ANC 6A Candidates

The RCA boundaries are covered by three different ANCs 
Here is the list of ANC 6A candidates on this list appear in order of the ballot in November. Please note that only your specific district commissioner candidate(s) will appear on your ballot.

6A 
6A01 J. Omar Mahmud 718 10th Street, NE 20002 546-1520 8/2/12 8/8/12mahmud6a01(at)gmail(d0t)com 
6A02 Gloria Nauden 1239 Maryland Avenue, NE 20002 528-9005 8/6/12 8/8/12gnauden(at)gmail.com 
6A02 Drew Ronneberg 646 11th Street, NE 20002 431-4305 7/19/12 8/7/12ronneberg6a02(at)gmail(d0t)com 
6A03 David Holmes 919 Massachusetts Avenue, NE 20002 251-7079 7/18/12 8/3/12holmes6a3(at)gmail.com 
6A04 Nick Alberti 1330 North Carolina Avenue, NE 20002 329-1193 7/12/12 7/31/12alberti6a04(at)yahoo.com 
6A05 Jay Williams 315 12th Street, NE #100 20002 906-0657 7/18/12 8/7/12jbwilliams3(at)gmail(d0t)com 
6A06 H. J. Amons Sr 1418 G Street, NE 20002 903-3427 7/19/12 8/8/12h.j.amonssr(at)yahoo(d0t)com 
6A06 Andrew J Hysell 1364 Emerald Street, NE 20002 203-570-7560 7/20/12 8/3/12ahysellanc6a06(at)hotmail.com 
6A07 Necothia "Nikki" Bowens 1770 E Street, NE 20002 486-4296 7/12/12 8/2/12ndbowens(at)gmail.com 
6A07 Sondra Phillips-Gilbert 1744 E Street, NE 20002 397-7228 7/10/12 7/12/12spgilbert01(at)comcast.net 
6A08 Calvin Ward 436 19th Street, NE 20002 506-5449 8/3/12 8/6/12 
6A08 Benjamin Rosset 1515 Constitution Avenue, NE #2 20002 669-1782 

As or right now I'm only aware of Lisa White running for re-election of the ANC that covers Kingman Park-ANC 7D01

Living Classroom on Kingman & Heritage Islands

How much information do you know about Living Classrooms on Kingman and Heritage Islands in the Kingman Park Community?

• Have you seen a picture of the proposed buildings on the island?
• Do you know about the September 11 Memorial Grove on Kingman Island?
• Did you know they have summer camp for children?
• Have you seen the Environment Impact Study?
• Did you know the original plans at Living Classroom were changed?

For more information, pictures and links, visit the ANC7D01 Community Website

ANC 7D Supports Rail Station Lounge Liquor License with Voluntary Agreement

Read about the out come of last night's meeting on the new ANC7D01 website.

Rail Station Lounge Meeting Tonight!

SMD 7D01Commissioner Lisa White has arranged for a meeting tonight, Tuesday February 22, 2011 @ 7PM, at the Rail Station Lounge located at 2001 Benning Road NE to support the Rail Station Lounge's liquor license application.

HERE is information about the liquor license application.

The Rail Station Lounge, owned by Genea Garcia, seeks to reopen a jazz club, it was first opened in the 1950's, but for many years, it has been a vacant and neglected.  In the past year, The Rail Station Lounge has presented shows, which have been successful without incident.

Please attend tonight's meeting, tour the facility, learn about the Lounge's events and offerings and support their liquor license application.  It is time for this part of Benning Road to once again become a thriving business district which services the Rosedale and Kingman Park neighborhoods.

SMD 7D01 Now Has A Website!

Check out the new Single Member District 7D01 website!

And please note, SMD 7D01 Commissioner Lisa White will have her first meeting on February 28 @ 7pm.  The website has the meeting details.

ANC 7D01 Meeting on 02.28.11

Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 7:00pm

Prevention Works (Old KFC), 2501 Benning Road NE

Theme - Public Safety - Restarting Orange Hat Patrol and Neighborhood Watch Programs

Special Guest Speaker:  Chief Cathy Lanier, Metropolitan Police Department

Light Refreshments will be served

I look forward to seeing you there!

Lisa White

ANC Commissioner SMD 7D01

202.706.4713

dc500blkof25th@yahoo.com

lisa.white7d01@gmail.com

Go Vote Today!

Below is the final ANC candidate list with a SMD which includes portions of Rosedale and Kingman Park neighborhoods.


