The below resolution was voted on and ed at the Oct. 13th meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D:
To The Honorable Mayor Muriel Bowser John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 406 Washington, DC 20004
Whereas, the need for public COVID-19 testing remains the major public health concern in the District of Columbia, and
Whereas, Southwest has the highest concentration of public housing of any neighborhood in the District of Columbia, and
Whereas, Southwest has an extraordinary concentration of senior residents, and
Whereas, the Southwest is the only quadrant in the District of Columbia without permanent public testing site, and
Whereas, both public housing residents – many of whom have significant health disparities – as well as our growing senior population are the two groups most significantly impacted by COVID- 19, and
Whereas, most permanent testing sites throughout the District of Columbia are located within firehouses and Southwest does not have such a facility that is appropriately configured for socially distanced testing, and
Whereas, intermittent pop-up COVID testing has successfully occurred at King-Greenleaf Recreation during the past five months, and
Whereas mobility and transportation challenges make accessing community testing sites in other neighborhoods a significant barrier to testing for our residents,
Therefore, be it resolved: Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D hereby recommends to HSEMA and DC Health that a permanent COVID-19 testing site be located at the King-Greenleaf Recreation Center making testing easily and regularly available to our neighborhood residents.
ed, by a vote of 7-0-0 at a properly noticed, regularly scheduled monthly meeting of ANC 6D held on October 13, 2020, at which a quorum was present (4 of 7 Commissioners comprising a quorum).
With copies to:
- Council Allen, Bonds, White, Silverman, Grosso and Gray Via email: [email protected]
- Kevin Donohue, Acting City Via email: [email protected]
- Christopher Rodriquez Director – HSEMA Via email: [email protected]
- Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director, DC Department of Health Via email: [email protected]
- Steve Moore, Executive Director SWBID [email protected]
