CLNCC General Business Meeting Set For 7PM Tonight In Christiana

CLNCC General Business Meeting

 7 p.m. tonight

Christiana Presbyterian Church

15 North Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana, DE 19702

Agenda HERE.

Also, please see the state Animal Control Services public meeting schedule below -

General Business Meeting Set For 7PM Tuesday, February 16th In Christiana

A general business meeting is set for 7 p.m.Tuesday at the Christiana Presbyterian Church, 15 North Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana.

CLNCC web site HERE

CLNCC Guest Speaker Thomas S. Neuberger On 'Guidelines For Coming Police Drones' Set For 7PM January 19th In Christiana

CLNCC Monthly meeting:  

Guest: Thomas S. Neuberger

Topic: Guidelines For Coming Police Drones 

Time: 7PM January 19th 2016 

Location: Christiana Presbyterian Church 15 North Old Baltimore Pike Christiana, DE 19702

Click here to read Neuberger's Op-Ed on the topic.

CLNCC Workshop On UDC Revision Ordinances - 7PM Tuesday In Christiana

Civic League for New Castle County 

7 p.m. Tuesday, November 17th

Christiana Presbyterian Church

15 North Old Baltimore Pike 

Christiana, DE 19702

Agenda

WORKSHOP TO DEBATE ORDINANCES REVISING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE

Three of the UDC Revision Ordinances were formally introduced by Council, passed through the state PLUS process and are scheduled for a NCC Planning Board Public Hearing on December 1st.

Updated: CLNCC Debate Of UDC Revision Ordinances Set For 7PM October 20th In Christiana

CIVIC LEAGUE FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Charles Stirk, President 

Amended Agenda:

Board Workshop To Debate Ordinances Revising the Unified Development Code

Tuesday, October 20, 2015
at 7:00 PM

Christiana Presbyterian Church 
15 North Old Baltimore Pike 
Christiana, DE 19702

Link to map -

https://goo.gl/maps/Vt1tgA7AcZR2

2015 Membership Drive And Message From The President!

Membership drive and update from the President:

Join us today! 

Renew your membership!

 [Membership Form - PDF]

• Individual and non-profit organizations, $25

• Business -
  

  • 99 employees or less, $25
  • More than 100 employees, $50 

  Click HERE for more information 

  • Mail your payment to:
    Civic League for NCC
    P.O. Box 5562
    Marshallton, DE 19808

  Or pay online HERE

TO: Members and Potential Members of the Civic League for New Castle County FROM: Charles C. Stirk, Jr., President

Updated: Open Space Council Public Workshop For NCC Set For 5PM September 29th In The Brandywine Hundred Library

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Update: Draft of Standards and Criteria for State Resource Areas (SRAs)

In accordance with the Land Protection Act, 7 Del. C., Ch. 75, to be considered for inclusion in a map/listing of SRAs, land and/or water areas must exhibit one or more of the following:

• Property that contains endangered, threatened, or ecologically significant species , Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) as defined in the Delaware Wildlife Action Plan , or natural ecosystems;

• Property with a significant potential to support endangered, thre atened, or e cologically significant species, SGCN, or natural systems;

• Property that is important because of its historical or cultural value or its proximity to an historically significant area;

• Property that includes or enhances important wildlife habita t or migration corridors, as well as potential wildlife habitat or migration corridors;

• Property with forest resources that are significant;

• Property with wetlands, flood plains, or other lands necessary for the protection of water resources;

• Property that contains significant or unique ecosystems, natural features, or geological features;

• Property which is an inholding or contiguous to or nearby lands already preserved by federal, state, local, or other conservation agencies;

• Property that will provide pu blic outdoor recreation;

• Property that will allow natural systems or plants and animals to accommodate or adapt to climate change or other large - scale changes in ecosystem processes ; or

• Property that would otherwise further or satisfy any of the purposes of the Act.

Homeowner Association Board Leader Development Workshop 8:30AM Saturday In New Castle

From the Common Interest Community Ombudsman

Board Leader Development Workshop

Please join us on September 26, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, for a workshop for HOA board members and residents.  The information will be helpful whether you live in a condominium, a deed restricted subdivision, or a cooperative, if you have a mandatory annual assessment to support your community’s common areas.

The Delaware Department of Justice, Common Interest Community Ombudsman, and the Community Associations Institute are teaming up for this workshop.  It is the first workshop offering in Delaware for both.  A specially reduced fee is offered because of a generous donation.  The fee covers the cost of food, a book and other materials available to attendees.

