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| Storm-water rules mark milestone for the District’s rivers and beyond |
VOICE writes, "
BY BEN WEINSTEIN
District and federal officials this week announced stricter rules for city storm-water management, calling the new requirements an environmental milestone that could inspire efforts to protect urban rivers everywhere.
The new standards require a mix of “green” and “gray” infrastructure measures, including planting thousands of trees, fitting new government buildings with green roofs and retrofitting drainage basins with more effective filtration controls.
“We’re talking about getting rid of rainwater in a better way than ever before,” Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Donald Welsh said, adding that he hopes other cities in the country will follow the District’s lead.
The changes came from a lawsuit aimed at tightening Environmental Protection Agency standards for pollutants flowing into the Anacostia River. The agency negotiated with Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm, over the District’s water pollution regulations through the federal Clean Water Act. "
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Posted on Dec 13, 2007 03:21am.
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| 1st District have increased foot patrols |
VOICE writes, "
By Amy Doolittle
Officials in the Metropolitan Police Department's 1st District have increased foot patrols by plain-clothed and uniformed officers throughout neighborhoods to guard against a spike in home robberies around the holidays.
First District Cmdr. David Kamperin said the changes began before Thanksgiving and will continue through Christmas and the New Year’s Day.
"When we looked at our crime and projected out we saw that over the holidays and over the fall we would have an increase," he said. "We have increased tactical officers, made some arrests and ... looked at targeting specific times when robberies occur.""
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Posted on Dec 13, 2007 03:20am.
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| Private parties are considering taking over the lease |
VOICE writes, "
BY BEN WEINSTEIN
Mayor Adrian Fenty announced last week that private parties are considering taking over the lease for 225 Virginia Ave. SE, a large warehouse the city rented last year for its now-abandoned plan to move Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
He also said 1st District police headquarters will stay in Southwest, possibly moving into an elementary school building.
Fenty said the not-yet-finalized deal would save the city $19.1 million a year on a lease signed during Mayor Anthony Williams' tenure. He did not say who might takeover the 20-year lease for the old newspaper printing facility, but the Washington Business Journal reported last month that National Public Radio is considering the site."
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Posted on Dec 07, 2007 07:25am.
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| Baseball parking |
VOICE writes, "
BY BEN WEINSTEIN
City transportation and Washington Nationals officials this week said parking, street-route and mass-transit plans will be ready in time to handle stadium traffic by spring, but neighborhood activists worry that opening day will mark the beginning of a chaotic era for Southwest.
Officials predicted that increased game-day capacity on Metro, new street-parking restrictions and campaigns to minimize car traffic will mean more than half of fans won't drive to games.
"This has got to be a transit-oriented ballpark," said Gregory McCarthy, senior director of operations for the Nationals, adding that there will be stadium-area brochures, “limited edition” Nationals Metrorail fare cards and ballpark ambassadors to help direct fans to the stadium. "
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Posted on Dec 07, 2007 07:19am.
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| Near Northeast looks toward single-sales ban |
VOICE writes, "BY JULIA O’DONOGHUE
Inspired by the moratorium of single-container sales of beer imposed on the eastern portion of H Street, the Near Northeast advisory neighborhood commission is considering a ban of its own.
The commission’s licensing and economic development advisory committee voted Wednesday night on whether to recommend a moratorium on the sale of single-serving alcohol containers along the western H Street corridor and the neighborhood to the north of H Street in the Near Northeast neighborhood. The results were not available at press time.
If approved, the Near Northeast commission would act on the committee’s recommendation. A moratorium on single sales of alcohol would also have to be approved by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the D.C. Council before it goes into effect. "
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Posted on Nov 30, 2007 17:51pm.
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| 11th Street Bridges plan sparks debate |
VOICE writes, "BY JULIE WESTFALL
The recent release of a several-inches-thick binder set off a round of spats between neighborhood groups and the District Department of Transportation over the proposed 11th Street bridges renovation project. The proposal calls for linking the bridges to the city’s freeways in an effort to remedy rush-hour congestion in the Hill East neighborhoods that surround the bridges.
Some neighborhood leaders balked at parts or all of the Transportation Department’s proposal to reconfigure the bridges, saying it would simply encourage more commuters to drive to the city and actually add to the congestion in their neighborhoods. The department’s plan is supposed to force drivers to remain on the freeway system, rather than take shortcuts through the neighborhoods, which some must do now in order to get back on some freeways and others choose to do in order to avoid freeway traffic."
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Posted on Nov 30, 2007 17:33pm.
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| Condo to rental shift raises questions on H Street |
VOICE writes, "BY JULIA O’DONOGHUE
Senate Square, a new H Street corridor development that was originally pitched as a 140-unit, high-end condominium complex, is now being marketed as a rental complex, raising concerns for the Near Northeast advisory neighborhood commission.
During its Nov. 12 meeting, the commission voted to send a letter to the D.C. Zoning Commission asking whether the building’s developer, Broadway I Associates LLC, has strayed from its agreement with the city to include affordable-housing condominiums, among other promises.
The Zoning Commission approved increased height and density for the Senate Square project in 2005 in exchange for a community amenity package that was partly predicated on attracting new homeowners to the neighborhood, the commissioners said. "
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Posted on Nov 30, 2007 17:23pm.
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