McMillan: subcontractor reports and financial information

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:37:10 -0400
Subject: McMillan -- Subcontractor Reports and Financial Information

Scott,
                                                                                                                   

Please let folks know that I've posted a breakdown of District payments to subcontractors associated with McMillan via Vision McMillan Partners, LLC. 

                                                                                                            

Following the Fontaine & Company discussion a few months back, I put in a FOIA request for subcontractor invoices. While I'm not privvy to actual invoice information, DMPED did provide the draw amounts of each subcontractor against the larger contract with the District. 

I pulled this information into a spreadsheet for easy viewing.

Keep in mind, this does not factor in FY14, for which invoices were not provided. Instead, I also posted a series of change orders issued on the contract. Most of these are in FY14 and show where additional city funds are going (although not as specific as the invoices). Some are new information, some are not. For example, change order #26 states that VMP requested $34,750 from the city to pay for the 3-minute video that is on its website and has been shown numerous times at civic association meetings.

Vision McMillan Partners encourages people to show up and state support at the upcoming McMillan zoning hearings

I did not receive this message via an Email.  I have copied this message from the EnvisionMcMillan website.

One week away…

Date: April 25, 2014 Author: Shaw Henry

  

This is it.  The time to show up and state your support is now.

The Zoning Commission hearings for McMillan are only one week away. The first will be next Thursday, May 1^st, with subsequent hearings May 5^th, 8^th and 13^th.  Fenced off and closed to the public since the 1940′s, the approval of VMP’s master plan by the zoning commission is a pivotal step in transforming the 25-acre McMillan site into a neighborhood asset, sustainably integrated into the surrounding community

The final master plan for McMillan has been a long time in the making.  Through a collaborative engagement process starting in the fall of 2007, the plan has evolved significantly to become a master plan built on community consensus.  Buildings now cover only a third of the site.  Nearly half of the total site area is reserved for large public open spaces, including an 8-acre park, which will be one of the best-designed public spaces in the District.  A 17,000 SF public community center provide recreation and fitness opportunities for all, as well as a 25 meter indoor swimming pool.  All historic buildings on the site will be preserved, with some adapted for new uses – small business incubators, outdoor cafes, water features, art displays, hanging gardens and more.

The master plan will provide much needed neighborhood serving retail, including a 50,000 SF full-service grocery store.  The new McMillan provides housing opportunities for all, with at least 20% of total housing units affordable to families making up to 80% AMI.  In addition to the the built elements, redevelopment of McMillan will result in $1.2 billion in new tax revenue over the next 30 years, while generating 3,200 permanent jobs and 3,000 new construction jobs.

In order for all of these things to come to fruition, we need you to engage now.  It is critical to let the Zoning Commission know how you feel about the project both before and at the hearings.   Please submit a letter of support to the commission and then commit to attending a hearing in support of VMP’s master plan for McMillan.

- See more at: http://envisionmcmillan.com/one-week-away-2/#sthash.CZauIl1T.dpuf

McMillan zoning hearing placard along the McMillan fence at 1st & Channing St NW

In case you were wondering if the upcoming zoning hearings were properly placarded....

old, faded Bloomingdale streetpole banners

Up and down 1st Street NW is a small set of old, faded Bloomingdale banners.

Here are pics of two of them at 1st & T Street NW:

You can see a black-and-white image of the Bloomingdale banner in Bloomingdale resident Rosemarie Onwukwe's Bloomingdale book here .

new exterior paint color at the DC MiniMart

Here you go:

Chita Rivera house at 2134 Flagler Place NW renovations now completed -- see these pics

The renovations at the Chita Rivera house at Flagler and W Street NW appear to have been completed.

See these pics taken today:

  

Note the new construction bump out the rear of the existing house.

                     
Because the houses on the west side of the 2100 block of Flagler Place NW are not at 60% lot occupancy permitted under R-4, don't be surprised to see more rear bump outs.