Joint Civic Meeting Tonight: Presentation On CVS Deed Restriction Amendment - 7PM Old Millcreek Fire Hall

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Joint Meeting tonight of the Pike Creek Valley Civic League, Millcreek Limestone Civic Alliance and the Civic League for NCC.

Thursday Sept. 17, 7:00 PM at the Mill Creek Fire Company OLD Fire Hall. The red brick one at 3902 Kirkwood Highway. 

Topic: There will be a presentation on the proposed CVS Deed Restriction Amendment for Whiteman's Garage. 

Bill Dunn's giving a Power Point presentation with a number of slides covering: "Public vs. Private Deed Restrictions, modifying or lifting deed restrictions, Traffic Study requirements based on building size and CR zoning, what power a community holds with the Deed Restrictions in place and the process CVS will have go thorough to get Council to vote on changes, just to name a few".

Tonight's meeting will serve to better prepare and organize a unified community resistance against this proposal when it comes before the NCC Planning Board on October 6th ~

NCC Planning Board Public Hearing

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

7PM
Multi-Purpose Room Gilliam Building

77 Reads Way, New Castle, DE 10720 

App. 2015-0505-D.  West side Paper Mill Road (SR 72), north side Corner Ketch Road.  To Amend a Declaration of Restrictions dated April 28, 1998 by Gladys W. LaFountain/Dempsey Corporation in association with a rezoning from NC21 (Neighborhood Conservation) to CR (Commercial Regional) by Ordinance 97-173.  The proposed amendment will expand Paragraph 1 of the declaration by adding drug store and pharmacy to the list of permitted uses on the premises.  CR (Commercial Regional) zoning district. CD 3.

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UDC Revision Presentation By DLU - CLNCC Monthly Meeting Set For 7PM September 15th

CIVIC LEAGUE FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Charles Stirk, President 

Guest Speaker  
NCC Department of Land Use

UDC Revision Update 

Annual Meeting and Election of Officers 

Tuesday, September 15, 2015
at 7:00 PM

New Location:

Christiana United Methodist Church

21 West Main Street, Christiana, DE

Enter at door number 7

CLNCC's September program will be a presentation by the NCC Department of Land Use to talk to us about revisions they're planning to make to the Unified Development Code. Link HERE to view related items DLU has posted online. 

We've asked for a very detailed discussion - basically a look at the draft of the text amendment ordinances, now planned for introduction at the September 29th regular meeting of New Castle County Council.

See CLNCC predictions and questions from the community about the UDC Revision Economic Empowerment Districts HERE.

See meeting details HERE.

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CNCC Guest Speaker: Jennifer Cohan, Delaware Secretary of Transportation 7PM Tuesday June 16th In New Castle

CIVIC LEAGUE FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Charles Stirk, President 

Guest Speaker  
Jennifer Cohan, Delaware Secretary of Transportation 

Tuesday
June 16, 2015
at 7:00 PM

Paul J. Sweeney
Public Safety Building
3601 N. DuPont Hwy
(Route 13)
New Castle, DE

CLNCC - Summer Development-Related Community Meetings Schedule

Reminder of the CLNCC May 30th Traffic Impact Workshop: 10:15AM tomorrow at the Bear Library!

Important WILMAPCO meetings scheduled for June:

Glasgow Avenue Planning Study - Community Meeting

SR 141 Transportation and Land Use Plan - Public Information Session
  
Delmarva Freight Summit
  
Fourth Street Walkable Community Workshop

Plus, from the NCC Department of Land Use -

Save the Date for the New Castle County Unified Development Code (UDC) Workshop!

The NCC Land Use Department will host the 2^nd UDC Public Workshop on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at the Christiana Fire Hall!!

We hope you will mark your calendar to attend! We will be providing an update briefing regarding actions taken since the 1^st workshop which was held on March 26, 2015. 

Information regarding the UDC update project can be found at:  http://www.nccde.org/1067/UDC-Revisions The exact location and address for the site will be forthcoming until then, please save the date and refer back to our UDC project web site.

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Public Meeting - Claymont Steel Redevelopment - Set For 7PM Wednesday At The Crowne Plaza

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Claymont Public Meeting - Claymont Steel Redevelopment

Claymont Public Meeting Wednesday

There is a serious proposal on the table to redevelop the 425 acre Claymont Steel site. Join the CRDC and your elected officials to see the plans and a short video presentation of what this area of North Claymont could become and the project's potential to become the largest job creator the State of Delaware has seen for a while.

