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From: ajw1@starpower.net
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:56:39
To: Kathy Pearson west<WKPW3@aol.com>
Reply-To: ajw1@starpower.net
Subject: Re: [ward5] Marion Barry tries to halt D.C. streetcar work By Tim Craig (D.C. Wire)
KPW -- yes, exactly why I asked the question.
It is not too late. We can talk until we are blue. We had over 20 candidates running to be our next CM. Where are they now? Show us your leadership abilities. Collaborate, get something done. Who will take the lead? Hint: start with setting up a meeting. Folk will come. Alice
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From: KPW <wkpw3@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:34:39
To: <ajw1@starpower.net>
Subject: Re: [ward5] Marion Barry tries to halt D.C. streetcar work By Tim
Craig (D.C. Wire)
Alice, one would think leaders in Ward 5 would be coalescing with Barry to make sure Ward 5 is heard o this. There is a window of opportunity to be heard and take action.
KPW
ajw1@starpower.net wrote:
>Is anyone taking the lead on this? Alice
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: khenderson029@aol.com
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>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:25:50
>To: <ward5@yahoogroups.com>
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>Cc: <crm_112@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [ward5] Marion Barry tries to halt D.C. streetcar work By Tim Craig (D.C. Wire)
>
>Engaging Congresswoman Norton to seek a variance in use for RFK for the street car barn is viable. Using the Benning Road facility for the street car barn is also viable. Tearing up the front lawn of Spingarn to build a car barn is just ridiculous.
>
>Finally, the assertion that withholding funding will drive up costs is an unsubstantiated generalization. Where is the cost analysis to support this claim?
>
>Kathy Henderson
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Eric J. Jones" <ejjones.threed@gmail.com>
>Sender: ward5@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:51:27
>To: <ward5@yahoogroups.com>
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>Subject: Re: [ward5] Marion Barry tries to halt D.C. streetcar work By Tim
> Craig (D.C. Wire)
>
>Ms. Henderson
>
>Two quick points. First the land at RFK must be used for sports or sports
>related activities as part of the agreement with the federal government
>land over there.
>
>As far as withholding the funds this will continue to drive up the cost
>which may cause other issues.
>
>Eric J. Jones
>- ejjones.threed@gmail.com
>On Jun 20, 2012 7:30 AM, <khenderson029@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> ** Terry Bellamy the Director of DDOT and Office of Planning Director
>> Harriet Tregoning are planning to tear up the front lawn of Spingarn SHS to
>> place the car barn there. Our community opposes this plan and we are
>> circulating a petition. Additionally, our Kingman Park neighbors oppose
>> this plan as well as some neighbors from Ward 6. We believe the Benning
>> Road facility or RFK are more suitable locations for the street car barn.
>> Despite our very loud and clear objections to this very flawed plan
>> Director Bellamy refused to wait to implement the plan until we elected a
>> Ward 5 Councilmember.
>>
>> Overall, I support the plan to return street cars to the District but
>> oppose the ridiculous plan to tear up the front lawn of Spingarn SHS for
>> the car barn. We are entitled to enjoy our historic vistas without the
>> interruption of an unsightly industrial eyesore jutting from Spingarn's
>> front lawn. Our students should not have to navigate around an unsightly
>> industrial mess as they attend school. The street car plan has taken an odd
>> turn. Perhaps, we should withhold further funding until we address existing
>> and emerging problems.
>>
>> Kathy Henderson
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From: * KPW - KAPoW <WKPW3@aol.com>
>> *Sender: * ward5@yahoogroups.com
>> *Date: *Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:08:09 -0400 (EDT)
>> *To: *<ward5@yahoogroups.com>
>> *ReplyTo: * ward5@yahoogroups.com
>> *Subject: *[ward5] Marion Barry tries to halt D.C. streetcar work By Tim
>> Craig (D.C. Wire)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Excerpt from article*
>> The final phase of the H Street line is the construction of the
>> turnarounds near the H Street Bridge and Benning Road and 26th Streets in
>> NE. Eventually, officials hope the 37-mile network will touch nearly every
>> quadrant of the city
>>
>> Transportation officials said they selected Dean-Facchina for the H
>> Street work because it has experience in the District and can both design
>> and build the project. Dean Facchina is a joint venture between M.C. Dean,
>> Inc. and the Facchina Construction Company, Inc.
>>
>> D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At large), one of Barry's chief
>> rivals on the council<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/post/marion-barry-david-catania-have-profanity-laced-shouting-match-at-dc-council-retreat/2012/02/14/gIQAD7G2DR_blog.html>,
>> is a vice president at M.C. Dean.
