The Newsletter of the Randolph Civic Association Volume 58, Issue 8 June/July/August 2015 phcivic.org and use the PayPal button located on the Randolph Hills Sign Vandalized: Membership tab. You can note that you would like your A Message from the RCF donation to be used for the replacement sign. Or you can mail a check payable to the Randolph Civic Foundation President to P.O. Box 489, Garrett Park, MD 20896-0489, with by Ashley Salganik “Sign Replacement” in the memo field. All RCF contribu- The Randolph Civic Foundation is continuously tions are tax-deductible. working to beautify our neighborhood. In addition to our And just a friendly reminder: if you ever see or hear neighborhood cleanups throughout the year, we work anything that seems suspicious in our neighborhood, hard to ensure our neighborhood signs look great, plant- please call the police. The police non-emergency number ing flowers every summer and cleaning up the flower- is: 301-279-8000 beds each fall. Unfortunately on May 26th one of our Randolph Hills signs (at the intersection of Garrett Park Road and Schuylkill Road) was destroyed by vandals. A police report has been filed. In 2011, there was a tremen- dous effort to raise money for several new neighborhood signs. We will have to start this effort again to replace this Randolph Hills sign that was recently destroyed. If you would like to donate money to replace this sign, please go to randol- Vandalized Sign at the Entrance to Randolph Hills Upcoming Events RCF Annual Meeting and Spaghetti Dinner RCA General Membership Meeting June 4th, 2015 Dinner 6:00-8:00pm, Meeting 8:00pm-9:30pm, Viers Mill Recreation Center HAVE A GREAT SUMMER! THE ECHO WILL RETURN IN SEPTEMBER! Also, SAVE THE DATE for these events later this year: RCA Community Day and Fun Run, Randolph Hills Local Park, Saturday October 3, 2015 RCA Community Bazaar, Loehmann’s Plaza, Saturday October 10, 2015 RCA Executive Committee and President’s Message Committee Chairs for 2014-2015 by Brian Hooker, RCA President Greetings RCA-land! It was a pleasure to meet some of you for the first time at last month’s Mu- OFFICERS Communications Committee (Primary Contact for Media sicFest at El Patio in Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping President Requests) Center. This year we decided to have a brunch Brian Hooker Mark Nensel instead of a dinner, and the event was still accompa- 5003 Macon Drive 11830 Rocking Horse Rd [email protected] 301-351-1957 nied by some great local musical talent. Thank you to all the volunteers that made this happen, especial- Vice President Environment and Services ly Matt Tifford, without whom there would not have Mark Nensel Committee 11830 Rocking Horse Rd Matthew Tifford been a MusicFest this year. At MusicFest I had the 301-351-1957 11235 Ashley Drive pleasure of presenting Lindsay Hoffman with RCA’s 301-770-4377 Volunteer of the Year Award. Lindsay has served our 2nd Vice President Matthew Tifford Education Committee community greatly over the years as the president of 11235 Ashley Drive Amber Tedesco the Parent Teacher Association at Viers Mill Elemen- matt.tifford@randolphcivic. 12114 Otis Drive tary School, former president of the Randolph Civic org 301-641-2946 Foundation, and as the Executive Director of the Secretary Yard Sale Signs Friends of White Flint. Throughout her work Lindsay Diane LaGrega Bertocchi Lorena Moyer has represented our community well. If you’re disap- 11101 Rock Road 4802 Macon Road 301-984-8727 pointed that you missed the last community event, Treasurer please mark your calendars for October 3, 2015. On Mara Greengrass Webmaster that Saturday we’ll be hosting our Community Day [email protected] Chad Salganik 4818 Mori Drive and Fun Run. This event is a great time to come Directors 202-359-6158 meet your neighbors, get some exercise and eat Amber Tedesco some great food. 12114 Otis Drive Public Safety Committee Mara Greengrass With the longer days and bustle of the sum- Jason Ott For more info contact mer come the sometimes unpleasant transporta- 12202 Gaynor Road [email protected] tion woes. During these days the smallest accident 301-230-2179 External Affairs Committee can cause significant delays. One recent source of Chris Moran Mark Nensel those delays has been the CSX crossing at Mon- 11830 Rocking Horse Rd trose Road. As reported in the Washington Post on 301-351-1957 COMMITTEE CHAIRS February 18, 2015, salt got into the electronics of the AND Ways and Means gate and the entire system will need to be replaced POINTS OF CONTACT Mara Greengrass this summer. I’ve asked CSX for an update to the [email protected] Echo Editor repair schedule but as of press time I hadn’t heard