5175840 Small and Local Business Development, Department of - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PRELIMINARY FINDING ON APPLICATION FOR SOUTHWEST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

AND PRELIMINARY FINDING

 

ON

 

APPLICATION FOR SOUTHWEST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 6 of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996 (“Act”), D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.06, the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) will hold a public hearing on the application of the Southwest Business Improvement District for registration as a business improvement district. 

 

The public hearing will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in the Old Council Chambers, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

 

On Friday, October 24, 2014, Director Robert Summers sent a letter to the Southwest Business Improvement District in which he announced his preliminary determination that the filing criteria set forth in D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.04 have been met and that the application is otherwise in conformity with the Act.  This public hearing will determine whether or not the BID application meets the purposes of the BID law, the definition of BID activity and all other BID application requirements. The BID application is available for review by the public during normal business hours on weekdays at 690 Water Street, S.W., in the offices of PN Hoffman and at 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 850N, in the offices of DSLBD.

 

DSLBD invites the public to testify at the public hearing.  Witnesses should bring a copy of their written testimony to the hearing.  Additional written statements are encouraged and will be made part of the official record.  Written statements may be submitted by e-mail to [e-mail] or mailed to: Lincoln Lashley, DSLBD, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 850N, Washington, DC 20001.

 

The public hearing record will close five business days following the conclusion of the hearing, or Wednesday, December 17, 2014.  Persons submitting written statements for the record should observe this deadline.