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Belle Rive • Ferry Landing Estates • Ferry Landing Villa • Ferry Point Estates • Mount Vernon Forest • Mount Vernon Park • Oxford • Riverwood • Vernon Square • Westgate • Wycliffe • Yacht Haven www.mvcaneighbors.org March/April 2008 President’s Message Contents Greetings Friends and Neighbors, generously invited us to hold the party there again this year. While Congratulations to all MVCA Board President’s Message ...... 1 this remains a wonderful option, it members who were elected during requires some coordination and Membership ...... 2 our January membership meeting Planning and Zoning ...... 3 planning that we currently do not and thank you for stepping forward have a volunteer to lead. If you or Environment/Recreation ...... 4 to serve our community! County Executive someone you know in our Proposes Budget ...... 4 It was pleasure seeing everyone community is interested, please call Public Safety ...... 5 who attended our January meeting. me or let me know at our meeting. Health/Human Resources ..... 5 I was particularly happy to have so Another option would be to have the Neighborhood Watch ...... 6 many of our Block Captains with party at Fort Hunt Park, probably Traffic and Transportation ..... 7 us. I hope that we will have in September. While this would Education ...... 8 another strong turnout for our move our gathering out of MVCA March 12, 2008 meeting at boundaries, it would require less planning and less expense on our General Membership Washington Mill ES. Our guest speaker will be Master Police part since Meeting Officer Swift, our new Mount seating, rest Wednesday, Vernon Community Crime rooms, March 12, 2008 Prevention Officer. MPO Swift will parking and be joined by the Mount Vernon power are all Speaker: Station Commander, Captain Kline. included for a Master Police Officer This promises to be an interesting very reasonable Swift and and informative meeting, and it will fee. At this Mount Vernon give everyone an opportunity to interact directly with those who point, scheduling would seem to be Station Commander play such a vital role in keeping our the bigger issue since our desired Captain Kline community safe. As always, you dates in June are already booked. I will also hear from our committee will be soliciting your input on chairs, reporting on the local issues March 12th and continuing to seek a which impact all of us. Primo’s volunteer to serve as Party Chair pizza will served at 7:00 pm and our regardless of where we have the meeting will start at 7:30. Please party. Please think about it. put the date on your calendars. Where: The Association will also soon be Washington Mill Summer is drawing nearer, and the looking for a Membership and Elementary School Board is reviewing options for our Directory Chair. Kristin Matheis will be stepping down soon from her “Second Annual” MVCA position. Kristin has done an When: Community Party. Our neighbors on Belle Rive Terrace have excellent job keeping our 7:00 pizza and soda

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Continued from Page 1 Membership membership rolls straight and our community, now spanning It’s that time of the year again…the producing last year’s MVCA almost 40 years! The Cubs do a Annual Membership Drive. You will Directory. If you would like to lot of Good Turns in our be receiving your membership re- help in this area, please let me community; collecting food each newal forms in the mail shortly. know. Kristin promises to November to help the neediest Please return them with your dues as promptly as possible. This year, the provide lots of help to her among us through the UCM membership form has been modified successor! food bank, sending holiday slightly to insure we get the most cards to our wounded veterans, accurate information for the next I’m sure you have seen the and assisting in our own MVCA issue of the Directory. yellow signs in our Community Clean-up every neighborhood announcing the Spring. I am happy to report Last year, we had several blocks in public hearing to make Mount that the Spirit of Scouting is the community that were just one or Vernon a Community Parking alive and well in Mount two households shy of 100% mem- District. This would mean that Vernon. bership – namely: boats, trailers, and RV’s could not legally park on our I spoke with Supervisor Hyland Brookmay Court neighborhood streets. I think about this year’s Fairfax 9004-9008 Chickawane Court this is a great idea. Please let County budget. After years of Congressional Court me know what you think. The growth fueled by the explosion Densmore Court best way to contact me is via in property values, revenues Ferry Harbour Court 4320-4520 Ferry Landing Road email at: [email protected]. and expenditures are leveling 9200-9216 Forest Haven Drive I have also heard that VDOT off. Gerry related that the 9304-9317 Heather Glen Drive may be considering lowering the County