MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
October 2, 2024
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Enclosed for consideration by the Council is the proposed resolution the "Ivy City Small Area Plan
Approval Resolution of 2024," and the accompanying plan.
The Ivy City Small Area Plan serves as a guide to implement the Comprehensive Plan's policies for
greater equity, housing opportunities, and resilience against climate change and environmental health
impacts. As mayor, I am proud of the District's investment in the new Crummell School Recreation
Center and I am excited for the new affordable housing opportunities on the horizon for New York
Avenue NE. The Small Area Plan presents a community-informed vision that charts a path for
targeting resources towards neighborhood amenities, improved public spaces, strategies to reduce the
environmental inequities, and additional affordable housing for all residents.
The Ivy City Small Area Plan makes recommendations to produce and preserve affordable housing,
increase community resilience, improve public space, and to celebrate the community's rich culture.
The Small Area Plan lays out a roadmap for adding new housing, public space infrastructure, and
support services that will expand opportunities for long-time residents to stay in the neighborhood,
decrease the impacts of industrial uses, and generate a public realm that emphasizes connection and
gathering thanks to the advocacy and engagement from members of the community.
I look forward to the Council's prompt and favorable enactment of this legislation.
Sincerely,
Enclosures
1. Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of2024
2. Fiscal Impact Statement
3. Legal Sufficiency Memorandum
4. Executive Summary of Plan Revisions
5. Transcript of the August 3, 2024, Mayoral Public Hearing
6. Written public comments
7. Final Draft Ivy City Small Area Plan
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7 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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11 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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16 To approve the proposed Ivy City Small Area Plan.
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19 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
20 resolution may be cited as the "Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2024".
21 Sec. 2. Pursuant to Section 4(c)(4) of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act
22 of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187;
23 D.C. Official Code§ 1-306.03(c)(4)), the Mayor transmitted to the Council the proposed Ivy
24 City Small Area Plan ("Small Area Plan"), dated _ _ , 2024.
25 Sec. 3. The Council finds that:
26 ( 1) The Small Area Plan area is located in Ward 5. The planning area is bounded
27 by New York Avenue NE to the north, West Virginia Avenue NE to the south and east, and
28 Corcoran Avenue NE and Mount Olivet Road NE to the west.
29 (2) The Comprehensive Plan for National Capital: District Elements calls for
30 additional planning efforts in the planning area to prepare an equitable development strategy
31 (Action UNE-2.1.1 ; Section 2411.6).
32 (3) The purpose of the Small Area Plan is to set a community-informed vision for
33 future development in the neighborhood. The vision is to facilitate increased investment in
34 inclusive resources and neighborhood amenities, diverse housing opportunities, and improved
35 public spaces.
36 (4) The Small Area Plan is organized around three core themes:
37 (A) Housing Affordability and Opportunity;
38 (B) Community Resilience; and
39 (C) Public Space and Urban Design.
40 (5) The Small Area Plan was initiated in October 2021. Between October 2021
41 and June 2024, the Office of Planning (“OP”) conducted over 30 community engagement events
42 and activities to reach members from the Ivy City community. Engagement efforts were
43 conducted online and in-person and included underrepresented populations, such as persons of
44 color, youth, older adults, and District residents from households with low-incomes and
45 household where English is not the primary language spoken at home.
46 (6) The proposed Small Area Plan was published and made available to the public
47 on July 1, 2024, and a Mayoral hearing was conducted on August 3, 2024.
48 (7) Once approved, the Small Area Plan will provide supplemental guidance to
49 the Zoning Commission and other District agencies in carrying out the policies of the
50 Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: District Elements.
51 Sec. 4. The Small Area Plan, as submitted, is approved by the Council as a small area
52 action plan.
53 Sec. 5. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the
54 fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,
55 approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).
56 Sec. 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
 Government of the District of Columbia
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Glen Lee
Chief Financial Officer
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
FROM: Glen Lee
Chief Financial Officer
DATE: September 4, 2024
SUBJECT: Fiscal Impact Statement – Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution
of 2024
REFERENCE: Draft resolution as provided to the Office of Revenue Analysis on
August 26, 2024
Conclusion
Funds are sufficient in the fiscal year 2025 budget and fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2028
budget and financial plan to implement the resolution.
Background
Enactment of the proposed resolution approves the Ivy City Small Area Plan (‘Plan”)1, which provides
a strategic framework to implement the policies of the Comprehensive Plan2 in the Ivy City
neighborhood in Ward 5, bounded by New York Avenue, N.E. to the north, West Virginia Avenue, N.E.,
to the south and east, and Corcoran Avenue, N.E., and Mount Olivet Road, N.E., to the west.
