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Next PCA General Meeting: Tuesday February 7, 2012 -- HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thanks to our featured speakers at the 12/6 meeting: Ms. Patty Gamby, Deputy GM of the Washington Aqueduct; representatives of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), and Mat Thorp of the PCA's Aircraft Noise Committee.

Thanks to Kaya Henderson, Chancellor, DC Public Schools for appearing at our well-attended November meeting. Thanks also to our esteemed line-up of visitors and speakers throughout 2010: Mayors Fenty and Gray; Police Chief Cathy Lanier; Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh; and George Hawkins, General Manager of DC Water (formerly WASA). Many thanks also to the many of you who spent one or more Tuesday evenings contributing to the lively interaction of our General Meetings.

PCA meetings are the First Tuesday of the month ... 7:30 PM at the Palisades Recreation Center

Palisades Community Fund: grant deadline was October 30, 2011
Next call will be due in APRIL.
Check out the Palisades Community Fund page to see what grants have been made ... and how you or your organization can apply for one.

Useful information on the DC Property Tax Assessment Process ... and how to file an appeal.

TREES ALERT:
Per DDOT's report at the 4/6 April General Meeting: the Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) has reached an agreement with PEPCO whereby only wires will be replaced ... no poles or tree removals along MacArthur Blvd. The moratorium on tree work remains in effect but is expected to be lifted at PCA's cue shortly, to allow normal seasonal tree work to take place.

Read the PCA's resolution adopted at the 11/3 General Membership meeting

Read more about Pepco's upgrade plans and the impact to Palisades trees along the trolley right of way and MacArthur Blvd ... sign the online petition asking Pepco officials to consider alternatives ... read PCA's ongoing correspondence with Pepco expressing community concerns.
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