May 20th, 7:00 p.m.
Crowne Plaza (630 Naamans Road)

Representatives of Commercial Development Corporation of St. Louis, MO will be present to take questions from those who attend. We welcome non-Claymont residents to this public meeting because the effects of this project could be felt well beyond Claymont's borders.

For more information see:  Claymont Renaissance Development Corporation

NCC Land Use Department: 2nd UDC Public Workshop Set For Wednesday, June 24th From 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Save the Date for the New Castle County (NCC) Unified Development Code (UDC) Workshop!

The NCC Land Use Department will host the 2^nd UDC Public Workshop on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm!!

We hope you will mark your calendar to attend! We will be providing an update briefing regarding actions taken since the 1^st workshop which was held on March 26, 2015. 

Information regarding the UDC update project can be found at:  http://www.nccde.org/1067/UDC-Revisions The exact location and address for the site will be forthcoming until then, please save the date and refer back to our UDC project web site.

Saturday Morning CLNCC Workshop - Brainstorming On Traffic Impact - 10:15AM - 1PM May 30th In Bear

CLNCC Workshop - Brainstorming On Traffic Impact

A BRAINSTORMING SESSION: 

. . . . . . . . . (A Panel Discussion with Attendee Participation) 

CAN WE IMPROVE REGULATORY PRACTICES FOR DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IMPACTS WHILE REGULATING LAND USE INTENSIFICATIONS?

Sponsor: . . . CIVIC LEAGUE for NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Where: . . . . The BEAR Library, Meeting Room #2

. . . . . . .. . . . Corner of Routes 7 and 40

. . . . . . . . . . 101 Governor's Place, Bear DE 19701

When: . . . . .Saturday May 30, 2015 10:15am - 1pm

Panelists: 

Professionals . . . . .  Dan Blevins (WILMAPCO)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troy Brestel (DelDOT)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Brockenbrough (DelDOT)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jerry Heisler (Reybold)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Janowski (retired NCC Land Use)

Amateur . . . . . . . . . Vic Singer (Civic League for NCC)

Brainstorming pinpoints diverse ideas that can fit with one another usefully. It aims at producing a total bigger than the sum of the pieces - - more than any individual participant can achieve by himself. Like solving jig saw puzzles, some ideas need to be turned to find a useful fit and other ideas fit over there rather than right here. This brainstorming session will start with introductory brief remarks about the focal point and some potentially useful facts.

The Civic League for New Castle County is very pleased to host this event and hope for a robust civic and development industry turnout.

This is an exciting opportunity to come and participate in a discussion with transportation professionals from DelDOT and Wilmapco plus representatives from the development industry and the civic arena to hash out what is what with traffic in our county and where we go from here! 

Harmony Road Improvements Workshop Set For 4:30-7:30PM Tomorrow

DelDOT Harmony Road Improvements Workshop notice

Monday May 11, 2015 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces a public workshop for proposed improvements to the SR 273 and Harmony Road intersection. The workshop will be held on Monday, May 11 at the Gallaher Elementary School at 800 N. Brownleaf Road, Newark. The public is invited to attend any time between 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm. The purpose of this project is to improve the safety and operational function of the SR 273 corridor in the vicinity of Harmony Road and the I-95 Interchange, including the weave condition along the I-95 southbound off-ramp onto SR 273. A variety of alternatives of varying scope will be presented for public comment.

This location is accessible to persons having disabilities. Any person having special needs or requiring special aid, such as an interpreter for the hearing impaired, is requested to contact DelDOT by phone or mail one week in advance.

Interested persons are invited to express their views in writing, giving reasons for support of or in opposition to, the proposed project. Comments will be received during the workshop or can be mailed to DelDOT Public Relations, P.O. Box 778, Dover, DE 19903. When applicable, we offer the opportunity to fill out a questionnaire online which will automatically get emailed to Public Relations. For further information contact Public Relations at 1-800-652-5600 (in DE) or 302-760-2080 or write to the above address.

