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2		-	ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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6		-	A RESOLUTION
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10		-	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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12		-	September 17, 2024
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15		-	To confirm the reappointment of Mr. Anthony Giancola to the District of Columbia Water and
16		-	Sewer Authority Board of Directors.
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18		-	RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
19		-	resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of
20		-	Directors Anthony Giancola Confirmation Resolution of 2024”.
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22		-	Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
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	1	+	MURIEL BOWSER
	2	+	MAYOR
	3	+	May
	4	+	3, 2024
	5	+	The Honorable Phil Mendelson
	6	+	Chairman
	7	+	Council of
	8	+	the District of Columbia
	9	+	John A. Wilson Building
	10	+	1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
	11	+	Washington, DC 20004
	12	+	Dear Chairman M endelson:
	13	+	In accordance with section 2
	14	+	of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
	15	+	142;
	16	+	D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01) and pursuant to section 204 of the Water and Sewer Authority
	17	+	Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996
	18	+	(D.C. Law 11-111;
	19	+	D.C. Official Code § 34-2202.04), I am pleased to nominate the following
	20	+	individual:
24	21		Mr. Anthony Giancola
25	22		Cedar Street, NW
26	23		Washington, DC 20012
27	24		(Ward 4 )
	25	+	f
	26	+	or reappointment as a member of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of
	27	+	Directors, for a term to end September 12, 2028.
	28	+	Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-m entioned
	29	+	nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
	30	+	I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
	31	+	do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
	32	+	Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
	33	+	Sincerely,
	34	+	Muriel B owser
	35	+	Mayor 1
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	44	+	A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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	46	+	~Phil Mendelson
	47	+	at the request
	48	+	of the Mayor
	49	+	10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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	54	+	15 To confirm the reappointment of Anthony Giancola to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer
	55	+	16 Authority Board of Directors.
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	57	+	18 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
	58	+	19 resolution may be cited as the "District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of
	59	+	20 Directors Anthony Giancola Confirmation Resolution of 2024".
	60	+	21 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
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	62	+	23 Mr. Anthony Giancola
	63	+	24 Cedar Street, NW
	64	+	25 Washington, DC 20012
	65	+	26 (Ward 4)
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	67	+	28 as a member of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors,
	68	+	29 established by section 204 of the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of
	69	+	30 Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-111; D.C.
	70	+	31 Official Code§ 34-2202.04), for a term to end September 12, 2028.
	71	+	32 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
	72	+	33 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
	73	+	34 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. Anthony R. Giancola, P. E.
	74	+	Transportation and Local Government Consultant
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29		-	as a member of the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, in
30		-	accordance with section 204 of the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of
31		-	Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-111; D.C.
32		-	Official Code § 34-2202.04), for a term to end September 12, 2028.
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34		-	~~Sec.~~ 3. The ~~Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the~~
35		-	~~nominee~~ and ~~to the Office of the Mayor.~~
	77	+	Panels, Expert Task Group and Writer/Researcher on Publications through the
	78	+	Transportation Research Board (TRB) and other Organizations
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37		-	Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
	80	+	• U. S. Marine Corps, Department of the Navy – Real Property Facilities Manuals
	81	+	(Introduction to Facilities Management, Public Works Management, Energy and Utilities
	82	+	Management) (1988) - Principle Author and Researcher.
	83	+
	84	+	• National Association of County Engineers (NACE) Action Guides “Roadway Safety”
	85	+	and “Stormwater Management and Erosion Control” (2000) – Chaired Expert Task
	86	+	Group
	87	+
	88	+	• “The Practice of Low Impact of Development” (July 2003) – Prepared for the US
	89	+	Department of Housing and Urban Development by the National Association of Home
	90	+	Builders Research Center – Member Expert Task Group.