>>
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/post/marion-barry-tries-to-halt-dc-streetcar-work/2012/06/19/gJQAvfbDoV_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
>>
>> Posted at 01:25 PM ET, 06/19/2012 Marion Barry tries to halt
>> D.C. streetcar work
>> By Tim Craig<http://www.washingtonpost.com/tim-craig/2011/03/09/ABM94lP_page.html>
>>
>> D.C. Council member Marion Barry has launched a last ditch effort to
>> slow or derail the city's planned street car line on H Street, arguing it's
>> not been well-thought out and is too expensive for the number of riders it
>> will serve.
>>
>> Last week, in an effort to push the H Street line toward its planned
>> opening next year<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/dc-wants-streetcars-to-roll-by-mid-2013/2011/08/22/gIQAmZHFXJ_story.html>,
>> Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) announced a $50 million contract to design and
>> construct the turnarounds, overhead power system and car barn for the $200
>> million project. The council was expected to quickly move ahead with the
>> contract with Dean-Facchina LLC, but Barry has filed a disapproval
>> resolution.
>>
>> Streetcars owned by the District of Columbia (Courtesy of District
>> Department of Transportation) Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3),
>> chairwoman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Works and
>> Transportation, said Barry's resolution could delay council approval by at
>> least 45 days. Cheh warns that could increase the price of the contract.
>>
>> "I want to find out what his objections are because it's important and a
>> delay might have a cost effect," Cheh said. "He can put a hold on it for a
>> certain period of time."
>>
>> In an interview, Barry said he wants to slow up the project because he's
>> not convinced the streetcar line is needed because the District has an
>> "excellent METRO system" and reliable bus service along the H Street
>> corridor.
>>
>> "It's about priorities in spending and how much capital money we are
>> spending on streetcars that benefit a small number of people," Barry said.
>> "We are already subsidizing Metro and also subsidizing the
>> Circulator…People already have good bus service."
>>
>> Crowds cheer Marion Barry as he arrives for the viewing of Chuck Brown at
>> the Howard Theater on May 29 in Washington, DC . (Bonnie Jo Mount -
>> WASHINGTON POST) Barry said he's been told the initial phase of the
>> street car line will serve about 2,000 riders a day<http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2010/10/22/streetcar-service-to-cost-200m-upfront.html?page=all>,
>> which he said is not enough to justify the pricetag.
>>
>> "I need five recreation centers in Ward 8," said Barry, who is
>> scheduling a meeting with Transportation Director Terry Bellamy. "I have
>> not seen a cost-benefit analysis."
>>
>> But Cheh notes the H Street line, which officials hope is the start of a 37-mile
>> network<http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/On+Your+Street/Mass+Transit+in+DC/DC+Streetcar>,
>> has been debated for years.
>>
>> "This is the first time I have heard anything about him focusing on
>> things not being well thought in terms of this contract," Cheh said. "I'm
>> really at a loss. He never spoke to Bellamy. He never spoke to me."
>>
>> D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (Linda Davidson - THE WASHINGTON POST) Administration
>> officials note it's not unusual for Barry to try to slow contracts. Often,
>> they say, he uses disapproval resolutions as a bargaining chip. But Barry
>> said he's just doing his job to safeguard District tax dollars.
>>
>> "It doesn't seem like a well-though-out plan," Barry said of the city's
>> overall $1.5 billion streetcar plan. "They haven't even figured out how to
>> get over the H Street bridge."
>>
>> The District has already laid down tracks and erected platforms
>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-streetcars-now-on-track-to-be-in-use-by-2013/2011/06/26/AG9dQQrH_story.html>for
>> the street car along H Street NE and Benning Road and owns three street
>> cars. Another two cars are on order, officials said.
>>
>> The final phase of the H Street line is the construction of the
>> turnarounds near the H Street Bridge and Benning Road and 26th Streets in
>> NE. Eventually, officials hope the 37-mile network will touch nearly every
>> quadrant of the city
>>
>> Transportation officials said they selected Dean-Facchina for the H
>> Street work because it has experience in the District and can both design
>> and build the project. Dean Facchina is a joint venture between M.C. Dean,
>> Inc. and the Facchina Construction Company, Inc.
>>
>> D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At large), one of Barry's chief
>> rivals on the council<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-wire/post/marion-barry-david-catania-have-profanity-laced-shouting-match-at-dc-council-retreat/2012/02/14/gIQAD7G2DR_blog.html>,
>> is a vice president at M.C. Dean.
>> By Tim Craig<http://www.washingtonpost.com/tim-craig/2011/03/09/ABM94lP_page.html> | 01:25
>> PM ET, 06/19/2012
>>
>>
>>
>
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