New ANC Boundaries to be Drawn

ANC 6A REPORT

by Nick L. Alberti

Chair Amber Gove (6A04) convened the January 13, 2022 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A via Zoom with Commissioners Keya Chatterjee (6A01), Phil Toomajian (6A02), Mike Soderman (6A03), Laura Gentile (6A05), Robb Dooling (6A06), Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07) and Brian Alcorn (6A08) all in attendance. been drawn, each ward will form a task force to form their ANC’s and Single Member Districts (SMD) over the course of the coming calendar year. Following precedent from the previous redistricting, this task force will be comprised of former ANC commissioners and those with no plans to run for a seat. Councilmember Allen hopes to have this task force assembled quickly so they might present a recommendation for new boundaries sometime this coming March as a piece of legislation to the Redistricting Committee. The Councilmember said he is open to the possibility of a cross-boundary ANC as exists in other parts of the city, but such an arrangement naturally requires the interest and consent of all parties. As always, Councilmember Allen can be reached via email at callen@dccouncil.us.

DC Water Lead Free Initiative

Councilmember Allen on Redistricting

Councilmember Charles Allen has been attending ANC meetings updating residents on the next phase of the redistricting process. Now that the new ward boundaries have Lead Free DC is DC Water’s plan to eliminate all lead service lines by 2030. This coming year, homes on the 1800 block of Gail Street NE, 300 block of 17th Street NE and 1600 block of Kramer Street NE are all eligible for free lead service line replacements. Interested homeowners need to return signed agreements as soon as possible. Through this initiative, DC Water is also o ering to verify the material composition of service lines to verify and ll in any gaps in data present in existing historical records. Interested residents should visit dcwater.com/ leadmap for more information on this program. For inquiries, call 202-787-4044 or email lead@dcwater.com.

Other Business

• The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter to DC Councilmembers and the Committee of the Whole reiterating ANC 6A’s December 2, 2021 recommendations for a redistricting map to keep all of ANC 6A within Ward 6, in light of the Committee of the Whole’s recommended map.

New Year Organizational Actions

Being the rst ANC meeting of 2022, the Commissioners unanimously con rmed the Commission Rules and elected Commission o cers as well as the members and leaders of each permanent committee. Amber Gove was elected Chair, Keya Chatterjee as Vice-Chair, Laura Gentile as Secretary and Brian Alcorn will serve again as Treasurer. Committee Chairs along with a full calendar of committee meetings can be found by visiting the ANC6A website, anc6a.org.

Unanimous Actions

The following motions and recommendations were passed by the Commissioners with unanimous consent;