Opinion ID: 2658241
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Horace Mann Playground

Text: ANC 3D and Petitioners voiced the specific concern that East Campus students would interfere with community residents‟ enjoyment of the Horace Mann playground facility. University officials testified that they would cooperate with Horace Mann Elementary School to alleviate this concern and make it sanctionable for AU students to use the recreational area. However, the Commission did not specifically address the issue; it said only that it was “not persuaded” by ANC 3D that requiring AU to provide outdoor recreational space for students in the East Campus was “necessary or warranted.” While “great weight” does not mean the Commission must exhaustively discuss every detail in an ANC‟s submission, this was a fairly prominent concern that the Commission failed to address—a failure made all the more puzzling given the apparent solution offered by AU. On 40 Neighbors Against Foxhall Gridlock v. D.C. Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 792 A.2d 246, 249 (D.C. 2002) (internal quotation marks omitted). 39 remand, the Commission must deal with this concern with the required particularity and precision.41