Business & Economic Development Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 REVISED COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN R. MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B23-0351, THE “REUNION SQUARE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ACT OF 2019” Thursday, July 30, 2020, 3:00 p.m. Remote Hearing via Virtual Platform Broadcast live on DC Council Channel 13 Streamed live at www.dccouncil.us and entertainment.dc.gov. On Thursday, July 30, 2020, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on Business and Economic Development, will hold a public hearing to consider the following measure: Bill 23-0351, the “Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Act of 2019” Bill 23-0351, the “Reunion Square Tax Increment Financing Act of 2019”, would authorize the issuance of tax increment financing bonds to support the Reunion Square development project. The goal of the project is to redevelop the site, located near the Anacostia Metrorail Station, into a mixed-use project that will contribute to the revitalization of the Anacostia neighborhood. The Committee invites the public to testify remotely or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify must sign up in advance by contacting the Committee by e-mail at BusinessEconomicDevelopment@dccouncil.us or by phone and provide their name, phone number or e-mail, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by 5:00 p.m. on July 24, 2020. Witnesses are encouraged to submit their testimony in writing electronically in advance to BusinessEconomicDevelopment@dccouncil.us. Public witnesses will participate remotely, and the Committee will follow-up with witnesses with additional instructions on how to provide testimony through a web conferencing platform. All public witnesses will be allowed a maximum of three minutes to testify. At the discretion of the Chair, the length of time provided for oral testimony may be reduced or extended. The Committee encourages the public to submit written testimony to be included for the public record. Copies of written testimony should be submitted either by e-mail at BusinessEconomicDevelopment@dccouncil.us. To be included in the record, please indicate that you are submitting testimony for this hearing in the subject line of the e-mail. The record for this 1 hearing will close at 5:00 p.m. on July 31, 2020. This notice has been revised to reflect that B23- 0608, the “Spring Flats Mixed-Income Family Apartments Real Property Tax Abatement Act of 2020” will not be considered at this public hearing. Please contact Justin Roberts, Committee Director, at jroberts@dccouncil.us for additional information. 2