height limit at 100 feet on Huntington Ave. This conceptual plan is around 75'. At Glendale, the height is 40'.
Elevation from Glendale:
The county comprehensive plan is set.
Sean will check with the county about whether residents will be eligible for Neighborhood parking permits. There was a concern that these residents could take up street parking. They have allowed for a 30' truck. They are currently hoping for 0.9 spaces for each unit, the county suggests a maximum of 1 space per unit with the Transportation development model for transit oriented development. They are proposing 4,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail.
They are 7 proposed parallel parking spaces along Huntington Ave. The net square footage on each unit is between 525 for the efficiencies, 750 for 1 bedrooms, about 1,000 for the 2 bedrooms. They anticipate is around 165-168 units.
They have moved from wood construction to concrete construction.
VSE PROPERTY
Inda Stagg , senior land use planner along with contract purchasers of the property, MRP Realty
The property is about 6 acres, at Metroview Parkway and Huntington Ave. The property has some frontage along Cameron Run. Currently there is a 5 story brick building that has been occupied by VSE since the 1960s. They asked for the comprehensive plan to allow mixed use development, 165' maximum height, 50% commercial, 50% residential. They want to demolish the existing facility.
They are currently thinking about the commercial building on the corner by the metro station. The residential would be about 4-5 stories in height, with structured parking. The units wrap the structured parking. You could enter off of Metroview parkway, or they are discussing with county staff, having a right in right out entry off of Huntington Ave.
The project will construct a portion of the trail along Cameron Run. They don't control all along Cameron Run. The the Fire Lane will be Grasscrete. Retail maybe a coffee shop. They are looking to file an application around July. It takes about 9-12 months for the rezoning process. The current tennant will be in there until April 2013. 340,000 sq feet of commercial, 340,000 sq feet of residential (about 340 residential dwelling units). 17-18 affordable dwelling units, remainder in workforce housing. They would be looking for a parking reduction, They would like for residential, about 1.3 spaces per unit, or 1 space per thousand sq feet of commercial. Apartments are planned as rentals. Fourteen floors, 165 feet on the office side, 5 floors on the residential floors. The main target for the office is a government tenant. There is currently no stormwater management on the property. This property has been remapped for the floodplain. When the property gets rezoned, there will be strict requirements for water retention on the site, and filter water that runs off the site. They are not building in the remapped floodplain. A small park area will be in the floodplain. Wells and Associates Traffic Engineers are looking at getting 340 cars out of there at one time. July of 2011 for conceptual drawings.
Street parking along Metroview Pkwy should be considered. The construction would be in phased approaches.
Submitted by David Coon.
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April 7, 2011
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Officer Kottemann was going to come to speak about Gun Safety but he got sick and could not attend.
MV Council Reports
Georgie attended March meeting of the Mt. Vernon Council. There was not much in March that pertained to our community, but there were 2 articles for us that came in February-one was about the BRAC and one was about the A&R Development.
There was lots of talk about the Fairfax County budget. Also, Earth Day was mentioned. At Huntley Meadows Park starting at 9am Saturday April 23.
Ray: Planning and Zoning. Costco presented latest plan that they are going with. It looks like the store will be about the same size as the WalMart next door, a full service Costco on the site of the old movie theatre next to the Hybla Valley Walmart. There are transportation improvements that have to be made to Richmond Hwy because of the traffic that has to be there.
Mt. Vernon hospital was there to present their plans again. They were there more or less to show what they are doing. They are doing a large master plan, to add a 4-5 level parking garage. Adding on to the hospital in several areas 1-2 story additions for more services, outpatient surgery, there are plans for 2 wings for the hospital 4-5 stories tall, that will house more offices for people in the hospitals (doctors, etc), and another wing off of the central elevator core, another nursing wing tower. The beds will not be increased. The rooms there will become private rooms. There will be no sharing. They are not going to be doing all of this at once. The garage will go in several stages as they need more parking.
The former school near the Giant is a mixed use development that will contain offices, residences, and shopping. Construction is underway.
