New Board Elected for AssociationThe items on listed on this page are assorted notices addressed to the Hungerford Civic Association. These are mostly official notices sent by various Rockville City government departments. Other sources are noted below. If the notice includes any public event, the time and place of that event are noted below.
A new Board of Officers for this association was elected at a general meeting held January 27th, 2008, (2:00pm, at Elwood Smith Comm. Center). The new officers express an interest in re-invigorating the association and invite general input or service. Contact information appears on the Contacts Page of this website. The new officers are:
- Carl Henn, President (resident on Hardy Place). Carl is a long-time Hungerford resident and frequent local civic activist and editorialist on a variety of issues. Most recently, Carl is notable as a candidate in the City Council election.
- Art Stigle, Vice-President (resident on West Edmonston). While Art is a relatively new neighborhood resident, he is best known for his stand on optimal refuse service and organizing RockTrash, a grass roots citizen initiative in favor of seeing recent refuse collection changes implemented City-wide.
- Theo Anderson, Secretary (resident on Brice Road). Although a relatively recent Hungerford resident, Theo has an extensive past of community activism. he is most recently notable as a candidate in the City Council election.
- Elliot Fein, Treasurer (resident on Carter Court). Elliot is a long time neighborhood resident and association member. He cheerfully volunteered to keep the association accounts at the general meeting, rather then let this post go vacant.
Refuse Collection
Hungerford was one of two neighborhoods to experience a Pilot Project of new semi-automated trash service in the City. Actual pilot service started in the spring of 2006. Major markers for users in this service included using new refuse and recycling carts, single pick-up per week, co-mingled recycling, and curb-side only pick-up for able users. After working out container size issues, this service was rapidly embraced by Hungerford residents as a superior refuse service based on practical experience with it. Survey documentation of this consensus user experience was established. Plus, the service change has potential to reduce long-term costs, be more environmentally benign, encourage recycling, and reduce worker injuries.
Notwithstanding the apparently successful Pilot experience here in Hungerford, and while local politicians decided to embrace most of the service changes, they also retained twice-weekly refuse pick-up (practically the most expensive of available options). While the City Mayor and Council for the 2006-2007 term voted to return the neighborhood to twice-weekly service for the fall of 2007, neighborhood residents continued mostly relying on a single refuse pick-up per week. This being noted, and with the refuse service as an issue in the City election, a newly seated Mayor and Council (for the 2008-2009 term), reversed the prior twice weekly pick-up decision. So the neighborhood returned to the Pilot type refuse service as of January 28th, 2008. Presumably, the remainder of the City will switch to this type of service in stages and Hungerford will remain with the service it prefers and the advantages (cost, environment, effectiveness) contained.
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City Zoning Ordinance Revision
The City’s Planning and Zoning Ordinance is undergoing a major update and revision. The Ordinance, which is Chapter 25 of the City Code, was last updated in 1975. In those past 30 years, many new zoning concepts such as floating zones, performance zoning, form-based codes, and the entire concept of the New Urbanism have reshaped the urban planning field. The City’s code needs to be revised to reflect and incorporate these 21st Century concepts appropriate for a city that is maturing towards full development.
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