6187065 Public Hearing on B21-0697, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016

 

Councilmember Anita Bonds, Chairperson
Committee on Housing and Community Development

Announces a Public Hearing of the Committee on

B21-0697, the “Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016”

on

                                            Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 4:30 PM                                           

John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

                                                           Washington, DC 20004                      

 

Councilmember Anita Bonds, Chairperson of the Committee on Housing and Community Development, will hold the final public hearing on B21-0697, the “Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016”. The public hearing will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 4:30 PM in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.

 

The Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Omnibus Amendment Act of 2016 proposes a wide variety of changes to laws governing the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Key proposals in the bill include clarifying requirements for agency notification to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs); clarifying the requirements of great weight; providing a remedial process for cases where notice or great weight requirements are not properly followed; streamlining ANC notice to the community; providing for a modest office space in each ward for ANCs to share; and creating a stipend for Commissioners who regularly attend ANC meetings.

 

Those who wish to testify are requested to telephone the Committee on Housing and Community Development, at [phone], or email [e-mail], and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any), by close of business on September 28, 2016.  Persons wishing to testify are encouraged to submit 15 copies of written testimony. Oral testimony should be limited to three minutes for individuals and five minutes for organizations.

 

If you are unable to testify at the public hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Housing and Community Development, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 112, Washington, D.C. 20004, or as an email attachment to [e-mail]. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2016.