Holiday Office Closure and Refuse/Recycling Schedule

The Village Administrative Office and Public Works Department will be closed on Thursday, November 28, 2019 in observance of the Thanksgiving Day Holiday. As a reminder, the Communications Center and Police Department are open 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Village Administrative office will be open Friday, November 29, however with limited staffing. There will be no leaf collection on Thursday or Friday.

In observance of Thanksgiving, Refuse/Recycling collection will slide one day. For example if you normal collection is Thursday, your collection will take place on Friday. Click here to view the full holiday refuse/recycling collection schedule.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Ordinance to Ban the Use of Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers

effective January 1, 2022

Monday, December 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Chevy Chase Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Avenue

 
During its regular meeting on Monday, December 9, 2019, the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers will hold a public hearing to introduce and consider possible adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 20 of the Village Code, entitled, “Noise Control”, to ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers effective January 1, 2022.  The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m.
 
This ordinance is proposed to address the health, environmental and quality-of-life impacts from the use of gas-powered leaf blowers and is intended to mirror the District of Columbia’s recent decision to ban gas-powered blowers as of the same date.  Neighboring Chevy Chase-area municipalities are also considering enacting a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. 
 
For more information, residents are encouraged to reference the report issued by the Village’s Environment & Energy Committee, entitled “Proposal to Address Noise and other Impacts from Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers” dated August 15, 2019 by CLICKING HERE.
 
The draft ordinance may be obtained at the Chevy Chase Village Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, you may download a copy by CLICKING HERE or you may submit a request to the Village office for the draft ordinance to be emailed or mailed to you.
 
Residents who are unable to attend the Public Hearing on December 9 may submit written testimony for the record before December 9 either by e-mail to ccv@montgomerycountymd.gov or directly to the Village office at 5906 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. 

• LINK TO REPORT FROM Environment & Energy COMMITTEE
• LINK TO DRAFT ORDINANCE

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Two Videos of Thieves in Action

Click on the links below to see how nighttime thieves operate in our area.  The incidents captured in these videos occurred in Bethesda and are being investigated by the County Police. 
 
In the first video, you can see that there are at least 5 people working together to steal:  at least 4 suspects are on foot and there is a 5^th suspect behind the wheel of the white SUV (it is a VW Atlas, and it was stolen from Silver Spring).
 
In the second video, you see that the thief pulled on the door handle of a locked car and when he found that it was locked, he moved on.  He didn’t even bother to peer inside the car
 
There are 2 important takeaways that I hope you remember:

1. Security cameras are extremely valuable.  The Village Police Department urges all residents to install them.  It is an easy do-it-yourself project.
2. Locking your car is an effective deterrent.  Please do it.  As you can see from these videos, these thieves move quickly and quietly.  They run from car to car pulling on door handles.  If the car is unlocked, they enter it.  If the car is locked, they leave.  It’s that simple.                                     --Chief Fitzgerald

Make the thieves leave:  LOCK YOUR CAR every time you park.

https://youtu.be/fBBHBh01osM
 
https://youtu.be/Ke2dc1KY0lM

Montgomery County
Department of Environmental Protection
Launches Annual ‘Gift Outside the Box’ Campaign

Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is partnering with County agencies and organizations for the third consecutive year to provide residents with ways to green their holiday giving with “Gift Outside the Box.”
Gift Outside the Box focuses on five areas where residents can learn ways to gift in a more environmentally responsible way.

• Buy local: Support County businesses and purchase locally made products. Look for the “MoCo Made” label.
• Gift experiences: No need for a box when the gift features event tickets, Montgomery Recreation classes, music lessons and time in nature and parks.
• Gift greener: New items still are the choice of many gift givers, but they are encouraged to think green, with gifts such as reusable water bottles or smart thermostats.
• Give back: Among the most appreciated gifts are donations to a local charity or setting aside time to spend with friends and family by volunteering together.
• Reduce, reuse and recycle: Reduce waste by buying gifts made from recycled or reused materials. For all gifts, minimize wrapping.

During the campaign, County staff will provide residents with free reusable bags at select events and shops.

More information about the most sustainable ways to give for the holidays is available at the Gift Outside the Box website at MontgomeryCountyMD.gov/GiftGreener.

District 18 Delegates Town Hall Meeting

Garrett Park Town Hall
January 6, 2020 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
10814 Kenilworth Ave.
Garrett Park, Maryland 20896

Join your state elected legislators for a Town Hall about the issues that are important to you.This event is free and open to the public.

