AGENDA: CODE RED!
The Vanishing Urban Environment of the Palisades

June, 2000 -- The May newsletter discussed some of the critical elements of maintaining the Environmental Quality of Life (EQL) in the Palisades neighborhood.
Increased economic development, population density, construction, and infrastructure enhancements might be desirable on one hand but be environmental stressors, reducing our bio-diversity, on the other.
Is the EQL of the Palisades going in the right direction? Has it gone the other way?
Come to the PCA general meeting on Tuesday, June 6 at 8 pm at the Palisades Rec Center to address this. Leading government decision-makers have been invited to engage in an environmental dialog with us.
Our partner Association, the Hillcrest Community Civic Association, will send representatives. We're expecting Ward 3 Councilmember Kathy Patterson to drop in.
Mayor Williams' environmental spokesperson, Jim Wareck, will be with us, as will members of the Mayor's Environmental Council and the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Theodore Gordon, Chief Environmental Officer for the District has also been invited. Sandra Hill, of DPW's Tree and Landscape Division, plans to attend.
Janet Bearden, a senior manager from the Environmental Protection Agency, on loan to the District, will also be present. The District's Office of Planning, Water and Sewer Authority and Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs have been requested to send representatives.
This dialogue will be the kick-off in bringing the environment of the Palisades to the forefront of the Mayor's Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan through our PCA Planning Committee, chaired by Doug Omerod.
This is your chance to tell the people who can do something.
ATTEND AND SPEAK OUT!!
--Nick Kauffman, PCA Vice President for the Environment