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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then we need a process - where is the ANC on this? Isn't that supposed to be where these things are evaluated with public hearings? How are things getting authorized directly by Mayor/council/councilmembers?

I'd like to know what the process was for each of the instances I elaborated above. Guessing some went through lengthier vetting (like the apartment building with no parking/such a mistake in my books) while some didn't-like the homeless shelter.[/quote]

Public property and public usage do not garner the same neighborhood entitlement as private development and private space usage. The immediate neighbors do not get to mandate how public space is programed. The city has an obligation to provide services to residents throughout the city. They have identified a need for outdoor public pools west of Rock Creek Park and north of Georgetown. [b]Hearst happens to have a location that meets that criteria.[/b][/quote]

Please explain how.  DPR personnel have said that they did not select the location.  There has been no feasibility study.  There was no formal analysis of  various possible sites.  If there is a preliminary site plan, no one wants to release it, probably because it means the elimination of the soccer field, the tennis courts, the upper playground or the tree canopy -- and likely some combination of the them.[/quote]

Someone posted a few pages back a strategic plan for DPR that indicated the need for at least two outdoor pools needed west of Rock Creek Park. I was responding as such. I have no idea what, if any, analysis went in to selecting Hearst as one of those sites. Even if there were zero analysis, DPR has previously indicated the need and [b]Hearst fits the bill.[/b]

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Exactly how?  The park size is constrained and siting a pool will involve the removal of existing park facilities and features.  [/quote]

Who cares?  The place is a dump.  Let's fix it up and put the pool in. [/quote]

Pave it to save it?[/quote]

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