Thursday, May 23, 2002: 2:30 p.m., Senate Committee on Government Affairs, 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 1st and C Streets, NE. Hearting on the “No Taxation without Representation Act.” Witnesses: Del Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC; Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-TX; Sen. Russ Feingold, D-TX; Rep. Ralph Regula, R-OH; Mayor Anthony Williams, Council Chairman Linda Cropp; Wade Henderson, Jamin Raskin, Adam Kurland, Florence Pendleton.
Wednesday, May 8, 2002: 3:00 p.m. DC Board of Education, Committee on Special Education and Student Services, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 9th Floor conference room. Committee meeting on special education. Agenda: rulemaking on establishing rates for attorneys based on the practice of the Special Education Bar in the DC area; requiring that attorneys sign a disclosure statement in which they state that they do not receive income or profit from a school or service to which they request placement for a child of their client; and establishing rates for non-public facilities based on the rates of other non-public facilities in the DC area providing similar programs and services. Board contracting with a third party to perform independent monitoring on the administration of federal funds for special education. Seven-point plan and relationship to Special Education Task Force; how does it handle: creating local capacity, accounting for private tuition, transportation early identification, due process, and court oversight. Medicaid: requiring biweekly reports from Maximus; amount of advance payment allowed Maximus. Creating local capacity: Special Emphasis Charter School. Further action on school crossing guard vacancies. For more information, call 442-4442.
Thursday, May 2, 2002: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Department of Interior (Main Building), 1849 C Street, NW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for bollards at six garage entrances. 2) US Court of Military Appeals, 450 E Street, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for chiller and cooling tower replacement. 3) Department of Education Headquarters (Federal Office Building 6), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for retractable bollards and guard booths at two garage entrances/exits. 4) McKinley Technical High School, 2nd and T Streets, NE, approval of final site and building plans for new south entrance and site improvements. 5) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on text and map amendments to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia for the Capitol Hill Commercial Overlay District, Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, from 1st to 13 Streets, 8th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, and the Southeast Freeway, and Massachusetts Avenue, NE, between 2nd and 6th Streets. 6) Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitutional Gardens, 21st Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, approval of plaque location and preliminary and final design plans. 7) National Mall, various locations between Madison Drive, 3rd Street, Jefferson Drive and 14th Street, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for walkway improvements and installation of paving. 8) Tomas G. Masaryk Memorial, 22nd Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, approval of proposed location. 9) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Headquarters, New York and Florida Avenues, NE, approval of preliminary site and building plans for new headquarters building. 10) Proposed closing of a portion of 3rd and G Streets, SE, and dedication of a portion of Lot 842 for highway purposes, bounded by 34d, 4th and G Streets, and the Southeast Freeway, approval of comments to the City Council. 11) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on text and map amendments to the Zoning Regulations of the District of Columbia to rezone various lots at Buzzard Point (Capitol Gateway area of SE and SW Washington, DC, in the vicinity of South Capitol Street) from C-M-1, C-M-2, and M to CR, W-2, and C-2-C and to define Buzzard Point–Capitol Gateway Overlay District. 12) Approval of comments to the Mayor and Council on the District of Columbia's FY 2003–2008 Capital Improvements Plan and FY 2003 Capital Budget. For more information, call 482-7200.
6:30 p.m. DC Board of Education, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor. Emergency meeting on the DCPS capital budget.
Wednesday, December 12, 2001: 6:00 p.m. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, at Patricia Roberts Harris Educational Center, 4600 Livingston Road, SE. Ward 8 townhall meeting. For more information, call 442-8150.
