ANC Discussion on Friends of Bundy Park presentation. July 1, 2009.
[audio, 26.30 min]

[ ANC 2C02 Commissioner Kevin L Chapple remarks at 14:52 minutes into the discussion ]:

“This site is in my district. I have talked to the residents who live around that district, who live adjacent to that park — to that lot — that is not being used. And we have a petition with many many signatures who support it. Now when we [Commissioners] are put in this position, we're not put in this position to represent government agencies. We're put in this position to represent the residents who live here. The residents who live here, who live adjacent to that parking lot, do not support a huge parking lot in a residential area.

“Now I understand that this agency needs parking although most government agencies do not have parking. ... Most government agencies do not have parking for their employees. Their employees take public transportation or use private lots that they pay for out of their own expenditures. Now I understand that parking may be needed at this facility, but I do believe that a compromise can be made between that agency and the residents who do not support that there should be a parking lot of that size in their neighborhood.

“And I move that this Commission support a motion that we ask OPM and the Mayor's Office to develop some type of compromise between the residents and the agencies that are going to be there so this lot will not be totally consumed by a parking lot, but can be used for green spaces, namely a dog park.”

— Commissioner Chapple

This motion was seconded by ANC 2C01 Commissioner Alexander M Padro. Commissioner's Padro and Chapple voted in favor of the motion, ANC 2C03 Commissioner Doris Brooks and ANC 2C04 Commissioner Theresa Sule voted against the motion.

The Friends of Bundy Park received letters of support from the CCCA and Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association (MVSNA).