will be forced to make 9324-9339 Heather Glen Dive speed limit on Richmond some difficult choices in 2008 Macklin Court Highway (Route 1) from 45 mph and probably even harder Mavis Court to 35 mph to improve choices next year. This could Maybrook Place pedestrian safety. I am not so affect all County services and, 9100-9114 Old Mount Vernon Rd sure about this idea. Please let of course, our schools. Stay 9323-9343 Old Mount Vernon Rd me or Paul Schray, tuned… Reef Court Transportation Committee Riverwood Court Thank you your confidence in Chair, know how you feel so we 3903-4114 Robertson Blvd. me. I continue to do my best to can ensure that your voice is 4117-4203 Robertson Blvd. heard on this issue. earn it. See you on March 12. Tidewater Court Best wishes, 9000-9010 Volunteer Drive I recently attended the “Blue John Skudlarek 9203-9215 Volunteer Drive and Gold” banquet for our local President, MVCA 4000-4005 Westgate Drive Cub Scout group, Pack 1503 at Washington Mill ES. This We’re challenging the Block Cap- annual event is the birthday tains of these blocks, and of course, celebration for Cub Scouting in ALL of the blocks within the MVCA, to obtain 100% membership in 2008. All block captains who reach this goal will receive 2 compli- mentary passes and a VIP tour of the Mount Vernon Estate. (Block Cap- tains, please let us know if any homes on your block are vacant). Directory & Membership Kristin Matheis 703.924.3317 Mount Vernon Civic Association Page 3

Planning and Zoning Parking Restrictions including bus shelters. This idea will allow a by-right Observant drivers may have has been in the pipeline for some development of 7 houses. The noticed the big yellow signs on time now as a possible means to applicant is seeking to upzone some roads announcing a generate income but the to a PDH-2. With proffers, the hearing to discuss parking assembly needed to approve it developer had limited his districts in our area. I have not before the county could exercise proposed PDH-2 to 11 houses. seen a copy of the ordinance this power to sell advertising on The surrounding neighborhoods language but understand the public transit passenger shelters. strongly opposed the purpose of the new ordinance is Our committee was not given development. Although we to prohibit the parking of any background information on have opposed it, the application watercrafts, trailers and motor how much revenue may be now goes to the Planning homes on public roads in the generated or where such money Commission who will vote on it Mount Vernon district. If you may be directed. and make a recommendation to feel strongly about this subject, We discussed our concern for the Board of Supervisors. Our sign up to speak at the hearing safety as ads on the sides of bus representative on the which will be at the Government shelters would block the view of Commission is the very kind Center in Fairfax on March 10 at drivers and create an enclosed and knowledgeable Earl 4:30 p.m. You can sign up on area not visible by the public Flannigan. He will take our line at the Fairfax county who has to enter into it. We also opposition into consideration website. If you cannot make the felt it would generate more litter when he votes on the hearing, and you have any if the signs were ripped down or application. The Board of questions or comments on the fell and some of us felt it would Supervisors will be the final ordinance, you can also call create a less desired urban look and deciding vote. Supervisor Hyland’s office at 703 to our neighborhoods. We voted -780-7518. Wegmans is Coming? and did not support the sign In other news, there is amendment. Currently, a unofficial discussion that a new hearing was held on it and one Wegmans may be constructed citizen from Lorton showed up at near Beulah and Telegraph the hearing and was not in favor Road. I know we have heard of it. She asked that a decision this before but the “word” is on it be deferred and it was that negotiations are ongoing deferred until February 27, 2008. and it looks like it may actually At that time, the Planning happen. I will keep you Commission will vote on the updated as I hear what the amendment. news is. Leatherland/Telegraph JoJo Shiflett Transit Shelter Advertising Road Rezoning Planning and The Planning and Zoning The Environmental Committee Zoning Chair Committee had its monthly and the P&Z Committee had two meeting on February 4, 2008. joint meetings last month to We discussed an amendment to discuss the property and we the Fairfax county code that voted to oppose the upzoning of would allow advertising on the property. Currently the 7 public transit passenger shelters- acre property is zoned R-1 which Page 4 Mount Vernon Civic Association