Thursday, December 6, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Washington Navy Yard, Anacostia Annex, approval of comments on preliminary and final site and building plans on Anacostia warehouse exterior improvements. 2)Walter Reed Army Medical Center, main campus, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for modifications to perimeter gate security. 3) Noyes Elementary School, 2725 10th Street, NE, approval and final site and building plans for rehabilitation and new construction. 4) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on housing amendments for residential development in the Downtown Development Overlay District. 5) 1700 and 1730 K Street, NW, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on the Consolidated Planned Unit Development in Square 126, Lots 851 and 56. 5) United States Marine Barrack Annex, 7th and L Streets, SE, approval of revised Subarea plan. 6) Ariel Rios Building, 12th Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for temporary security barriers. 7) Federal Office Building 10A (Federal Aviation Administration), 800 Independence Avenue, SW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for perimeter security measures. 8) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Headquarters, New York and Florida Avenues, NE, approval on concept development plans. 9) Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for cellular telecommunications antennas. 10) US Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for temporary security barriers. 11) International Center, Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for security wall at the Chancery of Israel. 12) American Red Cross Building, 2025 E Street, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for sculpture and plaza. 13) Approval of concept plans for system-wide Metro Station Entrance canopies. 14) Federal Reserve Board, Martin Building, 20th and C Streets, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for perimeter security bollards. 15) Washington Convention Center, 7th and 9th Streets and Mount Vernon Place, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for streetscape improvements. 16) Cleveland Elementary School, 8th and T Streets, NW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for rehabilitation and additions. 17) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on amendment to the Zoning Regulations to rezone various lots at Buzzard Point. 18) Information presentations on “Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: A New Approach,” and “Downtown Circulator.” For more information, call 482-7200.
6:00 p.m. Statehood Green Party, at Cleveland Park Library, Connecticut Avenue and Macomb Street (Cleveland Park Metro stop). Annual election of the 10 at-large members of the steering committee. Meeting is open to the public, but only registered Statehood Green Party voters may vote in the election.
Saturday, December 1, 2001: 8:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, at J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Grand Ballroom. Neighborhood Action Forum follow-up to Citizen Summit II. Register at http://neighborhoodaction.dc.gov or by calling 727-0882.
Thursday, November 29, 2001: 8:00 a.m. DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration, at the Washington Marriott Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, NW. 2001 District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Conference. Conference continues on Friday, November 30, at 8:00 a.m., and on Saturday, December 1, at 9:00 a.m. For more information or to register, call 724-7332 or go to http://www.mayatech.com/dchaa.; 6:30 p.m., DC Preservation League, at the Millennium Arts Center, 65 I Street, SW. “School Work,” on preservation challenges facing DC's historic school buildings. To reserve a space, call 955-5616.
7:30 p.m. Board of Education, Stated monthly meeting, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor Board Room. Subject: Board of Education FY 2003 operating budget. To confirm meeting time, call 442-4289.
Tuesday, November 27, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities, at Sumner School, 1201 17th Street, NW. Alice M. Rivlin, speaking on the future of Washington’s neighborhoods. For more information or to register to attend, call Cassie Seiple, 667-5445.
Monday, November 26, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Finance and Facilities. At Hine Junior High School Auditorium, 335 8th Street, SE. Public hearing on the DCPS’s FY2003 operating budget. For more information or to register to testify call Eric Watts, Policy Coordinator, at 442-5437.
Monday, November 19, 2001: 10:00 a.m. Public Service Commission, at 1333 H Street, NW, East Tower, 7th Floor Hearing Room. Public informational meeting on any existing and proposed public utility relief plans for District ratepayers who are affected by the economic downturn resulting from the terrorist attacks of November 11.
3:00 p.m. Board of Education, Committee of the Whole, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor Board Room. Subject: committee reports. To confirm meeting time, call 442-4289.
Saturday, November 17, 2001: 1:00 p.m. DC Consumer Utility Board, at Martin Luther King, Jr., Library, 901 G Street, NW, Auditorium A-5. Town meeting on the 2001 winter heating season.
Friday, November 16, 2001: 2:30 p.m. Board of Education, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 9th Floor Board Room. Subjects: Board of Education FY 2003 budget and DCPS Central Office transformation. To confirm meeting time, call 442-4289.
Thursday, November 15, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Finance and Facilities and Committee on Operations and Vision, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 9th Floor Board Room. Subject: Board of Education FY 2003 budget. To confirm meeting time, call 442-4289.
6:30 p.m. Department of Housing and Community Development, 801 N. Capitol Street, NE, 9th floor board room. Public hearing on the Department’s current performance. For further information, or to register to testify, call Pamela Hillsman, Community Development Resource Specialist, at 442-7256 by 5:00 p.m. on November 14.
