Transportation and the Environment

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT AGENDA & WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE COMMISSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY (public witnesses only) Friday, February 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Hybrid Hearing in Room 500 and via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.htm https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembercharlesallen/streams AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY a. Public Witnesses Panel 1 (approximately 9:35 a.m.) 1. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, D.C. Environmental Network 2. Eliza Cava, Executive Committee Member, Sierra Club, District of Columbia Chapter 3. Susan Schorr, Public Witness 4. Mike Litt, Public Witness 1 5. Mark Rodeffer, Co-Chair, Beyond Gas DC 6. Yanna Lambrinidou, Co-Founder, Campaign for Lead Free Water 7. Paul Schwartz, Co-Founder, Campaign for Lead Free Water 8. Jamal Lewis, Advisory Board Chair, DC Sustainable Energy Utility Advisory Board Panel 2 (approximately 10:35 a.m.) 9. Sebrena Rhodes, Community Organizer, Empower DC 10. Andrenette Willis, Member, Empower DC 11. Brenda Ingram, Member, Empower DC 12. Anthony David, Environmental Justice Organizer, Empower DC 13. Andria Chatmon, Community Organizer, Empower DC 14. Maritza Mendoza, Member, Empower DC 15. Jackie Wright, Foundry Methodist Church 16. Joelle Novey, Director, Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA) 17. Celeste Bryant, Metropolitan AME Church/WIN DC 18. Rev. Andre L. Green, Public Witness 19. Rev. Dr. Lewis T. Tait, Jr., Public Witness Panel 3 (approximately 11:35 a.m.) 20. Rachel Clark, Policy Director, Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness 21. Matthias Paustian, Public Witness 22. Claire Mills, DC Campaigns Manager, Chesapeake Climate Action Network 23. Anne Debuys, Public Witness 24. Sarah Thomas, Public Witness 25. Michael McKnight, Senior Vice President of National Programs, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative 26. Anita Beier, Co-Chair, Transportation & Environment Task Force, Ward 3 Democrats 27. East Peterson-Trujillo, Campaign Director, Green New Deal for DC 28. Linda VerNooy, DC State Coordinator, Citizens Climate Lobby DC Chapter 29. Holly Pollinger, Co-Chair, Climate Reality DC Chapter Panel 4 (approximately 12:30 p.m.) 30. Jamoni Overby, Public Witness 31. Stella Tarnay, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Capital Nature 2 32. Annie Acosta, Public Witness 33. Kelly Collins Choi, Director of Policy and Land Conservation, Casey Trees 34. Delores Bushong, Co-Founder, Langdon Park Forest Stewards 35. Jim Monsma, Executive Director, City Wildlife 36. Kristof Grina, Founder, Up Top Acres 37. William Washburn, Chair, Environmental & Climate Justice Committee, NAACP DC Branch 38. Luz Viviana de Jesus, Public Witness Panel 5 (approximately 1:15 p.m.) 39. Christine Powell, Public Witness 40. Max Broad, Executive Director, DC Voters for Animals 41. MJ Gray, Policy Volunteer, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice 42. Vanessa Bertelli, Executive Director, Electrify DC 43. Mark Kresowik, Public Witness 44. Kate Bockover, Public Witness 45. Neil Sauter, Public Witness 46. Daniel Michelson-Horowitz, Commissioner, ANC 1C01 47. Gregory Grass, Public Witness Panel 6 (approximately 2:00 p.m.) 48. Catharine Ferguson, Public Witness 49. Makenna Osborn, Policy Attorney, Children's Law Center 50. Dr. Estelle-Marie Montgomery, Executive Director, FH Faunteroy Center & Resilience Incubator 51. Chris Marshall, Vice President of Development, The NRP Group 52. Eve Hamilton, Public Witness 53. Katie Ries, Public Witness 54. Allison Clausen, Public Witness 55. Christian Delisle, Public Witness Panel 7 (approximately 2:40 p.m.) 56. Barbara Briggs, Friends Meeting of Washington Committee on Peace & Social Concerns 57. Mark Mitchell, MD, Chair, Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change, National Medical Association 58. Edward Comer, Commissioner, SMD2A04 3  59. Erin F., Public Witness 60. Anne Cauman, Public Witness 61. Christopher Williams, President and CEO, Anacostia Watershed Society 62. Colleen Daly, Climate Team Member / Bottle Bill (3RC) Coordinator, League of Women Voters DC 63. Jonathan Lippolis, Member, GW Environmental Justice Action Network 64. Ernest Jolly, Public Witness IV. ADJOURNMENT (3:30 pm) 4