And more from (News Journal) robin brown ~ DelDOT tackles Ogletown traffic hazards

State transportation officials have set a Monday public workshop as they start to tackle a major road hazard in Ogletown, with 12 plans and some extreme ideas for solutions. Some of those ideas would dramatically alter the area, even eliminate some homes and businesses. Depending on how massive the final plan is, the project could cost tens of millions of dollars and take six years or more to finish. Like the problems, the plans focus on the Del. 273-Harmony Road intersection, but reach out into the surrounding area that covers thousands of homes and more than 450 businesses. “We’re hoping to get a large crowd at the workshop,” DelDOT spokesman Bud Freel said. The drop-in style workshop is 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Gallaher Elementary School, 800 N. Brownleaf Road, with overview presentations at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

........Harmony Road has become heavily used by commuters to Christiana Hospital and the Kirkwood Highway (Del.2), complicated by southbound I-95 off-ramp’s location snug to the Del. 273-Harmony Road intersection. “When it was designed, it met the needs of the area,” Vincent said. Now, he said, it’s a highcrash zone of heavy-volume, cross-merging traffic, identified as so dangerous a spot, improvements to reduce hazards there qualify for 90 percent federal funding instead of the normal 80 percent. In a distance of just 475 feet before the intersection, substantial traffic merges left from I-95’s exit ramp in a lane that becomes right-turn only for Harmony Road. At the same time, much of the heavy traffic along Del. 273 merges right to turn onto Harmony Road. There were 175 crashes at the intersection between 2011-14, with 31 involving injuries, DelDOT engineer Joseph A. Hofstee said. Most were rearenders and side-swipes, he said.

DelDOT’s traffic study found that, in the morning when traffic peaks at about 1,425 vehicles per hour, more than 70 percent of the traffic taking Harmony Road from Del. 273 is going to Christiana Hospital, along Ogletown-Stanton Road (Del. 4) or to Kirkwood Highway, Hofstee said. The broader area of the project includes the I-95 off-ramp’s crash-prone split for east and westbound Del. 273 and covers I-95’s entire Del. 273 interchange, running east of Chestnut Hill/Ogletown-Stanton Road (Del.4), the DelDOT officials said. Some of the most dramatic options in the plans are:

­ Eliminating right turns onto Harmony Road, making the road one-way or closing it at Del. 273,

­ Totally rebuilding I-95’s Del. 273 interchange or adding lights to slow westbound traffic from the Christiana area,

­ Creating a new I-95 exit that would tie into the dead end of Samoset Drive between the Bank of America and Christiana Hospital sites,

­ Widening Del. 273, which would require DelDOT to buy properties abutting the road in the densely populated area.

DelDOT, having recognized the area’s problems for many years, has made changes aimed to ease traffic, even testing closure of Harmony Road. In 2001, to slow traffic on Harmony Road, islands and other trafficcalming devices were added, which officials say reduced vehicles’ speed 17 percent. DelDOT also installed red-light cameras on Del. 273, cutting crashes with cars running red lights, and lengthened the stacking lane for left turns from westbound Del. 273 to South Gerald Drive opposite Harmony Road, pulling more of that traffic out of the cross-merge area earlier. Last year, DelDOT added a concrete median on Harmony Road, reducing cut-across traffic of motorists on northbound Harmony Road to a gas station on the southbound side, also reducing crashes and back-ups of traffic turning onto Harmony Road.

Community Forum on the TPP/Fast Track Set For 7PM March 18th At Kirkwood Public lLibrary

Delaware Americans for Democratic Action

Community Forum on the TPP/Fast Track

Monday, May 18th at 7pm

Kirkwood Library 

(6000 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE 19808)

There has been increasing public interest in Delaware on the issue of Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

At this community forum, Delawareans can learn more about this issue, share their thoughts and questions, and learn what they can do about it.

County Executive Thomas Gordon will open the forum.

We also have a panel discussion, represented by faith, labor, and good government groups.

Co-sponsors include: Delaware Coalition for Open Government (DelCOG), Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) of Delaware, and Pacem in Terris

To RSVP just click here or email Drew Serres at Drew@DelawareADA.org 

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Drew Serres

Delaware Americans for Democratic Action 

Mobile: 503-507-9135 

Email: drew@delawareada.org 

Website: delawareada.org/
 

Heartfelt Condolences To Frances West On The Passing Of Her Husband Ed Hinton

The Civic League for New Castle County is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ed Hinton.

