| FEBRUARY, 1998 |
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| | |
| 206 | Cohn | DC Water Authority Awash in
Further Troubles--complaints, refunds pile up--but new audit OKs finances |
| 207 | Harris | (Three
Tenants) Holding Out at Roosevelt (Hotel)--to avoid selling DC property to private
developer |
| 212 | Cohn | Water Agency's Warning Causes Uproar--customers confused,
irate over late-payment penalty notice |
| 216 | Harris/Loeb | Hsg Rcvr (Gilmore) Gets
DC off HUD's 'Troubled' List--Montana Terrace: fix, sell, or raze use priv sector |
| 220 | Editor | Two
Housing Questions for Congress (not DC): how many units and for whom--apportioning
shortages |
| 221 | Mayer | Dream of Suburbia Crumbles in DC's SE--subsidized dvlpmt a
shambles:ex-DC official blames others |
| 223 | Gillis/Fehr | Clearing Wreckage in DC:
Dept PubWks promises turnaround--streets/lights, plows, trees; MVBureau |
| 225 | Editor | The
District's Unsung Heroes--CFO Williams;Hsng Rcvr Gilmore; DPW Bernadino hold high
promise |
| 225 | Harris | New Rules Could Control DC Trash Transfer
Stations--suburban garbage flows into DC neighborhoods |
| 227 | Harris | DC Zoning
Comm Cracks Down on Private Waste Transfer Stations 300' buffer to homes, 50' to other
props |
| MARCH, 1998 |
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| 303 | Staff | City Fire
Hydrants Under Inspection by DCWSA and FDept--400 of 9500 don't work |
| 303 | Fountain | Motorists Zip Thru Lone DC Emissions Test Station, even
when doing double duty |
| 305 | Harris | Plea for Clean Relief--Ft. Totten Trash Site Irks
Neighbors--City vows changes: 800 tons = $18M electricty |
| 310 | Staff | Motor
Vehicle Agency Gets new Chief--21 year employee of Montgomery,Howard Cntys 300K DC
drivers |
| 314 | Fehr/Pianin | Funding for Wilson Bridge Replacement Still Up in
Air--House/Senate Panel May settle--$1.6B v $900M |
| 321 | Staff | Trees to be Pruned on Two Key
Avenues--Rhode Island and Connecticut--sidewalks to be repaired too |
| 323 | Reid | Where Will
it Go Next--Everyone has plans to to extend Metrorail in MD and VA--incl.Tysons,
Dulles |
| 324 | Fehr | Barnett Halts City's Plans for Recycling--still too expensive and
too inconvenient--alleys vs curbside |
| APRIL,
1998 | |
|---|
| 402 | Staff | DC Dept of Housing, Community Affairs lists 120 projects for
$70M HUD grants just released |
| 403 | Fehr | DC Signals Intent to Improve
Traffic Flow--1300 timed signals never reset in 10 yrs--takes $45M, 2 yrs! |
| 407 | Lengel | DC Orders
Pit Bulls Out of City Housing--250 violent dogs seen as safety threat--76 shot in 4
yrs |
| 409 | Reid | Region Faces Big Bill for Metro's Upkeep--panel says $100M
per year needed for equip maintenance |
| 409 | Cohn | Fire Hydrant Repair Pace
Stepped Up--officials say non-working equipment is common--637 of 8463 out |
| 411 | Editor | Denying Dogs to Public Housing--get rid of dangerous dogs,
but let the good pets stay |
| 412 | Editor | Metrofrail--gotta increease maintenance funding, come up with
better regional, not scattershot, solutions |
| 413 | Pyatt | If Rhetoric Could Build
Housing, There'd Be Plenty Downtown--DC no closer to a 'living downtown' in 20
yrs |
| 415 | Fernandez | 10 Car Inspectors Charged in Corruption Case--DC
workers bribed to falsify taxi certifications |
| 417 | Editor | No Free Rides in Public
Works--corruption must be rooted out of DC gov't--especially in health and safety |
| 426 | Staff | Council
Members Give Minority Builders Tips on $200M in construction Projects Coming East of
Anacostia. |
| 426 | Ferster ltr | One Bill That Needs to Stay on the Books--don't repeal
Environmental Policy Act as regulatory reform |
| 426 | Reid/Fehr | The Rush Hour of Decision
on Replacing Wilson Bridge--Congress Weighs Funding for huge structure |
| 429 | Harris | No
Progress Found on Affordable Housing: 68,000 families in DC spend 50%+ of income on
rent |
| MAY, 1998 |
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| | |
| 501 | Thompson | MCI Center Denies Any
'Side Deals' on Security--city officials knew they were to provide police guards |
