News from Muriel, 2-15-12
District of Columbia sent this bulletin at 02/15/2012 10:50 AM EST
Reminder: Meeting on Takoma Metro Station Work, Tomorrow
MetroAccess Value can be transferred to EZ-Pay accounts
26th Annual Black History Swim Meet, February 17 - 19
2012 Summer Youth Employment Program Application Deadline, this Friday
Applications for the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) are available for District residents between the ages of 14 and 21 at www.summerjobs.dc.gov. They will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be submitted by this Friday, February 17 in order to be considered. It is important to note that space is limited. Please encourage youth that you know who are in need of a summer job to comply with the deadline. This year’s SYEP program begins on Monday, June 25, 2012 and runs through Friday, August 3, 2012.
If your office is interested in providing employment experiences for youth this summer or if you know of an employer who might be interested, please complete or direct interested employers to the SYEP 2012 Host Employer Application, available also at www.summerjobs.dc.gov. Applications for employers are due Friday, March 23.
For more information, call 202-698-3492.
Demolition to begin at proposed Walmart site, this Week
I wanted to inform you that we expect demolition work to begin this week at the proposed site of the new Walmart at the intersection of Georgia and Missouri Avenues. Foulger Pratt, the development partner, has secured the appropriate permits for the demolition work. For safety, the utilities at the specific location have been shut off. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact my office at 202-724-8052.
Legislative Update
I will convene a public oversight hearing tomorrow, Thursday, February 16 beginning at 10:00 am in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building, on performance and budget for the following District agencies’ Fiscal Year 2011 and 2012 budgets: Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia, Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Office of the Inspector General and the Office of the City Administrator. For more information, or to sign-up to testify, please contact Jim Slattery at jslattery@dccouncil.us or 202-724-8052.
Next Wednesday, February 22 beginning at 11:00 am, I will continue oversight hearings with the Board of Elections and Ethics, the Office of Campaign Finance, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. For more information, or to sign-up to testify, please contact Judah Gluckman at jgluckman@dccouncil.us or 202-724-8052.
Muriel
Reminder: Meeting on Takoma Metro Station Work, Tomorrow
WMATA is scheduled to begin platform repair work at the Takoma Metro Station in the beginning of March. Councilmember Bowser, along with WMATA and Takoma Village Cohousing, will host a meeting tomorrow, Thursday, February 16 at the Takoma Village Cohousing Community Room, 6827 4th St. NW beginning at 7:00 pm. For further information contact Judi Gold at 202-724-8052 or jgold@dccouncil.us.
Metro will hold a series of public hearings on their proposed FY 2013 budget including new fares. There will be two hearings in the District: March 1 at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church’s John H. Kearney, Sr. Fellowship Hall; 2616 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE and on March 6 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle Street, NW. Preceding each hearing will be an Open Forum with multi-media presentations to engage stakeholders and solicit public input. There will be a video presentation and tables will be staffed be senior Metrobus, Metrorail, MetroAccess and SmarTrip personnel. Metro police officers will be on hand as well. The open forums begin at 6:00 pm followed by the public hearings at 7:00 pm.
To sign up to speak, please send your name, address, telephone number and organization (if any) to the Office of the Secretary, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. You can also fax the request to 202 962-1133 or email to speak@wmata.com. In addition, written testimony can be submitted to the same address, or e-mailed to writtentestimony@wmata.com. All testimony must be received by March 12.
MetroAccess Value can be transferred to EZ-Pay accounts
Registered MetroAccess customers can exchange unopened packages of tokens, paper farecards and vouchers on February 23 and 24 at Metro sales offices at Metro Center and at Metro’s downtown headquarters, 600 5th Street NW. To complete the exchange, customers or their representatives must bring unopened packages of tokens, paper farecards and vouchers and the registered MetroAccess customer’s EZ-Pay account number to the sales office. Staff will verify the amounts and provide credit to a customer’s MetroAccess EZ-Pay account. The Metro Center sales office is open weekdays from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The sales office at Metro headquarters is open weekdays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information, call
301-562-5360.
26th Annual Black History Swim Meet, February 17 - 19
This weekend marks the 26th year of the historic annual Black History Swim Meet. This event, which will host dozens of collegiate and Olympic swimmers will showcase over 800 swimmers representing 32 teams from the District, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. This three-day event, which will take place February 17 to 19, begins Friday afternoon at 4:30 pm and ends at 8:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday, the meet will begin at 7:00 am and run until 5:00 pm. The meet takes place at the Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 Van Buren Street NW. For more information, contact Robert Green of the DC Wave Swim Team at robert.green@dc.gov or 202.576.9534. You can also visit www.dcwaveswimteam.com.
Muriel Bowser
Councilmember, Ward 4
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 110
Washington DC 20004
202-724-8052-voice
202-741-0908- fax
mbowser@dccouncil.us
www.murielbowser.com
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