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Friday, 31 May 2013

[YEP-DC] Lucky 2013 Celebration for Esperanza Graduates

On June 8, 2013, the Esperanza Education Fund will hold our first-ever graduation party to celebrate our 2013 college graduates, as well as our new Esperanza scholars! Four years after our first scholars received their college acceptance letters and their Esperanza scholarship checks, we are thrilled to bring them together with our newest class of scholars and our members.

Please join us on the beautiful rooftop deck of one of Washington's hippest watering holes, the Jack Rose, for a celebratory afternoon of food, sno cones, and live mariachi music. Individual and corporate sponsorships are available, and information is available on the Lucky 2013 page. Please visit www.esperanzafund.org/lucky2013 to purchase tickets.

Event Details:

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Rooftop of the Jack Rose

2007 18th St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20009

We hope to see you there!

Re: [BloomingdaleActionList] Sierra Club DC Alert -- Save McMillan Park!

Not exactly an impartial source since the association is dedicated to preserving Olmstead's legacy.

On May 31, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Commissioner Youngblood <anc5c03@gmail.com> wrote:

Additionally, here's the testimony for the same Historic Preservation Review Board hearing provided by the National Association for Olmsted Parks.
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Dear Chair Pfaehler and members of the Historic Preservation Review Board,

The National Association for Olmsted Parks appreciates the opportunity to express our concerns regarding the proposed master plan and design guidelines for development of the nationally significant McMillan Park and Sand Filtration Site that are being considered during the Historic Preservation Review Board's hearing, scheduled for April 4, 2013.

We urge you to reject the proposed plans which do not take into account the historic significance of the site. The proposed plans would destroy much of the site's unique historic fabric, including most of the below-ground infrastructure that is crucial to understanding the scale and operation of the slow sand filtration plant. The proposed development plans would also destroy the character‐defining visual and spatial relationships that are central to the original design intent for the site.

The "Historic Preservation Report for the Proposed Redevelopment of the McMillan Slow Sand Filtration Plant" (prepared by EHT Traceries, Inc. for Vision McMillan Partners, July 28, 2010) comprehensively and conclusively makes the case for the historic significance of the McMillan Reservoir, based on the HPRB's McMillan Park Reservoir Historic Landmark designation. The Report also argues for the historic significance of the 25-acre McMillan Park Site as a distinct component of the McMillan Park Reservoir Historic Landmark, based on the Landmark designation as well as on EHT Traceries' own research findings.

Based on the 2010 Historic Preservation Report (quoted below), and on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register Criteria for Evaluation, for which the property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the McMillan Park site is historically significant, among other criteria, because of its:

A. Association with the history of water purification. It was the first water treatment facility in the city of Washington, and its operation resulted in the elimination of typhoid epidemics and reduced incidence of other diseases. The McMillan Site contains a majority of the infrastructure associated with the filtration capabilities of the slow sand filtration plant, and is crucial to understanding the operation and scale of the slow sand filtration plant as a facility for water purification for the entire city of Washington.

B. Association with Senator James McMillan. In 1906, the reservoir and sand filtration complex were named "McMillan Park" in honor of Senator James McMillan. McMillan was the driving force in the creation and implementation of the 1901 Senate Park Committee report which established a comprehensive plan based on L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. Now widely known as "The McMillan Plan," the 1901 Senate Park Commission plan for Washington, D.C. ranks among the most significant urban plans in American history. It called for the completion of the Mall, the articulation of ceremonial boulevards throughout the city, the design of a governmental office complex (today's Federal Triangle), the establishment of a comprehensive park and recreation system, and the overall beautification of the city. The designation of the reservoir and sand filtration site as a publicly accessible park was a testament to McMillan's efforts to beautify the nation's capital by enhancing its system of public open spaces at the turn of the century.

C. Association with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957). In 1906, the Army Corps of Engineers commissioned Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., a member of the 1901 McMillan Commission, as the landscape architect for the design of McMillan Park. The son of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Olmsted Jr. was himself one of the preeminent landscape architects in the United States, and a formative figure in American city, suburban and regional planning. He not only helped develop the McMillan Plan but was instrumental in guiding its execution by serving—between 1910 and 1932—on the two federal oversight bodies for planning Washington: the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park Planning Commission. As adviser or designer, Olmsted Jr. worked on many prominent Washington landmarks, including the White House grounds, Federal Triangle, Jefferson Memorial, Roosevelt Island, Rock Creek Park and Parkway, and the National Cathedral grounds.

