[Lincolnparkdc] Fwd: Leaves & Redistricting (2)

Tue Dec 7 09:58:18 EST 2021

Hi All,

Received the below from Kirsten Oldenburg. I put in a 311 for Leaf
collection since it's been more than 14 days since our scheduled leaf pick
up dates.  Check your address (if not on 100 blk Kentucky) and put in a 311
if needed.

Martha
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Martha Huizenga
cell 703-626-4026

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From: Kirsten <beat26 at kirsten6b.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 7:00 AM
Subject: Leaves & Redistricting (2)
To: <martha at mhuizenga.com>

*PEARL HARBOR*
December 7, 1941

THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAVES
DPW has said that leaf collections
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=90e7a4b0a5&e=82877cb12a>
are 10 days behind but they will definitely make two passes in each block
before hanging up their blowers for the season.  If you want to report
missing or non-existent collection, they say, call 311.

Well … that’s my brief summary of what DPW was said in an email to ANC
Commissioners twice now.  Here is its actual statement:

“You are receiving this notice because leaves in your area were not
collected as scheduled. The leaf collection schedule may be disrupted by
weather events, personnel changes, or other unforeseen circumstances.
Currently, we are approximately 10 days behind schedule.  Please be advised
all DPW serviced households will have leaf collection twice during this
leave collection season.  Our team continues to collect leaves and your
area will be serviced.  If your leaves are not collected within 14 days
past your scheduled collection date, please call 311 to schedule a missed
leaf collection. Thank you for your patience and attention to this message.“

Something *is* happening … I noticed yesterday that several blocks of
Pennsylvania Avenue have been relieved of their leaves.

ANC6B MEETING ON REDISTRICTING
On 12/1 the ANC held a doozy of a Special Call Meeting to engage with DC
Officials on the Subcommittee on Redistricting’s final Ward map
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=3552cc27dd&e=82877cb12a>
as it pertains to Ward 6.  It cuts a bit of the Capitol Hill community out
of 6 and into 7.  It gives the Navy Yard to 8 and keeps the Wharf in 6.

I applaud the 3 Commissioners (Holman, Horn, & Ryder) who called for and
organized the meeting and brought Council Chair Mendelson, Councilmember
Silverman who chairs the Subcommittee, and Ward 6 Councilmember Allen to
the table.  Missing was benefactor Ward 7 Councilmember Gray.  The 3
initially drafted a letter they planned to send to officials pointing out
numerous deficiencies with the new addition to Ward 7.  That letter’s
message began with “*We do not oppose either as individual residents or
elected officials a ward map in which Ward 7 encompasses all or portions of
our single member districts.*”

By late in the 3rd hour of the 4-hour meeting when Commissioner Holman
introduced the letter as a motion, it did not reflect the sentiment of
those at the meeting.  Debate was heated. A first attempt to stop debate
did not succeed.  Fortunately, fatigue set in and the 2nd one did. The “we
do not oppose …” phrasing was removed and replaced with “*ANC 6B has
thoroughly reviewed the Subcommittee Map and offers the following general
comments. Explanations for each are also provided*" The vote was 6-3-0.  I
voted to oppose because at 11:30 pm it was to late to be editing dense
“explanations” to assure they would not effectively end the resolution on a
“we do not oppose …” note.

I posted the final 6B Resolution on my website here
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=38fcdeb517&e=82877cb12a>.
ANC6A also held a similar meeting and its Resolution is here
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=180f36f9fe&e=82877cb12a>
.

DC COUNCIL TO VOTE ON REDISTRICTING
*Today *during a Committee of the Whole Meeting
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=829d7d9fb9&e=82877cb12a>starting
at noon, the first of two votes on Bill 24-371
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=6d38255b27&e=82877cb12a>
*Ward
Redistricting Amendment Act of 2021* will occur.  Did either 6A or 6B have
any impact on the Subcommittee’s Ward 6 map?  Reports suggest Chair
Mendelson has extended the proposed 15th Street border between 6 & 7 north
to Benning Road, moving more of Ward 6 into 7.

TO MASK OR NOT?
Back on 11/22 the Mayor essentially eliminated the DC mandate for masking
indoors, leaving it up to businesses to decide whether to require masks
(although there were exceptions for congregate settings where the mandate
remained).  I thought it premature at the time because winter is coming
when we all spend more time indoors.  Then came Omicron and, as of 12/2,
the Mayor says “all people regardless of vaccination status, should wear a
mask indoors in public settings.”  Masks are still required in those
congregate settings.

The mask advisory statement is on page 19 of the 12/2 Situational Update
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=2762495dfa&e=82877cb12a>.
Other info of possible interest include Variants Detected in November
(p.5), Boosters (p.10), Changes to DC operated vaccination sites as of 12/6
(p.11), Four ways to get shots (p.14), Four ways to get tested (p.16), and
more.

ANC6B UPCOMING DECEMBER MEETING
The draft agenda is a bit slim. The Transportation Committee will not meet.
There is only one liquor license application on the *12/9 ABC Committee
agenda:* a new restaurant license for Han Palace to be located at 522 8th
Street SE, between the closed-for-now Extreme Pizza and Bombay Street Food.

And, only 3 cases to review on the *12/7 Planning & Zoning Committee agenda*,
one of which—HPA 22-030
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=13422b064f&e=82877cb12a>
for 1227 E Street SE--has been reviewed several times as a zoning case.
The others are HPA 22-082
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=5ebc529d2e&e=82877cb12a>,
321 D Street SE (3-story rear addition) and HPA 22-085
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=e89c55b2cb&e=82877cb12a>,
912 G SE (addition of roof deck to garage)

At the *Full Meeting on 12/14* we have two presentations scheduled: DC Dept
of Health on food safety and an update on DC Water projects in our
neighborhoods.

The draft agenda is posted here
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=8959de6ab3&e=82877cb12a>.
All meetings start at 7pm, are still virtual and links are on the ANC6B
website here
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=83b31c32d0&e=82877cb12a>
.

Crime Cards Link
<https://kirsten6b.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3098a96c67844e313d66ad936&id=59fff5a75c&e=82877cb12a>
November 6B Crime Reports
(Hint: 9 robberies but no homicides, sex abuses, or assaults)

*December 7, 2021*

Kirsten
ANC6B04
www.kirsten6b.org
546-8542

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