From: Stucker, Gilles (EOM) <gilles.stucker@dc.gov>
Date: Jan 28, 2021, 4:57 PM -0500
Subject: McMillan - OAH order
Commissioners and MAG members,
Please find attached an order issued by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) today related to McMillan.
Regards,
Gilles
Stucker | Director of Strategic Initiatives
Government
of the District of Columbia
Office
of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
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Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 317 | Washington, DC 20004
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202.285.2148 | gilles.stucker@dc.gov
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> RESOLUTION TO PETITION THE MAYOR’S OFFICE REGARDING MCMILLAN FILTRATION PLANT
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> PRESENTER: JOHN SHAW (RESIDENT OF ANC6E)
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> The McMillan Filtration Plant is currently under redevelopment by the City, which there is now an injunction/Stop Order. This provides an opportunity advocate for reconsideration and preservation of the original park/green space.
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> John Shaw, an ANC6E02 resident and ardent advocate for city park planning and preservation made a presentation regarding why this issue should be advocated for preservation. The Zoning Committee would like to support the preservation and wishes that ANC6E write a resolution to the Mayor’s Office advocating our support for reconsideration of the development and the retention of the park due to there being a significant deficiency of green space in our local proximity.
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> WHEREAS: This 25 acre tract in northern Bloomingdale neighborhood is owned by the city and is probably the last, best opportunity that Washington will ever have to build a City Park,
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> WHEREAS: The whole of the land is level and would provide a conventional green space park for the young, the old, the disabled, and all other Washingtonians, especially those who can not enjoy the canyon of Rock Creek or the watery estuary of the Anacostia,
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> WHHEREAS: Most park spaces in DC are in fact Federal and access to these spaces are often restricted irrespective of its impact on Washingtonians,
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> WHEREAS: The underground portion of the filtration site is unique among US architectural wonders, it is in good shape and can be further restored, and the underground can providing a whole additional asset to this marvelous park resource,
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> WHEREAS: The development plans were completed in 2010, are totally obsolete, and reflect the City at that time; any new plans should reflect the nature and needs of the City in 2050 and beyond,
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> WHEREAS: Councilpersons have been asked to make decisions on this property when some do not know the above ground space and most do not know the underground space,
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> WHEREAS: The public of the City are not aware and educated over what the nature of THEIR asset is, and they should be educated and made part of these decisions,
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> Whereas: The current COVID corona virus pandemic has exposed DC's need to reprioritize the elements of our public space policy, has exposed the need for more open parks and green spaces where people can socially distance, and has force us to see our decades-old City planning assumptions as brittle and obsolete vis-a-vis the future demand for: commercial office space, luxury residential units, how we shop for food, and how we use tele-medicine in lieu of doctors appointments - in short, this urgent re-evaluation will touch upon every aspect of the old McMillan plan and a modern progressive planning process must be initiated,
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> WHEREAS: The McMillan Filtration Site was never a neighborhood issue or a Ward issue; this is a whole City of Washington issue and should be treated as such,
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> THEREFORE: ANC 6E resolves that any work at McMillan be ended until: 1) the full Council can tour above and below ground, 2) the public can be honestly and fully educated through outreach and on sight visits, and be engaged on the nature of THEIR resource above and below ground, 3) a new process of open and transparent public hearings can be conducted, and 4) an international competition for park designs (above and below ground) can be convened and the plans judged on their merit to provide all Washington residents the best return on this last precious green space in their ever more crowded city.
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>please get smart Bloomingdale we can SO OBVIOUSLY have a big SUPER MARKET and increased services and retail any number of ways!!!
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