In addition, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. is well known for his extensive work in planning state and regional park systems across the country; for his establishment of the first formal training program in landscape architecture at Harvard University in 1900; and for writing the key language in the 1916 bill that established the National Park Service. For thirty years he advised the National Park Service on issues of management and the conservation of water and scenic resources nationwide.

For more than 50 years Olmsted Jr. was a preeminent practitioner and spokesman for landscape architecture and comprehensive planning. He was a founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects and was instrumental in organizing the American City Planning Institute which evolved into the American Planning Association.

The McMillan Park site was planned as a distinct component of the McMillan Reservoir. Olmsted's design provided a unique function as a perimeter pedestrian park through which the public could stroll and visually experience the unusual landscape of the site's open plains and structures.

D. Distinctive design and construction as a public works facility and public park. The McMillan Park Reservoir was a major element of the water system of the District of Columbia, and an urban American engineering resource of great historic, cultural, landscape, planning,

engineering, and architectural significance. (see also the Landmark designation decision for McMillan Park Reservoir, August 21, 1991). It is an element of the McMillan Park System which envisioned a linkage of green open spaces from Rock Creek to Anacostia through the developing suburbs north of the Federal City.

McMillan Park Reservoir is the result of the collaboration of major figures in the City Beautiful movement who later contributed to the aesthetic and architectural development of Washington. In the 19th and early 20th century, public utilities were often integrated into a city's

built fabric and prominently displayed as evidence of urban progress and accomplishments of design and technology. The McMillan Park Reservoir stands as a prominent example of "public works" of that period. The landscape design by a prominent landscape architect as a means to enhance the utilitarian infrastructure of the District of Columbia's water system represents critical understanding of the importance of public works as a part of the City Beautiful Movement.

Thoughtful reuse of the McMillan Park site can provide its neighborhoods and the city of Washington with critically needed public open space and recreational opportunitiesi, as well as create a nationally significant cultural destination that would benefit the entire city.

The National Association for Olmsted Parks asks that you reject the misguided master plan that will destroy the irreplaceable historic resources of this significant cultural site. We hope you will instead consider creative alternatives that are sympathetic to the unique resources of the McMillan Park site, and honor the legacy of Senator McMillan and the District's visionary 20th century planning.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Iris Gestram
Executive Director
National Association for Olmsted Parks
NAOP Testimony for Millan Park - DC Historic Preservation Review Board - 4 April 2013.pdf

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Todd <todd20036@gmail.com> wrote:

Just for everyone's reading, here was the testimony to the Historic Board from the Coalition for Smarter Growth, the leading organization in the DC area focused on smart growth.

http://www.smartergrowth.net/resources/testimony-before-the-d-c-historic-preservation-review-board-support-for-mcmillan-sand-filtration-plant-master-plan-update/

Please accept our testimony on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. My organization works to ensure that transportation and development decisions in the Washington D.C. region accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving our natural and historic areas.

We wish to express our support for the revised Master Plan for the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant proposal. The new plan takes an already thoughtful plan and provides additional open space and careful treatment of the unique historic resources of the site. The plan will restore and provide public access to key elements of the distinctive historic resources. This would not be possible without the redevelopment program that helps pay for the cost of the restoration.

We recognize that the expansion of park space on the site was in part driven by D.C. Water's enhancement of stormwater management and flood mitigation efforts. The expanded park space, driven both by D.C. Water and public demand for a larger park, has traded off a significant loss of affordable housing for the space. This is a major disappointment and a loss of D.C.'s use of public lands to address the housing needs of many residents, especially at lower income levels of 60 percent of AMI and below.

Notwithstanding this significant loss, we recognize the important historic preservation, public space, housing, and commercial space contributions of the revised Master Plan. For decades, access to this large area was prohibited, creating a wide gap between surrounding activities and neighborhoods. The revised plan would make this historic resource featured in a major public park a citywide destination. The Master Plan honors and replicates the historic landscape elements of the Olmsted Walk that have disappeared from the site. We agree with the staff comment that additional work should be done with DDOT to ensure that the Olmsted Walk connection to the sidewalk design is more than a standard sidewalk. This might require some flexibility in DDOT's design standards.

The plan appropriately focuses taller office buildings towards Michigan Avenue and tapers building heights and forms as the development moves south to meet rowhouse neighbors. The plan adds separation to the neighborhood to the south with a large public park. Large scale buildings are needed close to Michigan Avenue to give a sense of enclosure and connect to the Washington Hospital Center. Eventually, we hope these new buildings will encourage reconfiguration of the hospital complex to create more pedestrian-oriented designs.