6A04

• Nick Alberti - 1330 N. Carolina Ave NE, 329.1193, alberti6a04@yahoo.com

6A05

• Sharee Lawler - 1240 C St NE, 714.8422, sharee.lawler@gmail.com

• William R. Mohring - 415 11th St NE, 773.915.3356, william.mohring@gmail.com

6A06

• Andrew J. Hysell - 1364 Emerald St NE, 357.7560

6A07

• Necothia “Nikki” Bowens - 1770 E St NE, 486.4296, goldndb@hotmail.com

• Gladys Ann Mack - 703 18th St NE, 240.432.3494, gmack01@juno.com

6A08
• Lia Veenendaal-Selck - 222 17th Pl NE, 917.859.7969, lia.veenendaal@gmail.com

7D01

• Veronica E. Raglin - 408 21st St NE, 396.7653, veronica.raglin@mris.com

• Lisa White - 554 25th Pl NE, 706.4713, dc500blkof25th@yahoo.com


Please Note:  RCA is not a political entity and does not and will not participate in any campaign activity for or against any political candidate/group. This is only to provide an opportunity for residents to learn about candidates running to represent them.

ANC7D01 Candidate - Lisa White

Hello! I am Lisa White; Candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Single Member District 7D01, which is located in the Kingman Park Neighborhood. I am a native Washingtonian (4th Generation). I have been living in the Kingman Park Neighborhood for 8 years. I participate in the Kingman Park Civic Association, Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden and PSA 103. If I am elected ANC, I will do all I can for the betterment of Kingman Park! Thank you for your support!


Working together to make a “GOOD” neighborhood “GREAT”!


1. I LIVE HERE: I pledge to improve Kingman Park because this is my home.

2. I REPRESENT YOU: I am your voice, I value your opinion and I will listen.

3. I AM FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE: I pledge to ensure your tax dollars fund projects that bring our community tangible benefits.

4. I STAND BY LOCAL BUSINESSES: I know harmony between our small-businesses and residents makes a great neighborhood.

5. I KNOW THE ISSUES: I will inform the neighborhood about issues that matters most.

6. I SUPPORT LOCAL SCHOOLS: I am committed to helping our schools reach and maintain educational excellence.

7. I KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE: I know decisions affect your homes, your streets and your quality of life.

For more information call (202) 706-4713 or e-mail dc500blkof25th@yahoo.com

Rosedale & Kingman Park ANC Candidates

RCA has extended an invitation to all ANC candidates running for a Single Member District (SMD) within the Rosedale and Kingman Park neighborhoods - between 15th St and Oklahoma Ave/21st Street and C Street and H Street/Benning Rd - to submit a candidate profile, schedule of meetings/events where they will be available to talk to residents, etc. The information will be posts as they are submitted and then all profiles submitted will be posted the day before the November 2 general election.

RCA has asked candidates to refrain from personal attacks about other candidates and to keep it positive and informative.

RCA is not a political entity and does not and will not participate in any campaign activity for or against any political candidate/group. This is only to provide an opportunity for residents to learn about candidates running to represent them.


Rosedale & Kingman Park Neighborhoods Outlined in Red (excerpted from DCBOEE website)

Below is the final ANC candidate list with a SMD which includes portions of Rosedale and Kingman Park neighborhoods.

6A04
• Nick Alberti - 1330 N. Carolina Ave NE, 329.1193, alberti6a04@yahoo.com

6A05
• Sharee Lawler - 1240 C St NE, 714.8422, sharee.lawler@gmail.com
• William R. Mohring - 415 11th St NE, 773.915.3356, william.mohring@gmail.com

6A06
• Andrew J. Hysell - 1364 Emerald St NE, 357.7560

6A07
• Necothia “Nikki” Bowens - 1770 E St NE, 486.4296, goldndb@hotmail.com
• Gladys Ann Mack - 703 18th St NE, 240.432.3494, gmack01@juno.com

6A08
• Erica Anderson - 423 18th St NE #10, 422.6645, geraldinemt2@gmail.com
• Lia Veenendaal-Selck - 222 17th Pl NE, 917.859.7969, lia.veenendaal@gmail.com

7D01
• Veronica E. Raglin - 408 21st St NE, 396.7653, veronica.raglin@mris.com
• Lisa White - 554 25th Pl NE, 706.4713, dc500blkof25th@yahoo.com


More Election Resources:

2010 Election ANC Candidate List

DCBOEE - ANC6A boundary map

DCBOEE - ANC7D boundary map

D.C. Health Dept.'s Post-inspection Summary of KPRCG Site Inspection

As requested by Commissioner Raglin, Maria Hille - Program Manager, Bureau of Community Hygiene, DC Department of Health - performed a site inspection in and around the Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden on August 18, 2010 to observe conditions that might harbor and provide breeding areas for mosquitoes.

Below is Ms. Hille's post-inspection summary email to ANC7D01 Commissioner Raglin and KPRCG Co-coordinator Bob Coomber. Bob Coomber's email response follows. Emails have been reproduced in their entirety and italicization has been added for reference.

