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Good morning, Washington. After a wickedly cold and windy weekend, today is looking to be downright pleasant — it’ll be partly cloudy with temps rising into the mid-40s. The rest of the week will see temperatures rise even further, though we face a chance of scattered rain and snow tomorrow and Thursday.

One City Summit Draws 1,800: On Saturday some 1,800 residents gathered for Mayor Vince Gray’s One City Summit, a citywide townhall meeting to help Gray identify key priorities and pinpoint creative solutions. The Post (and WTOP and the Examiner) report that while many residents were happy with how technology was used to engage participants during the summit, others were concerned that the whole shindig was too expensive. (It cost $600,000 to put on.) During the summit, participants ranked the biggest impediments to Gray’s One City vision — 17 percent cited lack of affordable housing and gentrification, 15 percent identified government corruption, and 14 percent pointed to income inequality and lack of quality public education.

Metro Spending $51 Million on Contractors: The region’s transit agency is spending over $51 million on 18 outside contracts for everything from engineering advice on rail repairs to escalators and SmarTrip cards, writes the Examiner. According to a Metro spokesman, the contracts are used for very specific projects that the agency does not have in-house expertise for or independent outside analysis. Regardless, a union representing white-collar Metro employees has complained that the agency is opting for contractors too often, notably when some of the work can be done in-house.

Don’t Bet on Internet Gambling’s Future in D.C.: After the D.C. Council voted to repeal a controversial Internet gambling program last week amidst concerns over how it came to be, prospects for a stand-alone bill that would finally bring legal online poker and other games to the District are murky. The Washington Times reports that while Councilmember Michael Brown (I-At Large) has pledged to bring a stand-alone bill legalizing Internet gambling to the council, he’s unsure of how long it will take to draft and debate. Additionally, if Congress steps in and decides to legalize and regulate Internet gambling, it could hurt the District’s opportunity to cash in on being one of the first jurisdictions in the country to allow it.

Briefly Noted: Wind knocks over 30-foot sign on I-66 … Virginia residents: today is the last day to register to vote in the March 6 primary … Pine tree-shaped cell phone tower draws mixed reviews … D.C. ad campaign encourages school attendance … 58 percent of Virginians like Gov. Bob McDonnell … Trump’s Old Post Office won’t be only development opportunity along Pennsylvania Avenue … A Prince George’s County vote on expanded gambling sites in Maryland would be unconstitutional.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2011, Adams Mill Bar and Grill closed its doors. In 2010, D.C. drivers learned how to park when there’s lots of snow on the ground. In 2009, young diplomats-to-be took over Dupont Circle despite our strenuous objections.