Bates Area Civic Association
Monday, October 4, 2010
Meeting Agenda
7 PM, Mt. Sinai Church 3rd and Q ST NW
I. Meeting Called to Order Tracina Leake, Secretary
II. Opening Remarks Miles Holloman, Vice President
III. Community Updates Geovani Bonilla
a. M.M. Washington Career High School Redevelopment Grant Authorization Emergency Act of 2010
b. Extension of the Review Period for the Proposed Disposition of the J.F. Cooke School Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2010
c. Florida Avenue Park Demolition and Construction Schedule
IV. Special Guests
a. Marilyn Kresky-Wolf, Executive Director, Open Arms Housing
Open Arms is dedicated to providing permanent housing to vulnerable women who have previously been overlooked by current housing programs and services for the homeless. Open Arms currently operates a building at the unit block of O ST NW.
b. Bradley Thomas, ANC 5C01 Candidate
Mr. Thomas is a resident of the 100 block of P ST NW and seeks election to the ANC chair currently held by Anita Bonds. If elected, Mr. Thomas would become our ANC.
c. Kimberly Tignor, ANC 5C01 Candidate
Ms. Tignor is a resident of the 1700 block of New Jersey Avenue NW and seeks election to the ANC chair currently held by Anita Bonds. If elected, Ms. Tignor would become our ANC.
V. Treasurer Report Margaret Stevens
VI. Committee Updates
a. Safety – review of crime statistics and PSA 501 MPD update
b. Economic Development – Brett Abrams
c. Youth Services – Miles Holloman
d. Public Relations – Caryn Nesmith
e. Community Relations – Jon Hasse
VII. Standing Invitation (elected officials to be ranked by Civic Association at election time based on their participation and support of BACA community)
a. Mayor’s Office
b. Council Member’s Office (written update submitted by CM Thomas’ Office)
c. Council Member at Large Office
d. ANC
VIII. Announcements
IX. Adjournment
Bates Area Civic Association 
Looks like the agenda for this Monday’s BACA meeting has some excellent topics and guest speakers.
Perhaps someone could clarify what “elected officials to be ranked by Civic Association at election time based on their participation and support of BACA community” means. Thanks!
Scott, excellent question. We will disuss the ranking during our BACA meeting. Some of the elements we will score is elected official’s engament and attendance to our meeting. Elected officials involvement in community issues, elected officials responsiveness and follow through. It will no longer be acceptable for some elected officials to engage our community only during campaign season and ignore us the rest of the time. Thanks.
Thanks for your reply. Will the elected officials get ranked at each nonthly BACA meeting? Or will the ranking be quarterly, annually or perhaps on an as-requested basis?
Will the rankings be placed on the BACA website?
Will the rankings be used to determine in which order elected officials invited to speak at future BACA meetings are placed on the meeting agenda, for example?
Scott, the score card will be at election times. The scoring is to determine who to support. These elected officials will have a standing invitation to all our civic association meetings. Each elected official will receive a copy of the score card in November.