Wednesday, November 14, 2001: 1:00 p.m. DC Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, at 1133 N. Capitol Street, NE, 2nd Floor Board Room. Public meeting of the commissioners.
6:00 p.m. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and the Commission on Men and Boys, at 441 4th Street, NW, Council chamber. Public meeting. For additional information, call 225-8050.
6:30 p.m. Board of Education, Committee on Finance and Facilities, 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 9th Floor Board Room. Subject: Board of Education FY 2003 budget. To confirm meeting time, call 442-4289.
Saturday, November 10, 2001: 1:00 p.m. Women’s Democratic Club, at Bibleway Church, 1100 New Jersey Avenue, NW. Community forum on emergency preparedness. For more information, call Mary Parham Wolfe, 635-5668.
Thursday, November 8, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Ward 2 Democrats, at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, lobby. Convention to amend the Ward 2 Democrats’ constitution and bylaws.
Wednesday, November 7, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Water and Sewer Authority, at Sumner School, 17th and M Streets, NW. Presentations on the draft long-term control plan for DC's combined sewer system. For more information, call 483-3141.
Tuesday, November 6, 2001: 6:30 p.m. DC Board of Education, at Hine Junior High School Auditorium, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets, SE (Eastern Market Metro station). Community hearing on the FY2003 budget. Register to testify by calling 442-4289.
Friday, November 2, 2001: 10:00 a.m. House of Representatives Oversight Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154, hearing on security coordination.
Thursday, November 1, 2001: 12:00 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) US Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia Annex, approval of comments on the preliminary and final site and building plans for Nano-Science Laboratory Building. 2) Washington Navy Yard, Sicard Street, SE, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for renovation of Building No. 70 (Navy Museum Annex). 3) Patterson Elementary School, 4325 South Capitol Street, SW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for new school construction. 4) Nehemiah Homes at Fort Dupont, Ridge Road, SE, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on application for a consolidated Planned United Development, Lots 24-28, 48, and 49 in Square 5401, and Lots 5-13, 16-18, 25, 802, 803, 807, 808, and 812 in Square 5402. 5) Bolling Air Force Base, approval of comments on concept plans for the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center addition and preliminary and final site and building plans for the temporary modular office space. 6) Federal Office Building 10A (Federal Aviation Administration), 800 Independence Avenue, SW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for perimeter security improvements. 7) Garnet Patterson Middle School, 10th and U Streets, NW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for gymnasium addition. For more information, call 482-7200.
Wednesday, October 31, 2001: 2:30 p.m. DC Board of Education, 825 North Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor Board Room. Meeting on the Master Facilities Plan high school priority project list, 2002-2003 capital budget, Superintendent Vance’s transition plan, the FY2002 reconciliation budget, and the draft FY2003 budget. For more information, call Elena Temple at 442-5190.
Tuesday, October 30, 2001: 6:00 p.m. DC Board of Education Committee on Finance and Facilities, 825 North Capitol Street, NE, 9th Floor Board Room. Meeting on the FY 2002 budget and the DCPC capital budget. For more information, call Elena Temple at 442-5190.
Monday, October 29, 2001: 5:30 p.m. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, at Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street, NW, Room 30-31. Town meeting on “Living Well Is the Best Revenge: Let’s Get Things Back to Normal.” For more information, call 225-8050.
Friday, October 26, 2001: 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 6:30 p.m. National Capital Reinvestment Corporation, at Anacostia Branch Library, 1800 Good Hope Road, SE. October public meeting.
Thursday, October 25, 2001: 3:00 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Consideration of the Interagency Security Tax Force recommendations regarding the impact of security measures on the historic urban design of the nation’s capital. For more information, call 482-7200.
Saturday, October 6, 2001: 8:30 a.m. Office of the Mayor, at DC Convention Center. Neighborhood Action Citizen Summit. Register by calling 727-0882 or at http://www.washingtondc.gov/register.htm.
Friday, September 28, 2001: 4:30 p.m. Congressional Black Caucus, at Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street, NW, Rooms 1 and 2. Legislative conference and special town meeting, “The Next Challenge: Getting Back to Normal,” with Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Anthony Williams, Franklin Raines (Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae), and Bob Johnson (Chairman, BET Holdings).