Mat Bader: ANC 5E negotiating the McMillan community benefits agreement (CBA) with Vision McMillan Partners this Monday, 04-28-2014 - not a public meeting

See this message from Bloomingdale resident Mat Bader:

Please let folks know that the ANC will be negotiating the CBA with VMP this Monday at 6:30 PM at the Summit at St. Martin's Apartment, 116 T Street NE.

                                                                            

It's unclear at this time whether or not this meeting will be open to the public. 

See this Monday, 04-28-2014, 6:30 pm message passed along by Bloomingdale resident Mat Bader:

According to Sylvia Pinkney, ANC 5E chair, tonight's CBA negotiations are officially closed to the public.

DC Water preparing parking lots (?) for Bloomingdale residents directly impacted by the upcoming dropshaft projects

I am * assuming * that the clearing of these two areas along 2nd Street NW between W Street NW and Bryant Street NW, westside, is for offstreet parking for those neighbors near Flagler & Adams NW, 1st & V NW and 1st NW.

If my assumption is incorrect, please advise.

This space is facing southward at 2nd and Byrant Street NW looking towards W Street NW.

This is the same space as the pic above; this is facing northward from the 200 block of W Street NW facing Bryant St NW.  Where will the curb cut go?

This lot is directly west of the space in the above two pics; this is on the 200 block of W Street NW, sort of across the street from the Williston Apartments.

Bloomingdale recent market activity for April 2014 postcard

See this 8.5" x 11" postcard received in the mail yesterday, Saturday, 04-26-2014, from Long and Foster Christie's International realtor Jim McConnolly:

1962 2nd Street NW #2 "just listed" postcard

Received in the mail yesterday, Saturday, 04-26-2014, from McEnearney Realtors' realtor Michael Makris:

"Offered at $639,000"

Jon Mandel: rock and rolling at World Missions Community Day -- yesterday, Saturday, 04-26-2014

See this tweet and pic from yesterday's World Missions Extension Center Community Day event held at the Harry Thomas Recreation Center on Lincoln Road NE in Eckington:

Jon Mandel ‏@jonsmandel 
Rock and or rolling at World Missions Extension Center Community Day! #Ward5 pic.twitter.com/HnJwcTnZyp
1:12 PM - 26 Apr 2014

at the Harry Thomas Recreation Center today: World Missions Extension Center Community Day !

COMMUNITY DAY

       

SATURDAY APRIL 26, 10 A.M.
                               

HARRY THOMAS SR. RECREATION CENTER, 1743 LINCOLN RD. NE

                    

Hello, fellow member of the community! We have an invitation for you.
                                                                                 

My name is Dr. Joann Perkins, and I run the World Missions EXTENSION Center. We’re a community-based nonprofit organization, and for the past 30 years, our mission has been to provide educational training services that positively impact the lives of children and families living in inner-city neighborhoods.

            

On Saturday, April 26, we are hosting an event called Community Day and we would like to invite you to join! It will be held at the Harry Thomas Rec Center and will start at 10:00 am. Our goal is to encourage family, friends, and neighbors to come together for a day of fun for everyone, one that includes good music, dancing, games, and other fun activities that make us community.

     

We will be providing Scholarship applications for senior high school students who are graduating this year. Last year, with help from multiple community groups and Assistant Chief Diane Groomes and the Metropolitan Police Department, we awarded scholarships to 12 students who are presently matriculating in colleges throughout the United States - the largest number of scholarships we’ve given so far.

  

In closing, don’t forget to make plans to be with us at the April 26 Community Day Rally, and thanks in advance for helping us get the word out to all of the people that you know.

             

I hope to see you there!

    

Dr. Joann Perkins

President and CEO

World Missions Inner City EXTENSION Center

  

Google Street View of the 1700 block of 1st Street NW, eastside, just north of Randolph Place NW -- between 2009 and 2011

Click on the link to read the * entire * Washington Post article.

You should click on the link to see the before and after images from around the District.

One of the set of pics is from the 1700 block of 1st St NW near Randolph Place NW.
  

