Committee of the Whole, Subcommittee on Recreation and Community Affairs

C O U N C I L O F T H E D I S T R I C T O F C O LU M BI A S U B C O M M I T T E E ON R E C R E A T I O N A N D C OMM UN I T Y A F F A I R S N O T I C E O F P U B L IC R O U N D T AB L E 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER MATT FRUMIN, CHAIRPERSON SUBCOMMITTEE ON RECREATION AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE on the matter of The District of Columbia’s Parks and Opportunities for Collaboration with the National Park Service on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 9:00 am Hybrid – Room 500 of The John A. Wilson Building and via Zoom To Watch Live: DC Council Website (dccouncil.gov) Council Channel 13 (Cable Television Providers) Office of Cable Television Website (entertainment.dc.gov) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@cmfrumin) AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY A. Public Witnesses 1. Gloria Hightower 2. Vanessa Batters-Thompson, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, 1  Executive Director 3. Zachary Israel 4. Paula Edwards, ANC 4A01, Commissioner 5. Miguel Trindade Deramo, ANC 1B 6. Santiago Lakatos, ANC 1B, Commissioner 7. Joe Sternlieb, Georgetown BID, CEO 8. Maggie Downing 9. Kelly Whittier 10. Edward Borrego 11. Nathan Harrington, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, Inc, Executive Director 12. Natasha Tverdynin Racic 13. Rachel Clark, Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Policy Director 14. Elizabeth Crafford, Shepherd Park Weed Warriors and Rock Creek Weed Warriors, Geologist 15. Prince Hamn, M.A.D (Making A Difference), Ceo/founder 16. Kishan Putta 17. Gerald E Sroufe, anc6b 18. Kimory Orendoff 19. Tiffani Nichole Johnson 20. John Henderson, District of Columbia Green Spaces Alliance, President 21. Ashton Rohmer 2 22. Jason Zogg 23. John Girouard 24. Laurie Sussman 25. Jennifer Romm 26. Kari Fulton 27. Takiyah Dalton 28. Ebony Payne 29. Commissioner Ashley Ruff, ANC 7F02, Commissioner 30. Stephen Kenny 31. Susana Baranano 32. Stella Tarnay, Capital Nature, Co-founder and Executive Director 33. Robin Mckinney, Commissioner, ANC SMD 8A06 34. Vanessa Bertelli 35. Jim Dougherty, DarkSky DC, Chapter Chair 36. Junel Jeffrey, Eastland Gardens Civic Association, Corresponding Secretary 37. Carol Spring 38. Michael Cohen 39. Peter Harnik, Coalition to Save the Trolley Trestle, Coordinator 40. Brooke Stroud, Georgetown Heritage, Vice President 41. Kelly Collins Choi, Casey Trees, Director, Policy & Land Conservation 42. Rory B 43. Gerren Price, DowntownDC BID, President & CEO 3 44. Jay Adelstein 45. Yasmine Sadoudi 46. Steve Coleman, Washington Parks & People, President 47. Terri Chapman 48. Kim Patterson, ANC 49. Sam Sparks, Rock Creek Park Golf Course for All (GCA) 50. Daniel Save McMillan Park Wolkoff, Rockcreekgolfcourseforall.org, organizer 51. Caitlin Hone 52. Tiana Trutna 53. Rashika Choudhary 54. William Freyvogel 55. Bill Moroney 56. Foram Mehta 57. Gustavo Vargas, RAIS Popular, Organizing Committee Co-Chair 58. John Guttmann, C&O Canal Trust, Chair Emeritus 59. Jim Epstein 60. Evan Raskin, EARTHDAY.ORG, National Campaign Manager 61. Tricia Duncan, ANC3D, Chairman, SMD 3D02 62. De Leon Maya 63. Gwendolyn Lohse 64. Abigail Renner 65. Colleen Hawkinson, DC BID Council, Executive Director 4  66. Titi Jo 67. Rachel White 68. Reilly Polka 69. Tushar Karkhanis 70. Federico Frum 71. Nadia Tawfiq 72. Kenyattah Robinson , Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District, President & CEO 73. Glenn Tobin 74. Danna McCormick 75. Ren Lee 76. Amaya Turner 77. Karthik Balasubramanian 78. Daniel Baynham, Volo Sports, Vice President 79. Samantha Elghanayan 80. Vince Mareino 81. Jawanna Hardy 82. Maria Baranano B. Government Witness 1. Thennie Freeman, Department of Parks and Recreation, Director IV. ADJOURNMENT 5