6084730 Public Oversight Roundtable on Review of DCRA Operations Pertaining to Illegal Construction Inspections, Housing Inspections, Business Licensing and Permitting, Zoning Compliance and Availability of Records to the Public (Revised)

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of a Public Oversight Roundtable

                                                                                                           

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119    Washington, DC 20004

Revised                             

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chair

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

 

Announces a Public Oversight Roundtable

 

 

 

Review of DCRA Operations Pertaining to Illegal Construction Inspections, Housing Inspections, Business Licensing and Permitting, Zoning Compliance and Availability of Records to the Public

 

Wednesday, July 13, 2016, 10:00 A.M.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., announces the scheduling of a public oversight roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs concerning illegal construction and other issues relating to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (“DCRA”). The public oversight roundtable is scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004. The notice is being updated to reflect the change of the date of the public oversight roundtable from Tuesday, July 12, 2016 to Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The change of date is necessary since an additional legislative meeting has been called on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

 

The public oversight roundtable will provide an opportunity for District residents to express their thoughts on various issues involving DCRA. Some topics include illegal construction inspections, housing inspections, business licensing and permitting, zoning regulation compliance and the availability of records to the public. The public oversight roundtable is an opportunity for the Committee to hear the public’s concerns regarding the agency and for DCRA to address these issues and provide information on any updates the agency has made or will be making going forward.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public oversight roundtable are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Monday, July 11, 2016. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the public oversight roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of business Wednesday, July 27, 2016.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.