Mark Nensel back. Check the Yahoo Group or Facebook page for 11830 Rocking Horse Rd updates. Contrary to my previous President’s mes- 301-351-1957 [email protected] sage, the re-zoning hearing for the Montrose Baptist Church property has been pushed back once again. Echo Advertising Now it is scheduled for September 21, 2015 at For more info contact [email protected] 9:30am. If you are interested in learning more about the history of the school and its once famous bas- Membership and Welcome ketball program the Washington Post sports section Committee Mara Greengrass published articles on April 16th and May 18th about [email protected] the Montrose Baptist sports program (and a local civic association president was quoted). RCA Telephone Number: (240)668-4722. Recorded announcements of community events, 24 hours a day. Callers may leave messages. Membership in the RCA is $10.00 per year. The Echo is the official publication of the Randolph Civic Association, Inc., P.O. Box 2202, The Randolph Civic Association was formed in 1955 and incorporated in 1958. As stated North Bethesda, Maryland 20852. The Echo is published 8 times a year and distributed in the original Articles of Incorporation, the purposes of the RCA are “to stimulate inter- free to all residents of Franklin Park, Hilltop Square, Montrose Park, Randolph Hills, and est in all community problems and improvements that will better the general welfare of Randolph Farms. Deadline for submission of articles varies; the next deadline is noted in the community [and] to pay strict attention to any attempt to lessen the value of property each issue. If you would like to send an article in for consideration, please email the article within its borders...” to [email protected]. Web site: www.randolphcivic.org Page 2 June/July/August 2015 THE ECHO Magic Wand Chimney Service chimney caps rebuilds point ups crown & chimney wash repairs Over 30 years experience! magicwandchimney.com 301-674-7588 Before Af ter THE ECHO June/July/August 2015 Page 3 May Executive Meeting Minutes eight times year; U.S. postage will be expensive if we do not By Diane LaGrega Bertocchi have the Boy Scouts delivering the ECHO. RCA and the RCF sponsor the Boy Scouts Troop that delivers the ECHO 1. Call to Order - Brian Hooker 8:20pm in Randolph Hills and would like to keep that relationship. 2. Old Business Brian Hooker is willing to ask manager of the Randolph Hills a. Welcome new board members/positions. Chris Mo- shopping center for a plastic/metal box for extra issues of the ran is our new Director and Mara Greengrass is our new ECHO, to help facilitate hard copy distribution. Brian Hooker Treasurer. makes a motion to distribute ECHO issues in the Randolph 3. New Business Hills shopping center. Mark seconds. All in favor – 7 Yes; a. Guest Speaker for June 4th 2015. 1. Spaghetti Dinner Passes. Brian Hooker will also plan to attend the Court of Night and Magician for the Kids. It will start at 6:00pm. Honors for the Boy Scouts, and present the check to them b. June 19 OZAH Testimony for Montrose Property – Of- from the RCA. June 15, 2015 is the next meeting at the Elk fice of Zoning Administration Hearing. OZAH is sched- Lodge in Rockville, MD at 7:30pm. The RCA will work with uled to have the hearing on June 19th, 2015 [editor’s the Boy Scouts and form some ideas to make the delivery of note: the hearing has since been postponed until Sep- the ECHO more efficient. tember 21st] and Brian Hooker will testify on behalf of e. Upcoming Events: Community Day and Fun Run will be RCA. Brian Hooker hopes to discuss building a commu- on Saturday October 3rd, 2015. The next Community Bazar nity amenity into the development plan such as a publicly will be on Saturday October 10th, 2015. accessible green space, like a park, at the end of Macon Standard Business and Reports Road. The RCA will encourage the developers to be en- Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes – Matt makes a motion to gaged with the White Flint 2 Sector Plan and ensure that approve the minutes. Mark seconds. Passes. public infrastructure projects, such as bus rapid transit, Committee Chair Reports are built to support the new construction and RCA-land. Education Committee – Amber: the new principal of Viers The RCA does not want Macon Road and Putnam Road Mill Elementary School as of July 1, 2015, is Michael Powell. to rejoin. 21 Maryland Avenue Additionally, we lost our Title 1 Status due to demographics c. MusicFestSuite Lessons 310 Learned – It was well attended in the neighborhood changing. with every Rockville,seat filled. Maryland The new 20850-2389venue worked out well RCA Executive Meeting Adjournment. – Brian makes a mo- tion.