	91	+
	92	+	• TRB NCHRP Synthesis 321 – “Roadway Safety Tools for Local Agencies” (2003) –
	93	+	Topic Panel
	94	+
	95	+	• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency & the Pennsylvania Department of
	96	+	Transportation publication “Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance for Dirt and Gravel
	97	+	Roads” (March 2006) – Member Expert Task Group
	98	+
	99	+	• National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) – “Financing Transportation in the
	100	+	21
	101	+	st
	102	+	Century – An Intergovernmental Perspective” (January 2008) – Principal
	103	+
	104	+	• TRB NCHRP Synthesis 414 – “Effective Delivery of Small Scale Federal Aid Projects”
	105	+	(2011) – Topic Panel
	106	+
	107	+	• TRB NCHRP 20-05/Synthesis Topic 43-04 “Practices and Performance Measures for
	108	+	Local Public Agency Federally-Funded Highway Projects”. Consultant contract teaming
	109	+	with Myers McCarthy Consulting Engineers LLC (MMCE). Published 2013 Synthesis
	110	+	442, link http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168858.aspx
	111	+
	112	+	• Initiated and participated as panel reviewer for the American Traffic Safety
	113	+	Services Association/National Association of County Engineers joint publication in
	114	+	February 2012 entitled “Cost Effective Local Road Safety Planning and
	115	+	Implementation” and the earlier publication produced in 2006 entitled “Low Cost
	116	+	Safety Solutions for Local Roads”. The latest provides a general guide that local
	117	+	officials can utilize to identify and quantify existing safety issues, identify potential
	118	+	solutions to those issues and identify potential state and local partnerships to fund
	119	+	them.
	120	+	• NCHRP Project 20-59(22) - “Guidelines for Emergency Quarantine Closures of Local
	121	+	and State Roads” Served as a panel member. This project was completed in 5/31/2008
	122	+	and published as NCHRP Report 525, Volume 13.
	123	+
	124	+	• NCHRP Project 20-59(02) – “Bridge/Tunnel/Highway Infrastructure Vulnerability
	125	+	Workshops” Served as a panel member. This project was completed in 6/30/2004 and
	126	+	published as NCHRP Report 525, Volumes 4 and 5.
	127	+
	128	+	• TRB NCHRP 20-05/Topic 42-09 “Cost-effective and Sustainable Road Slope
	129	+	Stabilization and Erosion Control” – Topic Panel. Synthesis 430, link
	130	+	http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/167227.aspx
	131	+
	132	+	• TRB NCHRP 03-104 – “Unsignalized Intersection Guide”- Consultant contract with
	133	+	Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Project commenced in 2012 and published in 2015 with
	134	+	an interactive website at the following link. www.ite.org/uiig.
	135	+
	136	+	• TRB NCHRP 45-10 – “The Impacts of Energy Development on State and Local
	137	+	Roads” - PI Dr. Leslie Myers McCarthy, Ph.D., P. E., Principal Myers McCarthy
	138	+	Consulting Engineers LLC (MMCE) & Assistant Professor, Department of Civil
	139	+	and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University. (I was the co-principal
	140	+	investigator on this project.) It can be viewed at
	141	+	http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_469.pdf
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	143	+	• TRB NCHRP 17-67 – “Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic
	144	+	Fatalities in the United States”. Currently serve as a panel member of this ongoing
	145	+	project which started in 2013.
	146	+
	147	+	• TRB NCHRP 20-05, topic 46-07 - "State Safety Practices for Local Agencies" -
	148	+	Principal Investigator Dr. Seri Park, Ph.D, P.T.P., Assistant Professor, Department
	149	+	of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University. It was published in
	150	+	2016 and can be viewed at the following link.
	151	+	http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/173789.aspx
	152	+
	153	+	Related Activities and Organizations:
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	155	+	• National Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) Steering Committee – Member at inception in
	156	+	September 2009 to June 2011.
	157	+
	158	+	• AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety (SCOHTS) – Member
	159	+	from 2005 -2011.
	160	+
	161	+	• Current Member Toward Zero Deaths Subcommittee (ANB 10(9)) TRB. Chair
	162	+	Liaison group.
	163	+
	164	+	• Current Secretary, Roadway Safety Foundation Member since 1997. Reviewed and assisted in writing 2002 “Roadway Safety Guide”.
	165	+	This popular publication has been revised and rewritten and released in March 2014
	166	+	(http://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/418038-roadway-safety-guide ) It serves as a
	167	+	resource for elected officials, community leaders, civic groups and all stakeholders
	168	+	interested in improving safety on their highways and roads.
	169	+
	170	+	Served on the 2013 Blue Ribbon Panel reviewing submissions and selecting the 2013
	171	+	National Roadway Safety Awards. Served on blue ribbon panels for the past 4 cycles.
