Riverdale Heights/Riverdale Hills/Crestwood Community Assoc.

October Meeting Minutes

October 13, 2007

Attendance: approximately 32 members. Next meeting will be Wednesday November 14, 2007 at 7 PM.

Speaker at the November meeting will be a member of our association providing information on Emergency Preparedness. There will be no December meeting.

Newly elected Officers introduced.

Membership applications and due were collected at last meeting; at least 43 households joined.

Committee Updates:
Community Improvement Committee
• Graffiti removal continues
• Gorgeous Prince George’s Day-Members helped Multi-Cultural Youth Center plant daffodils in circle at driveway. We could not plant bulbs because Rittenhouse was not ready
• Road Survey was conducted; results will be reported at next meeting

Community Clean-Up Committee needs volunteers
• A member wants to set up clean up committee, volunteers are welcome
• Members were encouraged to adopt a community street and keep it clean
• All members were encouraged to clean in front of their own homes

Communications Committee
• Appreciation was given to the members who volunteer to distribute flyers announcing the upcoming meetings
• A change on how we announce meetings will happen next month, we will communicate by using yard and pole signs
• The RRC Community website is almost ready for release

Guest Speaker
Representatives from Maryland Department of Transportation discussed the proposed Purple Line. It will be either a rapid bus or light rail; it will not be a Metro line. It will connect the College Park Metro stop with the New Carrollton Metro stop. It may run through the Riverdale Technical Court along River Road, down Kenilworth Avenue an up Riverdale Road. The proposed tracks does not take it into our community boundaries, it will be just outside the boundaries. Benefits to our community include:
• Easy access to more locations
• Potential for increased property values
• Noise and traffic should be reduced
• System will be environmentally friendly
There will be a link on the RRC Website for more information, and members will be notified of upcoming meetings via mail.

Concerns from members:
• Noise from parked cars, what are the laws that govern the noise levels?
• What are the laws for Ice Cream trucks; are the ones in the community legal?
• Tree maintenance is needed on 58th and Quintana

Meeting adjourned