Financial Plan Impact
Funds are sufficient in the fiscal year 2025 budget and fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2028
budget and financial plan to implement the resolution.
The Plan provides a vision for land use and a framework for implementing recommendations but
does not commit District resources to implementing them.
1 The plan draft was made public in July 2024 and is available at 3893c1c0-21bc-49c9-90a9-50755cb6ac05
(publicinput.com).
2 The District’s Comprehensive Plan is available at https://planning.dc.gov/comprehensive-plan.
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 203, Washington, DC 20004 (202)727-2476
www.cfo.dc.gov
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Brian L. Schwalb PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL
Attorney General ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION
Legal Counsel Division
MEMORANDUM
TO: David B. Lieb
Senior Counsel
Office of Planning
FROM: Megan D. Browder
Deputy Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
DATE: August 30, 2024
SUBJECT: Legal Sufficiency Review of the Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of
2024
AE-24-378
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This memorandum responds to your request that the Office of the Attorney General (the “Office”) conduct
a legal sufficiency review of the Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2024 (the “Resolution”).
Pursuant to Section 4(c)(4) of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element
Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; D.C. Official Code § 1-306.03(c)(4)),
the Resolution would approve the proposed Ivy City Small Area Plan (“ICSAP”). The ICSAP area is located
in Ward 5. The planning area is bounded by New York Avenue NE to the north, West Virginia Avenue NE
to the south and east, and Corcoran Avenue NE and Mount Olivet Road NE to the west.
Once approved, the ICSAP will provide supplemental guidance to the Zoning Commission and other
District agencies in carrying out the policies of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital: District
Elements.
I have reviewed the Resolution and found it to be legally sufficient. 1 Attached is a legal sufficiency
certificate to be forwarded along with the Resolution. You should enclose the attached certificate, the
Mayor’s transmittal letter, and a Fiscal Impact Statement prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer when you forward your legislative package to the Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs.
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This Office has not reviewed the underlying ICSAP and offers no opinion as to its legal sufficiency. In addition, the
placeholder in the Resolution for the date the ICSAP will be transmitted to the Council from the Mayor must be filled in.
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 409, Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone (202) 724-5524 Email: megan.browder@dc.gov
In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 1-306.03(c)(4), the transmission to the Council also must include
copies of the Mayor’s public hearing records, and an executive summary that identifies the differences, and
the rationale for the differences, between the revised small area action plan and the proposed small area
action plan that had been the subject of a public hearing.
If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Anne R. Hollander, Senior Assistant
Attorney General, Legal Counsel Division, at (202) 724-5560, or me at (202) 724-5524.
MDB/arh
Attachment
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 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BRIAN L. SCHWALB
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Legal Counsel Division
MEMORANDUM
TO: Tomás Talamante
Director
Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
FROM: Megan D. Browder
Deputy Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
DATE: August 30, 2024
SUBJECT: Legal Sufficiency Review of the Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of
2024
AE-24-378
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This is to Certify that the Office of the Attorney General has reviewed the
Ivy City Small Area Plan Approval Resolution of 2024 and determined that it is legally sufficient. If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at (202) 724-5524.
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Megan D. Browder
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October 2, 2024
Dear District of Columbia Councilmembers:
This letter contains the executive summary of changes from the public review draft to the final draft of
the Ivy City Small Area Plan (ICSAP) required by DC Code Section 1-306.03(c)(4).
Staff from the District Office of Planning (OP) released the draft ICSAP for public comment on July 1,
2024. Notification about the availability of the draft, the date of the Mayoral Hearing, and dates for the
public comment period was shared to the project e-mail list, OP social media, Advisory Neighborhood
Commissioners, the Interagency Working Group, community-based organizations, and through door-to-
door flyering. In addition to online availability of the ICSAP, printed copies were made available to the
public for review at public facilities including the Trinidad Recreation Center, three places of worship in
Ivy City, and via neighborhood-based civic organizations.
