The following proposed amendment to the CCCA ByLaws will be put to a vote by voting members of the CCCA at the Annual Meeting November 11.
Further, residents of Potomac Yards/Arlington, an area that is outside the CCCA boundaries established in Section 1.3 but currently not covered by any other civic association, may be considered as non-voting Associate Members, provided that they are not active members of another civic association.
CCCA Current ByLaws (approved September 16, 2015)
2. Membership
2.1. Members
Any person aged 18 years or older who resides in a dwelling unit in Crystal City (as defined in Section 1.3) is considered to be a member of the Association.
In addition, residents in that area covered by the Crystal City Section Plan, which is outside the CCCA boundaries established in Section 1.3, may be accepted as members, provided that they are not active members of another civic association.
Further, residents of Potomac Yards/Arlington, an area that is outside the CCCA boundaries established in Section 1.3 but currently not covered by any other civic association, may be considered as non-voting Associate Members, provided that they are not active members of another civic association.
Justification for amendment: We have frequently received requests to join the CCCA from residents in Potomac Yard/Arlington which is not within the CCCA boundaries established in Section 1.3of the Crystal City Sector Plan but also not currently included in the boundaries of any other civic association. The Executive Committee had therefore planned to start an outreach process in March 2020 to residents in the four buildings there (The Clark, Camden Potomac Yard Apartments, The Sur, The Eclipse Condominiums) to see if there was sufficient interest for us to approach them and the Civic Federation about expanding our CCCA boundaries to include them. COVID intervened. To expand our boundaries officially would require an extensive process of approval by the County that could take up to two years. We have therefore taken an unofficial, flexible approach in the last year to let a few folks join and/or attend meetings, but not vote. It’s time to officially approve associate membership which does not require the official process of expanding our association borders.