Almost across the street from that site is the old Dairy Queen site. It is an empty lot, someone proposed to build 2 buildings there, a coffee shop and something else. The county staff did not like it. This is down from Bray and Scarf, down from the medical office building closer to Popkins Lane
Adam:
Transportation they sat in on the Costco presentation. Transportation improvements. They are going to build their side of Route 1 to the county's transportation plan. 176' cross section, as depicted in the Comprehensive Plan as an example. They are going to close down the median crossing that goes into the apt complex on the other side, The interparcel access between Walmart and the Multiplex (Costco) will remain open.
The MV Council asked the Board of Supervisors to implement a transportation impact fee for "reasonable road improvements that benefit the new development."
The new Walmart, VDOT is proposing a right turn lane northbound using the service road. They are going to slightly extend the southbound left turn lane. VDOT is going to tweak the light cycle to give 5 more seconds for those exiting the Walmart. The owner of that property wants to move ahead with the site plan for the 2 restaurant type buildings, they might have to improve the intersection, but the developer has balked at that.
North Hill property, across the street from Denny's. The County Housing Authority owns that, and has an agreement to put in more mobile homes based on Federal agreements. And the communities around there don't think the neighborhood needs any more mobile homes. The county has been moving forward to develop part of that site for 67 new manufactured homes. Monufactured homes are not really mobile anymore. Manufactured housing, $20Million cost for developing the site for the 67 mobile homes. It is in the comprehensive plan as a park. They might put something more permanent rather than mobile homes. The committee tied 7-7 on wether to do something more permanent, but the chairman voted to break the tie and do the mobile homes instead.
The MV representative wants to go ahead with the trailers because multi family will delay. They legally can't put anything in there and they can't develop it, it must be empty or used as mobile homes.
HCA Committees
Adopt a Highway. A nice crew came by and did upper Huntington, and then we had the gale force winds the night of Trash Pickup, so Huntington looks a little trashy again. The next one is scheduled for June 4. We might have a planting around the Huntington Sign. Ray is growing gooseneck seedlings for us to plant along the sign. They are tiny white flowers in the fall the leaves turn orange bright yellow.
Levee: Georgie reported that Brett Kenney (chief aide to Supervisor Hyland) said yesterday that this is not realistic in this economic climate.
Neighborhood Watch: In Huntington Park, there was Grafitti sprayed on playground equipment. It was foul. In Farrington Place, someone's window was opened and they let themselves out the front door, nothing was taken. Make sure to note the serial number of the GPS if you have one in your car. A few attempted vehicle thefts with disabled alarm systems.
Revitalization Report: Laverle or Mike will go around and write up Fiarfax County regulations violators for abandoned cars, excessive trash, etc.
Conservation Plan: Brett Kinney contacted Georgie and said the County was ready to move forward on the Conservation Plan. On Wednesday April 6, Georgie, Alan, Ray, and David met with Brett Kenney (chief aide to Supervisor Hyland). A&R needs us to move forward. We voted on amendments to the Huntington Conservation Plan in November 2008. A&R legally could not move forward because it violated the conservation plan. We were requested to move fast, but the county sat on it for three years. The County wanted to amend our conservation plan by inserting a couple of sentences in it that says all the planning is based on the County Comprehensive Plan in the future. That is not something we wanted to do this. The county and us are in agreement that we would like to see the A&R development move forward but not at the expense of the conservation plan. Gerry Hyland's office will go back to the county staff to determine what is possible to take out of our amendments in the conservation plan. It would take 90 days to amend the plan. There is a public hearing before Redevelopment Housing Authority and then there is another public hearing.
The comprehensive plan is voted on by Board of Supervisors for the whole MV district, but we in Huntington want more say.
A&R is going to come back in May, Sean Pink, with design concepts for the Huntington/Biscayne corner property.
Farrington Place Potluck
The Farrington Place Condos will have first event on the April 16th will have a pot luck and grill from 11-2, pot This marks their first event in 5 years.
MVCCA Gala is this weekend.
Georgie distributed an Earth Day Flyer.
Submitted by David Coon.
