[Lincolnparkdc] Fwd: Reminder: ANC6B Special Call Meeting on Ward Redistricting Wednesday Dec 1st

[Bill Thompson]

ANC6A is submitting this proposal which seems to make the most sense.

https://anc6a.org/wp-content/uploads/ANC6A-Comments-and-Recommendations-for-the-Subcommittee-on-Redistricting.pdf

Bill

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:34 PM John Hirschmann <hirschj154 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 
> 
> I think most of the people on this list server live west of 15th street
> SE/NE and would not have their ward changed by the subcommittee
> recommendation to the full council.
>
> However late this afternoon the Hill Rag printed an opinion piece by Corey
> Homer.  He puts forth three new maps that move to Ward 7, blocks that go as
> far north as Independence Ave SE and as far west as 11th Street SE.  That
> means many subscribers to this list server could be directly impacted if
> Corey’s proposal are accepted.  The  link to the Hill Rag story follows.
>
>
> https://www.hillrag.com/2021/11/29/commentary-more-balance-needed-in-redistricting-map/
> <https://www.hillrag.com/2021/11/29/commentary-more-balance-needed-in-redistricting-map/>
>
> John
>
> John F Hirschmann
> hirschj154 at gmail.com
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 30, 2021, at 07:12, Peter Barclay <barclaypj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> FYI…. Major redistricting changes being proposed.  Check the map at the
> bottom of the email for a quick look on what is being recommended.  It will
> split up the overall capital hill neighborhood. If you have comments,
> feedback, etc.  please join the meeting tomorrow evening.
>
> - Peter
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* "Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05)" <6B05 at anc.dc.gov>
> *Date:* November 30, 2021 at 03:49:21 EST
> *To:* "Holtzman, Steve (SMD 6B05)" <6B05 at anc.dc.gov>
> *Subject:* *Reminder: ANC6B Special Call Meeting on Ward Redistricting
> Wednesday Dec 1st*
>
> 
> Neighbors,
>
>   This is a reminder that ANC6B will be holding a  virtual "Special Call"
> meeting on Wednesday Dec 1st at 7:30 pm for residents and ANC6B
> commissioners to review and comment on the the final map approved by the DC
> District Council sub-committee on Redistricting on Nov. 19th. The full
> District Council will consider and vote on the subcommittee's proposed
> redistricting map in 2 upcoming sessions  on Dec 2 and Dec 21. The map
> represents a plan for reapportionment of population between DC's 8 wards
> based on the results of 2020 US Census.
>
>   ANC6B has invited  the following councilmembers to participate in this
> meeting: Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6); Councilmember Vincent Gray
> (Ward 7); Council Chair, Phil Mendelson; Councilmember (at large) Elissa
> Silverman (chair of redistricting sub committee). Councilmember Allen has
> confirmed his participation. Othe councilmembers have confirmed that they
> will either attend or be represented by their Chiefs of Staff.
>
>  For those wishing to attend, please note, while typical start times of
> ANC6B meetings are at 7pm, in this instance, to accommodate the schedules
> of invited guests, the meeting will begin,at 7:30pm, half an hour later
> than usual.
>
> *For links to participate and other information please see:*
>
>
> https://anc6b.org/meetings/anc-6b-special-call-meeting-on-ward-redistricting-wednesday-december-1-2021/
>
>
> *The proposed plan will have significant implications for Ward 6 which
> currently has, by far, the largest population of the 8 wards and has
> experienced significant population growth in the past decade.* DC law
> requires that the populations of each ward be essentially the same within a
> +/- margin of 5%. Consequently, the shrinking of Ward 6, as well as the
> legally mandated expansion of the Wards with lowest current population
> (Wards 7&8) are the key driving factors in the reapportionment.
>
> Close to home, the sub-committee report recommends the transfer of most of
> the Navy Yard area from Ward 6 to Ward 8. It also proposes major changes in
> the borders of ANC6B, transferring the area between 15th St SE and the
