Civic Association Meeting Monday 26th February 2024

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The Douglas Park neighborhood sign at Walter Reed Dr and S Randolph St.
Join us for our next regular meeting, where we will learn about neighborhood happenings, connect with each other, and elect our Douglas Park Civic Association leadership for the next year.

New Location: Studio Pause, 4710 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204 (Come and check out Douglas Park’s newest art studio). Residents are highly encouraged to attend in-person, however we will also broadcast live on our Facebook page.

Snacks provided by Arifa’s Taste, a Douglas Park-based Bengali catering business.
Treasurer Position Open – We will be electing our next set of Civic Association officers. While anyone can run for any position (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary), our current Secretary Lilly Mancilla will not be running for re-election and the position will be open. If interested for running for any elected positions, please email president @ douglasparkca.org (no spaces) ahead of time.
Agenda:
1. Studio Pause overview (Sushmita Mazumdar)
2. Arlington County DPR (Tim McIntosh)
  a. Monroe Park engagement update
  b. Douglas Park Phase I update, neighborhood decision point to either proceed with Douglas Park Phase II with capital maintenance funding or long-term planning for major infrastructure.
  c. Doctor’s Run Park update
3. Arlington County Vision Zero update (Brian Shelton)
4. Thank you to the Holiday Fund Drive Team
5. Officer updates and transportation update
6. Thank you for Barcroft Park Cleanup and Tree Mulching event
7. Call for Neighborhood Sign Committee Members
8. Bylaws update (votes from dues-paying members). Draft by-laws attached, this will be the first update since 2005, changes include: adjusting association objectives, defining Board of Directors roles and allowing for additional Board members, simplifying duties of Treasurer, eliminating committees since we do not have enough volunteers, eliminating Roberts Rules.
9. Douglas Park Civic Association Officer Election (votes from dues-paying members)
10. Thank you to Lilly Mancilla and Adam Henderson for their neighborhood service!
12. Announcement of new DPCA Board of Directors
13. New Business