Business and Economic Development

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN R. MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B25-0050, THE “FUNERAL DIRECTORS LICENSING REFORM AMENDMENT ACT OF 2023” B25-0190, THE “DISTRICT CHILD TAX CREDIT AMENDMENT ACT OF 2023” B25-0240, THE “UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT EXTENSION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2023” B25-0277, THE “LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SERVICES SALES TAX CLARIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2023” B25-0471, THE “DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP JOINT FILING CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2023” Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Room 120 and via Zoom Video Conference Broadcast Streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFwXXcbCuQk3- zlwqe97mA/streams and www.dccouncil.gov/hearings AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY A. B25-0277, the “Landscape Architect Services Sales Tax Clarification Amendment Act of 2023” Public Witnesses (in-person, virtual) 1. Lesley Conroy, Public Witness 2. Elizabeth Hebron, Director of State Government Affairs, American Society of Landscape Architects 3. Danielle Alexander, Public Witness 1  4. Carla Ellern, Immediate Past President, American Society of Landscape Architects, Potomac Chapter 5. Robert Alter, Public Witness 6. Ronnie McGhee, Chair, DC Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture Government Witness 1. Elissa Borges, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Tax and Revenue, Office of the Chief Financial Officer B. B25-0050, the “Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2023” Public Witnesses (in-person, virtual) 1. Verneka Roberts, Public Witness 2. Sandra Williams, Public Witness Government Witness 1. John McGuire, Chairperson, Board of Funeral Directors C. B25-0471, the “Domestic Partnership Joint Filing Clarification Act of 2023” Public Witnesses 1. None Government Witness 1. Elissa Borges, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Tax and Revenue, Office of the Chief Financial Officer D. B25-0240, the “United Negro College Fund Real Property Tax Abatement Extension Amendment Act of 2023” Public Witnesses (in-person, virtual) 1. Desiree Boykin, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, United Negro College Fund 2. Olivia Byrne, Partner, K&L Gates 3. Early Reese, Chief Operating Officer, United Negro College Fund 4. Ashley Ruff, Public Witness 5. Patricia Burton-McFadden, Owner, Early Childhood Education 6. Robert Vinson Brannum, Public Witness 7. Sekou Biddle, Vice President of K12 Advocacy, United Negro College Fund 8. Meredith Anderson, Director of K-12 Research, United Negro College Fund 2  9. Akosua Ali, Senior Vice President, United Negro College Fund 10. Kevin Peterman, Deputy Chief of Staff, United Negro College Fund, United Negro College Fund 11. Keith Johnson, Development Manager, United Negro College Fund 12. Lodriguez Murray, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs, United Negro College Fund 13. Aaron Stallworth, United Negro College Fund 14. Khary Armster, United Negro College Fund 15. William Brown, Sr. Community Engagement Manager, United Negro College Fund 16. Christine Miller, Public Witness 17. Eric Goldstein, Public Witness 18. Paris Fleming, United Negro College Fund 19. Naomi Coggs, United Negro College Fund Government Witness 1. Rick Liu, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Finance and Treasury, Office of the Chief Financial Officer E. B25-0190, the “District Child Tax Credit Amendment Act of 2023” Public Witness (in-person, virtual) 1. Kush Kharod, Public Witness 2. Kim Perry, Executive Director, DC Action 3. Khadijah Williams, National Director, Policy and Advocacy, LIFT-Inc 4. Neils Ribeiro-Yemofio. DC Executive Director, LIFT-DC 5. David Schwartzman, Chair, Political Policy & Action Committee, DC Statehood Green Party 6. Ashley Ruff, Public Witness 7. Esi Hutchful, Senior Policy Analyst, The Center for the Study of Social Policy 8. Richard Benjumea, Public Witness 9. Deja Williams, Health Equity Organizer, SPACEs In Action 10. Karissa Warren, Public Witness 11. Ashley Ruff, Public Witness 12. Olivia Storz, Public Witness 13. Laura Castillo, Public Witness 14. Leah Castelaz, Policy Attorney, DC Children's Law Center 15. Jamelle "Mellie" Harris, Public Witness 16. Rigoberta Tejeda Reyes, Public Witness 17. Ana Perez, Public Witness 18. Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz, CEO & Executive Director, Capital Area Asset Builders 19. Avah Toomer, Public Witness 20. Nora Lopez, Public Witness 21. Karen Corea, Public Witness 3  22. Salim Adofo, Public Witness 23. Jen Jenkins, Policy Counsel, Legal Aid DC 24. Robert Vinson Brannum, Public Witness 25. Melody Webb, Executive Director, Mother’s Outreach Network 26. Erica Williams, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 27. LaDon Love, Executive Director, SPACEs In Action 28. Robert Henderson, Public Witness 29. Jack Landry, Research Associate, Jain Family Institute 30. Sandra Williams, Public Witness 31. Patricia Burton-McFadden, Owner, Early Childhood Education 32. Angel Cummings, Public Witness 33. Yanette Marin, Public Witness 34. Ismar Blanco, Public Witness 35. Adam Barragan-Smith, Advocacy Manager, Educare DC 36. Katharine Landfield, Fair Budget Coalition 37. Lidia Amaya, Public Witness 38. Esdry E Sandoval Escobedo, Public Witness 39. Wilma Jones, Public Witness 40. Laura Castillo, Public Witness 41. Candis Hemphill, Public Witness 42. Fari Ghamina Tumpe, Public Witness 43. Hope Joyner, Public Witness 44. Andrea Thomas, President and CEO, United Planning Organization 45. Ayanna Mackins Free, Public Witness 46. Micah Haskell-Hoehl, Public Witness 47. Diamond Gabriel, Public Witness 48. Yesmine Holmes, Mom Leader, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 49. Maria Jackson, Mom Leader, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 50. Tenika McEachin, Mom Leader, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 51. Sharon Harris, Mom Leader, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 52. Christina Weir, Mom Leader, Mother's Outreach Network / DC Guaranteed Income Coalition 53. Rachel Metz, Data and Research Manager, DC Action 54. Scott Goldstein, Executive Director, EmpowerEd Government Witness 1. Elissa Borges, Assistant General Counsel, Office of Tax and Revenue, Office of the Chief Financial Officer IV. ADJOURNMENT 4