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Monday, December 22, 1997

1:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room, Committee on Budget and Management meeting.
3:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room, Committee on Special Programs and Compliance meeting.

Wednesday, December 17, 1997

7:30 p.m. DC Board of Education, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room. Monthly business meeting.

Tuesday, December 16, 1997

1:00 p.m. DC Tax Revision Commission, meeting at the Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, N.W., Room 403. Subject to be announced. For more information, call 466-6678.

Monday, December 15, 1997

3:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room. Committee of the Whole meeting.

Monday, December 8, 1997

2:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room. Committee on Education meeting.

Saturday, December 6, 1997

1:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, meeting at the Sumner Museum and Archives, 1201 17th Street, NW. Community forum on public charter schools.

Friday, December 5, 1997

11:00 a.m. DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (the Control Board), One Thomas Circle, NW, Suite 900. Public meeting to consider an appointment for the position of Inspector General for the District of Columbia.

Thursday, December 4, 1997

12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 301. DC items: (1) Washington Navy Yard, modification to the master plan and naval sea systems command headquarters (Building 197E), 201, and Parking Structure, Renovation of Buildings 104 and 197, and Related Site Improvements; (2) Wilber J. Cohen Building, 3rd Street and Independence Avenue, SW, 6.1 meter satellite antenna; (3) International Center, Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street, N.W., Chancery of Ethiopia, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans; (4) Department of Housing and urban Development Headquarter Building, 7th and D Streets, SW, north and east plaza improvement, approval of revised final site and building plans and material colors; (5) sale of Georgetown Incinerator Site, District-owned property at Lot 824, Square 1189, 31st and K Streets, NW.

Wednesday, November 19, 1997

6:30 p.m. DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Control Board) community meeting, Hine Junior High School, 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Residents will be asked to limit their remarks to the Department of Employment Services and Fire and Emergency Services.

Tuesday, November 18, 1997

7:45 p.m. Chevy Chase Citizens Association, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street, NW. Candidates' forum with candidates in the December 2 election.

Monday, November 17, 1997

6:00 p.m. Howard University Student Government Association, Blackburn Center, Howard University Campus. Candidates' forum with candidates in the December 2 election.

Saturday, November 15, 1997

1:00 p.m. DC Tax Revision Commission, meeting at the Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, N.W., Rooms 402 and 404. Subject: the personal income tax. for more information, call 466-6678. 

Thursday, November 13, 1997

6:00 p.m. DC Public Library Board of Trustees town meeting and dialogue on the DC public libraries, with Mayor Marion Barry, Jr., Councilmember Kevin P. Chavous, Chief Financial Officer Anthony A. Williams, Chief Procurement Officer Richard P. Fite, and Program analyst for the Control Board Allison Farris. Rev. A. Knighton Stanley, moderator. For more information, call 727-1101.
7:00 p.m. Federation of Citizens Associations, candidates' forum with candidates in the December 2 election, at the Charles Sumner School, 17th and M Streets, NW. For more information, see the November Federation News.

Tuesday, November 11, 1997

7:00 p.m. Gertrude Stein Democratic Club and Log Cabin Republicans, place to be announced. Candidates' forum with candidates in the December 2 election.

Thursday, November 6, 1997

12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 301. DC items: (1) Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 15th and 17th Streets, and adjoining areas, design concept for street "improvements" that will restrict car traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue permanently;  (2) International Center, Chancery of United Arab Emirates, Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street, NW, approval of final site and building plans, (3) International Center, Chancery of Malaysia, Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street, approval of final site and building plans, (4) Naval Security Station, Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues, NW, replacement of fire escapes; (5) 2415 18th Street, NW, and 2328 Champlain Street, NW, application for a Consolidated planned Unit Development; (6) Washington Navy Yard, approval of master plan modification and preliminary and final site and building plans for the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters; (7) Bureau of Engraving and Printing Main Building and Annex, 14th and C Streets, SW, security gates, barriers, and police booths; (8) 13th and N Streets, NW, application for an exception and variance to operate a parking lot in a Special Purpose Zone, (BZA 16286).

Wednesday, November 5, 1997

1:00 p.m. DC Tax Revision Commission, meeting at the Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St., NW, Rooms 410 and 415. Subjects: the effects of taxes on the District economy and the property tax. For more information, call 466-6678.

Thursday, October 30, 1997

1:30 p.m. DC Public Charter School Board, hearing at Carmel Baptist Church, 901 3rd St., NW, accepting testimony from organizations, associations, DC government agencies, colleges, and universities on applications to establish public charter schools. The public can testify on hearings on October 28 and 29.

