WHEREAS, Council Members Kwame Brown and Mary Cheh have written a letter to the Mayor asking for the library rebuild to move forward immediately and the private development proposal for the site be dropped, yet have not received a response by their due date of November 7, 2008, and
WHEREAS, the Council Members’ lack of impact on the project signals that the Council’s status as a co-equal branch of the government is threatened, and
WHEREAS, the failure of the Mayor to end this extremely unpopular project has resulted in real harm to the community by causing a prolonged delay of the library rebuild,
THEREFORE, be it resolved that ANC 3E urges the Mayor to end negotiations for a public-private development project at this site and to authorize DCPL to move forward with its plans to rebuild the Tenley-Friendship, and
THEREFORE, be it resolved that ANC 3E urges the Council to re-establish its role as an effective steward of public lands by instructing the Mayor to stop wasting time and money on this project that is opposed by both the community and the Council Members who initially supported it, and
THEREFORE, be it resolved that ANC 3E further urges the Council to complete the work it has begun to reform Title X by moving a bill out of committee and passing legislation this term to ensure that surplussing decisions must be made by the Council before the Mayor and his agents are authorized to offer public land for sale or long-term lease.
Approved this day of November 13, 2008 by a vote of 3-1 with a proper quorum present of Commissioners.
Signed,
Amy McVey, Chairperson of the ANC 3E
