To:
Denise Tolliver Chief of Staff City Council Chairmember Mendelson
dtolliver@dccouncil.us 202-724-8038
Jessica Jacobs Council Chairman Mendelson
legislative Assistant
jjacobs@dccouoncil.us 202-724-8038
From:
Daniel Goldon Wolkoff amglassart@yahoo.com 202-232-8391
Office
of the City Council Chairmember, Ms. Tolliver,
The
issue of McMillan, is crucial, it's the center of an entire section of DC, after being ignored and taken for granted since
1986, now about to be "surplused" to private interests. How much
attention has Council Chair Mendelson given to McMillan or has any other
council member? He has been on the council since 1998 and think of the way this
national treasure, in the center of DC, has been handled, mishandled really?
How much do you know about this park, how much does any council staffer even
know about McMillan? How many council staff have toured McMillan?
How many staffers in this govt., have read our
own Office of Planning, Office of Historic Preservation nomination,
to the National register of Historic
Places ?
Kim
Williams at HPO did an incredible job writing, documenting this fascinating and
beautifully designed park and city water filtration utility.
Is this park going to be "surplused"
and handed over with an "exclusive development agreement" by a city
council that barely has any real knowleadge of the site, a council that has not
evaluated any other options, like restoring an Olmsted Park? Who on the council
and in the mayors office have properly educated themselves on the options for
McMillan? And, how have they shared this information with the city taxpayers,
seniors and young people, ANC etc.? I know you and all the other city officals
want to make decisions in coordination with an informed electorate and govern
with informed consent, like in a democracy. The future of McMillan, such a
crucial and large tract of public land must be decided democratically by ballot
referendum, from an informed elctorate.
How
many councilmembers, and staff have read or viewed the testimony at Former
Chair Kwami Brown's Ward 5 Economic Development Roundtable and Councilmember
Michael Brown's Committe on Economic Development hearings on McMillan? How many
staffers and council members have read and watched the HPRB hearings since last
July? Why has the mayor aborted the the HPRB proceedings? Is this an imformed
government an informed consent from the electorate?
Please
read my testimony to the HPRB hearings on historic preservation of the park and
we will talk about this soon. Please read the HPO nomination to the The
National Register of Historic Places. I am including my letter to Jessica
Jacobs below and look forward to discussing this urgent city concern with you.
Thanks so much, Daniel Goldon Wolkoff
Daniel
Goldon Wolkoff
Adams
Morgan Stained Glass
1231
Randolph Street, NE
Washington,
DC 20017
Tel:
202-232-8391
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