Special Announcement about Glass Recycling

Effective immediately, the Village’s recycling contractor is NO LONGER RECYCLING GLASS.  The contractor reports that glass breaks during transport, contaminating other materials, and causes machinery damage. In addition, the worldwide market for recycled glass has dropped precipitously, making it uneconomical for many communities to continue accepting glass in single stream recycling programs.
 
In order to provide an alternative, the Village is providing a glass drop-off at the Village Hall.  Collected glass will be taken by our Public Works personnel to the Montgomery County Transfer Station. The county is able to accept glass because it maintains a relationship with purchasers who recycle a portion and the remainder is used as an alternate daily landfill cover that is applied on the surface of solid waste landfills at the end of each operating day to control vectors, fires, odors, blowing litter, and scavenging. 
 
Residents can drop off intact or broken glass in the bins(s), marked “Glass Bottles and Jars Only” located just off of the main driveway at the Village Hall off of Laurel Parkway. Only clean glass bottles and jars may be placed in these carts, including all food and beverage bottles and jars made of clear, blue, brown and green glass. The following items are not acceptable: jar lids, sheet glass, glass windows, mirrors, Pyrex, light bulbs, crystal, glass dishes, and ceramics.

EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTED MATERIALS

 
We hope that residents will take advantage of this opportunity to recycle glass and remind you to still use your green recycling cart to dispose of all other accepted recyclable materials except glass.

Leaf Collection Reminders

Residents urged to provide reminders to landscape and yard maintenance contractors

The Public Works Department’s yearly leaf collection effort has begun and will continue as often as needed through December.
 
Each week, the leaf truck on the west side of the Village will begin on West Melrose Street and work south ending on Western Avenue; and the leaf truck on the east side will begin on East Irving Street working north and ending on Quincy Street.  Leaves on each block in the Village should be collected once per week, weather permitting.

• Residents on Bradley Lane are required to bag their leaves before placing them at the roadside. Bradley Lane leaf bags will be collected throughout the week, as part of your normal yard waste collections. Bagged leaves must be placed in paper bags. Public Works will not pick up leaves that have been bagged in plastic.
• Sticks and other sharp tree and garden debris should be left loose and placed in separate piles from leaves. Sharp debris can tear the leaf collection hoses or dull the blades, resulting in downtime for the machine to address repairs to the vacuum machinery that can cause delays in the schedule.  Please avoid boxing in piles of leaves between cars both for easier accessibility for the collection crews and safety for your vehicles.

Placing leaf piles in the street can cause many problems such as:

• Disrupting traffic - many of our streets are narrow streets with on-street parking. Large piles of leaves extending out into the roadway limits parking and the ability of vehicles, especially school buses, to safely negotiate the streets.
• Pedestrian safety - on streets without sidewalks, pedestrians and traffic are forced to share the same narrow strip of pavement. This is especially dangerous this time of year as sunlight diminishes before many return home from their commutes.
• Disrupting surface drainage - rainstorms can cause leaves and debris to clog storm drains and ditches. This leads to localized flooding.
• Hampering snow removal operations - snow covered leaf piles can become frozen to the roadway surface and can also become extremely heavy, taxing the abilities of our snow plows to move them and slowing down snow clearing operations. Snow plow drivers may also mistake snow-covered leaf pile for snow, spreading the leaves all over the street. Residents then have a difficult time raking these scattered leaves back up.
• Posing a fire hazard to vehicles parked over them - there have been many examples of car fires that were caused by the extremely hot catalytic converters of the cars' exhaust system igniting the dry leaves.
• Becoming very slippery in wet weather - causing hazards to vehicles attempting to stop, start or change direction.

 
Keeping leaf piles out of the streets prevents these problems. Rest assured that our crews can get to your leaves that are placed on the grass. Any discoloration of the grass is temporary as it is dormant at this time of year.

Art Show Continues through December 3

The Chevy Chase Artists Group’s (Ch/Art) Art Show at the Village Hall will continue through December 3.  The community is welcome to come by the Village Hall to enjoy the work of local artists from the Village and the surrounding communities.   For more information, visit: www.chevychaseart.org.

Village Listserv Successfully Transferred from
Yahoo! Groups To Groups.io

 
CCVillage, the neighborhood mailing list for Chevy Chase Village, has been successfully transferred to CCVillage@Groups.io . If you were subscribed to CCVillage on Yahoo, you should have an account on the new system and be receiving messages according to your subscription preference. 
 
If you'd like to join the mailing list, send an email to CCVillage+subscribe@Groups.io or visit the website at https://groups.io/g/CCVillage and click on the blue "+ Join This Group" button.
 
