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A comment by a University Hills resident presented at the October 17, 2011, Hyattsville City Council meeting. The comment concerns the University Hills Preliminary Feasibility Study on modification of the streets of University Hills, pointing out the need for a more complete analysis of the traffic in University Hills than is reflected in the study.

General statements about University Hills traffic by a University Hills resident, submitted to the City of Hyattsvile as an attachment to the Community Feedback Form for the Preliminary Feasibility Study of the University Hills Green Street Project.

An analysis by a city committee (Hyattsville Environment Committee) of the Preliminary Feasibility Study of the University Hills Green Street Project from an environmental standpoint.

A link to on-line page to check the status of your IRS refund. You need submit only your SSN and exact amount of refund claimed on your return. This site can be used whether you mailed in a hardcopy or submitted your return electronically.

A link to on-line page to check the status of your Maryland state income tax refund. You need submit only your SSN and exact amount of refund claimed on your return. This site can be used whether you mailed in a hardcopy or submitted your return electronically.

The University Hills Area Civic Association Constitution and Bylaws as revised June 14, 2008.

A Special Edition of the UHACA Newsletter discusses the Association's status as of September 2007, explains the UHACA Yahoo group, and contains instructions on how to join.

A letter from University Hills Civic Association relaying to Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission the results of a survey expressing local residents' attitude concerning the location of the M-NCPPC-sponsored annual Hispanic Festival in nearby parkland. An attachment included with the letter summarizes the survey results and contains excerpted comments from individual completed survey forms.

A reply from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to a UHACA letter concerning the location of the Hispanic Festival.

A listing of 16 recipients of Historic Property Grants in 2009 awarded through the Prince George’s County Planning Board and the Historic Preservation Commission. Among the recipients is the University Hills Area's Hitching Post Hill, a house built in 1840 and included on the National Register of Historic Places. Press coverage of the awards may also be found at two on-line sites, in theWashington Informer and the Washington Post.

A thank-you note from former University Hills mailman who retired in early October 2008. He is featured in an article in the October 30, 2008, edition of The Gazette.

Pre-ceremonial speech at University Hills Neighborhood Park Duck Pond Ceremony on Saturday, September 27, 2008, given by Tom Eichman, UHACA Secretary and self-annointed historian.

Suggestions from the University Hills Area Civc Association on appealing the recent reassessment, effective this year (2010).

Link to the on-line site for submitting the necessary one-time application for the Homestead Tax Credit on your Property Tax. Application must be submitted within 60 days of your Assessment Notice Date. The information you need to fill in on the on-line application--in addition to the name(s), Social Security Number(s), and addresses of the Homeowner(s)--are your Real Property Account Number and your Access Number and can be found on the front side of the Tax Credit Application form mailed along with the assessment notice.

An explanation of the Homestead Tax Credit process

An e-mail from an M-NCPPC staff member of the Prince George's County Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Committee, specifying the time schedule for approval procedures on the Belcrest Plaza Development proposal, forwarded August 28, 2009, by Tim Hunt, UHACA Treasurer.

A posting on the UHACA Yahoo Group website, August 28, 2009, by Tim Hunt, UHACA Treasurer, concerning the shortcomings of the Intersection Capacity Analysis prepared by the developer of the proposed Belcrest Plaza redevlopment.

Reports from UHACA Treasurer Tim Hunt and Ward 3 Hyattsville City Councilman MattMcKnight on a public presentation of a proposal for property development behind the Prince George's Plaza area called Belcrest Plaza. Extensive information about the proposal, laid out in detailed site plan DSP-09006-Belcrest Plaza received by the Prince George's County Planning Department's Development Review Divison on August 11, 2009, along with the accompanying justification statement, are contained in the documents at the links in Councilman McKnight's message. Those five parts of the site plan and the justification statement are as follows: Slideshow-part 1-Introduction-pp.1-8; Slideshow-part 2-pp.9-15; Slideshow-part 3-pp.16-23; Slideshow-part 4-pp.24-31; Slideshow-part 5-Final Portion-pp.32-40; Justification Statement.

Public announcement (September 5, 2008) about expansion of the list of recyclables collected in PG County.

This is the list only without the PR introduction.

Prince George's County Council establishes a tax credit for residential homeowners who utilize solar or geothermal energy conservation devices. Homeowners installing new heating, hot water, or electric generation systems using an alternative energy source such as solar or geothermal, would be eligible for a tax credit up to $1,500 for a hot water supply system and up to $5,000 for a heating system.

This page contains links to the 2010 Council Schedule (a pdf file, one page, printable), the Most Recent Agenda and the Agenda Archives (all, back to January 3, 2005), plus the Most Recent Approved Minutes as well as the Approved Minutes Archive (all, back to January 3, 2005).

The official city newsletter on line at the Hyattsville municipal website. This gets you to a pdf copy of the current issue. Archived copies of previous issues, going back to January 22, 2003, are also accessible on that website.

A Hyattsville Police Department notice that their crime reports are easily available on line at a website that stores reports from various police departments in a Google-map-indexed database. It allows you to use your address to generate a listing of local crimes near you along with a Google map pinpointing the crime locations. You may also sign up for periodic reports delivered via e-mail on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis and vary other parameters of the report you receive, i.e. the radius of coverage and the crime type.

This link takes you to the Safe City Alert System website of the Hyattsville Police department, where you can sign up for public safety alerts delivered to you via e-mail on a timely basis. For example, the report that two homes in the University Hills area were burglarized Sunday morning, December 28, 2008.

An excellently done, color-coded map of the current City of Hyattsville, including ward boundaries and marked locations of schools and parks. The map was created March 10, 2008, in PDF format, original size equals 11x17, beautiful on line and printable to 8.5x11 letter size when using the "shrink to fit" Adobe Reader option, though somewhat hard for older eyes to read finer details on the reduced print version.

March 2010 Newsletter: March 2010 Newsletter: includes notice of April 10th Community Yard Sale; request for Candidates for annual UHACA Officers election in May; notice of city art fair in May; information about local gardening club, Mom's Organic Market, local book club; area crime report; and--most importantly--information about UHACA Neighborhood Watch Program (see also separate flyer immediately below)

Information from Randy Fletcher, University Hills Area Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, explaining the need for and function of neighborhood watch programs and asking for volunteer block captains to help organize a watch program locally.

January 2010 Newsletter: includes notice of January 27 meeting, congratulations to victorious area residents; reminders about tax assessment appeal possibilities and the UHACA Yahoo group; listings of municipal telephone numbers, UHACA officers and their phone numbers, and recent UH area crimes; plus notices of various community events of interest.

October 2009 Newsletter: includes notice of UHACA October 24 meeting, new officers list, brief description of Belcrest Plaza proposed development to be further discussed at the October meeting, procedure for appealing upcoming property assessment, notice of various area Halloween events, and other information of local interest.

May 2009 Newsletter announcing the annual spring picnic and organizational meeting wth election of new officers. Other items of local interest include announcement of the formation of Neighbhood Watch Committee and descriptions of three city services available to senior citizens.