Save the Date

Calling all High School Students!!!  Please join ANC 4B06 for the first community clean-up of the school year on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 1pm-3pm at Fort Slocum Park. Scan the QR code to register and remember to bring your DCPS Volunteer Form. All tools (gloves, grabbers and trash bags) will be provided.

Click https://rebrand.ly/20bcf4 or scan the QR code to register.

Quarterly Prioritization

DDOT paused the quarterly prioritization for this quarter (July - September 2024). During this time, DDOT will work to refine the TSI program with the goal of resuming an improved program on October 1, 2024.  In the interim, Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and her team have created their own Traffic Safety Input Form.  

For information regarding traffic calming measures, view the DDOT website at the following address: Traffic Safety Input.

NOTE: Please do NOT use this service request type to report maintenance issues related to existing Roadway Signs, Traffic Signal Issues, Sidewalk Repair, Roadway Markings, Tree Pruning, or Roadway Repair (including speed hump repair requests).

For such requests, please select the corresponding service request type from DC 311. Maintenance requests submitted as Traffic Safety Inputs will not be addressed.

If you have a direct DDOT constituent services request, please contact our Constituent Services team by phone or email here: Constituent Services.

Councilmember Lewis George Ward 4 Dispatch

Preparing Our Facilities for the First Day of School

Since early July, I've been working with my council colleagues to meet with educators, school leaders, and various agencies to assess the condition of schools throughout the District. This process has also involved regular communication with parents and families to get the latest information on the status of repairs and projects from DGS and DCPS. 

I'm grateful to everyone who has joined us on these tours and is advocating for the well-being of our students and educators. DC’s teachers and students deserve a safe and comfortable academic environment. When this need is met, students of all ages show up to school and thrive.

In the next few days, I encourage all educators and school staff to review our school readiness checklist and email facilities@dccouncil.gov to report any issues they encounter. As issues arise, I’ll continue to conduct oversight to ensure schools are prepared and students’ learning is not interrupted.

I'll also be sharing a letter with DGS and DCPS leadership in the coming days to share my findings from these tours and recommend a path forward. I expect and am hopeful the Council, DGS, and DCPS can work together to improve and streamline processes and ultimately deliver the best conditions for our students, educators, and school communities. 

Ward 4 Drug Free Zones in Effect

MPD has announced several drug free zones in Ward 4, which are now in effect until Monday, August 26th at 7:59am. The creation of these drug free zones was authorized by the Secure DC omnibus bill in March and allows MPD to order individuals to disperse from the zone if an officer “reasonably believes” the person is there to commit a drug offense. The boundaries of the drug free zone will be:

• Piney Branch Road, NW from 12th Street to Georgia Avenue, NW
• Georgia Avenue, NW from Piney Branch Road to Tuckerman Street, NW
• 900 Block of Tuckerman Street, NW
• 6200-6300 block of 9th Street, NW
• Rittenhouse Street, NW from 9th Street to 12th Street, NW
• 12th Street, NW from Rittenhouse Street to Piney Branch Road, NW
• 100 block of Longfellow Street, NW
• 5400-5500 blocks of 1st Street, NW
• 100 block of Missouri Avenue, NW
• 2nd Street, NW from Missouri Avenue, NW to Longfellow Street, NW

Summer in the Park at Fort Slocum

Every Thursday evening in August from 6 to 8pm, Rock Creek Park and Rock Creek Conservancy are hosting free, family-friendly events at Fort Slocum. Join for music from DJ Lance Reynolds and fun-for-all-ages games and activities. Learn more and register here.

Office Hours in the Community

Every Wednesday afternoon, our Ward 4 constituent services team holds office hours at Fort Stevens Rec Center from 12 to 1pm, followed by office hours at Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center from 1:30 to 2:30pm. Community members can stop by and speak one-on-one with a member of our team about DC government services or our work in the Ward 4 community.

In The Ward 4 You Pop-Ups

We'll be holding these events every Thursday for the rest of the summer, stopping in different neighborhoods to meet with community members, identify areas of concern, bring resources, and support residents with constituent services requests. Our next stops will be Manor Park, Brightwood, and Takoma. Make sure to check out the full schedule below so you can be a part of our events!

DPW Service Level

Collections Time Adjustment

NOW through September 6, DPW will begin trash & recycling and food waste collections at 6:00 a.m. to beat the heat! On code red days, collections will start at 5:30 a.m.

