©Muriel Bowser
– Speaking at the Brightwood Park Citizens Association Meeting
News from Muriel
March 6, 2013
Dear Neighbors,
With this inclement weather, I want to encourage everyone to take proper
safety precautions and the utmost care if you’re traveling. Please visit snow.dc.gov
to keep up to date with all important information about closures and
updates. Please also visit wmata.com/snow for weather related
information and updates from Metro. If
you plan to travel with your vehicle, please travel at an appropriate speed and
never pass a plow while it’s cleaning the road.
Pepco also released a storm preparation handbook that you can find in
the Announcements
section.
Tomorrow, I’m co-hosting Public Service and the Women of Washington along with my three
female colleagues on Council. This event
will celebrate women’s history month and the legacy of the women who have made
our success a reality. Invite all your
neighbors and come join us for the festivities.
For more information, please refer to the Events section.
Public Oversight Roundtable on Proposed Resolution, March 8th
The Committee on Economic Development will be holding a public
oversight roundtable on Friday, March 8th about proposed Resolution
20-47, the “Sense of the Council Regarding the Need for Affordable Housing
Policy at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)” and
proposed Resolution 20-82, the “Sense of the Council in Supporting the Expansion
of the Metrorail System.” Councilmember
Bowser introduced resolution 20-47 to demonstrate the Council’s belief that
WMATA should develop a policy for including affordable housing whenever the
transit agency develops its real estate holdings. Resolution 20-82 is meant to serve as an
endorsement of WMATA’s recently issued Momentum Strategic Plan. The roundtable will begin at 2:00 pm and will
be located in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building at 1350 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW.
For more information of if you wish to testify, please contact Rob
Hawkins at 202-724-8052 or rhawkins@dccouncil.us.
WMATA Performance Oversight Hearing Rescheduled, March 15th
The Committee on Economic Development, which Councilmember Bowser
chairs, will be holding an agency performance oversight hearing for the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) on Friday, March 15th
at 1:00 pm in room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building located at 1350 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW. The original hearing was
scheduled for March 1st.
For more information of if you wish to testify, please contact Rob
Hawkins at 202-724-8052 or rhawkins@dccouncil.us.
Reminder: Fort Totten Square Construction Job Fair, March 23rd
Fort Totten
Square, a mixed-use project currently under construction at 300 Riggs Road, NE
is seeking construction workers with specific skills at their upcoming job fair
on Saturday, March 23rd. The
job fair will take place on the corner of Riggs Road and 3rd Street,
NE from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. The
anticipated trades that will be at the fair include: mechanical, electrical,
plumbing, concrete, rough carpentry, masonry and roofing/waterproofing.
Participants are
encouraged to bring a resume or other documentation of work experience.
For more
information, please visit www.FortTottenNews.com.
DHCD to Host Needs Assessment Hearings,
Multiple Dates
The Department of Housing and Community Development
(DHCD) will host series of public hearings on Housing and Community Development
Needs in the District of Columbia. The
hearing will help form a basis for developing the District’s draft Consolidated
Plan for the District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2014 Action Plan and the spending
priorities utilizing federal entitlement funds.
Residents and stakeholders are strongly encouraged to come out and
participate in the development of policies and programs in the following
areas: affordable housing, special needs
housing, homelessness, homeownership, community development and public service
activities.
The upcoming schedule hearings are below:
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Wednesday, March 13, 6:30 pm - 1800 Martin Luther King Jr, Avenue, SE, 1st Floor Conference Room
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Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 pm - Frank D. Reeves Municipal Building, 2000 14th Street, NW, 2nd Floor Community Room
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Wednesday, March 27, 1:00 pm - Focus: Special Needs Housing - 1800 Martin Luther King Jr, Avenue, SE, 1st Floor Conference Room
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Thursday, March 28, 6:30 pm - The Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. Family Life Community Center, 605 Rhode Island Avenue, NE
For more information, please contact DHCD at 202-442-7200
and DHCD.EVENTS@dc.gov.
Winter Weather Service Advisory
MetroRail
Trains are operating on a regular weekday schedule
with no reported issues or delays at this time. However, you may
encounter minor delays due to snow and ice clearing efforts, as equipment that
removes snow and ice from the third rail operates between regularly scheduled
trains. Please allow additional travel time. Also note that service levels may change
based on conditions; always check wmata.com
before starting your trip or sign up
for MetroAlerts to receive updated information by email or text message.
