5216095 Joint Public Roundtable Notice (Revised) on PR20-1135, "Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Surplus Declaration Resolution of 2014" and PR20-1136, "Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014"

Council of the District of Columbia                                     

Committee on Economic Development

Committee on Government Operations

Notice of Joint Public Roundtable

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004

REVISED

COUNCILMEMBER MURIEL BOWSER, CHAIRPERSON

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

and

 

Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Chairperson

Committee on Government Operations

 

 

ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE

 

On

Proposed Resolution 20-1135, the Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Surplus Declaration Resolution of 2014,

And

Proposed Resolution 20-1136, the Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014

 

December 9, 2014

2:00 P.m.

Room 500

John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, Councilmember Muriel Bowser, Chairperson of the Committee on Economic Development, and Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations, will hold a joint public roundtable to consider Proposed Resolution 20-1135, the Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Surplus Declaration Resolution of 2014, and Proposed Resolution 20-1136, the Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014.

 

Proposed Resolutions 20-1135 and 20-1136 will, respectively, declare District owned property at the intersection of Fifth and I Streets NW., as surplus, and authorize the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) to dispose of this property located in the Mount Vernon Triangle for redevelopment. The DMPED has selected TPC 5^th & I Partners, LLC to redevelop the Property into a mixed use development. The proposed redevelopment project consists of an approximately 200 key hotel, approximately 60 condominium units, 7,600 square-feet of retail, and below-grade parking. The Developer will also renovate two parks in the immediate are. In addition, the Developer will construct approximately 61 units of affordable housing for households earning at or below 60% of the area median income at 2100 Martin Luther King Jr, Avenue SE.

 

The joint public roundtable will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

             

Individuals and representatives of community organizations wishing to testify should contact Tsega Bekele, Legislative Counsel to the Committee on Economic Development, at [phone], or [e-mail] and furnish his or her name, address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business on December 8, 2014.  Persons presenting testimony may be limited to 3 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Please provide the Committee with 20 copies of any written testimony.

 

If you are unable to testify at the joint public roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Economic Development, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 110 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 no later than December 8, 2014.

 

This hearing notice has been revised to reflect the addition of the Committee on Government Operations, which will consider the additional measure, Proposed Resolution 20-1135, the “Fifth Street, N.W. and I Street, N.W. Surplus Declaration Resolution of 2014.”  Also, this notice has been revised to reflect a change in start time from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.