	172	+
	173	+	• Current Member Transportation Safety Planning Subcommittee (ANB10 (3)) TRB
	174	+	This subcommittee works in concert with the Transportation Safety Planning Working
	175	+	Group (TSPWG) of the TRB.
	176	+
	177	+	• Current Member Roadway Safety Cultures Subcommittee (AN000 (1)), TRB
	178	+	This subcommittee of the Safety and Systems Users Group will be addressing issues
	179	+	associated with changing the American culture toward transportation safety and in
	180	+	making drivers in the US more conscious of improving their behavior. Working on the
	181	+	planning team for the 2
	182	+	nd
	183	+	annual summit to be held in November 2015.
	184	+
	185	+	• Current Member Rural Road Safety, Policy, Programming & Implementation Joint
	186	+	Subcommittee (ANB10 & AFB30), TRB
	187	+	This joint subcommittee is to provide a focal point/forum for research-based activities.
	188	+	Current activities include improving rural roadway safety through policies, programming,
	189	+	and countermeasure implementation. Prepared a proposal for NCHRP funding entitled
	190	+	“Synthesis of Best Practices for Safety and Crash Data Management among State and
	191	+	Local Agencies Exploring Safety Investments With and Without Crash Data”.
	192	+
	193	+	• AASHTO Technology Implementation Group (TIG) (2000 – 2011):
	194	+	While a member of the TIG, championed the Road Safety Audit program among State
	195	+	DOTs through an aggressive marketing campaign include a national peer-to-peer summit
	196	+	and follow regional summits. Served as TIG liaison to the lead states.
	197	+
	198	+	• Past Chair (2001-2007), Low Volume Roads Committee (ABF30) Transportation
	199	+	Research Board (TRB) – Member of Committee 1994 – 2007. Currently participating
	200	+	Friend of Committee. This committee is concerned with all aspects of low-volume roads
	201	+	including planning, design, construction, safety, maintenance, operations, environmental
	202	+	and social issues.
	203	+	Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
	204	+	John A. Wilson Building \| 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 \| Washington, DC 20004
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	209	+	Anthony Giancola
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	211	+	Mr. Anthony Giancola is a professional engineer with over 46 years of
	212	+	experience in transportation and government consulting, presently
	213	+	licensed in the District of Columbia. He currently serves as a principal
	214	+	member of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of
	215	+	Directors.
	216	+	Mr. Giancola served a twenty-year active duty career in the Civil Engineer
	217	+	Corps, U.S. Navy, achieving the rank of Commander. Since military
	218	+	retirement, he has worked as the Public Works Director, City of Takoma
	219	+	Park, Maryland and Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Frederick
	220	+	County, Maryland. He served as the Executive Director, National Association of County Engineers
	221	+	from October 1993 through June 2011.
	222	+	Mr. Giancola is a life member of the American Public Works Association (APWA). He served as
	223	+	President of the VA/DC/MD Chapter in 1996, President of the Institute of Transportation in 1995,
	224	+	and the APWA representative on the National Quality Initiative Steering Committee from 1993 to
	225	+	1995. In addition, he is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He is also
	226	+	the former chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Low Volume Roads Committee
	227	+	(2001- 2007) and currently serves as Secretary for the Roadway Safety Foundation Advisory of the
	228	+	National Center for Pavement Preservation Advisory Committee (2005- 2011). Mr. Giancola
	229	+	served as a D.C. member and a federal appointee on the Board of Directors of the Washington
	230	+	Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 2007 to 2011.
	231	+	A Ward 4 Resident, Mr. Giancola received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from
	232	+	Syracuse University and a Master of Public Works in Engineering and Administration and a
	233	+	Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
	234	+	Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
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	236	+	Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
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	239	+	______________________________________________________________________________
	240	+	The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
	241	+
	242	+	To: Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
	243	+	From: Betsy Cavendish
	244	+	Date: April 24, 2024
	245	+	Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Anthony Giancola, Howard
	246	+	Gibbs, and Richard Jackson as members of the District of Columbia Water and
	247	+	Sewer Authority Board of Directors
	248	+	This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and
	249	+	found them to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
	250	+	hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-
	251	+	724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
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	254	+	______________________________
	255	+	Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
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