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March 3, 2011
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Huntington Community Association Meeting
Meeting Notes Huntington Community Association March 3, 2011
Treasurers Report: Michael reported that we are in good shape and we have abunch of dues paying members.
Mount Vernon Counicl Commitee reports:
Georgie noted that Gerry Hyland spoke about redistricting. She said most discussion focused on some addresses in Springfield but that we could be affected.
Education: Berta reported that the budget for 2012 has been approved, with cuts to several programs, including after schools.
Planning & Zoning: Ray reported that the Mount Vernon hospital had a presentation on the addition they are planning.
Another issue raised was the issue of Cell Towers. There was a proposal to require developers to consider a more expensive Distributed Antenna System (DAS) before they build Monopole Cell Towers. DAS involves putting several smaller antennas on existing utility poles.
Transportation: Adam said the Costco developer came and talked (they plan to put a Costco into the old Mt. Vernon Cineplex) . They talked about adding a second turn lane on northbound Route 1 at Sherwood Hall. VDOT rejected the previous plan. Ray noted that Costco has submitted the building permit and plans to the county and the only potential delay at this point is to the transportation plan.
Adam noted that they passed a budget last week in the General Assembly with money or the Route 1 Transit Study.
Gerry Hyland's Town Hall Meeting:
At the town Hall meeting, Hyland discussed the Huntington Ave Traffic Study requested by the County. Georgie is going to look into this to get more details.
With regard to the new Urban Walmart, VDOT is requiring the developer to address traffic issues. The turn lane on southbound Route 1 must be extended, and northbound they intend to use the service road as a right turn lane from the other direction.
The Riverside Park Apartments project had a Feb 22 hearing at the Board of Supervisors.
The Huntington Mixed use project was discussed at the Town Hall (the A&R project discussed below).
The Huntington Gateway Hotel project was discussed the town hall.
HCA Committee Reports:
Adopt a Highway: next date is scheduled for April 2, from 9:30-11:30, with future dates in June-August and October.
Adopt a Hydrant: Georgiie will attempt to identify all Hydrants in the neighborhood. Neighbors are encouraged to adopt a hydrant and shovel it celar of snow and cut weeds around each hydrant.
HCA Update: Officer Greg Kottemann will come next month to the HCA to discuss either personal safety or firearms safety.
Georgie noted that the MVCCA Annual Gala will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Laurel Hill Golf Club
A&R Presentation/Q&A
Shawn Pink and Tony Rogers of A&R gave an update on the status of the project.
Tony said that 9 months ago, A&R made aggressive attempts to acquire all parcels in the block bordered by Huntington Ave, Biscayne, Glendale Terrace, but they were unsuccessful.
Right now, A&R owns the 2 duplexes on the Corner ot Glendale Terrace and Biscayne and has the apartment complex on the corner of Huntington and Biscayne under contract.
No architects have drawn plans yet and the plans are still very conceptual at this point, but the proposal is for a "C" shaped building with a courtyard to the right hand side. There will be no traffic entrance on Glendale. The plan is to have Neighborhood serving retail approximately, 3,500 square feet, maybe something like a coffee shop or cafe with potentially 115-130 residential units as a ballpark estimate. This would consist of efficiencies, one bedrooms, and two bedrooms, mostly one bedrooms . This would have 2 levels of Parking and 4 levels of residential, with street facing retail along Huntington Ave. The parking would be built into the side of the hill, with three stories facing along Glendale with the 4th story set back slightly from Glendale. There would be a small yard along Glendale to match the grass on the duplexes along the other side. There would be a courtyard accessible on the east side of the structure.
The original plan presented in 2007 was in a different economic climate. It is no longer feasible to build higher than a 4 over 2 configuration due to the current economic climate. Anything taller would preclude wood frame construction and add 80% more to the construction cost.
A&R would like to have a Floor Area Ratio of 3.0. Tony noted that originally, A&R only sought to get just the current property in scope amended in the zoning and conservation/comprehensive plan. By rezoning the whole block, this would actually make other commercial properties in the block more valuable.
