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If it were that simple, but it's not.

I don't live that close to the site, and probably wouldn't use a pool much (but my kids do use the field) -- so I don't have the biggest dog in this fight.  But DC's planning process, whether at the ANC level, the zoning commission or whatever, accords some greater weight to those who live closest to a proposed project.  It doesn't mean that those voices necessarily win, but the rationale is that they are the residents most likely to be affected and to bear the greatest impact.  In this case, one can presume that those who live closest to the park are among its most frequent users (and therefore will lose if the field and tennis courts are cut),and those who live in closest proximity are likely to bear the impacts of the pool:  loss of shade and green space, construction noise, dust, parking, etc.   One thing I've discovered is that it's always easy to be a YIYBY, to say about a project, "Yes, if it's in your back yard!"  In other words, the farther away one lives from the impacts, one can enjoy all the benefits without having to worry about the costs.  [/quote]

It actutally is that simply. You are talking about when a private property owner is seeking relief from the zoning commission or BZA and there is ANC great weight. Hearst is a DPR, ie public, property and as such, there isn't the same kind of ANC input required. DPR has to even out its offerings to residents city wide. It's studies have indicated a glaring need for outdoor pool facilities west of Rock Creek Park. Thus, [b]a pool at Hearst helps address its master planning[/b]. There is no public input vis a vis traffic and parking when it comes to DCPS and DPR.

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Comrade Che calls it central planning.[/quote]

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