Free mulch/compost pickup at Fort Totten Transfer Station is back! Residents can fill up to five 32-gal bags (bring your own bags & shovel) from Wed-Fri 10 am-2 pm & Sat 7 am-2 pm at 4900 John McCormack Rd NE.

Curbside Composting Pilot Program: Not in the Pilot Program but interested in participating in the future? Please fill out this waitlist form to be one of the first to hear about program updates and openings: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CompostPilotInterest

The Special Waste Collection Events will be conducted twice quarterly.

Here are the dates for the future special waste collection events:

• Thursday, September 19^th from 10am to 2pm @ Anacostia Skate Park
• Saturday, September 21^st from 8am to 2pm @ Carter Barron Tennis Center

The Department of Energy and Environment E-cycling events. Visit https://doee.dc.gov/ecycle for more information

Upcoming dates are:

• Saturday, September 7   |   10am-2pm
  Collection vehicle on the corner of N St SW & First St SW (near King Greenleaf Recreation Center) Ward 6

• Saturday, September 14   |   10am-2pm

Collection vehicle on Frederick Douglass Court SE, north of Bruce Pl SE (near Douglass Community Center) Ward 8

• Saturday, September 21   |   10am-2pm

Collection vehicle on the corner of Van Buren St NW & 4th St NW (near Takoma Community Center) Ward 4

• Saturday, October 5   |   10am-2pm

Collection vehicle on the corner of Georgia Ave NW & Howard Pl NW (near Banneker Community Center) Ward 1

• Saturday, October 12   |   10am-2pm

Collection vehicle on Pennsylvania Ave NW between 19th & 20th St NW (east of James Monroe Park) Ward 2

Join the Mayor's Office of the Clean City at their "Roll-Off Days." Roll-off days rotate to different wards on Saturdays each month and allow residents to responsibly dispose of bulk trash, debris, and electronics to E-Cycle! For additional information visit Cleancity.dc.gov

Here's the schedule: 

Spring Services

Street cleaning, alley cleaning, mowing/grounds maintenance, and graffiti removal spring services resumed on April 1st and run through October 31^st. Please contact 311 to request an alley cleaning or street cleaning.  For more information regarding DPW spring services visit https://dpw.dc.gov/page/spring-services24

Assigned Mechanical Street Sweeping service resumed on March 4^th  and runs through October 31^st. Vehicles parked on Assigned Mechanical Street Sweeping streets during sweeping hours are subject to $45 tickets and $100 relocation fines. If your street is missed, please contact 311 to submit a Signed Street Sweeping Missed service request.

Unified Communication Center UCC

DPW is committed to delivering efficient and effective services to our residents and quickly resolving issues. As our partner in providing streamlined and effective resolutions, we wanted to share the best channels for residents to utilize.

In order to improve our customer service and our internal tracking mechanisms, DPW launched the Unified Communication Center (UCC) in November 2023 aimed at decreasing our response and resolution times. Through the UCC, we have consolidated our call centers and phone numbers into one accessible line. In February 2024, our average hold time was under 2 minutes, affirming our swift assistance for all callers. We also consolidated our emails into one central address. Each contact, whether by phone or email, is provided a Service Request (SR) if they don’t already have one. For a service inquiry, our representatives offer service information and pass along Service Level Agreement (SLA) benchmarks. In instances where an SR is past our SLA benchmarks, our operational escalation team intervenes to quickly resolve the outstanding request.  

To ensure smooth communication for everyone, as a first step, we kindly request you share the contact details of the UCC with all members in your office and constituents who reach out to you. This will make the service resolution process quicker for residents and raise awareness about DPW's new communication center. DPW’s leadership team is here to address continual issues or problems that have not been addressed satisfactorily by the UCC.  

The UCC is still new, and staff are still learning. If you have used the UCC, please share feedback on what’s working well and what needs improvement. We’d love to hear from you so we can continue to improve!  

UCC Phone: (202) 673-6833 (Mon – Fri) 8:30 am – 4:30 pm  

Central Email: dpw@dc.gov. 

Vision Zero Survey

• Dorothy Height/Benning Library, Saturday, September 7 from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• Lamond Riggs Library, Saturday, September 21 from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• Shaw Library, Saturday, September 21 from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• Vision Zero 2022 Update 
• District’s High Injury Network 
• Triennial Highway Safety Plan (2023) 
• Vulnerable Roadway User Safety Assessment (2023)