4957784 Joint Public Roundtable Notice on PR20-819, "Stevens School Surplus Declaration and Approval Resolution of 2014" and PR20-820, "Stevens School 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

 

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 20-819, the Stevens School Surplus Declaration and Approval Resolution of 2014

 

AND

 

Proposed Resolution 20-820, the Stevens School Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014

 

June 23, 2014

10:00 a.m.

Room 500

John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 

On Monday, June 23, 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 20-819, the Stevens School Surplus Declaration and Approval Resolution of 2014 and Proposed Resolution 20-820, the Stevens School Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014.

 

Proposed Resolutions 20-819 and 20-820 will, respectively, declare District owned property at 1050 21^st Street, N.W., the former Thaddeus Steven School site, as surplus, and authorize the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to dispose of the property through two new ground leases on the property. The development team, a partnership between the John Akridge Development Company, Argos Group, LLC, and IvyMount School, has proposed a redevelopment project that includes the rehabilitation of the historic school building for IvyMount’s education and training programs that will serve students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities.  Further, the story of the Stevens School will be memorialized through a sculpture of Thaddeus Stevens and a merit-based, post-secondary educational scholarship in his name funded by the development team for five years.  The project will also include the development of a mixed-use office and retail building on the site.

 

The joint public roundtable will begin at 10:00 a.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 June 20, 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.