Preservation of Cell 14 and recreation of the Olmstead Walk along North Capitol Street highlight the historic features of the site; however, they should be balanced with the need to support a better pedestrian environment along these busy streets by better connecting the pedestrian to adjacent uses on the site.

The plan for complementary new uses of retail, offices, and residential will strengthen the facing hospital complex and reconnect the site the city. These proposed uses are likely to build upon and amplify the contribution that current hospital center-related activities make to D.C.'s economy and employment base. While the northern components of the plan better connect the site to its surroundings, the large park and recreated Olmsted Walk also allow the site to stand out as a distinctive and special place.

Overall, we support the revised master plan as a sensitive approach to preserving and making publically accessible this industrial architectural and public works heritage. The housing, retail, and office components help address the needs of a growing city and hospital district. Given that we have already lost a significant number of low income housing units planned in the first Master Plan, we ask that historic design guidance work with existing proposed levels of housing and commercial space, and not force further reductions. While we would like to see significantly more affordable housing in this plan, the redevelopment plan does contribute to important community and citywide needs. The proposed plan for preservation and development is a compromise to enable the restoration of this distinctive historic resource.

Thank you for your consideration.

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Commissioner Youngblood <anc5c03@gmail.com> wrote:

FYI
From: Hugh Youngblood <washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org>
Date: May 31, 2013, 15:20:02 EDT
To: Sierra Club DC Chapter
Subject: Save McMillan Park!
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Dear Hugh,

Mayor Gray is moving forward with an ill-advised proposal to develop McMillan Park, a beloved public green space surrounded by the Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and Stronghold neighborhoods. The Mayor's plans would destroy nearly 90% of McMillan Park's green spaces and historic structures, and construct what the DC Historic Preservation Review Board calls a "Tyson's Corner style mixed-use development."

Help the DC Sierra Club protect historic McMillan Park from Tyson's Corner-style Development!

Sign our petition today to convince Mayor Gray and the DC Council to reconsider their misguided plans and save this important landmark.

McMillan Park is a well-known landmark in the District of Columbia and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- yet Mayor Gray plans to declare the area "surplus" to pave the way for commercial development. The Park is located in Ward 5, which suffers from a severe deficit of public park space as compared to other Wards in DC. Moreover, the commercial development plan for the area does not adequately assess the environmental impacts on the reservoir and environment.

Sign the petition to tell Mayor Gray and the DC Council that we don't need another Tyson's Corner development in DC!

If you want to do more to protect McMillan Park, please join us on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community meeting to speak out against Mayor Gray's proposal to declare McMillan Park a surplus public property and give it away to a commercial developer.

Thank you,

Hugh Youngblood, DC Chapter Board Member

P.S. Mark your calendar for the DC Chapter's June events! Check out our calendar and facebook page for more upcoming events, meetings, and volunteer opportunities. To RSVP for any event, and to volunteer, please email us at washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org or call 202-548-4581.

Here are some of our upcoming June events:

Zero Waste Committee Meeting
Wed., Jun. 5
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

ELEMENTAL Film Screening
Wed., Jun. 5
7:20 p.m.
The West End Cinema, 23rd Street NW

McMillan Park Surplus Hearing
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
All Nations Baptist Church, 2001 North Capitol Street NE (North Capitol & Rhode Island)

Transportation Committee Meeting
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

Sierra Club and Beer
Thu., Jun. 6
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Ave NW

DC Smart Grid Forum
Wed., June 26
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

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Re: [BloomingdaleActionList] Sierra Club DC Alert -- Save McMillan Park!

Additionally, here's the testimony for the same Historic Preservation Review Board hearing provided by the National Association for Olmsted Parks.

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Dear Chair Pfaehler and members of the Historic Preservation Review Board,

The National Association for Olmsted Parks appreciates the opportunity to express our concerns regarding the proposed master plan and design guidelines for development of the nationally significant McMillan Park and Sand Filtration Site that are being considered during the Historic Preservation Review Board's hearing, scheduled for April 4, 2013.

We urge you to reject the proposed plans which do not take into account the historic significance of the site. The proposed plans would destroy much of the site's unique historic fabric, including most of the below-ground infrastructure that is crucial to understanding the scale and operation of the slow sand filtration plant. The proposed development plans would also destroy the character‐defining visual and spatial relationships that are central to the original design intent for the site.