Wednesday, October 29, 1997

5:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. DC Public Charter School Board, hearing at Israel Baptist Church, 1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE. Public testimony on applications to establish public charter schools. Register to testify by calling Angela Christophe at 887-5011 or send written testimony to the Board's office at 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 802. List of applicants.
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (the Control Board), at Lincoln Multicultural Middle School, 3101 16th Street, NW. Community meeting to solicit comments from citizens on the delivery of public services.

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

5:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. DC Public Charter School Board, hearing at Israel Baptist Church, 1251 Saratoga Avenue, NE. Public testimony on applications to establish public charter schools. Register to testify by calling Angela Christophe at 887-5011 or send written testimony to the Board's office at 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 802. List of applicants.

Thursday, October 27, 1997

6:00 p.m. League of Republican Women of DC, an evening with Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW, $20 admission. For more information, call Barbara Spillinger, 338-2079.

Saturday, October 25, 1997

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 24th Annual Conference on Washington, DC Historical Studies: "Washington, DC in Fact, Fiction, and Film." Morning session at Martin Luther King Library, 901 G Street, NW.; afternoon session at The Whitelaw Hotel, 13th and T Streets, NW.  For more information, call the Washingtoniana Division of the Public Library, 727-1213.

Friday, October 24, 1997

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. DC Republican Committee, 3rd Biannual City-Wide Conference, "Republican Ideas for a Better DC Future," Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Four panels on education, economic development, crime, and urban infrastructure; keynote speeches by Rep. Tom Davis and J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio State Treasurer. For more information or to register for the event, call the DC Republican Committee at 608-1407.
9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 24th Annual Conference on Washington, DC Historical Studies: "Washington, DC in Fact, Fiction, and Film." At Martin Luther King Library, 901 G Street, NW. At 10:30 a.m., a conversation with sportswriter Shirley Povich; in the afternoon, concurrent sessions on Washington history. For more information, call the Washingtoniana Division of the Public Library, 727-1213.

Thursday, October 23, 1997

7:30 p.m. Historical Society of Washington, DC, 1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW. 21st annual Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture: Clifford Krainik on "National Vision, Local Enterprise: Photographer John Plumbe, Jr., in Washington, DC."

Wednesday, October 22, 1997

1:00 p.m. The Control Board (DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority), in the auditorium of Martin Luther King Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW.  will hold public hearing evaluating the changes that have taken place in the Metropolitan Police Department. Invited witnesses include MPD Chief Soulsby, Councilmember Jack Evans; Mark Thompson, DC NAACP; Rev. Macklin, Washington Iinterfaith Network; Ron Robertson, FOP; and Jim Berry, Chief's Citizen Advisory Council. The public will be provided an opportunity to give testimony (limited to five minutes each); register to testify at the door.

Tuesday, October 21, 1997

6:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m. The Control Board (DC Financial Responsibility and Management Authority), in the auditorium of Anacostia Academy High School, 1601 R Street, SE, will hold the first of a series of community meetings to solicit comments on the delivery of public services and on reforming personnel, procurement, information management, and asset management operations of the District government.

Monday, October 20, 1997

1:00 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, Committee on Budget and Management, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.
3:00 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, Committee on Special Programs and Compliance, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.
6:30 p.m. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton's Community Leaders meeting, Rayburn House Office Building, Independence Avenue and S. Capitol Street, NW, Room 2168. Subjects include the future of home rule, what next on DC appropriations, will vouchers become law, the new tax benefits that are available, Delegate Norton's police bills, and a rescue package update. For more information call 783-5065.

Saturday, October 18, 1997

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. DC Reform Party Convention and Town Hall Meeting, Luther Place Church, 1226 Vermont Avenue, NW. Admission $10, $5 for students, senior citizens, low income. Call 728-3835 for more information.

Wednesday, October 15, 1997

10:30 a.m., Board of Elections and Ethics, 441 4th Street, N.W., Room 280. To determine whether the proposed "Restoration of Power to the District of Columbia Elected Officials Mayor, Councilmember Home Rule" initiative and the "Restoration District of Columbia's Elections Officials Power Mayor, Councilmembers Under the United States Constitutional Rights" initiatives are proper subject matters for an initiative.
7:30 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, monthly meeting, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.

Tuesday, October 14, 1997

3::00 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, Committee of the Whole, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.