Stunningly rapid urban development, seen through Google Street View

• BY EMILY BADGER

• April 25 at 1:52 pm

The year 2007, when Google first began driving those ridiculous camera-topped cars- around U.S. cities, doesn't feel so long ago. But seven years is a lifetime on the streets of a rapidly changing city like Washington.

So much in the District has changed so quickly that it's almost hard to remember what once-empty or neglected corners of town looked like before they were redeveloped. Google, however, has just made it possible to travel back in history -- very recent history, that is. For the first time, Google has uploaded all of the archival imagery captured over the years by its Street View cars into its map interface.

...

Within residential neighborhoods, some of the change is more modest, as boarded-up rowhouses have been remodeled, such as in the Bloomingdale neighborhood... 

...
But now that Google is building both a walking tour of every city and a historic archive of cities across time, we clearly need another update in the District.

Rustik has an outdoor area roof now -- so dine while it is raining!

See these tweets and pic:

Rustik Tavern DC ‏@rustikdc  34m

Rain? Nope, not here. #itworks #BloomingdaleDC pic.twitter.com/HVMVPfvyH3

5:03 PM - 25 Apr 2014

Teri Janine Quinn ‏@TJQ23  7m

I can’t wait to test that out! “@rustikdc: Rain? Nope, not here. #itworks #BloomingdaleDC pic.twitter.com/lVf8FmLXb3”

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale on 4/26/14 and 4/27/14

1925 North Capitol St NE #2

The featured property shown above, is located at 1925 North Capitol St NE #2, and being listed by Suzanne DesMarais with 10 Square Team of  Keller Williams Capital Properties.  It will be open for viewing this Saturday from 1-4pm. You can find more information in the links below.

The list of open houses scheduled for Sunday in and around Bloomingdale can be seen here.  A map of the same properties can be seen here.

*Agents, to have your open houses included in this weekly post, please have them tagged in MRIS by 10am on Friday.  If you don't see your open house in the links, feel free to add in the comments.  Also, if you would like your open to be featured with a picture for this post, please e-mail david at 10 square team dot com by 10am on Friday before the open.

WCP: "Stronghold residents want to make sure their water is safe"

Click on the link to read the * entire * Washington City Paper post.

Stronghold Residents Want to Make Sure Their Water Is Safe

Posted by Perry Stein on Apr. 25, 2014 at 1:44 pm

                                                        

In the last three weeks, every household in the Stronghold neighborhood received a flier at their homes with some startling allegations: The rate of pancreatic cancer in the area is suspiciously high, and some residents suspect that it could be tied to their water supply.

                                                       

Laura Jackson, who has lived in the seven-square-block radius neighborhood that lies east of North Capitol Street and south of Michigan Avenue NE for more than two decades, says in the past 18 months, four Stronghold residents have died from pancreatic cancer. As she and other residents started handing out fliers and talking to neighbors about this, she says they discovered two more people in the area with pancreas-related illnesses.

                                                      

Jackson and some of her neighbors started researching and learned that the National Cancer Institute estimates that an average of 80 people died per year between 2006 and 2010 from pancreatic cancer in all of D.C. According to 2010 census data, 457 resident live in Stronghold. If 80 out of the approximately 601,000 residents counted in D.C. in the 2010 census die from the cancer each year, the neighborhood should only have one death every 16 years or so. (That is assuming, of course, that each resident and each demographic has an equal chance of being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which may not be true.) The people who died in Stronghold ranged in age from their 50s to 80s, according to Jackson.       

  

...

Residents also contacted Ward 5 D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, a longtime Stronghold resident who says he personally knows two of the residents who recently died from pancreatic cancer. While he says he's contacting the necessary agencies and working to ensure that his constituents' concerns are addressed, he's confident that DC Water has effectively and routinely tested the water for chemicals. It is, after all, the same water he has at his own house.

                       

"Anytime you hear claims like the ones from the residents in Stronghold, I think we should take them seriously," McDuffie says. "The chief priority is to get the community answers."

