PETITION

Mayor Fenty, Council Member Wells, Council Member Brown, Interim DDOT Director Frank Seales Jr., and DCRA Director Linda Argo:

We, the undersigned, OPPOSE the use of public space for the Shell Gas Station proposed to be built on the Northeast corner of 14th Street and Maryland Avenue, NE.  This site will require a substantial taking of public land, at no cost to the owner, to facilitate the proposed use. The use of public lands for a commercial purpose must be supported by the community and offer unique benefits to the community.
This project is neither supported by the community nor will it provide unique benefits to the community.  This project will:

  • Over-saturate the area with gas stations (4 within a quarter mile, 3 within 1 block!)
  • Subsidize the operation of an Oil Company by allowing the permanent  and free use of public space
  • Damage the environment (large impervious surface, increase auto emissions, buried hazardous materials, etc)
  • Result in a net loss of ten public curb side parking spaces for use by customers to the H Street Corridor
  • Increase loitering and potentially crime
  • Present an increased hazard to pedestrians, bicyclists, and other motorists by customers turning into and off from the property
  • Increase congestion and motor vehicle crashes due to its close proximity existing intersections
  • Be an unattractive gateway to the H Street Corridor

Our community would support the use of public space for a project that would add value to our community and be consistent with its character.  There is a shortage of other uses in our neighborhood which we would welcome at this property such as a restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, daycare, flower shop, or garden center indicated in our preferences below.

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I am so upset about the use of public land to subsidize a new gas station at 14th and Maryland Ave. NE in Washington, DC that I plan to boycott all Shell gas stations
I would prefer to see the following at the corner of 14th and Maryland Ave. NE: restaurant/cafe
daycare center
flower shop/garden center
almost anything but a gas station
I would be interested in being contacted about putting up a Shell-No yard sign for the contribution of a few dollars to defray sign costs.
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