Rock Spring Civic Association Annual Meeting RSCA’s Annual Meeting was held on Thursday October 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm in the Music Room of Williamsburg Middle School. Biennial elections were held for all RSCA positions (Click to view the elected candidates), and our principal speaker, Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan, conducted a town hall meeting at which residents posed a variety of questions to the County Manager. In addition, proposed changes to RSCA’s Bylaws (see below) were approved as was a design for Rock Spring neighborhood signs, which will be installed at four entry points to our neighborhood. Updates reports were also given on significant projects and other developments in our area. Click here to view the meeting agenda. Proposed Bylaws Revisions The RSCA Executive Board had proposed amendments to certain provisions of the Bylaws that had required RSCA to both publish a newsletter and announce key RSCA events in it, e.g Annual Meetings, elections, proposed Bylaws amendments, etc. Since the printed newsletter had become costly to distribute and the electronic version redundant with our website and listserv postings, the proposed amendments (click to view) replaced the newsletter requirements with language allowing RSCA the flexibility to use other forms of modern communications media accessible by all members. However, the Bylaws continue to require that residents receive individual notifications of general and special meetings.
Two separate projects are currently being designed to beautify and improve Williamsburg Blvd. in the Rock Spring Civic Assoc. area, with a third project being considered to follow at a later stage. Collectively they would redevelop the medians, curbs, gutters, and intersections along Williamsburg Blvd between Kensington and Glebe Rd. For further details see Williamsburg Blvd. in the Community Projects section.
Planning and design work continue for Phase 2 of the ODD Ped. Improve. project, which will extend O ld Dominion Dr. sidewalks, gutters, and storm drains into the Rock Spring area from Glebe Road to Williamsburg Blvd. plus make spot improvements at the intersection of 38th Street North and Edison Street. Phase 2 construction is now projected to begin in early 2013, contingent on obtaining easements from property owners, VDOT approvals and some additional funding. 2012 RSCA Membership Dues Please pay your voluntary membership dues (only $10 per household) to: Alan Geralnick, RSCA Treasurer, 5117 N. 37th St. Arlington VA 22207. Include your name, mailing address, and email address, so we may verify your membership eligibility and (with your permission) add you to our Listserv, thus enabling you to receive emails providing timely information about future meetings, neighborhood project developments, local traffic alerts, emergency conditions, and other key neighborhood events/developments. Thanks. |