A resident of the current apartment building asked how long before they would be displaced. Tony reported that no existing leases would be broken. In terms of timing, right now it is about a 6 month process once plans are approved. If it was approved today, it would be extremely aggressive to have ground breaking by spring of 2012 with construction lasting 12-14 months depending on construction houses. No current set-asides for workforce housing or low income housing have yet been considered.
They envision a 12'-15' wide sidewalk along Huntington of paver stones (in contrast to the current 5' wide sidewalk).
In terms of parking, they would like a ratio of just over 1 space per unit, far more than the county desires or requires.
Submitted by David Coon.
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February 3, 2011
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Huntington Community Association Meeting
Meeting Notes Huntington Community Association February 3, 2011
Treasurer's Report:
Michael reported that there is just under $800 in the account now that dues have been paid to the Mt. Vernon Council of Citizens Associations.
Mount Vernon Council Reports:
Georgie noted that the Council meeting was cancelled due to snow, and the next MVCCA meeting is at the end of February.
Committee Reports:
Planning & Zoning and Transportation both meet this upcoming Monday.
Adam reported some developments on Transportation. As mentioned at last month's meeting, Gerry Hyland's Visioning Task Force came out with the draft visioning plan.
website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/mountvernon/visioning_task_force.htm
Adam mentioned the town hall meeting that was held with Del. Scott Surovell had two big topics, redistricting and transportation on the Route 1 corridor.
The majority of Surovell's constituent survey responders said the best way to improve Route 1 transit would be to extend the Yellow line.
http://bellehaven.patch.com/articles/route-one-transit-redistricting-top-issues-at-town-hall
Adam also noted today's decision to reduce the scope of the High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes originally planned for Interstate 395.
Board Matter about A/R Development:
Georgie mentioned an email she received from Gerry Hyland's chief aide, Brett Kenney regarding the County board matter that Hyland proposed, to re-open the amendments to the conservation plan now that the county is no longer a party to the lawsuit of flooded residents. Supervisor Hyland requested that board of Supervisors direct staff to permit the filing of a conservation plan amendment and rezoning application and expeditiously schedule public hearings which will allow the proposed A/R Development for the corner of Huntington Ave @ Biscayne to move forward. The text of the email had a few misstatements. The Huntington Community Association was erroneously referred to as the Huntington Civic Association. The proposed conservation plan language regarding flood control was improperly characterized. The email erroneously stated that the proposed conservation plan amendment requests allowing redevelopment of the Arlington Terrace and Fenwick Drive properties if a flood protection project is not complete by a certain date. The proposed amendment actually says that if there is no movement towards completion of flood control, not that it must be complete.
Two Board Members from the Farrington Place Condo Association were present and were interested in seeing if they could amend the conservation plan for their property.
Adopt a Highway-
Michael and Georgie indicated this will probably be held in March, the four required dates have not yet been determined.
Neighborhood Watch -
Georgie gave an update about the meeting held with Officer Greg Kottemann a few weeks ago. Huntington has surprisingly low crime. She noted that Officer Kottemann talked about lighting, and urged residents to call the non-emergency number to report suspicious activity. There was also discussion of parking regulations and Georgie noted that she had the email address of the one traffic enforcement officer and the one parking officer assigned to the Mount Vernon District.
Georgie distributed handouts from Officer Kottemann, available on the Mt. Vernon district station website:
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/stations/mountvernon
Adopt a Hydrant--
There is now an adopt a hydrant program where the county is urging residents to adopt fire hydrants to ensure they are clear of snow and ice.
Submitted by David Coon.
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January 6, 2011
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Huntington Community Association Meeting
Meeting Notes Huntington Community Association January 6, 2011
Harry presided because Georgie was not feeling well.
Brian Krebs, editor of the Huntington Patch website http://bellehaven.patch.com briank@patch.com introduced himself.
Treasurers Report: Michael noted that after paying the dues for the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens' Associations (MVCCA) , there is $730 left over in the treasury. By paying dues to the MV Council, we are able to have voting representatives on each committee. Membership Dues are $10 per year.