A mayoral public hearing was held on August 3, 2024, at the Trinity Baptist Church at 1814 Central Pl NE,
Washington, DC 20002, to provide the opportunity to comment on the draft ICSAP in-person. Two
community office hours sessions on July 15 and 16, 2024 at pop-up stations around the neighborhood—
one day at the Crummell School Playground and one day at Lewis Crowe Park—created opportunities
for additional in-person comment submission. OP also accepted comments by email and by online form
accessible from the project website through the duration of the public comment period. At the public
hearing, eight individuals presented oral testimony while five individuals submitted written comments
on printed forms. Overall, stakeholders submitted 89 comments across all the formats to provide
feedback on the draft ICSAP. The public comment period closed on August 16, 2024.
Public comments primarily focused on concerns about housing affordability and displacement, high-
density land uses that were adopted in the 2021 Comprehensive Plan amendment, environmental
injustices in the neighborhood, and concerns that the draft recommendations could make racial
equity outcomes worse.
The following is a summary of key revisions incorporated into the final ICSAP in response to
comments from community stakeholders. New sections expanded on the themes of health equity,
environmental justice, and displacement and provided additional data used in analyses for the
document. Changes to these and other sections improved clarity and narrative flow throughout. The
updated ICSAP also now includes new recommendations to combat displacement, add housing to
Okie Street, and reduce the amount of District government vehicles based in Ivy City. All page
references correspond to the final ICSAP. Finally, OP removed references to the 2024 Production,
Distribution, and Repair Land Use Report, which has not been released yet.
The following revisions were made throughout the document, where appropriate:
• Typos, punctuation, and grammatical errors were edited;
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• Maps were updated and photographs and renderings were eliminated or swapped for new
images;
• Figure/photo captions were corrected.
Executive
Summary
3 Sections of text were removed or edited to improve clarity, accuracy, and
narrative flow.
Why Plan Now?
6 Sections of text were edited and expanded to improve clarity, accuracy, and
narrative flow, including the connection between the ICSAP and the
Comprehensive Plan. The “What is a Small Area Plan” section was moved to the
following page.
7 A new page was added to accommodate an expanded “What is a Small Area
Plan” section. The section’s addition responded to community feedback to
clarify the scope of a Small Area Plan. The section also added new information
about how land use and zoning changes are made, as relate to a Small Area
Plan.
About Ivy City
9 OP relocated text from the following page’s “Where is Ivy City?” subsection to a
text box on the project area map. The change supported new formatting layouts
created by changes to other pages and improved clarity and narrative flow.
10 The “Who Lives in Ivy City” subsection was expanded from one to two pages
(pp. 10-11) to allow for additional data visualizations and data interpretation.
The “Where is Ivy City?” subsection was removed and replaced with a callout
box (“Data Limitations in Ivy City”) that adds a more detailed description about
the data sources used for the ICSAP analysis and their limitations. The
limitations expand on how OP addressed challenges breaking down available US
Census data by race for Ivy City specifically. Additional data and interpretation
were added to the text on the page to improve clarity, accuracy, and narrative
flow. The “Race and Ethnicity” graphic was modified to expand the data story it
tells and a new graphic on the age of residents was added.
11 OP added a new page to expand the data and interpretive text of the “Who
Lives in Ivy City?” subsection. OP also relocated visualizations on “Educational
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 Attainment” and “Median Income”, and additional visualizations were added
about “Labor Force Participation” and “Public Assistance Usage”.
Development
History
12 Small edits were made to the text to improve narrative flow and accuracy. The
“Major Employers Close” point on the timeline graphic was updated to add the
closure of the B&O railroad station and more accurately reflect the significant
development milestones in the area.
13 OP updated the timeline to include information about the Crummell Recreation
Center. OP also moved text from this page regarding Ivy City’s history of
environmental and racial injustice to a location later in the document. This
section also includes a new image and modified text that previously appeared in
the “Public Realm & Urban Design” section. The changes were made to improve
clarity, narrative flow and accuracy.
Environmental
Justice
14 In response to community feedback, OP added a new “Environmental Justice”
section that expands on the environmental disparities experienced by residents
of Ivy City and the history of local advocacy to improve local environmental
outcomes.
Centering Equity
15 This section was moved to appear earlier in the document to improve the
narrative flow. Text elements of the section were modified and relocated into
the “Environmental Justice” section (p. 14) or “Health Equity Lens” subsection
(p. 16). Two of the existing bullet points were consolidated into one to reduce
redundancy.
16 In response to community feedback, OP added a new “Health Equity Lens”
subsection to expand on the health equity approach used during
recommendation development. The new subsection also added results from
earlier community engagement, data on health disparities, and a summary table
to more clearly connect which draft recommendations support efforts to
address health and environmental disparities.
Community-
Guided Planning
Process
17 This sect