Transportation & the Environment Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B25-0849, THE “LIMITED PURPOSE CREDENTIAL CLARIFICATION AMENDMENT ACT OF 2024” Monday, December 16, 2024, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Hybrid Hearing in Room 120 and via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen On Monday, December 16, 2024, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, will convene a public hearing on B25-0849, the “Limited Purpose Credential Clarification Amendment Act of 2024”. This is a hybrid format hearing, with witnesses appearing virtually via the Zoom platform or in person in Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The stated purpose of B25-0849, the “Limited Purpose Credential Clarification Amendment Act of 2024”, is to create an exception to the 6-month residency requirement for applicants seeking a limited purpose credential if the applicant has been determined to have been transported to the District by the executive branch of another state. The bill would also clarify the proof of residency and identification requirements for these applicants. Finally, B25-0849 would clarify that applicants who claim the exception to the 6-month residency requirement cannot apply for Continuum of Care Services under the Homeless Services Reform Act of 2005. The Committee invites the public to provide live and written testimony. Public witnesses seeking to provide testimony at the Committee’s hearing must thoroughly review the following instructions: • If you would like to provide live testimony during the hearing or submit written testimony for the record, please use the Council’s Hearing Management System at 1  https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings/. HMS is a universal, centralized way to find out about upcoming hearings, register to testify, submit testimony, download testimony, and see how many witnesses have registered. The deadline to register to provide testimony through HMS is Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. The hearing record closes on Friday, January 3, at 5:30 p.m., after which you will be unable to submit written testimony. • Once you have identified the hearing at which you want to testify on the Hearing Management System, read the Hearing Notice at the bottom of the page for additional details on the hearing. The hearing page also shows how many witnesses have already registered under the “Witnesses” heading. • Click the “Register to Testify” button at the upper right of the page to register to testify at the hearing. If the deadline to sign up for a hearing has already passed, or if there is no public testimony at the hearing, the button will not be available. • If there are multiple topics to be considered at a hearing, select which one you would like to speak to by placing a checkmark next to the relevant topic or legislation. If you are testifying on behalf of an organization, select “Organization” and include your title and the organization’s name. If you are testifying on your own behalf, select “Individual.” There may be additional fields included by a Committee to gather further details. • Select “Live Testimony” or “Record Testimony.” Select “Live Testimony” if you previously registered to testify at the hearing. If your testimony is only for the written record, choose “Record Testimony.” Please use the same name, organization information, and email address that you used if you registered to testify. • If you are trying to submit testimony, click the “Submit Testimony” button in the upper right on the hearing page. If the deadline to submit testimony for a hearing has already passed, the button will not be available. • You can upload testimony in either Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, or a plain text file by clicking “Upload My Testimony.” You can also type your testimony from this page by selecting “I will type my testimony here.” • After completing the web form, you should receive a confirmation email from noreply@dccouncil.gov. Prior to the hearing, you will receive an email from noreply@dccouncil.gov from the Committee with additional details on testifying, including the access link. • The Committees will approve witnesses’ registrations based on the total time allotted for public testimony. The Committees will also determine the order of witnesses’ testimony. • Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. If more than one witness is testifying on behalf of the same organization, only one witness will have five minutes, and all other witnesses from the same organization will have three minutes. To accommodate additional public witnesses, the Committee may reduce witnesses’ allotted time for testimony but will inform witnesses if it plans to do so. 2 • Witnesses are not permitted to yield their time to or substitute their testimony for the testimony of another individual or organization. • Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation, including ASL interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than five business days before the hearing. Please include this request in the additional field for this purpose when you register to testify. The Committee will make every effort to fulfill timely requests; however, requests received fewer than five business days before the hearing may not be fulfilled. 3