4554652 Public Roundtable Notice on "Reviewing the Implementation of New Vending Regulations"

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of Public Roundtable

                                                                                                           

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite G-6    Washington, DC 20004                                           

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chair

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Announces a Public Roundtable

 on

Reviewing the Implementation of New Vending Regulations

 

Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:00 A.M.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 412

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, Dc 20004

 

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs on the implementation of new vending regulations due to be published in the September 18, 2013 edition of the District of Columbia Register.  The public roundtable is scheduled for Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004.

 

The purpose of the public roundtable is to review the rollout of new vending regulations scheduled for publication in the District of Columbia Register on September 18, 2013 and to be implemented on October 1.  The rulemaking amends a number of vending regulations, including key provisions governing vending licensure, vendor operations, the designation of sidewalk and roadway vending locations, public markets, vending development zones, and more.  The rulemaking amends fees for a Class C business license and establishes a schedule of fines for vending business license civil infractions.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public roundtable are asked to contact Faye Caldwell or Gene Fisher of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] or [e-mail] and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Thursday, October 24, 2013.  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 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 Thursday, November 14, 2013.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite G-6 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.