Environment and Recreation Martha Washington Protecting Stream Buffers the Planning Commission as- Library Expansion The Environmental Committee sured us that the Amendment The Martha Washington Li- of the Fairfax County Plan- only dealt with a text brary is planning an expansion ning Commission proposed change and not a policy change. a Comprehensive Plan Amend- from its current 7,000 square Seedling Sale feet to 10,000 square feet (an ment text change to strengthen The Soil and increase of 43%). The Friends plan policy relating to the protec- Water Conservation District's of Dyke Marsh have waded in tion and restoration of stream 2008 Native Seedling Sale is "A with significant concerns about buffers in areas upstream of Re- Butterfly Buffet." For more in- degradation to the environment source Protected Areas and flood- formation go to their web site with this project. Several citi- plains. Two options were pre- www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/ zens associations downstream sented. Option 1 would re- seedlingsale.htm or call 703-324 of the library have quire staff to make case by case -1460. For $17.95 you will get also taken similar po- decisions. The benefit Fairfax County plans 12 bare-root seedlings and 2 sitions. Denis Holder, to option 1 is that it to start using “green” seed packets. This year’s Project Manager, said offers staff more flexi- cleaning supplies. selections include Tulip Poplar, they are considering bility therefore they flowering Dogwood, Button- all LEED standards to mini- preferred this option. bush, Eastern Redbud, Common mize adverse environmental The downside to option 1 is that Hackberry, Loblolly Pine, and impact. A nature learning area politics and whims of decision butterfly weed and Black-eyed is planned outside the children's makers could make for bad deci- Susan seed packets. These se- area of the library. sions. Option 2 offered more lections are sure to turn your The project is ex- clear, firm language that mini- yard into a butterfly buffet. pected to take two mizes damage to stream buffers years and a tempo- and minimizes the impact of un- Bette Zaletel rary facility will be informed or irresponsible politi- Environment and used in the interim. cians or appointees making bad Recreation decisions. Mary Ann Weldon, Environmental chair of County Executive Proposes $3.3 Billion Budget Fairfax County Executive Anthony the same level as FY 2008. How- To balance this budget, substan- H. Griffin has proposed a General ever, the transfer request approved tial action was needed to elimi- Fund budget of $3,322,726,158 for by the School Board is 4.0% over nate a deficit of $120 million. Fiscal Year 2009, a decrease of the FY 2008 Adopted Budget Plan Public hearings on the FY 2009 1.59% from FY 2008. Excluding transfer. Also, the County’s Trans- Advertised Budget Plan will be adjustments in the current fiscal fer for School Debt Service is an held in the Board Auditorium of year, the increase over the FY increase of 4.6% over the FY 2008 the Fairfax County Government 2008 Adopted budget is $5.3 mil- Revised Budget Plan. Center, 12000 Government Cen- lion or 0.16%. The proposed Based on maintaining the Real Es- ter Parkway, Fairfax on March budget maintains the Real Estate 31, April 1, and April 2, 2008. Tax rate at $0.89 per $100 of as- tate Tax rate and an average as- sessed value of $524,076, the typi- Public hearings will begin at sessed value. cal homeowner will pay $4,664 in 7 p.m. To sign up as a speaker, The recommended transfer to the Real Estate Tax in FY 2009, a de- call the Clerk to the Board of Su- Public School Operating Fund is crease of $163 from FY 2008. pervisors at 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903. Mount Vernon Civic Association Page 5

Public Safety Community Emergency Re- The instructors are highly quali- they must annually take a one- sponse Team (CERT) train- fied and very committed. The class refresher. ing occurs over several weeks, County is attempting to make it although the individual, weekly easier for those in the Mount In my opinion this train- training sessions are not overly Vernon District to participate by ing should also be given repeat- long. Recommended gear to be holding most (but not all) of the edly on the County cable TV provided by partici- classes in Alexandria at the city station, which is not a per- pants are work fire Academy, 1108 Jefferson fect teaching module but would gloves and sturdy Street. This is near the intersec- at least demonstrate the flavor and probably steel- tion of RTE 1 and the Beltway on of the program. Perhaps at toed shoes or boots. your right heading south on some time the program could be No one in the program will be Rte 1. A few classes and the ma- given in two or three two-day asked to do anything they are jor exercise/wrap-up will be at weekends. uncomfortable with – they can the county facility. There is no John Hurley,Sr. observe and learn, but all must compensation and no liability Public Safety Chair attend to pass the course. There insurance. Graduates get a cer- 703 799 9353 are other courses underway tificate and a backpack and/or where people can make up vest or