Thanks to Faraz for sending the before photo above and MB sends the current scene:
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Photo by Victoria Pickering
Thanks to all who passed on from Council Member Charles Allen’s website:
“Due to the importance of the protests around the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, is rescheduling [the] virtual Committee budget oversight hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department’s FY 2021 proposed budget. The remaining, scheduled agency hearings for tomorrow will take place as announced.
Originally, given the limited time available for committees to hold virtual budget oversight hearings, MPD’s hearing was scheduled for 90 minutes and restricted to government witnesses, with public opportunities to submit testimony via phone, email, video, and Facebook Live.
From Councilmember Allen:
“I am rescheduling the hearing for two reasons. First, tomorrow morning, MPD leadership will be engaged in real-time response to the First Amendment assemblies taking place today and tomorrow. In order to have a productive and meaningful oversight hearing with Chief Newsham and his team, a delay is necessary.
And second, thousands of District residents are calling out injustice, racism, and police brutality against Black Americans. It is clear to me the public needs more opportunities to testify directly before the Council on the issues of policing communities of color, excessive force, freedom of speech, and public funding for law enforcement agencies and violence prevention.
Our budget is a document that reflects our values, including around law enforcement and how to improve public safety. I welcome our residents to share their recommendations for change and their budget priorities with the Council, and I will find an additional time for District residents to testify on MPD’s budget with the Committee.”
MPD’s FY21 proposed budget documents are available here: https://cfo.dc.gov/node/1462961
How DC residents can submit testimony to the Committee
The deadline for receiving public witness testimony for the official record is June 16, 2020. Public witnesses can currently testify on the FY21 proposed budget by: (more…)
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Ed. Note: Yesterday there were 9,332 total positives.
From the Mayor’s Office:
“The District’s reported data for Sunday, June 7, 2020 includes 57 new positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 9,389.
The District reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths.
· 78-year-old male
· 84-year-old female
Tragically, 491 District residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19.
The District has reached seven days of sustained decrease in community spread of COVID-19. That data is represented in the chart below.” (more…)
The reality
You’ve probably never read your building’s property management contract all the way through. Most board members haven’t either. If you did, you’d find a carefully defined scope of work — vendors coordinated, maintenance dispatched, assessments collected, reports generated.
What you wouldn’t find: anything about fiduciary duties. Reserve funding strategy. Compliance tracking. Case documentation. Institutional memory. The legal obligations that make your board personally accountable to unit owners.
That’s not an oversight in the contract. It’s the contract. Property management was never designed to cover governance. And yet most boards — paying $10,000 to $18,000 a year for the service — assume it does.
Operations and governance are different jobs. One has a contract. The other has a fiduciary duty.
What your building is paying — and what it’s getting.
What the contract covers. What it doesn’t.
The markup problem most boards don’t know about.
Beyond the management fee, most property management companies mark up vendor invoices — the plumber, the landscaper, the elevator contractor — by 10 to 15 percent before passing the bill to the association. It’s legal. It’s common. And boards have almost no visibility into it. (more…)
Thanks to Lindsey for sending Sunday:
“We walked by this group protesting outside of the Kennedy-Warren apartment complex in Woodley Park and it just made our hearts smile. They’re in the dangerous age range for corona so they couldn’t go the protests downtown, but they clearly wanted to contribute.”
“the U.S. National Arboretum grounds will be open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 5 pm”
Photo by Erinn Shirley
Ed. Note: The Arboretum was closed to the public March 24th.
From the U.S. National Arboretum:
“The U.S National Arboretum will reopen to the general public on a limited basis starting on Monday, June 8th, 2020 in support of the District’s reopening plans. Thehealth and safety of our visitors and staff are of the utmost importance.
In-line with the latest CDC, and District of Columbia guidance, in order to keep staff and visitors safe, we will be implementing new operating procedures and schedules.
Until further notice, the U.S. National Arboretum grounds will be open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 5 pm and limiting total on site visitors. Vehicular access will be allowed only through the New York Ave Entrance and there will be a limit of 200 cars allowed on the grounds at one time. Visitors planning to arrive on bike or foot are encouraged to enter via the R Street NE Entrance. The R Street NE Entrance will remain close to non-official business vehicles. Directions for parking will be provided upon entering the National Arboretum and for safety reasons, the majority of the roads on the grounds will be closed to vehicular traffic. Please come prepared to walk once you have parked your car and note that there will be limited amenities and services available including no drinking water or vending services. Visitors should come prepared with bottled water, comfortable walking shoes, and a hat or umbrella. Additional information will be provided when arriving such as available bathrooms and recommended safety procedures. We ask that you wear a mask at all times when visiting. (more…)
Join us for a delightful Sunday afternoon at the BlackRock Center for the Arts as Cruise Planners Beth & Rod present a special travel-inspired matinee featuring the beloved film Under the Tuscan Sun.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 31 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Pablo Raw
UPDATE: Owner found, dog vaccinated – thanks all!
“Dear PoPville,
I’m looking to get in contact with the owner of the dog who bit my dog at the protest on Saturday. Unfortunately, I didn’t get his info. I believe he was a white male with a brown dog who looked like maybe a lab/pittie mix, and they were stationed near a tree with a silver water bowl out. He asked if my dog was going to be ok, but I just wanted to get her out of there. I didn’t realize she was bleeding until we were down the block. I had to take her to the emergency vet where she received a couple staples. My main concern is whether or not his dog is vaccinated. (more…)
via google maps
From MPD:
“On 6/8/20 at approximately 02:44 a.m., First District officers responded to the 1200 block of I St SE for the sounds of gunshots. Immediately after the initial call, another call came in for a traffic crash in the block. Officers responded and found that a Dodge sedan had collided with two parked vehicles in the block and the occupant[s] had fled on foot. Additionally, there was evidence of gunfire and damage to several other parked vehicles in the block. (more…)
Photo by angela n.
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Thanks to Brian C. for sharing this morning: “the wall has been turned into a canvas and people are out taking photos and reflecting.” (more…)
Thanks to Katherine Tare for sharing this group of photos from yesterday: (more…)