Soooo, how is high-density looking to everyone now?

[Anonymous]

Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Because SFZ (Single family Zoned) areas are some of the city's most racially-segregated, largely retaining the demographics established by restrictive covenants and discriminatory lending, the report recommends targeting gentle density for particular areas that would achieve equity goals."

Here it is. There is no academic argument, so call the current zoning racist.

This is some looking glass sh*t.

Where i live (Ward 4), 'increasing density' is code for kicking black people out of DC.

They buy homes from middle-class black homeowners, gut them and replace them with million-dollar condos that are all bought by young white people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser claims the opposite.

“Crowding and population density... are the most important factors in determining the havoc the virus can wreak....This is not just because more crowded areas increase the risk of spread, but also because we’re learning that crowding itself may also affect the death rate.”

We Know Crowding Affects the Spread. It May Affect the Death Rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-crowds.html?referringSource=articleShare

Bowser is considering this a 'one off' scenario that should not prejudice her otherwise sound plan.

She has already thought through the other requirements for her densification and has planned accordingly with massively modernized water supply, enhanced robust electrical grid, flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network, and an economic base that expands beyond government and lobbying. I believe those chapters of the COMP Plan are getting published in May. /s

” Anenhanced robust electrical grid” - this means they will allow Pepco to cut down all of the street trees to put even heavier wires on the poles.
“A flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network” - this means put more an more students into the same set of WOTP and to hope for the best.

So these are topics for another post but an enhanced electrical grid is the opposite of what you are saying. It would be a lighter, more flexible, robust and redundant system that not only distributes power from far away electrical sources, but also within the city solar, battery etc. It can handle flow back onto the grid safely and for the most part can heal itself once it identifies problems. Just bringing our decades old system into modern times.

School have to to grow and improve (they have to do that now and they will have to do that at a MUCH larger scale)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Because SFZ (Single family Zoned) areas are some of the city's most racially-segregated, largely retaining the demographics established by restrictive covenants and discriminatory lending, the report recommends targeting gentle density for particular areas that would achieve equity goals."

Here it is. There is no academic argument, so call the current zoning racist.

This is some looking glass sh*t.

Where i live (Ward 4), 'increasing density' is code for kicking black people out of DC.

They buy homes from middle-class black homeowners, gut them and replace them with million-dollar condos that are all bought by young white people.

No, increasing density is code for lining the mayors pockets. Selling DC Real Estate (DC public Schools etc, to developers) in return for money. The Mayor does not care what color the people are that buy newly developed properties. So long as the developer will enter into a contract to develop another piece of land which needs to be made more dense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser claims the opposite.

“Crowding and population density... are the most important factors in determining the havoc the virus can wreak....This is not just because more crowded areas increase the risk of spread, but also because we’re learning that crowding itself may also affect the death rate.”

We Know Crowding Affects the Spread. It May Affect the Death Rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-crowds.html?referringSource=articleShare

Bowser is considering this a 'one off' scenario that should not prejudice her otherwise sound plan.

She has already thought through the other requirements for her densification and has planned accordingly with massively modernized water supply, enhanced robust electrical grid, flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network, and an economic base that expands beyond government and lobbying. I believe those chapters of the COMP Plan are getting published in May. /s

” Anenhanced robust electrical grid” - this means they will allow Pepco to cut down all of the street trees to put even heavier wires on the poles.
“A flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network” - this means put more an more students into the same set of WOTP and to hope for the best.

So these are topics for another post but an enhanced electrical grid is the opposite of what you are saying. It would be a lighter, more flexible, robust and redundant system that not only distributes power from far away electrical sources, but also within the city solar, battery etc. It can handle flow back onto the grid safely and for the most part can heal itself once it identifies problems. Just bringing our decades old system into modern times.

School have to to grow and improve (they have to do that now and they will have to do that at a MUCH larger scale)

It’s surprising that the Comp Plan doesn’t have as a goal the undergrounding of utility wires, with all of the benefits that would bring for reliability during storms, the tree canopy and aesthetics. But I assume PEPCo long ago captured the Council and the regulator, so nothing will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Because SFZ (Single family Zoned) areas are some of the city's most racially-segregated, largely retaining the demographics established by restrictive covenants and discriminatory lending, the report recommends targeting gentle density for particular areas that would achieve equity goals."

Here it is. There is no academic argument, so call the current zoning racist.

This is some looking glass sh*t.

Where i live (Ward 4), 'increasing density' is code for kicking black people out of DC.

They buy homes from middle-class black homeowners, gut them and replace them with million-dollar condos that are all bought by young white people.

So, let me ask you this: if folks from tree huggers in Chevy Chase worried about green space to pearl clutchers in Cleveland Park concerned with historic preservation to long-time residents in Ward 4 upset with gentrification, all oppose the mayor’s giveaway to developers, then people should be able to change it. All of us need to make sure that our council members hear from us, loudly and frequently. And we need to find someone to take on Bowser in the next election! Why can’t we push back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser claims the opposite.

