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Matt Buechner, the commissioner who has represented ANC 3F07 since January, has moved out of the single member district. His resignation kicked off a special election process – one with a June 21st deadline for any resident of 3F07 who wishes to run for the seat and serve out the rest of the two-year term. […]
When ANC 3F meets on June 15th, commissioners will be considering three draft resolutions presented at the May meeting. Two of them focus on Mayor Bowser’s FY 2022 budget. The draft resolution on schools funding includes a request that DC maintain or increase funding levels so schools can maintain their current staffing, and increasing funding […]
The reversible rush hour lanes on Connecticut Avenue have been suspended since March 19th, 2020. For a while on Monday, it looked like that was about to change. It started with an email sent to members of the community advisory committee for DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes safety study. “I want to advise you that […]
by Mark Moran Issues faced by the neighborhood’s public and private schools – as well as UDC and Howard University’s law school – are the focus of a newly formed ANC 3F committee of residents and commissioners. And they are seeking the support, input and guidance of parents, educators and other neighbors. “The schools and […]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, now serving her 15th term as the District’s delegate to the U.S. House, will make a special appearance at ANC 3F’s May 18th meeting. Also on the agenda (below): A presentation on UDC’s draft 2021-2030 Master Plan, and a discussion of a draft resolution on the plan that the ANC will […]
by Marlene Berlin ANC 3F has an opportunity in the coming weeks to craft a more robust partnership with the University of the District of Columbia, one that will benefit both the university and the surrounding community in the decade to come – and beyond. Every ten years, universities in the District must submit a […]
ANC 3F spent some time at its March 16th going over a draft resolution on DDOT’s study of Connecticut Avenue and the potential impacts of removing the reversible rush-hour lanes and adding bike lanes. The commissioners are to vote on the resolution at their next meeting, on Tuesday, April 20th. The resolution states support for […]
by Marlene Berlin In the decade since DC Water revealed plans to rehabilitate the aging sewers in the Soapstone Valley, the primary concern of neighbors and trail users has been the protection of the park’s trees. A recent update on the project makes it clear that DC Water has been listening. DC Water representatives told […]
ANC 3F plans to take up a resolution at its April meeting on DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes study. And it wants our feedback. ANC 3F’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee wrote the draft resolution for the commissioners’ consideration, and committee chair Bob Deyling presented it at ANC 3F’s March 16th meeting. The draft resolution urges […]
Public meetings in the next couple of weeks will discuss some major projects of major import to Rock Creek and Soapstone Trail users and neighbors, and to Connecticut Avenue users and neighbors. All of these meetings will conducted virtually. March 16th – Soapstone Valley sewer rehabilitation The last time DC Water provided an update, we […]