Committee Reports:
Ray: Mount Vernon Zoning and Planning Committee, voted down a cell Tower at St. James Episcopal Church, this now goes before the MVCCA for a vote.
Adam: Transportation
There was lots of discussion about the Transportation Vision for Supervisor Gerry Hyland's Transportation Visioning Task Force. Adam distributed a printed copy of the draft overview of the visioning task force for transportation in the Mount Vernon district. Adam noted that there were actually 16 specific issues, but some of the bigger issues were bicycle and pedestrian considerations. He noted that there have been 2-3 pedestrian fatalities in the Mount Vernon district in the past few months including one on New Year's Day. Adam noted that the committee was generally supportive of mass transit and in particular rail transit in the Route one corridor, specifically an extension of rail service down the corridor. He also discussed transit centers and specific nodes geared towards higher density development, known as transit oriented development. The need is to obtain about $1Million in funding for a transit study of the Route 1 corridor. Transportation funding is another big issue, including funding for transit, busses, and rail systems on Route 1. Comments on the draft overview closed tonight.
It was noted that the Metrorail currently has a tunnel under the vacant Rite Aid store, which could serve as a basis for potential metro expansion. Metro currently uses this tunnel to park trains.
Backups at the left turn lane into the new WalMart were discussed. Because that Walmart was by-right development that fit within existing zoning, no traffic plan was required. The potential Costco (in the old Multiplex theatre further south) would have traffic impacts and they are working on a traffic plan with VDOT.
There was also some discussion of transportation projects and discussions in the City of Alexandria, and The light rail project that Arlington plans for Columbia Pike and how Fairfax County supports this and might tie in to that at Bailey's Crossroads.
There was discussion of pending Telegraph road improvements at the interchange of Telegraph road and Kings Highway by the Van Dorn Street extension. VDOT has funding to widen Telegraph Road, but only between Van Dorn and the Intersection with Kings Hwy.
It was also noted that the Telegraph Road interchange with the Beltway is planned for closure Jan 14-17 over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend. Adam noted that since Blue/Orange Line Metrorail track work is scheduled that weekend, there is a plan for increased yellow line service during that time.
CRIME: Ray noted that the crime statistics on the website have finally been updated. He also noted (as confirmed by Brian K of Patch.com) that there has been an increase in Vehicle Tampering and Larcenies.
Harry noted that the Neighborhood Watch is going to be meeting soon in a few weeks, and that we have a passive neighborhood watch in Huntington. Residents are urged to report any suspicious activity to the Non-emergency Fairfax County Police Department Number. Abandoned Vehicles (with either expired tags or expired inspection stickers) can also be reported. Police can mark these cars and tow them after 10 days if they haven't moved in 10 days.
A&R Development Update:
A&R was originally scheduled to come to the meeting but was unable to make it to the meeting. A&R met with the owners of the 7-Eleven, and the Pizza and Chicken places and is still trying to obtain control over properties in the Block bounded by Huntington Ave, Biscayne Dr, Glendale Terrace, and Blaine Dr. A&R is still interested in developing this property.
Ben Whelan-Morin of Fenwick Drive mentioned that Fairfax County is the only jurisdiction in the region where homeowners are responsible for the Sewer Lateral up to the middle of the street. In other surrounding jurisdictions, they are only responsible up to the property line. Homeowners must have their contractor dig up the street and secure a bond and also repair the street if the sewer lateral is damaged. It was noted that residents can purchase a modest insurance policy for Sewer Line replacement from Dominion Virginia Power for only a few dollars a month.
Ben noted he was lucky as his initial bid of over $25,000 did not come true since his sewer line did not have to be replaced all the way into the street. This simply could bust the budget of most Huntington homeowners. There was suggestion that perhaps a template letter to Hyland could be circulated to residents of various neighborhoods in the Mt. Vernon district to get more attention drawn to this, as Ben noted that he got a combative response from Hyland's staff when asking about the policy of the homeowner being responsible for the sewer under public streets. There was also a suggestion that maybe someone should contact the state reps like David Englin to see what the state laws concerning this issue are.
submitted by David Coon
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