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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEW FRUMIN, CHAIRPERSON, COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY Thursday, January 29, 2026 2:00 p.m. Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building and Zoom Virtual Platform Watch live at: https://dccouncil.gov/hearings/ https://www.youtube.com/@cmfrumin AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY In-person Public Witnesses 1. Yonah Bromberg Gaber, President, AFSCME Local 1808 2. Nicholas Dormu, Public Witness 3. Trinity McCrimmon, Public Witness 4. Anna Karditzas, Public Witness In-person Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) Witness Trupti Patel, Commissioner, ANC 2A03; Chairperson, ANC 2A  Virtual Public Witnesses 1. Zachary Israel, Public Witness 2. Robert Oliver, President, Lamond-Riggs Library Friends 3. Michael Dine, Public Witness 4. Matthew Kendrick, Public Witness 5. Ardavan Heavens, Public Witness 6. Jon Gann, Public Witness 7. Ifasen Kwame Rashumaa, Public Witness 8. Adele Silver, Public Witness 9. Mark Pattison, President, Friends of the Juanita E. Thorton-Shepard Park Library Virtual Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) Witnesses 1. Antti Koskenrouta, Commissioner, ANC 4D01 2. Joe Bishop-Henchman, Commissioner, ANC 5F06; Chairperson, ANC 5F Government Witnesses 1. Richard Reyes-Gavilan, Director, District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) 2. Joi Mecks, Chief of Staff, DCPL 3. Barbara Jumper, Chief Business Official, DCPL 4. Tiffany Alston, Chief of Public Services, DCPL IV. ADJOURNMENT 2