BVSCA Membership Meeting July 2009
7:30 PM B. Arlington County Police Department Information: Announcements and/or reports concerning law enforcement. Our 1st District police contact: M. Phelan, mphelan@arlingtonva.us. We are free to contact him/her with questions or requests at 703 228 3600 Ext. 9770.
7:45 PM C. Glebe Road Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project: An Update. Presenter: Tom Hutchings, Capital Projects Manager, Division of Transportation, Arlington County. Arlington County Department of Environmental Services and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) have been working on plans for pedestrian safety improvements for North Glebe Road from Carlin Springs Road to Fairfax Drive. The Project includes the intersections of North Glebe at Carlin Springs Road, Wilson Boulevard and Fairfax Drive and the intersection of North Wakefield Street at Fairfax Drive.
The Project includes improvements to the existing sidewalks and pedestrian refuges, improved striping for crosswalks, upgrades to street lighting, pedestrian and traffic signals and signage. The planned upgrades will improve pedestrian, bicyclist and vehicular safety and install handicap ramps designed to the most current standards.
The project work focuses on the corners of intersections where new private development has not occurred. New development that has been built within the project area has been coordinated with the proposed improvements. Examples of completed corners by private development include the NE corner of Glebe and Wilson Blvd (near the Vapiano Restaurant) and the SW corner of Glebe and Fairfax (950 Glebe Building).
Arlington County would like to finalize the plans and enter the Construction Bid phase by December 2009, then award the project by June 2009. We hope to start construction by September, 2009 or sooner.
8:15 PM D. Business Meeting
Report of the President
Report of the Treasurer
Report of the Secretary
Report of Committee Members
Issues to be discussed and resolved:
8:45 PM E. New business.
Adjourn Meeting. Motion and second needed.
BVSCA meetings are normally held on the last Tuesday of alternate months. (2009-Jan 27, Mar 31, May 26, Jul28, Sep 29, Nov 24). The location is the public meeting room behind (north of) the Willow Restaurant, northeast corner of N. Utah St. and Fairfax Dr., Ballston Station Building (4301), Arlington. The entrance is the fourth set of green doors, 1000 block on N. Utah St.
BVSCA has parking garage arrangements in the Ballston Station Building, 4301 N. Fairfax Drive. Bring your Colonial Parking ticket to the meeting; we will stamp it with a mark (BVSCA Arlington, VA) that the garage attendants recognize. The parking garage entrance is on the building's east side, 1000 block of N. Taylor St. Elevators will bring you from garage to street level. On arrival, you must exit the building on the ground floor to enter our meeting room on the N. Utah St. side.
Parking Garage: Contacts: Jim Lawlor, 202 295 8210, jimlawlor@ecolonial.com@aol.com. Solomon Aklilu, garage manager at 4301 N. Fairfax Dr.
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