Edward William Hinton

AGE: 85 • Wilmington

Edward was born New Castle, DE, 1929, the eldest of five children of the late James L. Hinton, Sr. and Frances Mae Alfree Hinton, died on Monday, April 6, 2015 from acute reparatory failure. He suffered from "bird fanciers lung" as a result of an allergy to poultry protein. Ed attended public schools in New Castle, graduating with the 1948 Class of old William Penn High School. He immediately joined the U.S. Marines, serving honorably for 11 years, attaining the rank of Gunny Sergeant. He was active duty for four years and served in the reserves for an additional six years. Upon his return to civilian life, he attended the University of Delaware, majoring in engineering while working at The Wilmington City water department. He subsequently worked at Hercules, Inc, All American Engineering, and spent the last 30 years of his engineering career at Thiokol (ATK) in Elkton, MD, as an aerospace engineer in the rocket division. He was a long time member of "Men of Malvern".

Ed was raised by his beloved grandparents, Bessie and Edward Samuel Hinton, on their New Castle chicken farm where he was introduced to his-live ling avocation of buying and selling early American antiques. His interest in antiques was sparked and nurtured by Bessie, who often traded her nursing services, chickens and eggs for antiques during the Great Depression. In the 1960's he apprenticed in the evening after work with a master cabinetmaker, Clifford Baylis, for seven years. He was will know for his skills in appraising and restoring valuable 18th and 19th century furniture for private collectors. He and his wife of 30 years, Frances West, Traveled throughout the east coast of the U. S. buying antiques and after his retirement from Thiokol, he maintained a showroom and work in this nearby colonial-replica workshop.

Ed was a Phillies fan, rarely missing a game, first on the radio, later on television, and in person when he could. He was looking forward to the Phillies opening game on the day of his death. He loved convertible automobiles and upon his return to Delaware after his service in the Marines, his grandmother, Bessie, bought him a convertible, the first of many he owned, including a series of Mercedes convertibles, which he drove in parades and at political events with Frances at his side. He love to dance and met Frances when he asked her to dance at a family wedding. He raised racing pigeons for a period of time but had to give it up because of his allergy

In addition to his wife; Frances, Ed is survived by three children, and two stepsons: Michael A. Hinton (Carolynn), of Milford, DE, Marie (Snookie) Cox (Bob) of NC, Angela Hogan (Ron) of MO, Alex DeDominicis (Darlene) of DE and Phillip DeDominicis of MD. He has 10 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. The grandchildren include, Alex, Joseph and Sean Hinton, Rachel Lewis Chavis and Rob Lewis, Curtis, Claude Lee and Jack Thompson, Evan and Elise DeDominicis. He is also survived by his sister, Abbie Bromwell, his brothers, James (Bucky) Hinton, Jr., and Willard Hinton. He was predeceased by his brother Robert (Tic) Hinton. His is also survived by numerous nephews, nieces and cousins from the Delaware Hinton, Alfree and Campanella families. 

A viewing will be held on Thursday, April 9, from 6pm-8pm, at the McCrery and Harra Funeral Homes, 3924 Concord Pike, Wilmington, (Talleyville). A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 10, at 10:30am, at St. Joseph on the Brandywine, 10 Old Church Road, Greenville, DE 19807. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

Any donations may be made in Ed's name to Men of Malvern, 315 S Warren Ave, Malvern, PA 19355 or Marine Corp Foundation, 715 Broadway Street, P.O. Box 1775, Quantico, VA 22134

For online condolences visit: www.mccreryandharra.com 302-478-2204 - See more at: http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/DelawareOnline/obituary.aspx?n=Edward-William-Hinton&pid=174581126&referrer=2869&preview=True#sthash.QPQjC9xl.dpuf

CLNCC Monthly Meeting Set For 7PM Tuesday April 21st In New Castle With DLU GM Eileen Fogarty As Guest!

CIVIC LEAGUE FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Charles Stirk, President 

 7-9 PM Tuesday April 21, 2015

Paul J. Sweeney Public Safety Building  

3601 N. DuPont Highway New Castle, DE 19720

 Guest Speaker

Eileen Fogarty 

NCC Department of Land Use General Manager

NCC Public Workshop Scheduled - 7PM March 26th At The Christiana Fire Hall

The civic community has been chaffing at the bit over the last few months for our chance to voice concerns, share visions and assess where exactly the NCC Land Use staff and their consultants are in this UDC revision process.

NCC Public Workshop Scheduled - 7PM March 26, 2015

NCC Workshop on Shaping NCC's Future Land Use and Unified Development Code - March 26 - Christiana Fire Hall at 7 p.m.