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 COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN R. MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B23-0860, THE “POWER LINE UNDERGROUNDING PROGRAM CERTIFIED JOINT VENTURE MAJORITY INTEREST AMENDMENT ACT OF 2020”; AND B23-0471, THE “INDEPENDENT COMPLIANCE OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT ACT OF 2019” Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 3 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 Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on Business and Economic Development, will hold a public hearing to consider Bill 23-0860, the “Power Line Undergrounding Program Certified Joint Venture Majority Interest Amendment Act of 2020” and Bill 23-0471, the “Independent Compliance Office Establishment Act of 2019.” The stated purpose of Bill 23-0860, the “Power Line Undergrounding Program Certified Joint Venture Majority Interest Amendment Act of 2020”, is to amend the Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Financing Act of 2014 by restricting qualifying certified joint ventures to just those in which a certified business enterprise (CBE) holds a majority interest. Bill 23-0471, the “Independent Compliance Office Establishment Act of 2019”, establishes the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer ("Office") as an independent authority and outlines the duties of the Office and of the Officer. 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 September 11, 2020. Witnesses are encouraged to submit their testimony in writing electronically in advance to BusinessEconomicDevelopment@dccouncil.us. Public witnesses will participate remotely, and 1 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 hearing will close at 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2020. For accommodation requests, including spoken language or sign language interpretation, please inform the Committee by email of the need as soon as possible but no later than five (5) business days before the proceeding. The Council will make every effort to fulfill timely requests, however requests received in less than five (5) business days may not be fulfilled and alternatives may be offered. Please contact Brian McClure, Interim Committee Director, at bmcclure@dccouncil.us for additional information. 2