ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 3E
TENLEYTOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
c/o Lisner Home 5425 Western Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20015
October 2, 2008
We, the undersigned, heartily endorse the following statements:
Since the Janney SIT/LSRT has written to the Mayor rescinding all support for a development project, there is now a consensus among community stakeholders, for the Janney Elementary School and the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library that the public/private development project should be abandoned and that the reconstruction of the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library should proceed immediately. Furthermore, due to the severe overcrowding of the school and an anticipated population expansion to 550 students, Janney Elementary School's modernization/expansion should be moved as far forward as possible in the new Master Facilities Plan.
We strongly urge all decision makers in the District of Columbia government to cease negotiations with all developers intending to build private residences on the library and/or school land. The District of Columbia Public Library system should be directed to go ahead immediately with plans to rebuild the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, and we urge Allen Lew of the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization to move Janney Elementary School in the modernization queue to allow for its expansion/modernization to begin as soon as possible.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy McVey, ANC3E01
Carolyn Sherman, ANC 3E03
Lucy Eldridge, ANC3E04
Anne Sullivan, ANC3E05
Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library Executive Board
Board of Directors, Tenleytown Neighbors Association
Board of Directors, Friendship Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors, Tenleytown Historical Society
Board of Directors, CSTO
Marvin Tievsky, Friendship-Tenleytown Citizen’s Association
Dorothy Maloney, The Heights Foundation Inc.
Tenley Campus Neighbors