> Sousa bridge (as well as some other areas) to Ward 7, resulting in ward
> changes for all or part of six of the ten single member districts (SMDs)
> within ANC6B. Specifically:
>
>    - Two of ANC6B's ten SMDs  (6B09 and 6B10)  will be transferred
>    entirely to Ward 7.
>    - Portions of SMDs  6B04,  6B06,6b07 and 6B08 will be split with
>    portions redistricted to Ward 7 and portions remaining with Ward 6 and with
>    ANC6B.
>    - In 6B06 and 6B07, the homes of the currently serving Commissioners
>    are situated in the portions of their SMDs which will be transferred to
>    Ward 7.
>
>   I am attaching a map, kindly prepared by a colleague, Mr. Gottlieb
> Simon, who recently retired after 20 years heading the DC Office for ANCs
> which backstops individual ANCs across the city. The map shows, in clear
> terms, the relationship between the current boundaries of ANC6B and
> individual SMDs and the anticipated new Ward boundaries (outlined in
> black).
>
>    - For a more detailed treatment of the boundary changes, here is a
>    link to the sub-committee's public map with proposed changes in borders
>    between the DC wards:
>    https://s26552.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-11-18-Final-Subcommittee-Map.pdf
>    -
>    - And, here is a link to the sub-committee's final report which
>    provides a description of the public consultation process, the priorities
>    and legal parameters of the redistricting process and the rationale for
>    specific proposed changes in Ward boundaries:
>    https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/silverman/pages/1548/attachments/original/1637270532/2021-11-18_Redistricting_Act_Report_Draft.pdf?1637270532
>    -
>    - Further explanatory background including expanded detail on the
>    redistricting process, proposed changes in Ward 6 boundaries and specific
>    impacts on ANC6B can be found excellent articles at:
>
>
> https://www.hillrag.com/2021/11/26/anc-6b-special-call-meeting-on-redistricting-wednesday/
>
>
> https://capitolhillcorner.org/2021/11/29/redistricting-plan-would-move-10-ward-6-anc-commissioners-to-other-wards/
>
>
> (The article in the Hill rag includes description of a set of proposed
> changes in the Council Sub-Committee's boundaries map, as it pertains to
> ANC6B, prepared primarily by my colleague Commissioner Corey Holman 6B06,
> which will be discussed by ANC6B as part of Wednesday's meeting.)
>
> Two notes in closing. First, *while the changes to ANC6B as a whole are
> far reaching, the current boundaries of our single member district, 6B05,
> remain, as of yet, unchanged.* Second, following the DC Council's
> approval of Ward level boundary changes in December, there will be a
> secondary redistricting exercise with each of the 8 Wards which will review
> the boundaries of ANCs in the newly-amended wards as well as the boundaries
> of ANC single member district constitutencies. In Ward 6, Councilmember
> Allen will appoint a committee in December to lead the process of coming up
> with recommendations on Ward 6 ANC & SMD boundaries. That process will
> begin early next year and culminate in a vote by City Council in June 2022.
>
>
> best,
>
>  Steve
>
> Steve Holtzman,
> Vice Chair, ANC 6B
> Commissioner 6B05
>
> *Note: A "Special Call" Meeting is a meeting convened outside the normal
> monthly scheduled ANC meetings which requires either a decision by the ANC
> executive committee or results from a petition by 3 or more ANC
> commissioners for the meeting to take place. In this case, Commissioners
> Corey Holman (6b06), Alison Horn (6B09) and Edward Ryder (6B07) made this
> petition. They represent 3 of the 6 single member districts in ANC6B which
> are most directly changed through the proposed reapportionment. Convening
> of a  properly noticed "Special Call" meeting allows the ANC to legally
> take positions and support resolutions outside of its normal framework of
> meeting. "Notice" requires posting of the meeting in 3 public places, (in
> this case, the ANC6B website, the Hill Rag and Capitol Hill Corner on
> 11/24)  one week before the proposed meeting.*
>
>
>
> <Impacts of Ward Changes on current ANC boundaries.pdf>
>
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