If you no longer want to subscribe to CCVillage you can click on the "unsubscribe" link in the message Groups.io sent you, or send a message to CCVillage+unsubscribe@groups.io from the address that is subscribed.  If those don't work you can email the moderator CCVil-lage+owner@groups.io and ask to be removed.
 
The email address to submit messages to the new mailing list is ccvillage@groups.io, and you can read the group messages online at http://groups.io/g/CCVillage/topics.  On the website, click on "Messages" in the left column menu to see the most recent CCVillage posts, and click "New Topic" to open an editor that will let you compose and send your message.  You can search the database of old messages by clicking the "Search" button above the message list.
 
The CCVillage information website will remain at http://CCVillage.info for now and will soon be updated with information on the new service.

--Tim Slagle, CCVillage moderator

Pepco Cautions Customers of Phone Scam

Pepco reports an increase in individuals calling Pepco customers and falsely claiming their electric service will be disconnected unless payment is made. Pepco representatives will never call you to ask you for cash or request that you purchase a prepaid credit card to make a payment on your bill.
 
If you receive a call from one of these scammers, hang-up and call Pepco directly to confirm the status of your account: Pepco's Customer Service line is 202-833-7500.

New Session of Chevy Chase@Home
Tai Chi Classes

   Yarn Group at The Village Hall

Do you like to knit or crochet? A group, created by residents Elisabeth Boas and Elizabeth Gussie Lewis, meets at the Village Hall on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The group is open to Village residents and began this past June.

Please drop in at the Village Hall with your current project to enjoy two free hours of knitting or crochet on Monday afternoons. Questions? Please feel free to contact Ms. Gussie Lewis (6 Oxford Street). 

Are You Prepared?

As we have experienced during various seasonal events, it is important to be prepared for local weather emergencies. In order the assist residents in their preparedness, the Village in partnership with the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS) offer a number of helpful tools, plans and free alerts to assist and keep you informed.

Village Website and Blast Email System – Have you signed up for the Village’s blast email system? This is the Village's primary method of communication with residents. The Village has 2 email lists you can sign-up for:

Urgent News Alert – include messages such as criminal activity, neighborhood disruptions such as water main breaks, power outages and road closures and major weather events.

General News Alerts – include messages about Board and committee meetings, community events, changes in public services such as refuse/recycling collection schedules and upcoming road closures.

To sign-up for the blast email system visit the Village website at www.chevychasevillagemd.gov and click on the tablet icon at the top of the Village’s homepage.
 

Alert Montgomery – Alert Montgomery is the official emergency communications service for Montgomery County, MD. During major crisis, emergency or severe weather events, Montgomery County will send event updates, warnings and instructions directly to you on any of your devices. To sign-up for Alert Montgomery please visit the OEMHS website www.montgomerycountymd.gov/oemhs and click on the “Alert Montgomery” link at the top of the page.

Family and Community Preparedness Information – Emergencies can take many forms and occur with or without warning. By taking a few simple steps now, you can ensure that you, your family and your community are better prepared to handle emergencies. To assist in your family planning, please visit the Village’s emergency preparedness page, www.chevychasevillagemd.gov/emergencyprep for helpful tools and links. Another important tool the Village has created to assist you in your preparedness efforts is our House Check Program. Always request a House Check when you are leaving town and ensure that your emergency contacts are up to date with the Village office.

For additional information please visit the Village’s website at www.chevychasevillagemd.gov and click on the “Are you prepared? – Emergency Preparedness Tips” link listed in the Quick Links on the homepage.

Emergency Contact Sheet

EMERGENCY - 911
 
Chevy Chase Village Police 
Non Emergency/24hrs - 301-654-7300

Montgomery County Police 
Non Emergency/24hrs - 301-279-8000

Bethesda - Chevy Chase Rescue Squad - 301-652-0077

Chevy Chase Fire Dept
(Opposite Columbia Country Club) - 240-773-4707

Bethesda Fire Dept
(Wisconsin Ave and Bradley Blvd) - 240-773-4706

National Capital Poison Center
(George Washington University Hospital) - 800-222-1222

Utilities
 

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO)

Emergency-Live wires down, power failure - 877-737-2662

Customer Service - 202-833-7500

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Emergency - 301-206-4002

Complaints, Leaks, Information - 301-206-4001

Washington Gas

Emergency - 703-750-1400

Information & Customer Service - 703-750-1000

Comcast - 800-934-6489

Verizon - 800-837-4966

**A cut out sheet is also located on page two of the January 2019 Crier.

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