Advisory Neighborhood Commission
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are bodies of local government in Washington, D.C. Created in 1974 through a District referendum, ANCs consider a wide range of policies and programs affecting their neighborhoods, including traffic, parking, recreation, street improvements, liquor licenses, zoning, economic development, police protection, sanitation and trash collection, and the District's annual budget.[1]
In each of these areas, the intent of the ANC legislation is to ensure input from an advisory board that is made up of the residents of the neighborhoods that are directly affected by government action. According to D.C. Code 1-251(c)(1), "each advisory neighborhood commission may advise the District government on matters of public policy including decisions regarding planning, streets, recreation, social services programs, health, safety, and sanitation in that neighborhood commission area." The ANCs are the body of government with the closest official ties to the people in a neighborhood.
The ANCs present their positions and recommendations on issues to various District government agencies, the Executive Branch, and the Council. They also present testimony to independent agencies, boards, and commissions, usually under the rules of procedure specific to those entities. By law, the ANCs may also present their positions to Federal agencies.
Commissioners serve two-year terms and receive no salary. Each Commissioner represents approximately 2,000 residents in his or her Single Member District (SMD) area.
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[edit] Membership and qualifications
Each ANC Commissioner is nominated and elected by the registered voters who reside in the same Single Member District as the candidate. Receiving no salary, the ANC Commissioner is an official representing his or her neighborhood community (Single Member District) on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
In order to hold the office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, an individual must be a registered voter in the District, as defined by DC Code Section 1-1001.02; have resided continuously in the Single Member District from which he is nominated for the 60 day period immediately preceding the day on which the nominating petition is filed; and hold no other public office.
[edit] Commissions with their neighborhoods
[edit] Ward 1
- 1A - Columbia Heights, Park View, Pleasant Plains
- 1B - U Street, Cardozo, Howard University, Pleasant Plains, LeDroit Park, Shaw
- 1C - Adams Morgan, Kalorama Heights, Lanier Heights, Western U Street
- 1D - Mount Pleasant
[edit] Ward 2
- 2A - Foggy Bottom, West End
- 2B - Dupont Circle
- 2C - Blagden Alley, Chinatown, Logan Circle, Mount Vernon Square, Shaw
- 2D - Kalorama, Sheridan
- 2E - Burleith, Georgetown, Hillandale
- 2F - Logan Circle
[edit] Ward 3
- 3B - Cathedral Heights, Glover Park
- 3C - Cathedral Heights, Cleveland Park, Massachusetts Heights, McLean Gardens, Woodley Park
- 3D - American University, Foxhall, Kent, The Palisades, Spring Valley, Wesley Heights
- 3E - American University Park, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown
- 3F - Forest Hills, North Cleveland Park, Tenleytown
- 3/4G - Chevy Chase
[edit] Ward 4
- 4A - Brightwood, Colonial Village, Crestwood, Shepherd Park, Sixteenth Street Heights
- 4B - Brightwood, Lamond-Riggs, Manor Park, Riggs Park, South Manor Park, Takoma
- 4C - Columbia Heights, Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights
- 4D - Petworth, Brightwood Park
[edit] Ward 5
- 5A - Brookland, Fort Lincoln, Michigan Park, North Michigan Park, University Heights, Woodridge
- 5B - Arboretum, Brentwood, Brookland, Carver, Langdon, Langston, Ivy City, Trinidad
- 5C - Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood
[edit] Ward 6
- 6A - North Lincoln Park, Rosedale, Stanton Park
- 6B - Barney Circle, Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
- 6C - Near Northeast, Penn Quarter, Union Station
- 6D - Carrollsburg, Fort McNair, Navy Yard, Near Southwest/Southeast, Waterfront
[edit] Ward 7
- 7A - Fort Dupont, Greenway, River Terrace
- 7B - Fairfax Village, Hillcrest, Penn Branch, Randle Highlands
- 7C - Burrville, Deanwood, Grant Park, Lincoln Heights
- 7D - Eastland Gardens, Kenilworth, Kingman Park, Mayfair
- 7E - Benning Heights, Capitol View, Fort Davis, Marshall Heights
[edit] Ward 8
- 8A - Anacostia, Fairlawn, Fort Stanton, Hillsdale
- 8B - Garfield Heights, Knox Hill, Shipley Terrace
- 8C - Barry Farms, Bolling Air Force Base, Congress Heights, St. Elizabeths Hospital
- 8D - Bellevue, Far Southwest
- 8E - Congress Heights, Valley Green, Washington Highlands
[edit] Commissioner lists by term
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission Members 2007-2008
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission Members 2005-2006
- Advisory Neighborhood Commission Members 2003-2004
[edit] References
- ^ Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Encyclopædia Britannica.