The "Historic Preservation Report for the Proposed Redevelopment of the McMillan Slow Sand Filtration Plant" (prepared by EHT Traceries, Inc. for Vision McMillan Partners, July 28, 2010) comprehensively and conclusively makes the case for the historic significance of the McMillan Reservoir, based on the HPRB's McMillan Park Reservoir Historic Landmark designation. The Report also argues for the historic significance of the 25-acre McMillan Park Site as a distinct component of the McMillan Park Reservoir Historic Landmark, based on the Landmark designation as well as on EHT Traceries' own research findings.

Based on the 2010 Historic Preservation Report (quoted below), and on the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Register Criteria for Evaluation, for which the property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the McMillan Park site is historically significant, among other criteria, because of its:

A. Association with the history of water purification. It was the first water treatment facility in the city of Washington, and its operation resulted in the elimination of typhoid epidemics and reduced incidence of other diseases. The McMillan Site contains a majority of the infrastructure associated with the filtration capabilities of the slow sand filtration plant, and is crucial to understanding the operation and scale of the slow sand filtration plant as a facility for water purification for the entire city of Washington.

B. Association with Senator James McMillan. In 1906, the reservoir and sand filtration complex were named "McMillan Park" in honor of Senator James McMillan. McMillan was the driving force in the creation and implementation of the 1901 Senate Park Committee report which established a comprehensive plan based on L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. Now widely known as "The McMillan Plan," the 1901 Senate Park Commission plan for Washington, D.C. ranks among the most significant urban plans in American history. It called for the completion of the Mall, the articulation of ceremonial boulevards throughout the city, the design of a governmental office complex (today's Federal Triangle), the establishment of a comprehensive park and recreation system, and the overall beautification of the city. The designation of the reservoir and sand filtration site as a publicly accessible park was a testament to McMillan's efforts to beautify the nation's capital by enhancing its system of public open spaces at the turn of the century.

C. Association with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957). In 1906, the Army Corps of Engineers commissioned Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., a member of the 1901 McMillan Commission, as the landscape architect for the design of McMillan Park. The son of renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Olmsted Jr. was himself one of the preeminent landscape architects in the United States, and a formative figure in American city, suburban and regional planning. He not only helped develop the McMillan Plan but was instrumental in guiding its execution by serving—between 1910 and 1932—on the two federal oversight bodies for planning Washington: the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park Planning Commission. As adviser or designer, Olmsted Jr. worked on many prominent Washington landmarks, including the White House grounds, Federal Triangle, Jefferson Memorial, Roosevelt Island, Rock Creek Park and Parkway, and the National Cathedral grounds.

In addition, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. is well known for his extensive work in planning state and regional park systems across the country; for his establishment of the first formal training program in landscape architecture at Harvard University in 1900; and for writing the key language in the 1916 bill that established the National Park Service. For thirty years he advised the National Park Service on issues of management and the conservation of water and scenic resources nationwide.

For more than 50 years Olmsted Jr. was a preeminent practitioner and spokesman for landscape architecture and comprehensive planning. He was a founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects and was instrumental in organizing the American City Planning Institute which evolved into the American Planning Association.

The McMillan Park site was planned as a distinct component of the McMillan Reservoir. Olmsted's design provided a unique function as a perimeter pedestrian park through which the public could stroll and visually experience the unusual landscape of the site's open plains and structures.

D. Distinctive design and construction as a public works facility and public park. The McMillan Park Reservoir was a major element of the water system of the District of Columbia, and an urban American engineering resource of great historic, cultural, landscape, planning,

engineering, and architectural significance. (see also the Landmark designation decision for McMillan Park Reservoir, August 21, 1991). It is an element of the McMillan Park System which envisioned a linkage of green open spaces from Rock Creek to Anacostia through the developing suburbs north of the Federal City.

McMillan Park Reservoir is the result of the collaboration of major figures in the City Beautiful movement who later contributed to the aesthetic and architectural development of Washington. In the 19th and early 20th century, public utilities were often integrated into a city's

built fabric and prominently displayed as evidence of urban progress and accomplishments of design and technology. The McMillan Park Reservoir stands as a prominent example of "public works" of that period. The landscape design by a prominent landscape architect as a means to enhance the utilitarian infrastructure of the District of Columbia's water system represents critical understanding of the importance of public works as a part of the City Beautiful Movement.

Thoughtful reuse of the McMillan Park site can provide its neighborhoods and the city of Washington with critically needed public open space and recreational opportunitiesi, as well as create a nationally significant cultural destination that would benefit the entire city.

