With
spring now upon us, there is lots of activity affecting our neighborhood to share
with you. Keep an eye out for the WECA newsletter soon arriving on your
doorstep, and take special note of these four items, with further detail
below:
1. Information on a survey we ask each West End
household to complete prior to May 27th;
2. Detail on the proposed
school bus depot on the Carver lot, and a meeting scheduled for May 11th;
3. An invitation to our
May 19th WECA General Membership Meeting and annual Election of Officers;
4. Hometown Holidays
activities planned for Memorial Day weekend.
Thanks for taking a look
at the items below, and engaging with those you find of interest!
- Important Neighborhood Survey: let your views be heard!
The City of Rockville is
in the process of updating its Comprehensive Master Plan, the blueprint for
shaping everything about our community. This was last done more than 30 years
ago in 1986. WECA and the Woodley Gardens East-West Neighborhood Association
will be reporting on our neighborhood as part of this process. We need your help and your input by
completing a brief online survey. The
results of this survey will be the basis for virtually every decision made in
developing a report to the City's Long Range Planning Division and to the
Planning Commission. This anonymous survey should take about 15 minutes to
complete.
The password to access
the survey is: 2016
If you prefer, a paper
copy of this survey is being delivered to you in the next few days along with
the WECA newsletter. We ask that you
complete this survey by May 27th. Make sure your voice is heard in this
important process as we plan for the next 30 years in our community! To learn more about the Master Plan, please
visit the City’s website at www.rockvillemd.gov
and click on “Rockville 2040.”
- Latest News on Proposal for a School Bus Depot on Carver Lot (Mannakee Street and Rt 355)
Many of you have voiced strong
concern on this issue, so we wanted to share the very latest news. Montgomery
County Public Schools (MCPS) is moving forward with plans to put a 250-vehicle
depot, including 100 diesel school buses and 150 drivers' cars, at the MCSP
headquarters across from Montgomery College on the Carver lot.
This coming Wednesday
night, May 11th at 7:30pm, MCPS will present plans for this site. If
you wish to share your views on this issue with MCPS, you may do so by coming to
this meeting at College Gardens Elementary School. While the Carver lot is
proposed as “temporary”, the meaning of temporary is undefined, and therefore
could potentially be a period of several years or more. WECA adopted a
resolution in opposition to the bus depot at the April 21, 2016 Executive Board
meeting.
Please see www.Carvercoalition.org for more
information on this issue (website not affiliated with WECA).
- WECA General Membership Meeting and Annual Election of Officers on Thurs, May 19th at 7pm
You are invited to the
spring WECA General Membership Meeting, and to participate in the democratic
process of electing WECA officers for the next year. The meeting will be on
Thursday, May 19th at 7pm at the Rockville Presbyterian Church, 215
West Montgomery Ave (parking available in the lot of Harrison Street). The
proposed slate follows:
President – Jacques Gelin
Vice President – Andrew Sellman
Treasurer – Dennis Cain
Recording Secretary – Jen
Timmick
Corresponding Secretary –
Jane Pontius
Meet these candidates,
and take the opportunity to thank Noreen Bryan, our outgoing WECA President,
and Vicki McMullen, our outgoing WECA Vice President, for all of their hard
work and tireless dedication to serving our neighborhood these past four years.
- Hometown Holidays festivities over Memorial Day Weekend
Mark your calendars! Rockville’s annual Hometown
Holidays celebration is nearly here, and promises to be fun for all ages, with awesome
live music, tons of food options, kids’ inflatables and rides, a sand beach, and
more. The festivities begin on Saturday, May 28th and continue
through Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th with the favorite Memorial
Day Ceremony and Parade. For more information, visit: http://www.rockvillemd.gov/index.aspx?NID=665
