[Lincolnparkdc] Fwd: Leaves & Redistricting (2)

Tue Dec 7 10:55:50 EST 2021

You can check the leaf pickup progress by viewing the district’s map:
https://dpw.dc.gov/service/leaf-collection
(Link is just above the attachments)

I verified that my street had indeed not been reached yet, and seized the
opportunity to rake more leaves. Looked like they were barely getting
started 2 weeks ago.

On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 7:00 AM Martha Huizenga <martha at mhuizenga.com> wrote:

> 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
> ---
> Martha Huizenga
> cell 703-626-4026
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> 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
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/522+8th+Street+SE?entry=gmail&source=g>,
> 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
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1227+E+Street+SE?entry=gmail&source=g>--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
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/22-082+,+321+D+Street+SE?entry=gmail&source=g>
> (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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