Parkwood Residents Association
working for our community.
WINTER 2025 MEETING
The Winter 2025 meeting of the Parkwood Residents Association meeting was held on February 24, 2025 on Zoom. The topics included 1) the proposed 2025 budget 2) thelatest housing proposals introduced by Councilmembers Friedson and Fani-Gonzalez 3) the possibilities for installing a mobile speed calming device that tells drivers how fast they are going. 4) efforts to petition the Planning Board to re-open Beach Drive to traffic on Fridays and 5) a recommendation of our PRA Advisory Committee to coordinate tree planting with the County in order to restore some of our lost tree canopy. The minutes of the meeting and the link to the recording are here.
FALL 2024 Meeting
The Fall 2024 meeting of the Parkwood Residents Association was held on October 7, 2024. The subject was the proposed changes to housing policy that the County Council was considering at the time . Our speaker was Lisa Govoni, lead planner for the Montgomery County Planning Department. The link for the recording of the meeting is here. If you are asked to enter the following passcode, you may find it easier to copy and paste it. Passcode: H?@PvVj5
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WINTER 2024 MEETING
The winter meeting of the Parkwood Residents Association was held via zoom on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 7:30 P.M. The subject was stormwater management for homeowners. Our speaker was Ann English, Rainscapes Program Manager, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
The recording of the meeting is below. Election of officers and approval of the 2024 budget took up the first 10 minutes. The program on stormwater begins after that. After clicking on the link, you may have to enter the password. This is done most easily by copying the password and then pasting it into the password box.
After the meeting, our speaker sent the additional material information below based on some of the questions that were raised at the meeting.
RECORDING LINK AND PASSWORD
Passcode: X23q!.Gs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE SPEAKER
New construction requires providing a system for catching rainwater on site, but these apparently are not working well in heavy storms. The standards for what is required appear to be based on rainfall amounts that are underestimated in the face of climate change. Does the County have any plans to reevaluate these for efficacy?
- Most likely through the Comprehensive Flood Management Plan. The Plan’s policy and programmatic efforts will examine the County’s laws, regulations, development and design standards, programs, budgets, etc. that address (or perhaps contribute to) various aspects of flooding and develop recommendations for changing them.
- Just completed phase 1, working on Phase 2. Phase 2: Conduct engineering assessments in the priority watersheds identified in Phase 1, and develop, and begin to implement, program and policy recommendations to address flooding. Phase 2 time frame: FY24-FY26 More information on website: Comprehensive Flood Management Plan – Montgomery County, MD (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Mosquito Control – Montgomery County, MD (montgomerycountymd.gov)
Contractor list: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/Resources/Files/rainscapes/raingarden/Contractor_List.pdf
Drywells/ SWM installed under permit – every three years they are supposed to be inspected. DEP SWIM group does the inspections.
FALL 2023 MEETING
On Monday evening, November 6, 2023, PRA had an excellent meeting on clean energy options for homes. The presentation was highly informative. The supplementary contributions by two residents who have clean energy systems or sources were valuable additions to the discussion. And the questions from participants were well thought out.
The Zoom link to the recording is below. Please note that you may be prompted to enter the passcode as well. [Tip: It is usually easier to cut and paste the passcode rather than typing it in.]
Recording link:
Passcode: 4r7ust*=
The recording starts just a few moments after President Kira Lueders begins her introduction to the meeting. There is also some background noise and an occasional odd image early on; please ignore these minor glitches.
The speaker’s slides in PDF format can be found here.
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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS: 2nd meeting, May 23, 2024
We held a follow-up meeting on the topic of Neighborhood Watch Programs [NWPs] on May 23, 2023, to discuss what, if anything, we might want to do, in addition to what we are already doing, to address our sense of an increase in criminal activities in Parkwood. [See next item on this page regarding the first meeting on NWPs held March 29, 2023.]
A summary of the discussion and action items that came out of that meeting can be found here.
The recording of the meeting is here. The passcode, which it is easiest to cut and paste, is ?3+X44G4
A link to some of the questions raised and to references to additional information about NWPs is here.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS: 1st meeting, March 29, 2023
We had an informative presentation and an interesting discussion at our PRA meeting on Neighborhood Watch Programs [NWPs] on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
A summary of the meeting can be found here.
The Zoom link to the recording of the meeting along with the passcode is here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/L6UhU0tQJaMNGsdk2hmo-8VfSKi0gIKGkt1WnQpQVObRbkkiicrU0m4u5TQ-NmwR.Dc316akRUpR_vI7S
Passcode: gy$9#BxO [note that the last character is a capital “O”. Easier to cut and paste.]
A link to websites with more information regarding NWPs is here.
Based on the interest expressed, we will schedule a follow up meeting in May.
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Winter 2023 Meeting
The PRA Winter 2023 meeting was held on Monday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Our speaker was Kate Stewart, County Councilmember for District 4, which includes Parkwood.
The link and passcode for the meeting are here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/B39Hi5T_1V_anRnjbtwJkKSutBE864FQJ12MTBCjcUq4SLkN4I6vdXUXhwkdvYCX.FHFfqxLzzovy2eAV
Passcode: 5zk+k5.3
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FALL 2022 MEETING
The recording of the PRA Fall 2022 Meeting on Thrive 2050 was held on Monday, October 17 via Zoom. The link to the recording of the meeting and the minutes can be found here.
Join the PRA
Membership in the Parkwood Residents Association is open to all residents of the Parkwood neighborhood located in Bethesda and Kensington, Maryland. Annual dues are just $10 per household and are put toward community activities. Full details on how to join or renew your membership can be found here.
PRA Listserve
The email list is open to residents of Parkwood. Non-resident individuals will be considered on a case-by-case basis, based on their specific association with Parkwood. Commercial solicitations are prohibited. You can access or join the listserve here.
Alternatively, to register for the PRA listserve, please go the Google Groups website and enter “PRA-listserve” in the search box at the top of the screen. Select the PRA Listserve Group and then “Apply to be a member”. In the information box please put your name and address or, if you do not live in Parkwood, put in the reason you would like to join the group. Most requests will be approved within 48 hours. You will receive a confirmation message when your email address has been added to the group. For more information and instructions for using the listserve, download this user guide.
Contact our listserve administrators with any problems or questions at residentsparkwood@gmail.com.
Things of interest
The Montgomery County Police Non Emergency Number is (301) 279 8000. Please use this number to report any minor incidents you see in the neighborhood. Theft from unlocked cars constitutes the majority of incidents within our community, please remember to lock your car when you leave it.
Help keep Parkwood beautiful. You can dial 311 to request mowing of common areas, or report it to the Beautification Comittee.
Montgomery County requires that dogs are leashed when off the owner’s property and that owners clean up after their pets. To assist, the PRA maintains six litter bag dispensers in Parkwood: one at the park entrance at Saul and Parkwood, one on the KP Elementary playground (at the backstop), one near the intersection of Wildwood and Dresden, one at the intersection of Wildwood and Parkwood Drive, one at the park entrance at the intersection of Parkwood and Westbrook and one at the easement entrance on Edgefield Road. A map of these locations can be found here. If you notice that a dispenser is empty, please send a message noting which dispenser needs to be refilled to residentsparkwood@gmail.com.
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