We’re back in full force from Snowmaggedon with important oversight hearings, including Wednesday’s agency oversight of the Department of Human Services and Friday’s oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 2010 budget pressures. Make your voice heard!
Tuesday, Feb. 16
10am, DC Council Committee of the Whole followed by legislative session, Room 500
Bills of Interest
“¢Bill 18-490, “Campbell Heights Residents Project Real Property Tax Exemption
Act of 2010”
“¢Bill 18-456, “Jubilee Housing Residential Rental Project Real Property Tax
Exemption Act of 2010”
Wednesday, Feb. 17
10 am, Department of Human Services Performance Oversight Hearing, Room 500
Persons wishing to testify may contact Vivian McCarter, Committee on Human Services, at 724-8191 or e-mail Vmccarter@dccouncil.us
10 am, Committee on Finance and Revenue Hearing (delayed from last Thursday)
“¢B18-050, the “Mixed – Income Housing Amendment Act of 2009”
This bill would amend an Act authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public purposes to provide for an affordable housing requirement as part of the disposition of certain real property; and to amend the Office of Property Management Establishment Act of 1998 to require the Office of Property Management to secure an affordable housing requirement as part of certain disposition of real property.
“¢B18-250, the “Senior Housing Modernization Grant Fund Act of 2009”
This bill would establish a Senior Citizens Housing Modernization Grant Fund and to authorize the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development to make grants from the Fund to qualified senior citizens who reside in an area affected by a planned unit development for repairs and improvements to their single family dwellings.
“¢B18-399, the “Pennsylvania Avenue-Minnesota Avenue S.E Eminent Domain Authorization Act of 2009”
This bill would authorize the Mayor to exercise eminent domain authority to acquire property in the area of the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Minnesota Avenue, S.E.
According to the bill: “¦.The Pennsylvania Avenue-Minnesota Avenue S.E. Intersection Area is afflicted with buildings and improvements that are obsolete, dilapidated, and deteriorated to the point of being nuisances to the community, which also contribute to juvenile delinquency, poverty, and crime and have impeded the provision or expansion of safe,sanitary neighborhoods with thriving local businesses”¦.
2pm, Committee on Government Operations and the Environment (delayed from last Thursday)
“¢ Bill 18-572, the “Disposition of Property Formerly Designated as Federal Reservations 129, 130, and 299 Approval Act of 2009”
This bill will approve the disposition of real property owned by the District of Columbia and formerly designated as federal reservations 129, 130, and 299 to 1333 M Street, SE, LLC. http://www.capitolriverfront.org/go/1333-m-st
Thursday, Feb. 18
10 am, Committee of the Whole, Agency Performance Oversight Hearing, Room 412
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Metropolitan Council of Governments
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Office of the District of Columbia Auditor
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. -Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Public Access Corporation
3:00 p.m. – End – Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s Office of Budget and Planning( To include the Following budget line-items): Debt Service, Wilson Building, Workforce Investment, Non-Departmental , Cash Reserves, Master Equipment Lease/ Purchase Program, Pay-As-Your-Go Capital Fund, and District Retiree Health Contribution
Persons wishing to testify about the performance of any of the foregoing agencies may contact Aretha Latta at 724-8196 or e-mail alatta@dccouncil.us
10am, Committee on Aging and Community Affairs, Agency Performance Oversight Hearings for Fiscal Year 2009
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Office of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Office of Veterans Affairs
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Serve DC
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Commission on Latino Community Development
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Office of Latino Affairs
Friday, Feb. 19
10am, Public Oversight Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Spending Pressures, Room 500