           

DC Water's Lisle says that if anyone is concerned, they can call customer service at (202) 354-3600 and ask to have their drinking water tested for free.

Kirby Vining: "Zoning Commission to hear request to zone McMillan Park for massive redevelopment" -- Thursday, 05-01-2014

From: kirbyvining@yahoo.com
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:57:54 -0700
Subject: [HistoricWashington] Zoning Commission to Hear Request to Zone McMillan Park for Massive Development, May 1

On Thursday, May 1^st, the Zoning Commission will hear an application to zone the 25-acre portion of McMillan Park owned by the District of Columbia for CR and C-3-C zoning, which would allow the city’s proposed high rise buildings and massive development of the site. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, jointly with its consultant, Vision McMillan Partners, is making application to demolish the landscaped park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the underground slow sand filtration works which may be the last example standing of this historic method of purifying water.  Several groups and individuals are opposing the requested zoning for this overdevelopment and have submitted testimony to that effect, including the Stronghold Civic Association, the Bloomingdale Civic Association, and the Friends of McMillan Park, arguing variously that the proposed development is not appropriate for this park surrounded by neighborhoods of row houses, that it would overly stress local water and traffic infrastructure, that it would result in unnecessary destruction of the historic site atop the plateau overlooking downtown, and that it would preclude more creative possibilities to reuse the historic park and water works infrastructure in ways more appropriate for the neighborhood and the history of our city.

The city’s planned development has not benefitted from a design competition or RFP and would result in destruction of over 80% of the historic elements of the site, according to the October 2013 Historic Preservation Review Board denial of the development application.  The site has both DC Historic Landmark status and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and will have to be presented to the Mayor’s Agent for a demolition permit. The site is now unzoned.  The Comprehensive Plan argues that no more than moderate-level development is appropriate for the site and recommends consideration of memorials for the site given its history and majestic views of the downtown area.

McMillan Park is part of the McMillan Plan and is in fact the only existing memorial to the work of Senator James McMillan to beautify our national capital, dedicated in his memory by Secretary of War William Howard Taft upon McMillan’s sudden death before the completion of the park in 1902.  This is also the only example known to me of plans to demolish a Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. park. 

Readers may wish to testify, in writing or in person, at the zoning hearings.  There are three zoning hearings for this application, known as case No. 13-14, on Thursday, May 1^st at 6:30PM, Monday, May 5^th at 6:30PM, and Thursday, May 8^th at 6:30PM, and a fourth hearing on May 13^th has been scheduled in case these hearings require more time. Please see details below on presenting your views to the Zoning Commission for these important hearings.

To see all documents submitted for these hearings online go to:

       http://app.dcoz.dc.gov/content/search/Search.aspx, enter 13-14 in the ‘search term’ box, and hit ‘go.’ (13-14 is the “zoning case number” for the proposed McMillan development).  At the bottom of the page, beside information about case 13-14, hit ‘view details.’ On this page, under the ‘case documents,’ hit ‘view full log’ and all the documents filed concerning this case will be visible, currently about 5 pages of them. To view any of these documents, click on ‘view’ on the far right side of any document. 

To give oral testimony at the hearings:

       Submit a copy of your written testimony before the hearing (see below) OR bring 12 copies with you to the hearing.  Only 3 minutes are allowed for each speaker, 5 minutes for organizations, so submitting longer written testimony you can refer to in your 3 minutes may help. The hearings will all be at 441 4^th St., NW, Suite 220 South, all at 6:30PM. (Metro rail to the Judiciary Square station)

To submit written testimony:

       Go to this web page to create an “IZIS Account” (necessary to submit any documents):

 http://app.dcoz.dc.gov/Content/Registration/Registration.aspx

Then go to this page and log in with the login/password you created above: http://app.dcoz.dc.gov/Login.aspx

Click on “file documents in an existing case,” and then specify case number 13-14, and ‘select’ that case in the next window. Click ‘choose file’ to select the document on your computer that you wish to submit as your written testimony, then select ‘document type.’  If you oppose the planned development you would select ‘Letter in Opposition.’ Your letter should explain your position and why you think McMillan should not be zoned to permit high-rise buildings. Then hit ‘Submit’ and your document should soon be visible in the list of documents for case 13-14 (see instructions above for how to see all documents for these hearings).  

