Transportation and the Environment

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE Department of Energy and Environment Green Finance Authority Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency DC Sustainable Energy Utility and DC Water and Sewer Authority Thursday, February 29, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Room 500 (government witnesses only) and via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY a. Government Witnesses (approximately 9:40 a.m.) 1. Trisha Miller, CEO, Green Finance Authority 2. Uwe Brandes, Chair, Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency 1  3. Ernest Jolly, Managing Director, DC Sustainable Energy Utility b. Public Witnesses Panel 1 (approximately 10:30 a.m.) 1. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network 2. Mark Rodeffer, Building Electrification Campaign Co-Lead, Sierra Club -- DC Chapter 3. Sebrena Rhodes, Community Organizer, Empower DC 4. Anthony David, Environmental Justice Community Organizer, Empower DC 5. Nathan Harrington, Executive Director, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, Inc 6. George Tsibouris, Public Witness 7. Makenna Osborn, Policy Attorney, Children's Law Center 8. Carrie Vaughn, Farm Director, Building Bridges Across the River 9. Lara Levison, Energy Committee Chair, Sierra Club District of Columbia Chapter 10. John Boland, Policy & Advocacy Associate, Casey Trees Panel 2 (approximately 11:15 a.m.) 11. Brenda Lee Richardson, Coordinator, Anacostia Parks & Community Collaborative 12. Trey Sherard, Riverkeeper, Anacostia Riverkeeper 13. Naomi Cohen-Shields, DC Campaign Manager, Chesapeake Climate Action Network 14. Stephen Gardner, Public Witness 15. Jim Monsma, Executive Director, City Wildlife 16. Anne Lewis, Founding President, City Wildlife 17. Elizabeth Crafford , Member, Shepherd Park Weed Warriors 18. Stella Tarnay, Co-founder and Executive Director, Capital Nature 19. Derek Hill, Public Witness 20. Delores Bushong, Public Witness Panel 3 (approximately 12:00 p.m.) 21. Roger Green, Public Witness 22. Parisa Norouzi, Executive Director, Empower DC 23. Mitchell Baer, Commissioner, ANC 3F03 24. Melinda Peters, Director of Education, Casey Trees 2 25. William Washburn, Chair, Environmental & Climate Justice Committee NAACP-Washington DC Branch 26. Barbara Briggs, Chair, Friends Meeting of Washington Committee on Peace & Social Concerns 27. Leslie Hill, Public Witness 28. Eliza Cava, Public Witness 29. Elana Mintz, Public Witness 30. Yanna Lambrinidou, Organizer, Campaign for Lead Free Water Panel 4 (approximately 12:45 p.m.) 31. Liz McLaughlin, Joint Advocacy and Outreach Committee of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance and Climate Psychology Alliance 32. Teresa Grana, Public Witness 33. Jamoni Overby, DC Conservation Advocate , Nature Forward 34. Mark Maves, Public Witness 35. Anna Sewell, Supervising Senior Attorney, Earthjustice 36. Deirdre Joy, Public Witness 37. Jaiya Joubert, Public Witness 38. Elsa Boehm, Public Witness 39. Ayesha Hudson, Public Witness 40. Christopher Williams, President & CEO, Anacostia Watershed Society Panel 5 (approximately 1:30 p.m.) 41. Valerie Baron, Policy Director and Senior Attorney, Safe Water Initiative Natural Resources Defense Council 42. Allison Clausen, Tree Steward, Langdon Park Forest Stewards 43. Michelle Hall, Public Witness 44. Celeste Bryant, Public Witness 45. Kate Bockover, Public Witness 46. Scout Cheeks, Public Witness 47. Paul Schwartz, Organizer, Campaign for Lead Free Water 48. Frank Chauvin, Public Witness 49. Oswaldo Acosta, Public Witness 50. Tene Lewis, Public Witness 3 Panel 6 (approximately 2:15 p.m.) 51. Debra Fox, Public Witness 52. Larry Martin, Vice Chair, DC Sustainable Energy Utility Advisory Board 53. Andie Wyatt, Managing Policy Director and Counsel, GRID Alternatives GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic 54. Lucy Puentes, Outreach Coordinator , Potomac Riverkeeper Network 55. Rachel Clark, Policy Director, Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness 56. Kitijarith Foster, Public Witness 57. Dean Brenner, Area 1 Rep, Ward 3 Democrats 58. Max Broad, Public Witness 59. Matthias Paustian, Public Witness 60. Berlin Dean, Public Witness Panel 7 (approximately 3:00 p.m.) 61. Shizuka (Zukes) Hsieh, Public Witness 62. Susan Schorr, Public Witness 63. Theo Daniels, Research and Policy Associate, Rachel Carson Council 64. Linda VerNooy, Co-leader, Citizens Climate Lobby 65. Katie Ries, Public Witness 66. Aidan Reid, Public Witness 67. Barbara Briggs, Chair, Friends Meeting of Washington Committee on Peace & Social Concerns 68. Kristof Grina, Public Witness 69. Caroline Petti, Chair, Housing and Land Use Committee, Ward 5 Leadership Council 70. Darlene Oliver, Commissioner, ANC 5C05 Panel 8 (approximately 3:45 p.m.) 71. Dr. Theresa Mason Ford, Public Witness 72. Earl Charles, Landscape Professional, Ancient Greene DC 73. Oscar Villalobos, Public Witness 74. Clara Fang, Public Witness 75. Samuel Myszkowski, Public Witness 76. Faith Wheeler, Public Witness 4  c. Government Witnesses (approximately 4:15 p.m.) 4. David Gadis, CEO & General Manager, DC Water 5. Richard Jackson, Director, Department of Energy and Environment IV. ADJOURNMENT 5