RCA 12.02.10 Meeting Invitation & Agenda

Hello neighbors and friends of RCA, this is a friendly invitation to attend tomorrow evening's RCA meeting - please feel free to invite your neighbors as well.

When: Thursday, December 2, 2010 @ 7pm
Where: Temporary Rosedale Recreation Center, shuttered Gibbs Elementary School - Corner of 19th & E Street NE

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RCA December 2010 Agenda
Welcome & Agenda Review (5 min, Necothia)
Word from ANC 6A07 & 6A08 & ANC7D01 Commissioner(s) (15 min)
Word from William Mohring- DC Mayor's Office: Ward 6 Outreach & Service Specialist (5 min)

Special Guests

• DPR & OPEFM representatives - provide update on the Rosedale Community Center & Library construction project (20 min)
• Greater DC Cares, Andrea Sledd- provide update on the submitted Greater DC Cares micro-grant applications and community volunteer opportunities (10 min)

Minutes, Reports & Announcements

• Approval of RCA November 2010 meeting minutes
• President/VP Report & Discussion (5 min, Necothia)
• Treasurer's Report & Discussion (5 min, Pat)
• Transportation Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Ken)
• Outreach Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Brit & Necothia)
• Garden Committee Report & Discussion (5min, Robert or Rebekah)
• PSA 103 Report & Discussion (5 min, TBD)

Old Business

•  Updates on Neighborhood Support Group – (5 min, Hannah)
•  Update HOOD Outreach – (5 min, Coach Willie Smith)
•  Update Rosedale Youth Institute – (5 min, TBA)

New Business

• General Discussion (All, as time permits)

RCA October Meeting Tonight - 10.07.10

When - Thursday, October 7, 2010 @ 7:00pm
Where - Temporary Rosedale Recreation Center, shuttered Gibbs Elementary School (Corner of 19th & E Streets NE)

Meeting Agenda

Special Guests

• ANC 6A07 Commissioner Gladys Mack
• ANC6A08 Commissioner Kelvin Robinson (tentative)
• William Mohring- DC Mayor's Office: Outreach & Service Specialist - Ward 6
• Brittney Lovejoy - Virginia Tech 5th Year Landscape Architecture, VT ASLA

Introductions

7:00 Welcome & Agenda Review (5 min, Necothia)

Special Presentation

Brittney Lovejoy is a Virginia Tech 5th Year Landscape Architecture student who is doing her thesis project "to create a design scheme for more sustainable, livable, walkable open space system for the Kingman Park/Rosedale neighborhood."  She would like to present her thesis project and would appreciate input from Rosedale and Kingman Park residents to "obtain relevant public input and residential feedback about the open spaces".


Minutes, Reports & Announcements

• Approval of meeting minutes
• President/VP Report & Discussion (5 min, Necothia)
• Treasurer's Report & Discussion (5 min, Pat)
• Transportation Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Ken)
• Outreach Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Brit & Necothia)
• Garden Committee Report & Discussion (5min, Robert or Rebekah)
• PSA 103 Report & Discussion (5 min, TBD)

Old Business

• Updates on Neighborhood Support Group – Hannah Lewis
• Update HOOD Outreach – Coach Willie Smith
• Update Rosedale Youth Institute – Coach John Cotten or Representative TBA
• Update of the Rosedale Recreation Center construction - Necothia, Brit, Alex or– Mayor’s Office(More information is available on rosedalecitizen.blogspot.com)

New Business

• Review of Grant request for the New Rosedale Boxing Team - Coach Stephan Starks
• Review of Grant Research
• General Discussion (All, as time permits)

Rminder: RCA's December 2009 Meeting Monday 12/07

Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 7PM
Langston Bar & Grille, 2nd Floor
1831 Benning Road, NE
202.397.3637

Please join us for an open forum & discussion with your neighbors in and around the Rosedale community.