“Crowding and population density... are the most important factors in determining the havoc the virus can wreak....This is not just because more crowded areas increase the risk of spread, but also because we’re learning that crowding itself may also affect the death rate.”

We Know Crowding Affects the Spread. It May Affect the Death Rate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-crowds.html?referringSource=articleShare

Bowser is considering this a 'one off' scenario that should not prejudice her otherwise sound plan.

She has already thought through the other requirements for her densification and has planned accordingly with massively modernized water supply, enhanced robust electrical grid, flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network, and an economic base that expands beyond government and lobbying. I believe those chapters of the COMP Plan are getting published in May. /s

DC PLUG actually addresses putting the lines underground https://www.pepco.com/SmartEnergy/ReliabilityImprovements/Pages/DCPLUG.aspx

However, PEPCO ended up agreeing to this because they did not want to outlay capital to really modernize the system. They actually will modernize right now if they are allowed to pass costs off to the customer. However, by law they cannot do that with City Council involvement

” Anenhanced robust electrical grid” - this means they will allow Pepco to cut down all of the street trees to put even heavier wires on the poles.
“A flexible growing schooling plan for kids K-12, a responsive a growing public transportation network” - this means put more an more students into the same set of WOTP and to hope for the best.

So these are topics for another post but an enhanced electrical grid is the opposite of what you are saying. It would be a lighter, more flexible, robust and redundant system that not only distributes power from far away electrical sources, but also within the city solar, battery etc. It can handle flow back onto the grid safely and for the most part can heal itself once it identifies problems. Just bringing our decades old system into modern times.

School have to to grow and improve (they have to do that now and they will have to do that at a MUCH larger scale)

It’s surprising that the Comp Plan doesn’t have as a goal the undergrounding of utility wires, with all of the benefits that would bring for reliability during storms, the tree canopy and aesthetics. But I assume PEPCo long ago captured the Council and the regulator, so nothing will happen.

[Anonymous]

It’s surprising that the Comp Plan doesn’t have as a goal the undergrounding of utility wires, with all of the benefits that would bring for reliability during storms, the tree canopy and aesthetics. But I assume PEPCo long ago captured the Council and the regulator, so nothing will happen.

DC PLUG actually addresses putting the lines underground https://www.pepco.com/SmartEnergy/ReliabilityImprovements/Pages/DCPLUG.aspx

However, PEPCO ended up agreeing to this because they did not want to outlay capital to really modernize the system. They actually will modernize right now if they are allowed to pass costs off to the customer. However, by law they cannot do that with City Council involvement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

Eaton, really? Why would you pay top dollar to go to a school with a large OOB population. Kinda defeats the point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

Eaton, really? Why would you pay top dollar to go to a school with a large OOB population. Kinda defeats the point.

I think that the point is that if you put 10K more people in Ward 3 (low estimates) or up to 30K more people, then the existing schools will simply not be enough. There will need to be new schools build to handle the increased K-12 demand/load. Right now the new Comp Plan does not address schools. Not sure if this is a deliberate oversite or just acknowledgement that the solution will cost money and school build sites would be competing with the far more profitable multi family housing build sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

It's so completely pointless to provide housing for people who want to live in it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

Eaton, really? Why would you pay top dollar to go to a school with a large OOB population. Kinda defeats the point.

I think that the point is that if you put 10K more people in Ward 3 (low estimates) or up to 30K more people, then the existing schools will simply not be enough. There will need to be new schools build to handle the increased K-12 demand/load. Right now the new Comp Plan does not address schools. Not sure if this is a deliberate oversite or just acknowledgement that the solution will cost money and school build sites would be competing with the far more profitable multi family housing build sites.

DC will just have to shift school boundaries south and east. It’s not rocket science. And a lot of new residents in smart growth mixed use new housing won’t have children of school age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

Eaton, really? Why would you pay top dollar to go to a school with a large OOB population. Kinda defeats the point.

I think that the point is that if you put 10K more people in Ward 3 (low estimates) or up to 30K more people, then the existing schools will simply not be enough. There will need to be new schools build to handle the increased K-12 demand/load. Right now the new Comp Plan does not address schools. Not sure if this is a deliberate oversite or just acknowledgement that the solution will cost money and school build sites would be competing with the far more profitable multi family housing build sites.

One of Bowser’s other charming changes to the Comp Plan is to eliminate an existing plan requirement that zoning review of new development also consider local infrastructure constraints like schools, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional housing in Ward 3 will be bought by upper-middle class white people who will do anything to get their kids into Murch or Eaton or Wilson.

Increasing density is so *completely* pointless.

This

Eaton, really? Why would you pay top dollar to go to a school with a large OOB population. Kinda defeats the point.

Eaton is also the designated WOTP school “at risk” elementary students including for the Ward 3 homeless shelter.