bib. If participants wish classes. There is no upper age to keep their CERT certification, limit on attendance. Health and Human Services Sometimes even golf can be haz- chair day and night for about a I don’t recall which team won, ardous to your health. Every week, then was able to rest in but I will never forget teeing off year I play in a golf tournament bed. When not sitting or resting, on the first hole of our match. My for men over 50 at Bell Haven I was up and about doing chores partner teed off first, then I hit, Country Club. One October, my about the house, raking and/or then our opponents. All four partner and I were riding in a blowing leaves, carrying out the shots headed toward the green golf cart, yakking away, when a trash or digging in the yard. The 160 yards distant. When we got front wheel hit a pothole that biggest problem was nagging to the green, all the balls were threw me to the top of the roof. back pain. I am allergic to so accounted for except mine. After We continued playing but after a many medications that I avoid a ten-minute search, we decided few hours my back began to ache pain killers, although I have the ball was lost. As players a little. Then my partner noticed tried ibuprofin. The best therapy were putting out, my partner that I was having some difficulty has been getting off my feet and Paul Greiner yelled, “There’s a in striking the ball. He sug- using a heating pad. ball in the hole! It’s a Titlest 3 gested that I rest for a few holes, with a Bell Haven logo.” I yelled and I did. I then played a few After 8 days, I visited an ortho- “That’s mine!” We laughed and holes and rested again. After the pedic surgeon. X-rays showed a exchanged high fives. En route, awards lunch, I headed home, compression fracture of the lum- Paul remarked that we had driving with no difficulty. bar vertebra. His Rx: No golf for played only one hole and were four months, rest plus heat and already 4 strokes up. But that night I was unable to lie pain meds as need. If no im- in bed and spent the night in a provement, he would schedule a C.A. Loughridge, M.D. straight-back living room chair series of physical therapy visits. Health and Human with a firm pillow to mid back. I Services Committee, continued to rest in the same The next year I played in the 703/780-3845 same tournament at Bell Haven. Page 6 Mount Vernon Civic Association

Neighborhood Watch Our volunteers patrol the Let persons loitering on your Avoid shopping alone or at Mount Vernon neighborhood a street see that you notice them. night. If you do, park close to few nights every week. The Note the license numbers of any the store and under a light. number of suspicious activities vehicles that are parked on the Have your keys ready when you and incidents has been low, a street for any more than a day. return to your car. Do not place seasonal phenomenon. As the purses or handbags on the roof weather warms, however, we Check out any unusual sounds: of your car to search for keys. can expect a rise in unorganized breaking glass, fights, screams, shots, or explosions. crime. The most serious inci- Do not park beside vehicles dent over the winter was a se- Check on vans moving goods out with tinted windows. ries of burglaries at the Mount of houses. Vernon Yacht Club: several Do not leave your car unlocked boats were broken into, on one Notify neighbors if you are go- or the engine running when you night, and some valuable navi- ing to be out of town for any enter a store. length of time. Arrange to have gational equipment stolen. We When parking your car, always your newspapers taken off the are grateful to members of the conceal valuables, preferably in driveway. Offer to do the same Mansion House Yacht Club for the trunk. the diligence with which the for your neighbors. Stop mail gates have been closed at night. delivery. Stay alert when walking at night: do not wear headphones Lock all vehicles, sheds, and The Police Department remind or engage in cell phone conver- outside doors at night. Install us that the best kind of watch is sations. “passive”: keeping your eyes outside lights with motion de- open for yourselves and your tectors, back and front. The Fairfax section of the Fri- neighbors, and noting any un- day Washington Post carries a Offers of unusually cheap ser- usual activities. list of crimes in our area during vices or goods should not be en- the past week. You can get ac- tertained: these are the signs of cess to the Incident Report scam artists or fencers of stolen through the Fairfax County property. Website via My Neighborhood. Thanks to all our volunteers. We are staffed through the end of August; but I am always happy to add to our list. Cóilín Owens Neighborhood Watch Coordinator [email protected] Mount Vernon Civic Association Page 7

