{"id":127,"date":"2015-02-10T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T09:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/?p=127"},"modified":"2015-02-12T22:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T22:06:44","slug":"civic-inquiry-update-gathering-reportbacks-upcoming-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/127","title":{"rendered":"Civic Inquiry Update: Gathering, Reportbacks, &#038; Upcoming Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>===========<br \/>\n<strong>DC4RD 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n===========<\/p>\n<p><strong>DC for Reasonable Development hosts a gathering this Thursday Night (2\/12\/15, 6:30PM, Shaw Library)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>On this night, we will explore critical civic inquiries:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is &#8220;affordable&#8221; housing and to whom?<\/li>\n<li>What of Barry Farm; Congress Heights; Park Morton; the homeless count is soaring &#8212; why?<\/li>\n<li>Pop-up&#8217;s and pop-out&#8217;s &#8212; just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to the over development represented wholly within the DC Office of Planning&#8217;s (OP) 1,000+ pages of proposed zoning changes called the Zoning Regulations Rewrite (ZRR)! Come find out why.<\/li>\n<li>What City agencies are involved and are they doing good by the people?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meet with people from around the City concerned about answers to these critical civic issues and set some action moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS THURSDAY &#8212; Feb. 12, 6:30 to 8:00pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> @ Watha T. Daniel \/ Shaw Public Library<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> FMI: Chris O. 202-810-2768; dc4reality@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>===============<br \/>\n<strong> &#8211;REPORTBACKS&#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n===============<\/p>\n<p>Here are some recent reports from groups seeking civic feedback from DC residents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Talking Transition team<\/strong>, with the help of DC Vote, recently published a summary report from their forum held at the Washington Convention Center in mid-January. The highest concern among attendees, &#8220;<em>Rent is too high and a lack of affordable options.<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>See the full Talking Transition summary here &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/talking-transition-2015-report\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/talking-transition-2015-report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This past weekend, the <strong>Housing for All team<\/strong> held a rally for diversity and affordability in our City. A great many guests witnessed the Mayor, <strong>Muriel Bowser<\/strong> push for at least <strong>$100 million dollars in annual public funding of the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF<\/strong>).\u00a0 According to the DC regulations, the HPTF, \u201c<em>shall be to provide financial assistance to non-profit and for-profit developers for the planning and production of low, very low and extremely low income housing and related facilities.<\/em>\u201d <strong>For more info about the HPTF, visit &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dcmr-hptf-regs\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dcmr-hptf-regs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"menu\"><\/a>=================<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211;ANNOUNCEMENTS&#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n=================<\/p>\n<p><em>Menu:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) <a href=\"#c100\">DC4RD at C-100 Luncheon, Feb. 18<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2) <a href=\"#exelon\">DC for Democracy :: EXELON UPDATE<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 3) <a href=\"#bf\">Barry Farm Citywide Forum, Feb. 22<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 4) <a href=\"#udc\">UDC BLSA at the National Championships<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 5) <a href=\"#schools\">DC Education: &#8220;State&#8221;wide Planning<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 6) <a href=\"#calendar\">DC City Council Agency Oversight Calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"c100\"><\/a><strong><br \/>\n1) DC4RD at C-100 on Feb. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DC4RD will be on the February 18th Committee of 100 discussion panel regarding development trends in the District.<\/p>\n<p><em>A key question we have to ask ourselves:<\/em> What guidance does the DC Comprehensive Plan offer in times when housing prices are increasingly unaffordable for most?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The DC Comprehensive Plan is one the City&#8217;s most progressive documents &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/dc-comp-plan\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/dc-comp-plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the C-100 here &gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.committeeof100.net\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.committeeof100.net\/who-we-are\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"exelon\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>2) EXELON UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keith Ivey of DC for Democracy recently shared a report showing, &#8220;<em>Only 6 percent approv[ing] of it.<\/em>&#8221; That is to say, only a handful of people want EXELON to takeover Pepco and control DC&#8217;s municipal electric supply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue to fight it. Send a letter. Here&#8217;s an online form to help &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerdc.org\/take-action.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.powerdc.org\/take-action.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DC for Democracy meets tomorrow,Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 7pm at Ben\u2019s Chili Bowl (1213 U St, NW).<\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"bf\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>3) BARRY FARM CITYWIDE FORUM<\/strong><br \/>\n* 400 DC families threatened by displacement!!<br \/>\n<strong>SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2015, 2:00 to 5:00pm<\/strong><br \/>\nAnacostia Public Library, 1800 Good Hope Road SE<br \/>\n(green line metro; 90 buses)<br \/>\n<em><strong>* dinner and childcare provided *<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.onedconline.org\/barryfarmforum\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.onedconline.org\/barryfarmforum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact: Schyla@empowerdc.org \/\/ 202-234-9119<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>MORE BF NEWS:<\/em> Residents Block Racist Developer Bus Tour through Barry Farms &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bus-stop-barry-farm-1-30-2015\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bus-stop-barry-farm-1-30-2015<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"udc\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>4) UDC-BLSA at the Mock Trial Nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Black Law Students Association Mock Trial Team has qualified for the National Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more info, visit &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.udc.edu\/news\/215403\/UDC-BLSA-Mock-Trial-Team-qualifies-for-Nationals.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.law.udc.edu\/news\/215403\/UDC-BLSA-Mock-Trial-Team-qualifies-for-Nationals.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"schools\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>5) DC SCHOOLS &amp; EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mary Lord, DC State Board of Education, At-Large member, recently shared upcoming hearings to discuss DC&#8217;s &#8220;State&#8221;wide Accountability Planning &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/osse.dc.gov\/service\/elementary-secondary-education-act-esea\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/osse.dc.gov\/service\/elementary-secondary-education-act-esea<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"calendar\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>6) DC City Council Agency Oversight Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure to let the Council know how each agency is doing and ways they can be improved &gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dc-council-2015-perfo-hrgs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dc-council-2015-perfo-hrgs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#menu\">top of menu<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>==============<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211;LAST ITEMS&#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n==============<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>REMINDER<\/em><\/strong> :: This Thursday Night, 6:30pm, Shaw Library :: Bundle up to tear down the mirage of DC&#8217;s bad planning Thursday evening!<strong>DC for Reasonable Development Gathering<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>@ Watha T. Daniel \/ Shaw Public Library<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>This THURSDAY, February 12, 6:30 to 8:00pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>FMI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dc4reality\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dc4reality<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For AMAZING ONLINE RESOURCES, visit &gt;&gt;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc4reason.org\/resources\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dc4reason.org\/resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>=========== DC4RD 2015 =========== DC for Reasonable Development hosts a gathering this Thursday Night (2\/12\/15, 6:30PM, Shaw Library) On this night, we will explore critical civic inquiries: What is &#8220;affordable&#8221; housing and to whom? What of Barry Farm; Congress Heights; Park Morton; the homeless count is soaring &#8212; why? 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