WHEREAS, frequent, uncoordinated excavations of streets in our neighborhood and throughout the District have caused hazard, annoyance and property losses;

WHEREAS, the District of Columbia Register of Dec. 10, 1999 (Vol. 46, No. 50), publishes notice of proposed rules by the Department of Public Works (DPW) at pages 10064-70;

WHEREAS, DPW proposes to
(a) require "any person owning underground conduit in the public right-of-way" to file with DPW a two-year excavation plan on the first of April and October of each year showing all major excavation work to be done over the next two years,
(b) forbid, reject or disapprove - as a general rule (subject to exceptions)
(i) issuance of a non-emergency excavation permit for work to install transmission facilities which is not described in a two-year plan for and aider April 1, 2000,
(ii) applications for excavation permits dated six months or more aider filing of the owner's last filed two-year plan, and
(iii) applications for excavation of any public right-of-way which was reconstructed or resurfaced less than five years prior to the date of the application;
(c) provide for DPW to prepare, and update semiannually, a two-year resurfacing and reconstruction plan and to submit DPW's plan 120 days before "undertaking the reconstruction or resurfacing of any block" to every person that has a current two-year excavation plan on file with DPW;
(d) provide that DPW semiannually coordinate plans of each person having a two-year excavation plan on file, and require "major work in the same block within a two-year period" to be "performed by one entity",
(e) require each non-emergency excavation permittee to give at least 20 days notice by mail "to each owner or resident on the block(s) affected by the excavation and each affected advisory neighborhood commission and business improvement district;" and
(f) provide that Excavation Permits will become void if excavation is not commenced within 30 days of the start date set by the Permit;

NOW, THEREFORE, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F, at its duly-noticed, regularly scheduled business meeting, on January 10, 1999, with a quorum present, supports adoption by DPW of these PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT OF EXCAVATION WORK regulations.

Adopted by a vote of 6.0.0

/s/ David J. Bardin             /s/ Robert V. Maudlin
Chair                          &n bsp;       Secretary