19 Dec 2018

ANC:

Updates from your ANC commissioners

The DC flag. Photo by María Helena Carey, via Instagram.

We periodically share updates from your ANC commissioners, edited for brevity and clarity. Although these are most pertinent to particular single member districts (SMDs), we feel the information shared can be of interest to the whole Capitol Hill community. Are you an ANC commissioner who shares regular updates? Add thehillishome@gmail.com to your distribution list, please! –María Helena Carey and Kate McFadden

Amber Gove, ANC6Ao4

As the Washington Post and several other outlets have reported, there is a push to include a provision in the year-end congressional spending bill. Please consider signing the petition, linked below. There is a petition (copy below) circulating in opposition to using public funds or land to rebuild an NFL stadium on the site.

Hail No to a New Stadium at RFK – Add Your Name Below

“As a DC resident, I am against a deal that gives away a single square foot of land or a single District tax dollar to build a new stadium for billionaire NFL owner Dan Snyder.

  • I believe the 190 acres alongside the Anacostia River could be so much more than oceans of asphalt for surface parking and a 60,000 seat stadium.
  • On average, most NFL stadiums only hold 10 to 20 events annually outside of eight NFL home games, meaning the stadium sits empty more than 300 days a year. An enormous space that sits empty doesn’t spur economic growth and doesn’t help the surrounding community, as study after study has demonstrated.
  • Make no mistake – people drive to NFL games and they’re going to park somewhere, regardless of how much is available. At San Francisco’s new stadium, they had to rent out all of the parking lots at a nearby amusement park. Where do you think people will park around RFK if there isn’t enough parking for fans?
  • Nationwide, since 1997 we’ve seen the NFL pit communities against each other while collecting more than $6.7 billion dollars from taxpayers to build stadiums for privately-owned teams. Overall, local taxpayers end up footing around half the bill for a new NFL stadium. 
  • The costs of these projects are always higher than estimated. The five most recent newly-constructed NFL stadiums have surpassed more than $1 billion dollars each!
  • As a DC resident, I don’t want to see DC hoodwinked into paying for a billionaire’s stadium. The District needs our tax dollars to create new housing at all levels, support local DC entrepreneurs who run small and local business, take urgent steps forward to shift to a 100% clean energy environment, build larger and modern schools for our growing city, fund our Metro system, and in general spend money to make life better and easier for DC residents.
  • Sitting on the banks of the historic Anacostia River, a new stadium and all of the traffic and trash that would come along, would set the Anacostia River’s improvement back. RFK has never had to meet standards set by the National Environmental Policy Act, and I am concerned any deal worked out under the outgoing Congress would try to extend the exemption to holding the site accountable to environmental standards.

Dedicating millions of dollars to bring an NFL stadium to the District is a bad deal and a poor use of an incredible opportunity.

I urge the DC Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser to reject a deal made between the outgoing congress and this President and the NFL, which once again circumvents the local control and rights of the residents who call the District of Columbia home. Only in the District of Columbia does this happen without the residents having a seat at the table.

Thank you.”

Sign here: http://www.hailnorfk.com/?recruiter_id=1212916
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Become a Snow Hero

Lastly, consider becoming a Snow Hero this winter by agreeing to shovel for a neighbor in need of some extra help. Volunteers can pick up free shovels from the ServeDC office downtown (see details below).

We want to thank those of you for demonstrating your #DCValues by volunteering to remove snow for a senior or resident with access and functional needs. If needed, we want to provide you with a shovel, and a “We Are DC” beanie hat, (while supplies last).

There may be snow in the forecast soon. We hope you have registered for the DC Volunteer Snow Team and taken a moment to Adopt-A-Senior (or two) in your neighborhood. For a step-by-step guide, check out the Volunteer Orientation video HERE. 

If needed, please pick up your shovel at the Serve DC Office, located at 2000 14th Street, NW, Suite 101. Our office is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

 

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