Thursday, October 9, 1997

12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 301. Register to testify with the NCPC Intergovernmental Planning and Public Affairs Office, 202-482-7200, by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1. DC items: (1) Washington Navy Yard, addition to Building 190, approval of final site and building plans, (2) US Dept. of Agricultural, renovation of South Building, Phase 1, approval of final site and building plans; (3) National Japanese American Memorial, Louisiana and New Jersey Avenues and D Street, NW, approval of design concepts; (4) Auditor Building Complex, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW, approval of final site improvements and guardhouse building plan, (5) Old General Post Office (Tariff Building), 7th and F Streets, NW, approval of proposed adaptive uses, (6) National Mall Road, approval of guidelines for the installation of streetscape security design elements for roadways in the vicinity of the National Mall, (7) adoption of amended guidelines for antennas on federal property.
7:00 p.m. Federation of Citizens Associations monthly meeting, Sumner School, 17th and M Streets, NW.

Wednesday, October 8, 1997

9:00 a.m. DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Control Board), 1 Thomas Circle, NW. Hearing on the nomination of Robert L. Thomas as Inspector General of the District of Columbia. For further information, call, 504-3400.

7:00 p.m. Parents United for DC Public Schools annual fall meeting. Follow the link for more information.

Tuesday, October 7, 1997

7:00 p.m. At-large Councilmember Candidates Forum, sponsored by ACT-UP Washington and the DC Statehood Party, 441 4th Street, N.W., Room 1030S. This forum will also be televised on DC Cable. For more information, call Steve Michael, 547-9404.

Monday, October 6, 1997

9:30 a.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, Committee on Education, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.
11:30 a.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, Committee on Facilities, Board Room, 415 12th Street, N.W. For further information, call the Executive Secretary, 724-4289.

Saturday, October 4, 1997

10:15 a.m. At-large Councilmember Candidates forum, sponsored by the Cleveland Park Citizens Association, Cleveland Park Library Community Room, Connecticut Avenue and Macomb Street, N.W. For more information, call Gregory R. New, 244-7384 home, 707-6983 work.

Monday, September 29, 1997

3:00 p.m. House Appropriations Committee, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2359. Mark-up of DC budget.

Thursday, September 25, 1997

2:00 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, meeting on the proposed Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square. (No public witnesses will be heard on this day.)
6:00 p.m. Peoples Involvement Corporation workshop on Georgia Avenue Redevelopment Market Study and Implementation Plan, on 2900-3600 blocks of Georgia Avenue, N.W. Banneker Recreation Center, 2500 Georgia Avenue. For more information, call Geoffrey Taylor at PIC, 202-797-3900.

Monday, September 22, 1997

1:00 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Budget and Management, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room. For more information, call 724-4289.
2:00 and 6:00 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, public witnesses on the proposed Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square. If you wish to testify, call 202-482-7200 no later than noon on this day.
3:00 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Special Programs and Compliance, 415 12th Street, NW, Board Room. For more information, call 724-4289.

Thursday, September 18, 1997

6:00 p.m. Peoples Involvement Corporation workshop on Georgia Avenue Redevelopment Market Study and Implementation Plan, on 1800-2800 blocks of Georgia Avenue, N.W. Florida Avenue Baptist Church, 623 Florida Avenue, N.W., lower level, rear entrance. For more information, call Geoffrey Taylor at PIC, 202-797-3900.
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, Department of Human Services. Howard University Blackburn Center, free workshops, exhibits, and entertainment. For more information, call 727-0716.

Wednesday, September 17, 1997

6:00 p.m. Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, Department of Human Services, town meeting on addiction services in the District of Columbia. The Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, 1300 First Street, NE. for more information, call Ms. Alice Harper, 727-9076, or Ms. Wanda Johnson, 727-9393.
7:30 p.m. Shaw Coalition in Opposition to the Mt. Vernon Site for the DC Convention Center. Emergency meeting on the proposed Mt. Vernon Square site, Jewish Community Center, 16th and Q Streets, NW. For more information, call Beth Solomon, 789-7864.
7:30 p.m. Board of Education monthly meeting. 415 12th Street, N.W., Board Room. For more information, call 724-4289.

Tuesday, September 16, 1997

12:00 p.m. Federation of Citizens Association fall luncheon. Follow the link for more information.
6:30 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Education. Public meeting on the Marcus Garvey Public Charter School. Register to testify by calling Dorothy Robinson, 724-4289. 415 12th Street, N.W., Board Room.