The National Association for Olmsted Parks asks that you reject the misguided master plan that will destroy the irreplaceable historic resources of this significant cultural site. We hope you will instead consider creative alternatives that are sympathetic to the unique resources of the McMillan Park site, and honor the legacy of Senator McMillan and the District's visionary 20th century planning.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Iris Gestram

Executive Director

National Association for Olmsted Parks

NAOP Testimony for Millan Park - DC Historic Preservation Review Board - 4 April 2013.pdf

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Todd <todd20036@gmail.com> wrote:

Just for everyone's reading, here was the testimony to the Historic Board from the Coalition for Smarter Growth, the leading organization in the DC area focused on smart growth.

http://www.smartergrowth.net/resources/testimony-before-the-d-c-historic-preservation-review-board-support-for-mcmillan-sand-filtration-plant-master-plan-update/

Please accept our testimony on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. My organization works to ensure that transportation and development decisions in the Washington D.C. region accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving our natural and historic areas.

We wish to express our support for the revised Master Plan for the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant proposal. The new plan takes an already thoughtful plan and provides additional open space and careful treatment of the unique historic resources of the site. The plan will restore and provide public access to key elements of the distinctive historic resources. This would not be possible without the redevelopment program that helps pay for the cost of the restoration.

We recognize that the expansion of park space on the site was in part driven by D.C. Water's enhancement of stormwater management and flood mitigation efforts. The expanded park space, driven both by D.C. Water and public demand for a larger park, has traded off a significant loss of affordable housing for the space. This is a major disappointment and a loss of D.C.'s use of public lands to address the housing needs of many residents, especially at lower income levels of 60 percent of AMI and below.

Notwithstanding this significant loss, we recognize the important historic preservation, public space, housing, and commercial space contributions of the revised Master Plan. For decades, access to this large area was prohibited, creating a wide gap between surrounding activities and neighborhoods. The revised plan would make this historic resource featured in a major public park a citywide destination. The Master Plan honors and replicates the historic landscape elements of the Olmsted Walk that have disappeared from the site. We agree with the staff comment that additional work should be done with DDOT to ensure that the Olmsted Walk connection to the sidewalk design is more than a standard sidewalk. This might require some flexibility in DDOT's design standards.

The plan appropriately focuses taller office buildings towards Michigan Avenue and tapers building heights and forms as the development moves south to meet rowhouse neighbors. The plan adds separation to the neighborhood to the south with a large public park. Large scale buildings are needed close to Michigan Avenue to give a sense of enclosure and connect to the Washington Hospital Center. Eventually, we hope these new buildings will encourage reconfiguration of the hospital complex to create more pedestrian-oriented designs.

Preservation of Cell 14 and recreation of the Olmstead Walk along North Capitol Street highlight the historic features of the site; however, they should be balanced with the need to support a better pedestrian environment along these busy streets by better connecting the pedestrian to adjacent uses on the site.

The plan for complementary new uses of retail, offices, and residential will strengthen the facing hospital complex and reconnect the site the city. These proposed uses are likely to build upon and amplify the contribution that current hospital center-related activities make to D.C.'s economy and employment base. While the northern components of the plan better connect the site to its surroundings, the large park and recreated Olmsted Walk also allow the site to stand out as a distinctive and special place.

Overall, we support the revised master plan as a sensitive approach to preserving and making publically accessible this industrial architectural and public works heritage. The housing, retail, and office components help address the needs of a growing city and hospital district. Given that we have already lost a significant number of low income housing units planned in the first Master Plan, we ask that historic design guidance work with existing proposed levels of housing and commercial space, and not force further reductions. While we would like to see significantly more affordable housing in this plan, the redevelopment plan does contribute to important community and citywide needs. The proposed plan for preservation and development is a compromise to enable the restoration of this distinctive historic resource.

Thank you for your consideration.

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Commissioner Youngblood <anc5c03@gmail.com> wrote:

FYI
From: Hugh Youngblood <washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org>
Date: May 31, 2013, 15:20:02 EDT
To: Sierra Club DC Chapter
Subject: Save McMillan Park!
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Dear Hugh,

Mayor Gray is moving forward with an ill-advised proposal to develop McMillan Park, a beloved public green space surrounded by the Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and Stronghold neighborhoods. The Mayor's plans would destroy nearly 90% of McMillan Park's green spaces and historic structures, and construct what the DC Historic Preservation Review Board calls a "Tyson's Corner style mixed-use development."

Help the DC Sierra Club protect historic McMillan Park from Tyson's Corner-style Development!

Sign our petition today to convince Mayor Gray and the DC Council to reconsider their misguided plans and save this important landmark.