Traffic and Transportation Mega Projects Program Newington to Route 123. Con- I-95/395 HOV/HOT/Bus Lanes The Virginia Department of struction begins early 2008 and Under a public-private partner- Transportation (VDOT) has se- will be completed in 2011. ship, Fluor-Transurban would lected the joint venture team of I-95/Telegraph Road Interchange add a HOV/HOT lane to the ex- ATCS, PLC of Dulles and CH2M isting HOV lanes and build two HILL, a Denver-based interna- Construction of the new inter- change will begin in 2008 and be new HOV lanes between Route tional engineering firm, to man- 234 and Massaponax. Environ- age construction of several completed in 2012 as part of the Wilson Bridge project. mental reviews are underway. Northern Virginia mega projects, Construction could begin in and to coordinate a regional traf- Beltway HOT Lanes 2009. fic management program during Under a public-private partner- New HOV Restrictions construction of the projects. The ship, Express mega projects program is being LCC, formerly Fluor- Please note that as of Jan. 14, modeled after the highly success- Transurban, will build two HOV/ only vehicles with three or more ful Springfield Interchange and persons, hybrid vehicles with Wilson Bridge congestion man- clean fuel plates issued prior to agement programs. “We have July 1, 2006, and motorcycles developed this innovative ap- are permitted to use HOV lanes proach to coordinate all of these in the three-mile stretch of In- efforts and to ensure motorists’ terstate 395 South from Duke needs are met while not growing Street to Springfield between the size of government,” said 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Since VDOT Commissioner David S. 1982, all motorists had been Ekern. “We must also have a allowed to use the HOV section transportation management plan HOT lanes in each direction from between Duke Street and in place that keeps the region Springfield to just north of the Springfield between 3:30 p.m. moving during construction. I am Dulles Toll Road. The project and 6 p.m. due to heavy conges- confident that the ATCS/ includes adding carpool ramps tion in the regular lanes. How- CH2MHILL team will make that from the I-95 HOV lanes to the ever, new lanes constructed as happen under this first-of-its- Beltway HOV lanes. Construc- part of the Springfield Inter- kind effort in Virginia.” The tion begins this spring and will change have eliminated the mega projects program includes be completed by late 2012. need for expanded use of the the following projects. HOV lanes during the time pe- Route 7, Tysons Corner riod. Utility relocation begins this Paul Schray, Chair The Federal Highway Admini- week in preparation for the pro- stration will finalize design and Traffic & Transporta- posed Dulles Rail project. The tion construct the two-mile, four-lane relocation will require closing Committee segment between Fullerton Road portions of the two-lane service and Rolling Road. Construction road on Route 7 between Route is scheduled to begin in 2009. 123 and the Dulles Toll Road. I-95 Widening The relocation is being done un- VDOT will add a fourth lane in der a permit issued by VDOT. each direction for six miles, from Page 8 Mount Vernon Civic Association

Education The focus of the Education is reduced from16 to 8 schools  The Elementary School Fo- Committee’s discussion was the and full-day kindergarten ex- cus program Fairfax County Public School pansion is reduced from 21 to 10 Board’s proposed budget for the schools. The advertised budget  The Middle School and High 2009/10 school year. The adver- includes $14.4 million to ad- School Enhancement Pro- tised operating budget totals dress the total growth of 2,549 gram $2.3 billion and restores a num- students and provide advance  Proposed preschool special ber of programs originally iden- staffing for 2 new schools open- education cuts tified for cuts and eliminates ing in fall of 2009. Additionally, proposed student fees for activi- the present budget continues to  Funding support for Na- ties/athletics and Advance include a 3.0 percent cost of liv- tional Board Certified Placement, International Bac- ing adjustment for employees Teachers and Applied Be- calaureate, and PSAT and an increase in the size of havioral Analysis. tests. The expansion of the for- general education classes by .5 The budget includes a requested eign language in the elemen- students. increase in the county transfer tary schools or FLES program The School Board also voted to of $63.7 million or 4.0 per- restore a number of programs, cent. On February 14, 2008, the including: School Board adopted the FY 2009 advertised budget. Transportation for students to gifted and talented (GT) cen- For more details the Fairfax ters, Thomas Jefferson High County Public School budget is School for Science and Technol- available on line at ogy, and for administratively www.fcps.edu. County Board of placed students. Supervisors will hold public hearings on March 31 – April 2.  The College Partnership Program Valerie Schalk-Day Education Committee

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