As she lays out her pn for the district economy. She wanted toalk jobs with us and asked to meet up at the Watergate Hotel as theyy announced plans to pump 125 millio into major renovatioions. There was plenty to talk about from metro, marijuana, to threats of jail time for defying congress, plus being a womanan in one of the nations most powerful js. Mayor bowser, welcome to washington business repoport. This is the first time we have had you on that we get to cal you mayor bowser. Mayor bowser thank youor having me. Rebecca we are at the unveiling of whathe watergate is going to look like. Mayor bowser i am very excited. I am excited about developments across the city, where we have d. C. Residents working great Economic Investment for the private sector, the public sector. It is just another signal of how well d. C. Is doing. Rebecca you have a long way to go. Mayor bowser o one of the biggest reasons i was elected was to focus on how we can cse gaps in the city and ensure more peop
History. And also serve as economic engines attracting tourists and locals alike. We appreciate the addition and new policies to the rows update including policy 1. 12 which recognizes the value of Historic Buildings and landscapes. Also policy 1. 13 which requires the city to identify and preserve Historic Landscapes, buildings, structures, and objects within city parks. We are concerned, however, that the language of the last sentence of policy 1. 13 allows the city to determine the appropriate treatment based on quote publicly provided benefit by the proposed [speaker not understood]. We believe that should be the priority of the policy because the city already takes into account Public Benefit when making decisions on proposed projects. Additionally, we think that provision should be included in the element that will ensure the protection of lesser known and or undesignated Historic Resources located within the citys parks and open space. For example, the york mini park located on
Ms. Wellpoint. Good afternoon, im nancy werful. I ask you to strengthen the [speaker not understood] as open space and not relegated to being raw land that is for development with no structureseses. A city policy that purports itself to preserving existing open space must actually do that, bernanke, and by specifically preventing New Buildings on the land that the city has said is open space. As the city grows more dense, so does the pressure to use our open space as just conveniently available publicly owned vacant land for building dujure. To protect our parks as open space for future generations, the 2013 draft row should have unequivocal restrictions against New Buildings. Our city policy has assisted in restricting development so we actually have saved many areas as open space. The draft rows has now weakened the preservation mandate. I call upon this commission as the appropriate body to request changes to safeguard the existing open space and landscapes to be made in the draft r
Available publicly owned vacant land for building dujure. To protect our parks as open space for future generations, the 2013 draft row should have unequivocal restrictions against new buildings. Our city policy has assisted in restricting development so we actually have saved many areas as open space. The draft rows has now weakened the preservation mandate. I call upon this commission as the appropriate body to request changes to safeguard the existing open space and landscapes to be made in the draft rows. I urge you to include the following recommendations for three policies. First, i request the commission to propose to remove the current section 2 from policy 1. 13 that [speaker not understood] on recreation and park land by providing criteria to allow these structures. The standards include providing a clear rationale for the facility, as if that has ever been a deal breaker that stopped development of open space from this city. Instead, please substitute the language from the 1
Open space as just conveniently available publicly owned vacant land for building dujure. To protect our parks as open space for future generations, the 2013 draft row should have unequivocal restrictions against new buildings. Our city policy has assisted in restricting development so we actually have saved many areas as open space. The draft rows has now weakened the preservation mandate. I call upon this commission as the appropriate body to request changes to safeguard the existing open space and landscapes to be made in the draft rows. I urge you to include the following recommendations for three policies. First, i request the commission to propose to remove the current section 2 from policy 1. 13 that [speaker not understood] on recreation and park land by providing criteria to allow these structures. The standards include providing a clear rationale for the facility, as if that has ever been a deal breaker that stopped development of open space from this city. Instead, please su