Recording from the February 2022 Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5B Committee of the Whole (COW) Meeting which took place on February 2nd, 2022. ANC 5B serves the greater Brookland neighborhood in Washington, D.C. including portions of Brookland, Michigan Park, North Michigan Park, Rhode Island Avenue, Queens Chapel and Woodridge.

Chapters:

0:00:00 Small talk before meeting begins

0:07:08 Roll call

0:08:19 Treasurer's report

0:08:54 Update regarding reimbursement of $250 from Metropolis Club to ANC 5B for failure to produce receipts to substantiate grant spending

0:34:15 Discussion about hiring students from George Washington University to design and maintain a website for ANC 5B, and what the costs for this project would be (which would come out of ANC 5B's Communications budget and "Surplus")

1:01:21 Commissioner Higgins mentions she has created a new website for ANC 5B but refuses to share the link with Commissioners Costello and Piekara

1:04:10 Commissioner Carley proposes buying yard signs to post information about ANC 5B (website, meeting info, etc.)

1:14:17 Commissioner Carley proposes creating an "Unfinished Business" section on ANC 5B's agenda moving forward

1:19:39 Discussion about the duties of the Correspondence Secretary position (held by Commissioner Piekara (5B03))

1:38:50 Commissioner Carley notes how she has only introduced one ANC resolution in her eight years in office, and suggests that other commissioners should also introduce fewer resolutions in support of their constituents

1:41:05 Commissioner Higgins notes that D.C. agencies require a resolution in order to give ANC feedback "great weight"

1:48:15 Discussion about what resolutions need to be added to the agenda for ANC 5B's February meeting

1:55:11 Discussion about the Safe Routes to School Expansion Regulation Amendment Act and the Walk Without Worry Act, introduced in the D.C. Council in December

2:07:23 Meeting adjourned

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are non-partisan, neighborhood bodies made up of locally-elected representatives. The representatives for ANC 5B are:

Commissioner Gayle Carley - 5B01

Commissioner Ursula Higgins - 5B02

Commissioner Prita Piekara - 5B03

Commissioner Ra Amin - 5B04

Commissioner Colleen Costello - 5B05