| 505 | Staff | Bill
Would Block Convention Center Spending--$23M spent to date--no firm cost beyond $650M
estimate |
| 507 | Loeb | Resident Expert: DC Housing Authority was in dumps when
David Gilmore moved in--getting accolades |
| 507 | Pyatt | This Downtown Triangle Should
Go Back to Square One--planning bad for Conv Center and Ballpark |
| 507 | Staff | Council Plan
to Delay Convention Center Funding Defeated--maximum price to be announced in
June |
| 508 | Staff | Water Authority Approves Labor Contract--pay raise and
employee drug tests included |
| 509 | Staff | Smith Backs Changes in
Financing Plan to avoid giving blank check to Convention Center builders |
| 514 | Montgomery | New
Design for DC Convention Center Unveiled--trying to meet resident demands for shops,
etc. |
| 523 | Montgomery | Convention Center Costs Up $35M--DC's Costs fixed at
$650M--Feds agree to pick up overruns?? |
| 523 | Reid | New Bridge Must Span $700M
Funding Gap--MD,VA offer up to $320M, leaving $400M gap for scale-back |
| 526 | Evans | Convention
Center: Nowhere to Grow--critics say would be outdated in decade--trading blight for
behemoth |
| 529 | Montgomery | Convention Center Plan Draws Questions--location,
costs, expansion, tunnel to old center, etc. |
| 530 | Evans | More Tough Questions on
Convention Center--Council seeks assurances on costs before vote |
| JULY, 1998 |
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| 703 | Staff | Water
Authority Gets New Chairman--replacing Michael Rogers who moves to COG exec
director |
| 704 | Vise | DC Probes Pay Raises by Water Authority--9% over 3 yrs
contract didn't receive control board OK |
| 705 | Satff | CFO Speaks Out on Water
Authority Raises--takes full blame--will fix so won't happen again |
| 707 | Reid | More Flights
May be Forced on Nat'l Airport by McCain's Senate Commerce cmtee--14Mpsngrs/yr
now |
| 708 | Staff | DCDPW Alley-Cleaning Project Begins: systematic effort by 8
crews, 2 wks in each Ward, every alley |
| 710 | Staff | EPA Moves to Fine Blue Plains
Sewage Plant $149K for violating hazardous waste storage laws |
| 711 | Staff | Water,
Sewer Workers' Contract Approved--Control Board OKs 4% raise for 900 workers |
| 716 | Staff | City
Gets $200K Grant to Clean Up Toxic Properties--'brownfield' abandoned properties in
NE,SE |
| 724 | Vogel | Navy Yard to Go on EPA National Superfund List--pressures
Defense Dept to move clean-up faster |
| 724 | Powell | Williams Targets Anacostia
River--candidate proposes $5M clean-up, environmental learning center |
| 724 | Pae | Metro to
Expand Reserved Parking at 29 Stations to 6000--remaining 36K spaces, first come, first-served
basis |
| AUGUST, 1998 |
|---|
| 802 | Lengel | Fake Tags
for Cars Abound in DC--stolen stickers also find market--246K registered
vehicles--10%fraud |
| 803 | Montgomery | Innovation Helps Cure
Community--services revive (blighted) Edgewood Terrace Complex at RI Ave Metro
Sta |
| 803 | Lipton | VA Raises Commitment to Chesapeake Cleanup--NVA to pay most of $450M--to
miss Y2000 regnl goal |
| 806 | Staff | City Fixes 1200 Defective Fire Hydrants (of
8463)--cost 1.5M out of $1.7B cap improvement program |
| 809 | Eggen | Local
Controls Fail to Restrict Housing Growth--310K new units already OK'd: MD = 152K;VA =
178K |
| 814 | Reid | Metro System to Get Extra $100M a Year for Upkeep from US (60%), Local
Gov'ts--5-yr build-up |
| 815 | Staff | Convention Center Gets BBB Bond Ratings--better
than DC's general obligation bonds, but not A's yet |
| 819 | Staff | Bill Proposed
to Save Historic Buildings from premature demolition even if unsafe--make owner fix
it |
| 820 | Montgomery | DC WIN (Church) Protesters Block Trash Site, Complain CMO Barnett Broke
Promises to shut transfer site |
| 828 | Staff | Convention Center Critics Handed Defeat--Shaw
neighborhood supporters did not violate ethics rules |
| OCTOBER, 1998 |
|---|
| 1002 | Staff | Convention
Center Groundbreaking begins today (Oct 2)--3-day celebration planned at Vernon Square
|
| 1006 | Havemann | Hill Sets Changes for Nat'l Pub Hsng--higher pay ceiling, FHA loans, res work