Kirby Vining

come out to tomorrow's World Missions Community Day at Harry Thomas Recreation Center

 See this message:

COMMUNITY DAY

       

SATURDAY APRIL 26, 10 A.M.
                               

HARRY THOMAS SR. RECREATION CENTER, 1743 LINCOLN RD. NE

                    

Hello, fellow member of the community! We have an invitation for you.  
                                                                                 

My name is Dr. Joann Perkins, and I run the World Missions EXTENSION Center. We’re a community-based nonprofit organization, and for the past 30 years, our mission has been to provide educational training services that positively impact the lives of children and families living in inner-city neighborhoods.

            

On Saturday, April 26, we are hosting an event called Community Day and we would like to invite you to join! It will be held at the Harry Thomas Rec Center and will start at 10:00 am. Our goal is to encourage family, friends, and neighbors to come together for a day of fun for everyone, one that includes good music, dancing, games, and other fun activities that make us community.

     

We will be providing Scholarship applications for senior high school students who are graduating this year. Last year, with help from multiple community groups and Assistant Chief Diane Groomes and the Metropolitan Police Department, we awarded scholarships to 12 students who are presently matriculating in colleges throughout the United States - the largest number of scholarships we’ve given so far.

  

In closing, don’t forget to make plans to be with us at the April 26 Community Day Rally, and thanks in advance for helping us get the word out to all of the people that you know.

             

I hope to see you there!

    

Dr. Joann Perkins

President and CEO

World Missions Inner City EXTENSION Center

 

summer movies at the Florida Avenue Park, sponsored by 5D, Bates Area Civic Assn and the Bloomingdale Civic Assn

This message is lifted from the Bates blog:

Summer Movies at the Florida Ave Park

Posted on April 24, 2014 by mrgeovani

Come for a fun family night and enjoy the 2014 Movies at the Park Series

Bring your pillows and blankets and we will bring the popcorn and ice cones

Fridays at 7:00pm

Florida Avenue Park

Florida Avenue and First ST NW

 Schedule

 May 2

 May 23

 June 13

 July 11

 August 1

 Sponsored by: 5th District Police Department, Bates Area Civic Association and Bloomingdale Civic Association.

DC Historic Alley Buildings Survey includes Bloomingdale alley garages bounded by U, V, 1st and Flagler NW (see page 24)

From: preservingdcstables@yahoo.com

To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com

Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 03:39:17 -0700

Subject: [HistoricWashington] D.C. Historic Alley Buildings Survey

The named alleys in the city are slowly gaining recognition. Lack of awareness of their locations has caused problems as recently as last night when MPD were unable to find Naylor Court to intervene promptly when a motorcycle theft in progress was reported by one of the residents.

                                        

The DC Historic Alley Buildings Survey has just been completed by HPO and the link to this report is below. This is work that was championed by Kim Williams in the HPO and she should be congratulated. 

                                                

This is the first stage of increasing alley recognition throughout the city. (Kim.Williams@dc.gov ) Hopefully the new interim head of the OP will be supportive of the next phases that would include developing a DC Alley Plan/Vision for the future.

                                                                                    

http://planning.dc.gov/DC/Planning/Historic+Preservation/Maps+and+Information/DC+History/DC+Historic+Alley+Buildings+Survey

As the population of people who actually live in the alleys increases, doubtless there will be increased pressure to maintain the alleys and protect their inhabitants. 

David R. Salter

                                                   

...Bloomingdale residents should check out page 24 which have a pic of the Welch family owner contiguous alley garages bounded by U, V, 1st and Flagler Place NW.