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KMCA Executive
Committee Meeting
August 18,
2009
Attending: Adrian
Black, Henry Davis, David Janus,
Marilyn Lawlor, Jay
Marcus, Jim Priestley, Cynthia
Brandt Campagna,
Rebekah Rasooly
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Studio
project – Alex
Chen, a faculty member at
UMCP, is asking community
associations to participate
in a graduate student
project on the ‘greening’ of Wheaton.
The students will be
surveying community members
about their attitudes on
green businesses. The group
agreed to participate, but
to discourage any kind of
door-to-door surveys, and to
request a draft of the
section on Kemp Mill before
the final report is
submitted to the Wheaton
Redevelopment Advisory
Committee.
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Treasurer’s report - $2,560.12
is in the account. In
addition, there are two CDs
that will mature in Feburary
2010 for $1300 and $1200.
There are currently 192
members. 29 are due for
renewal in the next two
months. KMCA has 1600
households in its area.
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Committees - The
Transportation, Public
Safety and Parks committees
will continue and reports
will be requested for future
meetings.
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Upcoming
community meeting – the
date is October 14 and Nancy
Navarro will be speaking.
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Publicizing the meeting
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Reserving the space
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Questions for Nancy
Navarro
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Library – status of
plans, role of
County Council
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Community Center –
potential for
renovation/expansion
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Good
Counsel
redevelopment –
status of Rafferty Center
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Wheaton redevelopment
– overall goals,
status
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Berman Hebrew Academy –
sale of property
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Intersection of
Randolph Road &
Georgia Avenue –
plans for renovation
and redesign
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Mailboxes
Rebekah will
send these on to the Council
Member.
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Future
meetings
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Jim
Furstero with the County
Dept. of Environmental
Protection will be
invited for our winter
meeting to talk about
recycling.
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Pepco
should also be invited
to make a presentation
about winterizing homes
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Library
committee – The
group agreed to establish a
Library Committee, with
Henry as chair. The
following points were
discussed:
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Goals of
committee – Primarily
information-gathering on
status of County plans
for the Wheaton Library
and reporting back to
the KMCA.
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Enlisting
community support
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Sending a
copy of the letter to
County Executive Leggett
to all Council members –
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Website – The
group commended Alan
Felsen’s excellent
management of the Web site.
The group will try to write
short articles to keep the
site fresh and interesting.
The first articles will be
on:
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The new
Library Committee –
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Nancy
Navarro’s comments at
the upcoming meeting
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Wheaton
Redevelopment Advisory
Committee (WRAC) – Jonathan
Fink, a KMCA member, will
be attending and reporting
back to the KMCA, but will
not speak on behalf of the
KMCA. Jonathan is now a
member of the WRAC. Minutes
from WRAC meetings can be
found at http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgtmpl.asp?url=/content/rsc/midcnty/bds-comm.asp#wrac.
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New
business
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Reminders
to ‘curb your dog’
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Mirror at
key intersection (S.
Belgrade and
Lamberton)
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Group
homes –
follow up ideas from
June meeting.
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