Thursday, September 27, 2001: 6:30 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education Committee on Special Education and Student Services and Committee on Finance and Facilities, at 825 N. Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor Board Room. Joint roundtable on the Division of Special Education’s programmatic goals (for Fiscal Years 2001 & 2002) and their budgetary impact. The Co-Chairs for each Committee will preside respectively and hear from witnesses from the Special Education community. For more information, call Elena Temple, 442-5190.
Saturday, September 22, 2001: 10:00 a.m. Office of the People’s Counsel, at DC Convention Center, Energy Awareness Day, a consumer workshop and demonstration. For more information or to register, call George Harris, 727-3071.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Mayor Anthony Williams, at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church, 2616 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, SE. Ward 8 town meeting. For more information, call the Office of Community Outreach, 727-3837.
Wednesday, September 5, 2001: 6:00 p.m. District of Columbia Board of Education, 825 North Capitol Street, NE, 5th Floor Board Room. Revocation hearings on World Public Charter School and New Vista Preparatory Charter School, followed by a special Board of Education meeting.
Thursday, July 3, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) FY 2002-2007 proposed Federal Capital Improvements Program for the National Capital Region, approval of comments to the Mayor and Council. For more information, call 482-7200.
Friday, June 29, 2001: 6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Davis School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:30 p.m. DC Public Schools, Noyes School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Kramer School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
Thursday, June 28, 2001: 6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Turner School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Simon School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Cooke School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, R.H. Terrell School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:00 p.m. DC Public Schools, Phelps School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
6:30 p.m. DC Public Schools, LaSalle School. Children First Initiative, parent and community meeting for targeted schools.
Monday, June 11, 2001: 6:30 p.m., DC Board of Education, Committee on Finance and Facilities, 825 North Capitol Street, NE. Public hearing on the DCPS Master Facilities Plan, including funding the plan, bonding issues, public/private financing partnerships, and federal funding of construction projects.
Thursday, June 7, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Washington Hospital Center, west of North Capitol Street, between Irving Street and Michigan Avenue, NW, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia to rezone 33.35 acres of land, Lot 2 in Square 3129, from R-5-A to SP-1 and SP2. 2) Amendments to the zoning regulations of the District of Columbia, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on the Downtown Development District Overlay. 3) Massachusetts Avenue, I, 5th, and 6th Streets, NW, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on proposed amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia to rezone Lot 25 in Square 484 from HR/SP-2 to DD/C-2-C. 4) US Marine Barracks, 8th and I Streets, SE, approval of revised master plan. 5) Adoption of National Capital Planning Commission's Environmental and Historic Preservation Policies and Procedures. 6) Approval of comments to the DC City Council on closing of portions of 2nd Street, NE, between Florida Avenue and N Street, NE; closing of N Street, NE, between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE; and closing of a public alley in Square 710, bounded by New York Avenue, O Street, Florida Avenue, 2nd Street, N Street, and 1st Streets, NE, at proposed site of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Headquarters. 7) Approval of transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of US Reservation 267, bounded by Tennessee Avenue and 13th Street, NE, from the District of Columbia to the National Park Service for park purposes. 8) Adoption of urban renewal plan modification for the Shaw School Urban Renewal Area to provide for redevelopment of Disposition Lots 16, 36, and 37 for housing. 8) World War II Memorial, Rainbow Pool, West Potomac Parks, 17th Street between Independence and Constitution Avenues, NW; review of previous actions of the NCPC. For more information, call 482-7200.
Saturday, May 17, 2001: 11:00 a.m. Healthcare NOW Coalition and other organizations, starting at Adams Morgan Clinic (now closed). March to save DC General. For more information, call Vanessa Dixon, 726-4479.
Tuesday, May 8, 2001: 6:00 p.m. DC Water and Sewer Authority, at Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 777 N. Capitol Street, NE, First Floor Training Room. Public meeting to discuss the combined sewer system. The authority operates the wastewater collection system and provides wastewater treatment for DC and parts of Maryland and Virginia, and is developing a long-term control plan for overflow discharges. This could have a significant impact on water and sewer rates; all interested persons are invited to attend the meeting. For more information, call Mohsin Siddique, 787-2424.
