6262919 Public Hearing on B21-779, Quiet Green Zones Pilot Act of 2016 and B21-881, Healthy Public Buildings Assessment Act of 2016, and Public Roundtable on PR21-984, Director of the Department of General Services Greer Gillis Confirmation ...

Notice of Public Hearing on

 

B21-779, the Quiet Green Zones Pilot Act of 2016

and

B21-881, the Healthy Public Buildings Assessment Act of 2016

 

and

 

Notice of Public Roundtable on

 

PR21-984, the Director of the Department of General Services Greer Gillis Confirmation Resolution of 2016

 

Thursday, November 3, 2016

at 11:00 a.m.

in Room 412 of the

John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20004

 

On Thursday, November 3, 2016, Councilmember Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, will hold a public hearing on B21-779, the Quiet Green Zones Pilot Act of 2016 and B21-881, the Healthy Public Buildings Assessment Act of 2016, and a public roundtable on PR21-984, the Director of the Department of General Services Greer Gillis Confirmation Resolution of 2016. The hearing and roundtable will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 

B21-779, the Quiet Green Zones Pilot Act of 2016, would require the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of General Services to implement a pilot program to minimize audible sounds from the maintenance and lawn care of public land, and require DGS to purchase only electric or battery-powered landscape maintenance equipment beginning in FY 2022, as feasible. B21-881, the Healthy Public Buildings Assessment Act of 2016, would require DGS to regularly assess public buildings for listed indoor health hazards, to establish a protocol for the testing and remediation of each condition, and to publish an annual report card on its compliance with the protocols for each public building. PR21-984, the Director of the Department of General Services Greer Gillis Confirmation Resolution of 2016, would confirm the Mayor’s nomination of Greer Gillis as Director of the Department of General Services

 

The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony, which will be made a part of the official record. Anyone wishing to testify should contact Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail]. Persons representing organizations will have five minutes to present their testimony. Individuals will have three minutes to present their testimony. Witnesses should bring 5 copies of their written testimony and should submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

If you are unable to testify in person, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Aukima Benjamin, staff assistant to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 108, Washington, D.C. 20004. They may also be e-mailed to [e-mail] or faxed to [phone]. The record will close at the end of the business day on November 10, 2016.

 

This notice has been revised to include consideration of PR21-984, the Director of the Department of General Services Greer Gillis Confirmation Resolution of 2016.