For background on this situation, refer HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

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Sent August 20, 2010


Dear Ms. Raglin and Mr. Coomber,

On Wednesday [August] 18, 2010 I conducted the inspection at the neighborhood and only found 2 problems, one case of overgrown vegetation that needs to be reported to the proper authority and water logging at a property on E St. NE. I already started investigating on the responsible parties in order to address these concerns. The yards appear cleaner and clear from clutter than last year.

The community garden also looked much better maintained than last year. No debris piles, no standing water, no gross overgrowth. The only item that needs attention is a better layout of the screen material at the mouth of the water barrel to prevent any intrusion of mosquitoes.

Any further questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. Thanks,

Maria Hille

Program Manager / Bureau of Community Hygiene / HRLA
DC Department of Health / Animal Disease Prevention / Government of the
District of Columbia

825 North Capitol St., NE / Suite 8026
Washington DC 20002
Office: (202) 535 -1952
Mobile:(202) 380 - 6944
Fax: (202) 535 -1359
maria.hille@dc.gov / www.doh.dc.gov

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Sent August 20, 2010

Thanks Ms. Hille. We will work on getting a better screen.

Regards,

Bob Coomber

Round III - ANC7D01 Commissioner Calls Upon DC Department of Health

Below is an email exchange between SMD7D01 Commissioner Raglin and Maria Hill -
Program Manager, DC Department of Health, Animal Disease Prevention - in reference to a requested site inspection, by Commissioner Raglin, for purported mosquito infestation within the Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden. Emails have been reproduced in their entirety.

For a further background information, read Round I and Round II

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Date: Monday, August 16, 2010 at 9:35 AM


Good Morning Ms. Raglin,

Thanks for your comments.

Please be informed that as soon as your complaint came to me, I contacted Mr. Coomber, the Coordinator for the KPR Garden and inquired about his garden management, approach and techniques. I did not get involved with anything else.

I ensured that:

1. any situation that leads to the mosquito breeding and harborage such as piles of yard waste, standing water, thick plant overgrowth were taken care of.

2. making an effort in changing watering (irrigation) habits to watering only at the ground level and not wetting the foliage of the plants.

3. Informing him that Tiger mosquitoes are able to breed in droplets of water that are retained in the foliage.

4. Use measures to discourage the attraction of opossums, raccoons and rodents. Any fruit/vegetable waste to be removed from the yard and prevent compost areas.

Mr. Coomber responded in a responsible manner and disclosed many details that left me at ease with confidence that the garden was under capable hands. Please understand that summer is peak time of West Nile Virus surveillance, complaints and other related activities related to not only mosquitoes in the city.

I’ll be glad to reach you once I inspect the entire area. The inspection, as you may recall from last year, is extensive because it includes inspecting the residents’ yards, which also contributed to the mosquito problem last year.


Regards,

Maria Hille
Program Manager / Bureau of Community Hygiene / HRLA
DC Department of Health / Animal Disease Prevention / Government of the District of Columbia
825 North Capitol St., NE / Suite 8026
Washington DC 20002

Office: (202) 535 -1952
Mobile:(202) 380 - 6944
Fax: (202) 535 -1359
maria.hille@dc.gov / www.doh.dc.gov


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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:12 AM


Ms. Hille,

As the Program Manager for the Arborvirus Surveillance Program, I am disappointed that it took 17 (seventeen) days for you to find the current owner of the property and to contact me to schedule an inspection for a community hygiene problem in the neighborhood. Your "lack of opportunity to conduct an inspection this year" erodes the confidence of DC residents in the DC Dept of Health's ability to respond and protect all of its citizens as required by law and gives the "garden group" a wanton and reckless license to create any unhealthy situation in the community without impunity.

I am sure Mayor Fenty would want faster service and response to community concerns because he just apologized and pledged better service to D.C. voters. In the meantime, other candidates have promised better and more efficient service.

Please notify me of 3 potential inspection dates and times so that I can arrange my schedule to walk with you.


Veronica Raglin

ANC 7D01

Addressing Concerns @ the Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden

Below is an email response from Bob Coomber, one of two coordinators for the King Park/Rosedale Community Garden (KPRCG), to a recent email from SMD7D01 Commissioner Veronica Raglin. Her email was sent to various DC Government and DC Elected officials concerning "mosquito hazard" she purportedly witnessed within the KPRCG. The Commissioner's email is below and has been reproduced in its entirety.


Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden Sign

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From: bob.coomber@gmail.com
Subject: Kingman Park-Rosedale Community Garden Concerns
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:21:05 -0400


Dear Ms. Raglin and Others:

Let me first apologize to the many individuals copied on this email who are receiving it unnecessarily. Ms. Raglin chose not to address members of the Kingman Park-Rosedale Community Garden ("KPR Garden") directly regarding the concerns in her emails, which are attached below.

