Brookland small area plan public hearing

Is scheduled for Tuesday February 10th, at 3pm in the City Council chambers, and will be heard as Approval Resolution PR18-46.

The Plan is online here: Brookland/CUA Metro Station Small Area Plan

What is interesting here is that for what I think is the first time that I've seen in association with a typical DC planning study, the webpage includes links to a documents listing specific public comments (by name and affiliation if any and how the comment was received) and the Office of Planning response both interpretationally and whether or not the plan was modified in response.

I wonder if this is a new policy going forward or if it was specific to the Brookland study?

Public Comments
- General*
- Development*
- Transportation and Infrastructure*
- Planning Process*
- Open Space*

Whereas the Office of Planning didn't get my point about considering HOV2 restrictions for Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street because DDOT didn't identify that as something to consider--of course DDOT didn't identify that because they don't have the idea of HOV2 on arterial roads as a standard consideration for traffic demand management planning*--it's still interesting.

(*Instead, DDOT relies on lane switching between directions depending on the rush hour period, such as on Connecticut, or making roads all one way on either a variable basis during the rush period--although this is being deemphasized, such as how Constitution Avenue is now a two way street at all times.)

In another step forward, instead of only offering the plan for download by its separate chapters (the typical procedure), the webpage also offers the plan as one large file. You might think this is no big deal, but as someone who has printed off many of these files over the years, it's a small but appreciated change.