[from Sandy Hoffmann]
The Mayor's draft comprehensive plan has major sections relevant to Soldiers' Home and the creation of park space to serve our area.
SoldiersHome.pdf
ParkElement.pdf
The new plan recognizes that our central part of the city is very underserved by parkland. We have about 1.9 acres of park (District AND Federal) per 1000 residents. The standard for suburban areas is about 4-5 acres per 1000 people. The area west of Rock Creek Park has about 12 acres of park per 1000 people.
The draft plan contains some very strong, specific provisions for creation of park on the Soldiers' Home campus and the McMillan Reservoir. These provisions should carry weight in federal decisions about land development in the District.
We've really accomplished quite a bit by getting these into the language. The next step is that the Council will vote on these provisions. The Council is holding a public hearing on them next Tuesday.
We need to have people say they want this. There are three things they can do:
1) Sign up by this Friday to testify at a hearing on the Comprehensive Plan that will be held next Tuesday afternoon and next Tuesday evening.
You need to call 202-724-8196 or e-mail [email protected] by September 22 (this Friday). The hearing will be held in the Council Chamber. The Committee staff have been very nice when I called and understand that ordinary residents aren't used to doing this kind of thing. They try to make you feel comfortable.
2) Call, email or write their Councilmember
Adrian Fenty 724-8052
Jim Graham 724-8181
2) AND call their at-large Councilmembers
Linda Cropp 724-8032
Carol Schwartz 724-8105
David Catania 724-7772
Phil Mendelson 724-8064
Kwame Brown 724-8174
All Councilmembers email addresses and mail addresses can be found here.
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