Thursday, May 3, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Department of the Navy, Anacostia Annex, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for the Family Housing Welcome Center Addition. 2) Department of Education Building, 4th and C Streets, SW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for safety railings for exterior parking ramps and interim landscape treatment. 3) Barnard Elementary School, 430 Decatur Street, NW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for new construction. 4) Washington Hospital Center, east of North Capitol Street, between Michigan Avenue and Irving Street, NE, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on proposed amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia. 5) Proposed text amendments to the Downtown Development District Overlay, approval of report to the Zoning Commission. 6) Massachusetts Avenue, 1st, 5th, and 6th Streets, NW, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on a proposed amendment to the zoning map of the District of Columbia to rezone Lot 25 in Square 4 from HR/SP-2 to DD/C-2-C. 7) Canal Road entrance to Georgetown University, approval of land transfers and final site development plans for roadway improvements. 8) Adoption of National Capital Planning Commission's environmental and historical preservation policies and procedures. 9) Adoption of federal environment element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. 10) Authorization to circulate revised guidelines and submission requirements for antennas on federal property in the National Capital Region. 11) Closing of portions of 2nd and N Streets, NE (2nd Streets between Florida Avenue and N Street, and N Street between 1st and 2nd Streets), and a public alley in Square 710, bounded by New York Avenue, O Street, Florida Avenue, 2nd Street, N Street, and 1st Street, NE (proposed site of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Headquarters, approval of comments to the Council of the District of Columbia. 12) Approval of proposed transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of U.S. Reservation 267, bounded by Tennessee Avenue, and 13th Street, NE, from the District of Columbia to the National Park Services for park purposes. 13) Randle Highlands Elementary School, 1650 30th Street, SE, approval of preliminary site and building plans for rehabilitation and new construction. 14) Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for new construction. 15) Information presentation on Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, Tidal Basin, no Commission action requested. For more information, call 482-7200.
Monday, April 30, 2001: 2:00 p.m. DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 441 4th Street, NW, Room 1030. Public meeting “to consider actions regarding the provision of health care services for indigent residents of the District of Columbia, the future role of the Public Benefit Corporation in the provision of those services and the recent supplemental appropriations bill enacted by the District of Columbia City Council.”
Saturday, April 28, 2001: 9:30 a.m. DC Office of Planning, at Tubman Elementary School, 13th Street, workshop for the planning cluster that includes Columbia Heights, Park View, Pleasant Plains, and Mount Pleasant. The workshop will provide residents with the opportunity to put forward priority issues for their neighborhood, which will then become budget priorities for 2002 and 2003. For more information, call Vincent Valdes, the Ward 1 Neighborhood Planner, at 442-7606.
Thursday, April 26, 2001: 9:30 a.m. House Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, at Room H-140 Capitol. Hearing on economic development in the District of Columbia, with Eric Price, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development; John M. Derrick, Jr., Chairman, Greater Washington Board of Trade; Elinor R. Bacon, President and CEO, National Capital Revitalization Corporation; Richard Monteilh, President, DC Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, April 18, 2001: 6:00 p.m., Ward 1 town hall meeting on redistricting, All Souls Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard Street, NW. Sponsored by Councilmember Jim Graham.
Tuesday, April 17, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Mayor’s Official Residence Commission, at City Council Chambers, 441 4th Street, NW. Public hearing to invite comments on the an official mayor’s residence.
7:30 p.m. Ward 3 town hall meeting on redistricting, Second District Police Station Community Room, 3320 Idaho Avenue, NW. Sponsored by Councilmembers Phil Mendelson and Kathy Patterson.
Tuesday, April 10, 2001: 6:30 p.m. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. Election reform town meeting, with Donna Brazile, former chief aide to Norton campaign manager for Al Gore's presidential campaign; Alice Miller, executive director, D.C. Board of Elections, who will describe federal bills that could help the District; and Penelope Bonsall, director, Office of Election Administration, Federal Election Commission.