Ms. Raglin, for future reference, my name is Bob Coomber. I am the Coordinator for the KPR Garden, along with Rebekah Wilhelm, who is copied on this email. I live across the street from you at (address removed for privacy). My number is (phone number removed for privacy). Feel free to stop by, call me, or email me any time.

As Coordinator for the KPR Garden, I would like to provide some background, and address the issues Ms. Raglin raised with individuals and entities in the District Government. The KPR Garden is an entity fiscally sponsored by the Rosedale Citizens Alliance ("RCA"). The KPR Garden is comprised of over thirty individuals who live in the Kingman Park and Rosedale neighborhoods, and several individuals who liver farther West towards Capitol Hill. Five of the KPR Garden members live in houses whose property is across an alley from the Garden property, and four of those people live just a few doors down from Ms. Raglin. The KPR Garden is located in an interior block among 20th, 21st, D, and E Streets NE.


Kingman Park/Rosedale Community Garden Location Map

Garden members are responsible for their own 4' by 16' or 4' by 8' plots, and the areas surrounding those plots. Please see the attached pictures for reference, two of which were taken yesterday (labeled "KPR Garden Summer" and "KPR Garden Detail"). Garden members raise a variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, including tomatoes, squash, corn, cucumbers, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, peppers, herbs, and lettuce. The Garden also maintains over a dozen small plots just outside its fence, in which we grow a variety of produce. Any member of the community may enjoy this produce free of charge. In addition, we have had several garden members with economic hardships who garden their plots free of charge. According to long-time residents, the area that contains the Garden had been a Victory Garden in the 1940s, but in the 1990s and early 2000s had become a parking lot, and then an overgrown dumping ground. The Garden in its current incarnation was started in 2005.


2005 Photo of the Garden Site


2005 Photo of the Garden Site

From my reading of Ms. Raglin's emails, she raises three issues, two of which she raised for the first time last summer.

The first issue Ms. Raglin raised last summer, and again this summer, is a concern regarding the rain barrels in the Garden. The rain barrels were purchased by Garden members through an organization working with a grant from the District, similar to the program that currently exists between the District Department of the Environment and DC Greenworks. The rain barrels in use have screens on the top of them, and those not in use are turned over. There is no screen on the bottom openings because there are valves on these openings that allow water to flow out, and allow gardeners to use the water.


KPR Garden Spring (2010)

The second issue that Ms. Raglin raised last summer, and raises again this summer, involves the fence that has, for many years, surrounded part of the area that currently contains the Garden. The fence existed long before the Garden was created in 2005. The fence was repaired last year by Garden members after a stolen van knocked it down. The Garden repaired the fence using its own funds and used like materials to do so. The Garden did not seek reimbursement for these repairs. According to the DCRA website, "the following work does not require a building permit: . . . Repair of existing fences with like materials.". The Garden repaired the existing fence with like materials. Therefore, no permit was necessary according to DCRA.


KPR Garden Summer (2010)


KPR Garden Detail (2010)

The final issue, and the only new issue Ms. Raglin raised, was a concern that the soil that the Garden had delivered from a soil company, not from the District as Ms. Raglin stated, was "contaminated." We had the soil tested by the University of Massachusetts, and the University found it to be perfect for raising vegetables. It is not clear from where Ms. Raglin's definition of "contaminated" stems, or what Ms. Raglin means by "exceeds EPA standards." Ms. Raglin, please expand on this issue so that I can allay any further concerns. Garden members would not each fruit and vegetables raised in soil we believed to be contaminated.

Ms. Raglin, I hope that this addresses all of your concerns.

Anyone can feel free to contact me if they would like to speak on these issues further. Again, my number is (number removed for privacy) and I am responsive to email.

Regards,

Bob Coomber

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Subject: mosquito hazard
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:15 AM


Good Morning,

Last year you observed that the rain barrels on the rear lot of the 400 block of 21st St NE were harboring live mosquito larvae. Yesterday, I observed 4 rain barrels that are a breeding ground for mosquitos: 2 barrels with 6-8inch top holes and no screens, 2 barrels with side openings with no screens.

This "garden", sponsored by the Rosedale Citizen's Alliance had the DC Government to dump contaminated soil that exceeds EPA standards onto this lot. I informed Councilmember Alexander by email of this situation on June 8, 2010 with no action taken yet.

This "garden" continues to be a health hazard to the community with the threat of West Nile virus, airborne health related issues and now rotting vegetables that attract rodents and insects.

Please respond.

Thanks,
Veronica Raglin
ANC 7D01