McMillan Park is a well-known landmark in the District of Columbia and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- yet Mayor Gray plans to declare the area "surplus" to pave the way for commercial development. The Park is located in Ward 5, which suffers from a severe deficit of public park space as compared to other Wards in DC. Moreover, the commercial development plan for the area does not adequately assess the environmental impacts on the reservoir and environment.

Sign the petition to tell Mayor Gray and the DC Council that we don't need another Tyson's Corner development in DC!

If you want to do more to protect McMillan Park, please join us on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community meeting to speak out against Mayor Gray's proposal to declare McMillan Park a surplus public property and give it away to a commercial developer.

Thank you,

Hugh Youngblood, DC Chapter Board Member

P.S. Mark your calendar for the DC Chapter's June events! Check out our calendar and facebook page for more upcoming events, meetings, and volunteer opportunities. To RSVP for any event, and to volunteer, please email us at washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org or call 202-548-4581.

Here are some of our upcoming June events:

Zero Waste Committee Meeting
Wed., Jun. 5
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

ELEMENTAL Film Screening
Wed., Jun. 5
7:20 p.m.
The West End Cinema, 23rd Street NW

McMillan Park Surplus Hearing
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
All Nations Baptist Church, 2001 North Capitol Street NE (North Capitol & Rhode Island)

Transportation Committee Meeting
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

Sierra Club and Beer
Thu., Jun. 6
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Ave NW

DC Smart Grid Forum
Wed., June 26
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

P.P.S. Are you receiving our newsletters?

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[YEP-DC] Job Post: Assistant Director for Assessment, Communication, and Administration, UMD Student Union

Assessment position in the student union (division of student affairs) at the University of Maryland College Park.

Best consideration date is June 18, 2013.

Link to apply: ejobs.umd.edu

Position: Assistant Director for Assessment, Communication and Administration

Position #: 101006

Institution: University of Maryland College Park

Required Documents:

1. Resume

2. Cover Letter

3. List of References

Summary/Purpose of Position:

The Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland is seeking an Assistant Director for Assessments, Communication and Administration. As a member of the Assessment, Marketing and Administration team, this position coordinates and assists Student Union staff with departmental, divisional, and institutional needs for assessment.

Assessment: The position will assist Student Union staff in development and implementation of research, outcomes assessment and program/course evaluation projects. The position will work with the division-level assessment committee Student Affairs Assessment and Learning Outcomes Group (SAALOG), serve as department's liaison to web survey vendor CampusLabs and publish the quarterly newsletter highlighting pragmatic use of assessment findings and data-driven decisions. Communication: The positions will assist with staff development sessions, design and facilitate unit retreats and meetings, work with the Marketing Staff to coordinate internal Stamp communications and link external communications to our mission. Administration: The position will also design a plan for assessing risk within our building and programs; coordinate and author the department's Ethics, Annual and Efficiency Reports; and assist with policy setting, compliance assessment and overall management communication

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree (or equivalent) from an accredited institution, preferably in higher education, social sciences, or related field; bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. At least 2 years year full-time (or equivalent part-time) experience in educational assessment, process improvement, applied statistics, social sciences or related field required in a higher education setting. Related experience in government or industry is acceptable. Experience in assessment, including assessment design, analysis, and reporting. Knowledge of statistical methods and competence with software packages, preferably SPSS Excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to work in team and group environments are essential US Citizenship or Permanent Residency.

Preferences:

Experience in team management, organizational development, coaching or process consultation. Project management, communication and administration experience with a project team members that aren't directly supervised preferred.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary range $60's to $70's depending upon experience and education. Excellent leave, medical coverage, retirement, and tuition-remission benefits. The position is start date is negotiable.

Institution Information:

Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the flagship institution in the University System of Maryland. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation's legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation's capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

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Re: [BloomingdaleActionList] Sierra Club DC Alert -- Save McMillan Park!

Just for everyone's reading, here was the testimony to the Historic Board from the Coalition for Smarter Growth, the leading organization in the DC area focused on smart growth.

http://www.smartergrowth.net/resources/testimony-before-the-d-c-historic-preservation-review-board-support-for-mcmillan-sand-filtration-plant-master-plan-update/

Please accept our testimony on behalf of the Coalition for Smarter Growth. My organization works to ensure that transportation and development decisions in the Washington D.C. region accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving our natural and historic areas.

We wish to express our support for the revised Master Plan for the McMillan Sand Filtration Plant proposal. The new plan takes an already thoughtful plan and provides additional open space and careful treatment of the unique historic resources of the site. The plan will restore and provide public access to key elements of the distinctive historic resources. This would not be possible without the redevelopment program that helps pay for the cost of the restoration.