rules, more local autonomy |
| 1008 | Staff | Convention Center Opponents File Suit claiming
improperly collected taxes after authority expired |
| 1009 | Fehr | Luring
People Back to DC's Streets: new plan wants 'friendlier feel' for public spaces, parks
(!) |
| 1011 | Fehr | Public Works Cleans Up Act--some improvements in trees, potholes, meters, car
inspex, etc.-not up to goals |
| 1015 | Wheeler | After Two Year Hiatus, DC to recycle
again--new bins provided--pick-up sites to be same as trash |
| 1022 | Sipress | McCain
Blocks Funds for Airport Projects at Dulles, National--wants more flights from
National |
| 1024 | Wheeler | The District Takes it Place in History--Carnegie
Library to Open as City Museum w/$2M fed funds |
| 1026 | Staff | Edgewood
Terrace Celebrates Renovation from ruins--300 of 884 units rebuilt by Bethesda non-profit
corp |
| 1028 | Staff | DC Phasing Out Tenant Assistance Program--949 families losing DC-subsidized
housing says Gilmore |
| 1002 | Vise | DC Inaugurates $25M New Computer
System--"SOAR" for financial mgmt in use--Rep Taylor opposed |
| NOVEMBER, 1998 | |
|---|
| 1106 | Reid | Metro May
Lower Rail and Bus Fares--standardize fares, shorten rush hour to attract more
riders |
| 1107 | Fehr | DC (Housing Auth) May Get Marines to Take Site of Failed SE Complex--13
acres, Capper Dwellings |
| 1108 | Strauss | Howard U. Broadens Area Plan to fix up
LeDroit Park, go for salable housing, black cultural district, etc. |
| 1108 | Wheeler | Ellen
Wilson Public Housing Reborn--Gilmore totally rebuilds area via Community Development
Corp |
| 1113 | Sipress | DC Area Drivers Losing More Time Stuck in Traffic--17% increase in
delays--total cost $1055 per capita |
| 1113 | Reid | At Metro, Contemplating The Trains' True
Colors--Metro consultants urge new colors for seats,carpets |
| 1119 | Reid/Masters | Design Chosen for New, 12-Lane Wilson Bridge to handle 275,000 vehicles per
day--cost $1.8B |
| 1121 | Haggerty | Momentum Building in Downtown
Renewal--12 projects started, 13 planned in 40-block area West of MCI bldg |
| 1121 | Sipress | Latest
Threat to New Bridge Angers Alexandria's neighbors--plan legal challenge to reduce 12 lanes to
10 |
| 1123 | Editor | Alexandria's Bridge Hold-up--seems hellbent to wreck plans for desparately
needed new bridge |
| 1127 | Hsu | Turning a Corner in SE DC--Fed $ may develop
one of city's most blighted areas--old NatGd Camp Simms |
| DECEMBER, 1998 |
|---|
| 1202 | Vise | Public Works Director Bernadino
Resigns--Williams, others want faster progress, better leadership |
| 1202 | Lipton | Rebuilt
Montana Terrace Complex Opens to Tenants--1 of 14 pub hsng redevelopments underway
w/$250M |
| 1202 | Lipton (cont) | Montana Terrace Rebuild replaces 155 apts with 95 with
'suburban look'--rest to be demolished |
| 1203 | Editor | Public Works Clean-up--DPW
in perpetual crisis--'culture of mediocrity' needs 1st rate mgrs, fresh start |
| 1204 | Staff | New
Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square Gets Final Approval--from Nat'l Capital Planning
Com. |
| 1208 | Sipress | Wilson Bridge Compromise Proposed--lane reduction from 12
to 10 part of effort to head-off court action |
| 1209 | Lipton | Cleanup Job Left
Unfinished--DC Public Works Chief blames bureaucracy, lack of eqpt, for missed
tgts |
| 1209 | Sipress | Alexandria Likely to Agree to Bridge Plan--with compromise
to 10 lanes (plus two unbuilt) |
| 1210 | Cohn | From '93 Water Scare, Crucial
Lessons--panic forced major change, but drinking water concerns linger |
| 1212 | Lipton | As Leaves
Pile Up, DC Public Works Contractor to be fined, city takes back collection job |
| 1218 | Reid | Metro's Fiscal Plan Keys on Upkeep--$692.2M opn budget +
$170M cap sending, overhaul half 758 cars |
| 1222 | Strauss | Howard U.'s LeDroit Park
Houses Become Homes--1st of l0 newly renovated homes being occupied |
| 1229 | Hsu | Water Main
Breaks Plague DC--Disrupt Traffic--first freeze bursts 12 pipes in five days |
| 1231 | Staff | Federal
Officials Ease Rules on Highway Funds--DC share of fed$ cut from 20% to 17%--save $20M in
6 yrs |