Saturday, April 7, 2001: 9:00 a.m. DC Office of Planning, at five locations. Anacostia Waterfront Initiative community workshops. Southwest Waterfront at Southeastern University, 501 I Street, SW; Poplar Point Area at Savoy Elementary School, 2400 Shannon Place, SE; Near Southeast Waterfront at Van Ness Elementary School, 1150 5th Street, SE; RFK Area at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE; and Anacostia and Kenilworth Park area at River Terrace Elementary School, 34th and Dix Streets, NE. For more information, call Uwe Brandes, Office of Planning, 202-442-8965.
Thursday, April 5, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Federal Reserve System, Eccles Building, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for new pedestrian entrance at 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. 2) 1025 F Street, NW, former Woodward and Lothrop site), Lot 805 in Square 346, approval of report to the Zoning Commission on planned unit development. 3) American Red Cross Building, 20th and E Streets, NW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for sculpture. 4) National Capital Planning Commission, adoption of Environmental and Historic Preservation Policies and Procedures. 5) Proposed site of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Headquarters, approval of comments to the City Council on closing portions of 2nd and N Streets, NE, and establishment of easements, and closing of a public alley in Square 710, bounded by New York Avenue, O Street, Florida Avenue, 2nd Street, N Street, and 1st Street, NE. 6) Proposed Federal Capital Improvements Program, Fiscal years 2002-2007, approval to circulate draft for review and comments. 7) District of Columbia's FY 2002-2007 Capital Improvements Plan and FY 2002 Capital Budget, approval of comments to the Mayor and City Council. For more information, call 482-7200.
Saturday, March 31, 2001: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Friends of Choice in Urban Schools and DC Parents for School Choice, at Washington Convention Center, 901 9th Street, NW, Rooms 30-31. DC Public Charter School Parents’ Fair. For more information, call FOCUS at 387-0405 or DC Parents for School Choice at 518-4140.
Thursday, March 29, 2001: 8:30 a.m. Office of the People’s Counsel, at DC Convention Center, 9th and G Street, NW. Consumer education seminar on “Retail Electric Competition: Exploring Consumers’ Choices.” For more information, or to register to attend, call George Harris, DC OPC, 727-3071.
6:30 p.m. National Business Museum, 401 F Street, NW. “Reconnecting the White House and the District of Columbia,” $10 museum members, $14 nonmembers. Call 272-2448 to register.
Thursday, March 15, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Public hearing on the Federal Environment Element of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. Register to speak by calling 482-7200 before 12:00 p.m. on March 14. The draft document is available at http://www.ncpc.gov/planning_init/comprehsnvie.html. For more information, call 482-7200.
Monday, March 5, 2001: 7:00 p.m. Zoning Commission, 441 4th Street, NW, Room 220. Public roundtable on antennas, antenna towers, and the structures on which they are installed. Register to testify by calling the Office of Zoning, 727-5372.
Thursday, March 1, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) Department of Education Building, 4th and C Streets, SW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for safety railings for exterior parking ramps. 2) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia to add Lots 36, 37, 42, and 806 in Square 377 (900 block of E Street, NW, north side of the street) into Housing Priority Area C. 3) Approval of report to the Zoning Commission on amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia to rezone Lots 29, 30, and 62 in Square 516 (southwest corner of K and 4th Street, NW) from HR/C-2-C to DD C-2-C. 4) General Services Administration and Teligent, Inc., Lafayette Federal Building, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW, approval of preliminary and final building plans for commercial antenna installation. 5) Approval of National Capital Planning Commission proposed environmental and historic preservation policies and procedures. For more information, call 482-7200.
7:00 p.m. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, at the Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street, NW. State of the District Address. For more information call the Mayor’s Office of the Public Advocate, 727-3837.
Wednesday, February 28, 2001: 7:00 p.m. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, at the Union Temple Church, 1225 W Street, SE. Mayor’s Townhall Meeting on Health Care. For more information, call the Mayor’s Office of the Public Advocate, 727-3837.
Tuesday, February 27, 2001: 7:00 p.m. Mayor Anthony A. Williams, at the Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street, NW. State of the District Address. For more information call the Mayor’s Office of the Public Advocate, 727-3837. Rescheduled to March 1.