We recognize that the expansion of park space on the site was in part driven by D.C. Water's enhancement of stormwater management and flood mitigation efforts. The expanded park space, driven both by D.C. Water and public demand for a larger park, has traded off a significant loss of affordable housing for the space. This is a major disappointment and a loss of D.C.'s use of public lands to address the housing needs of many residents, especially at lower income levels of 60 percent of AMI and below.

Notwithstanding this significant loss, we recognize the important historic preservation, public space, housing, and commercial space contributions of the revised Master Plan. For decades, access to this large area was prohibited, creating a wide gap between surrounding activities and neighborhoods. The revised plan would make this historic resource featured in a major public park a citywide destination. The Master Plan honors and replicates the historic landscape elements of the Olmsted Walk that have disappeared from the site. We agree with the staff comment that additional work should be done with DDOT to ensure that the Olmsted Walk connection to the sidewalk design is more than a standard sidewalk. This might require some flexibility in DDOT's design standards.

The plan appropriately focuses taller office buildings towards Michigan Avenue and tapers building heights and forms as the development moves south to meet rowhouse neighbors. The plan adds separation to the neighborhood to the south with a large public park. Large scale buildings are needed close to Michigan Avenue to give a sense of enclosure and connect to the Washington Hospital Center. Eventually, we hope these new buildings will encourage reconfiguration of the hospital complex to create more pedestrian-oriented designs.

Preservation of Cell 14 and recreation of the Olmstead Walk along North Capitol Street highlight the historic features of the site; however, they should be balanced with the need to support a better pedestrian environment along these busy streets by better connecting the pedestrian to adjacent uses on the site.

The plan for complementary new uses of retail, offices, and residential will strengthen the facing hospital complex and reconnect the site the city. These proposed uses are likely to build upon and amplify the contribution that current hospital center-related activities make to D.C.'s economy and employment base. While the northern components of the plan better connect the site to its surroundings, the large park and recreated Olmsted Walk also allow the site to stand out as a distinctive and special place.

Overall, we support the revised master plan as a sensitive approach to preserving and making publically accessible this industrial architectural and public works heritage. The housing, retail, and office components help address the needs of a growing city and hospital district. Given that we have already lost a significant number of low income housing units planned in the first Master Plan, we ask that historic design guidance work with existing proposed levels of housing and commercial space, and not force further reductions. While we would like to see significantly more affordable housing in this plan, the redevelopment plan does contribute to important community and citywide needs. The proposed plan for preservation and development is a compromise to enable the restoration of this distinctive historic resource.

Thank you for your consideration.

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Commissioner Youngblood <anc5c03@gmail.com> wrote:

FYI
From: Hugh Youngblood <washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org>
Date: May 31, 2013, 15:20:02 EDT
To: Sierra Club DC Chapter
Subject: Save McMillan Park!
Reply-To: Hugh Youngblood <washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org>

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Dear Hugh,

Mayor Gray is moving forward with an ill-advised proposal to develop McMillan Park, a beloved public green space surrounded by the Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and Stronghold neighborhoods. The Mayor's plans would destroy nearly 90% of McMillan Park's green spaces and historic structures, and construct what the DC Historic Preservation Review Board calls a "Tyson's Corner style mixed-use development."

Help the DC Sierra Club protect historic McMillan Park from Tyson's Corner-style Development!

Sign our petition today to convince Mayor Gray and the DC Council to reconsider their misguided plans and save this important landmark.

McMillan Park is a well-known landmark in the District of Columbia and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- yet Mayor Gray plans to declare the area "surplus" to pave the way for commercial development. The Park is located in Ward 5, which suffers from a severe deficit of public park space as compared to other Wards in DC. Moreover, the commercial development plan for the area does not adequately assess the environmental impacts on the reservoir and environment.

Sign the petition to tell Mayor Gray and the DC Council that we don't need another Tyson's Corner development in DC!

If you want to do more to protect McMillan Park, please join us on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community meeting to speak out against Mayor Gray's proposal to declare McMillan Park a surplus public property and give it away to a commercial developer.

Thank you,

Hugh Youngblood, DC Chapter Board Member

P.S. Mark your calendar for the DC Chapter's June events! Check out our calendar and facebook page for more upcoming events, meetings, and volunteer opportunities. To RSVP for any event, and to volunteer, please email us at washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org or call 202-548-4581.