Metro is also encouraging customers to sign up for
MetroAlerts email and text messages for up-to-the-minute information about
weather-related service changes on Metrobus or Metrorail. To sign up, visit wmata.com/metroalerts.
For more Metro snow information, visit wmata.com/snow.
MetroBus
Certain commuter bus routes are cancelled today, while
some other routes are operating with slightly reduced service. Check the bus alerts page for updates.
Other routes – including major routes in the District – are operating
with near normal service. Bus service may be reduced or even possibly
suspended if conditions deteriorate. For this reason, it is important
that you get where you need to be prior to the worst of the storm. Metro hopes to give two hours
notice prior to any suspension of bus service. Because
your safety is always our highest priority, it may be necessary to detour some
routes off of hills and other problem areas.
MetroAccess
Due to the expected winter storm and potentially
difficult road conditions, Metro is canceling all MetroAccess paratransit
service today. Customers who wish to
reschedule their trip for a future date should call the MetroAccess
reservations center at 301-562-5360.
At this time, Metrorail service is planning to operate on
or close to a regular weekday schedule. Metrobus service may be affected by
weather conditions, including the possibility pre-planned snow route adjustments
based on weather conditions. View Metrobus
pre-planned snow adjustments.
Metro Track Work – March 8 – 10
Buses replace
trains on portions of Orange and Blue lines; single tracking on Red, Green and
Yellow lines.
The ongoing effort to rebuild and upgrade the Metrorail
system to provide safer and more reliable service will continue over the
weekend of March 8-10, on all lines. The work will begin at 10:00 pm Friday and
continue through system closing on Sunday.
Red Line
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Trains will single track between Judiciary
Square and Rhode Island Avenue to allow for track renewal and communication
system upgrades.
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Throughout the weekend, trains between Shady
Grove and Glenmont will operate every 20 minutes.
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Between 9:00 am and 9:00 pm on Saturday and
Sunday, additional trains will operate between Shady Grove and Judiciary
Square, resulting in service about every 10 minutes between those
stations.
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Customers on the eastern side of the Red Line
should allow about 10 minutes of additional travel time.
Upcoming Police Service Area (PSA) Meetings
PSA 403 – Wednesday, April 17th
Where: Emery
Recreation Center
When: 7:00 pm
Who: Lt. Shane Lamond, shane.lamond@dc.gov
Reminder: Public Service and the Women of
Washington hosted by DC Councilmembers, March 7th
Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser, Ward 3 Councilmember
Mary Cheh, Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander and At-Large Councilmember
Anita Bonds will be hosting Public Service and the Women of Washington on
Thursday, March 7th in the John A. Wilson Building, located at 1350
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Reception will
begin at 6:30 pm and the program will begin at 7:00pm. Come and celebrate women’s history month
celebration with the women of the District Council.
To RSVP, please contact Kiara Pesante at 202-724-8089 or kpesante@dccouncil.us.
For more information, please contact Brandon Todd at
202-724-8052 or btodd@dccouncil.us.
Reminder: The Office of Tax and Revenue
hosts Free DC Tax Assistance in Ward 4, March 19th
The Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) staff will be hosting
a free DC Tax Assistance for individuals and businesses in Ward 4 on Tuesday,
March 19th from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm at the Petworth Library located at
4200 Kansas Avenue, NW. These sessions
will assist residents and businesses with filing individual taxes, real
property homestead, real property assessments, real property senior deduction
and tax resolution.
For more information, please contact OTR Customer Service
at 202-727-4829.
Pepco Handbook Regarding Storm Preparation
Pepco will be closely monitoring the winter storm. In preparation for the continuing storm Pepco
has released a handbook regarding storm preparation.
Please a link to the handbook here:
http://www.pepco.com/_res/documents/PepcoStormPreparationHandbook.pdf
DC Department of Parks and Recreation
facilities closed
Due to inclement weather the DC Department of Parks and
Recreation (DPR) facilities will be closed.
These closures include all recreation centers, community centers,
aquatic facilities. All fields are closed and off-line and all DPR events and
all permitted events on fields are cancelled.
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