Transportation and the Environment

​C​ouncil of the District of Columbia​ ​COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT​ ​A​​GENDA​ ​& W​ITNESS​ ​L​​IST​ ​1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004​ ​C​​OUNCILMEMBER​ ​C​​HARLES​ ​A​​LLEN​, C​HAIRPERSON​ ​C​​OMMITTEE​ ​ON​ ​T​​RANSPORTATION​ ​AND​ ​THE​ ​E​​NVIRONMENT​ ​A​​NNOUNCES​ ​A​ ​P​​UBLIC​ ​H​​EARING​ ​ON​ ​B26-0106, the “Ivy City Resilience Hub Eminent Domain Authority Act of 2025”​ ​and​ ​B26-0361, the “Shine Safely Act of 2025”​ ​Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.​ ​Hybrid Hearing in Room 120 (Track D) and via Zoom​ ​To Watch Live:​ ​https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/​ ​http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html​ ​https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembercharlesallen/streams​ ​AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST​ ​I.​ ​CALL TO ORDER​ ​II.​ ​OPENING REMARKS​ ​III.​WITNESS TESTIMONY​ ​1.​ ​Public Witnesses​ ​Panel 1​​(10:35 a.m.)​ ​1.​ ​Parisa Norouzi, Executive Director, Empower DC​ ​2.​ ​Sebrena Rhodes, Community Empower DC / Commissioner, ANC​ ​5D02​ ​3.​ ​Brenda Ingram, Member, EmpowerDC​ ​4.​ ​Ann Willis, Member, EmpowerDC​ ​5.​ ​Nathan Harrington, Executive Director, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy,​ ​Inc.​ ​1​  ​6.​ ​Shawn Scott, Public Witness​ ​7.​ ​Lara Levison, Public Witness​ ​Panel 2​​(11:10 a.m.)​ ​8. Catharine Ferguson, Public Witness ​ ​9. Lisa Gore, Chair, ANC 3/4G​ ​10. Patricia Stamper, Public Witness​ ​11. Jalonne White-Newsome, Public Witness ​ ​12. Ashley Ruff, Commissioner, ANC 7F02​ ​13. Jamoni Overby, DC Conservation Advocate, Nature Forward​ ​14. Holly Pollinger, Chair, Climate Reality DC Chapter​ ​Panel 3​​(11:50 a.m.)​ ​15. David Whitehead, Chapter Director, DC Chapter of Sierra Club​ ​16. Mark Rodeffer, Public Witness​ ​17. Claire Mills, DC Campaigns Manager, CCAN Action Fund​ ​18. Brooke Lockwood, State Policy Associate, Appliance Standards​ ​Awareness Project​ ​19. Larry Martin, Chair of the Committee on Water and Natural Places, DC​ ​Chapter of Sierra Club​ ​20. Leslie Fields, We Act for Environmental Justice​ ​21. Gail Lelyveld, Public Witness​ ​Panel 4​​(12:30 p.m.)​ ​22. Amy Quarkume, Associate Professor of Earth, Environment & Equity,​ ​Howard University​ ​23. Glenn Hall, Member, DC Environmental Justice Organizer, Gifted, and​ ​Green​ ​24. Cody Austin, Public Witness​ ​25. LaTricea Adams, CEO & President Young, Gifted & Green​ ​26. Christopher Brandmeier, Ad Hoc Committee Chair, Anacostia​ ​Homeowners and Residents Association​ ​Panel 5​​(1:00 p.m.)​ ​2​  ​27. Libby Martin, Public Witness ​ ​28. Anne Scanley, Public Witness ​ ​29. Kristie Trousdale, Deputy Director, Children's Environmental Health​ ​Network​ ​30. Anthony David, Community Organizer, Empower DC​ ​31. Dr. Mark Mitchell, Public Witness​ ​32. Gail A Lelyveld, Public Witness​ ​Panel 6​​(1:30 p.m.)​ ​33. Denis Nedab, Public Witness ​ ​34. Corey Shaw Jr., Public Witness ​ ​35. Ayla Frost, Public Witness​ ​36. Isabel Cholbi, Public Witness​ ​37. Abel Russ, Public Witness ​ ​38. Blake Lajiness, Public Witness ​ ​Panel 7​​(2:00 p.m.)​ ​39. Frederick Johnson, Public Witness​ ​40. Maritza Mendoza, Public Witness ​ ​41. Christina Scheltema, Public Witness​ ​42. Jean Stewart, Public Witness​ ​43. Shizuka Hsieh, Public Witness​ ​44. Marcia Lee, Public Witness​ ​45. Phylicia Hill, Public Witness ​ ​46. Kelly Crawford, Public Witness​ ​2.​ ​Government Witness​ ​1.​ ​Richard Jackson, Director, Department of Energy and Environment​ ​3​