Here are some of our upcoming June events:

Zero Waste Committee Meeting
Wed., Jun. 5
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

ELEMENTAL Film Screening
Wed., Jun. 5
7:20 p.m.
The West End Cinema, 23rd Street NW

McMillan Park Surplus Hearing
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
All Nations Baptist Church, 2001 North Capitol Street NE (North Capitol & Rhode Island)

Transportation Committee Meeting
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

Sierra Club and Beer
Thu., Jun. 6
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Ave NW

DC Smart Grid Forum
Wed., June 26
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

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[BloomingdaleActionList] Sierra Club DC Alert -- Save McMillan Park!

FYI

From: Hugh Youngblood <washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org>
Date: May 31, 2013, 15:20:02 EDT
To: Sierra Club DC Chapter
Subject: Save McMillan Park!
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Dear Hugh,

Mayor Gray is moving forward with an ill-advised proposal to develop McMillan Park, a beloved public green space surrounded by the Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and Stronghold neighborhoods. The Mayor's plans would destroy nearly 90% of McMillan Park's green spaces and historic structures, and construct what the DC Historic Preservation Review Board calls a "Tyson's Corner style mixed-use development."

Help the DC Sierra Club protect historic McMillan Park from Tyson's Corner-style Development!

Sign our petition today to convince Mayor Gray and the DC Council to reconsider their misguided plans and save this important landmark.

McMillan Park is a well-known landmark in the District of Columbia and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- yet Mayor Gray plans to declare the area "surplus" to pave the way for commercial development. The Park is located in Ward 5, which suffers from a severe deficit of public park space as compared to other Wards in DC. Moreover, the commercial development plan for the area does not adequately assess the environmental impacts on the reservoir and environment.

Sign the petition to tell Mayor Gray and the DC Council that we don't need another Tyson's Corner development in DC!

If you want to do more to protect McMillan Park, please join us on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community meeting to speak out against Mayor Gray's proposal to declare McMillan Park a surplus public property and give it away to a commercial developer.

Thank you,

Hugh Youngblood, DC Chapter Board Member

P.S. Mark your calendar for the DC Chapter's June events! Check out our calendar and facebook page for more upcoming events, meetings, and volunteer opportunities. To RSVP for any event, and to volunteer, please email us at washingtondc.chapter@sierraclub.org or call 202-548-4581.

Here are some of our upcoming June events:

Zero Waste Committee Meeting
Wed., Jun. 5
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

ELEMENTAL Film Screening
Wed., Jun. 5
7:20 p.m.
The West End Cinema, 23rd Street NW

McMillan Park Surplus Hearing
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
All Nations Baptist Church, 2001 North Capitol Street NE (North Capitol & Rhode Island)

Transportation Committee Meeting
Thu., Jun. 6
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

Sierra Club and Beer
Thu., Jun. 6
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Ave NW

DC Smart Grid Forum
Wed., June 26
6:30 p.m.
Sierra Club Office, 50 F Street NW, Eighth Floor

P.P.S. Are you receiving our newsletters?

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[YEP-DC] Internship at Education Week Teacher

Hi everyone,

We have an opening for an intern (paid!) at Education Week Teacher that we're looking to fill as soon as possible. The job posting is below. Ideally, we'd like someone full time. Feel free to email me at lheitin@epe.org if you have questions. Thanks!

-Liana

(Also at http://www.edweek.org/info/jobs.html?intc=thed#tmintern):

Web Editorial Intern, Education Week Teacher

Education Week Teacher, a division of Editorial Projects in Education, is seeking an intern to help with editorial and online production work. Teacher is a popular online publication with an active readership. The site covers the teaching profession, classroom practice, education policy, and school culture. The editorial intern will help update content on the site, including writing short articles and producing stories in a content-management system, and manage interactive-community features and social-networking outreach. This is a great opportunity to hone or develop online journalism skills.

Qualifications:
• Strong writing skills.
• High level of comfort with technology.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently.
• Experience with Web-editing programs is a plus.

Graduate students or college students working toward a career in journalism or education are encouraged to apply. Interns are paid $10/hour and must be able to work at least 15 hours a week for 12 to 15 weeks or longer. EPE is a nonprofit publishing organization dedicated to raising the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. We offer a convenient workplace in the heart of Bethesda and a friendly atmosphere where employees can thrive professionally.

To apply: Send letter, résumé, and writing samples to aeteacherjob@epe.org or to Education Week Teacher, Dept. AR, 6935 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. Editorial Projects in Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Liana Heitin

Associate Editor

Education Week Teacher

6935 Arlington Road

Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: (301) 280-3125

E-mail: lheitin@epe.org