Saturday, February 24, 2001: 9:00 a.m. Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program and several other organizations, at Savoy Elementary School, 2400 Shannon Place, SE, across from Anacostia Metro Station. Citizens’ Summit on Trash Transfer Issues. For more information, call 610-3360.
Wednesday, February 14, 2001: 4:30 p.m. District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, at 441 4th Street, NW, Room 1030 South. Public meeting to certify the results of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report ("CAFR"), to consider the revised revenue estimates for Fiscal Year 2001 and to certify the revenue estimates for Fiscal Year 2002.
Monday, February 12, 2001: 4:00 p.m. Zoning Commission, 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 220. Public hearing on Case No. 00-30TA, Downtown Development District Zoning Changes Set Down Report. For more information call 727-6311.
Monday, February 5, 2001: 7:00 p.m. Zoning Commission, 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 220. Hearing on Case No. 00-29TA, Development Standards for Antenna Towers. For more information, or to register to testify, call 727-6311.
Thursday, February 1, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. Washington, DC, related items: 1) International Center, Intelsat Building, Van Ness Street and Connecticut Avenue, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for updated signage and building identification system. 2) Washington Navy Yard, M Street, SE, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for entrance gate improvements at 9th and M and 11th and N Streets, SE. 3) Dalecarlia Reservoir Reservation, 5900 MacArthur Boulevard, NW, approval of preliminary and final site and building plans for addition to the Radiation Oncology Department at Sibley Memorial Hospital; 4) Department of Education Building, 4th and C Street, SW, approval of preliminary and final site development plans for safety railings at exterior parking ramps, 5) Adoption of Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: Parks, Open Space and Natural Features Element; 6) Internal Revenue Service Headquarters Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW, approval of preliminary and final building plans for building modernization and window rehabilitation; 7) WMATA Metro Rail System, Red Line, New York Avenue Station, Florida Avenue and 2nd Street, NE, approval of preliminary site and building plans for station structure and concept plans; 8) Union Station, Columbus Plaza and along Massachusetts Avenue and First Street, NE, approval of design concept; 9) National Capital Planning Commission's Environmental and Historic Preservation Policies and Procedures; 10) Amendment to the Zoning Map of the District of Columbia to rezone a portion of Lot I, Square 3854, and a portion of Parcel 131/182, from R-5-A to C-M-1 (extending into the Bryant Street, NE, right-of-way), approval of comments to the Zoning Commission. For more information, call 482-7200.
6:00 p.m. Health Care Now Coalition, DC Statehood Green Party, and others, at Foggy Bottom Metro Station. Protest rally and march to Mayor Anthony William’s residence at 2475 Virginia Avenue, NW., to oppose the closing of DC General Hospital.
6:30 p.m. Public Service Commission, at Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church, 3000 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, public meeting on electric deregulation and the Public Service Commission. For more information, call 626-5120.
Thursday, January 18, 2001: 2:00 p.m. National Capital Revitalization Corporation, at Martin Luther King Library, 9th and G Street, NW. Board meeting. For more information, call 530-5750.
Friday, January 17, 2001: 5:00 p.m. D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, 441 4th Street, NW, Room 1030 South. Public meeting to consider DC Council legislation.
Thursday, January 11, 2001: 5:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, Commission on Fine Arts, and the National Capital Memorial Commission, at 401 9th Street, NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. Public meeting on the Draft Memorials and Museums Master Plan. To register to testify or for more information call 482-7200.
Monday, January 8, 2001: 8:30 a.m. National Capital Planning Commission and Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, at Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. “Federal Planning, Urban Revitalization, and Smart Growth in the National Capital Region,” conference. To register, or for more information, call 962-3220.
Saturday, January 6, 2001: 2:00 p.m. National Capital Revitalization Corporation at Southwest Branch Library, 920 Wesley Place, SW. Meeting to accept comments on its proposed revitalization plan. For more information, call Nathea Lea, 833-9771, x111.
Thursday, January 4, 2001: 12:30 p.m. National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500. No Washington, DC, related items currently on agenda. For more information, call 482-7200.

Calendar of Events, 2001