RCA November 2009 Meeting Agenda & Announcement

INTRODUCTIONS (7:00)

7:00 Welcome & Agenda Review (Necothia, 5 min)

MINUTES (7:15)

7:05 Approval of September meeting minutes [not completed to date] (Ken)

Reports (7:05)

• President/VP Report & Discussion (Necothia, 5 min)
• Treasurer's Report & Discussion (Pat, 5 min)
• Transportation Committee Report & Discussion (Ken, 5 min)
• Outreach Committee Report & Discussion (Brit & Necothia, 5 min)
• Garden Committee Report & Discussion (Karen, 5 min)
• PSA 103 Report & Discussion (Brenda, 5 min)

NEW BUSINESS (7:35)

• Discuss the potential delay or possible revocation of the new Rosedale Community Center and Library permit/construction due to the current City Council inquiry about DPR contracts (greater than $1 million) awarded to contractors without City Council approval. (Brit & Dana, 30 min.)
• General discussion (All, as time permits)

ADJOURN (8:30PM)

RCA October 2009 Meeting Agenda & Announcement

INTRODUCTIONS (7:00)

7:00 Welcome & Agenda Review (Necothia, 5 min)

SPECIAL GUESTS (7:05)

• Joshua Hopkins & Alex Rotan – new EOM, Co-ward 6 Outreach & Service Specialists

MINUTES (7:15)

7:15 Approval of September meeting minutes [not completed to date] (Ken)

Reports (7:15)

• President/VP Report & Discussion (Necothia, 5 min)
• Treasurer's Report & Discussion (Pat, 5 min)
• Transportation Committee Report & Discussion (Ken, 5 min)
• Outreach Committee Report & Discussion (Brit & Necothia, 5 min)
• Garden Committee Report & Discussion (Karen, 5 min)
• PSA 103 Report & Discussion (Brenda, 5 min)

OLD BUSINESS (7:45)

• RCA Campout (Robert & Rebecca, 5 min)
• Update from Hannah for program to support neighborhood youth who have lost family or friends (Hanna, 5 min)
• Update regarding 4H Program for the new Rosedale Community Center (5 min, Dana)
• New Rosedale Community Center & Library Groundbreaking (Brit, 10 min)
• C Street, NE Traffic Calming Study - more information is available on cstreetne.blogspot.com (Ken, 5 min)

NEW BUSINESS (8:15)

• Review & discuss draft letters to community and city officials who have been in support of RCA for the year 2009 (Necothia, 5 min)
• Discuss candidates for the 2010 RCA Election (Necothia, 5 min)
• Invite the community to submit neighborhood and community information, photos, events, happenings or inquiries to post on the RCA blog (Ken, 5 min)
• General discussion (All, as time permits)

ADJOURN (8:30PM)

RCA's July Meeting Reminder & Agenda

When: July 13, 2009 7:30PM - 9PM
Where: Rosedale Recreation Center - 17th & Gales Streets, NE


SPECIAL GUESTS

• Brendan McElroy – Director, DPR's Aquatic Department (brendan.mcelroy@dc.gov)
• Antonio Roberson – Owner of Langston Bar & Grill

INTRODUCTIONS

7:30 Welcome & Agenda Review (5 min, Necothia)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSIONS

7:35 DPR's Aquatic Department Director Brendan McElroy and other DPR Aquatic Department staff, including a representative from their Capitol Projects team, will discuss the following regarding the Rosedale outdoor pool:

• Provide existing pool programming available
• Seek community input on potential aquatic programs
• How the existing pool will be integrated into the proposed new Rosedale Community Center - pool-house, locker rooms, restrooms, showering and changing facilities, etc.
• Discuss adding "comfort" elements to the pool area - seating, tables, shading canopy, etc.
• Discuss feasibility of funding and constructing an integrated "spray park" adjacent to the pool grounds during the community center construction

7:55 Antonio Roberson, owner of Langston Bar & Grill, will discuss how Benning Road Business Association and RCA can collaborate to enhance and support Benning Road businesses and the Rosedale community.

MINUTES, REPORTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

8:10 Approval of June meeting minutes (Ken)

8:15 Reports

• President/VP Report & Discussion (5 min, Necothia)
• Treasurer's Report & Discussion (5 min, Ken)
• Transportation Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Ken)
• Outreach Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Brit & Necothia)
• Garden Committee Report & Discussion (5 min, Karen)
• PSA 103 Report & Discussion (5 min, Brenda)

OLD BUSINESS

• RCA members will discuss and vote on changing the meeting start time from 7:30pm to 7pm (5 min, Ken)
• RCA members will discuss alternative meeting locations once the Rosedale Recreation (Community) Center close for construction (5 min, Ken)
• Discuss/seek volunteers to establish and publish a periodic (quarterly) Rosedale Community newsletter for distribution (Necothia, 5 min)

NEW BUSINESS

• General Discussion (All, as time permits)

ADJOURN

*** SUMMER RECESS - NO AUGUST RCA MONTHLY MEETING ***