A late-August morning in a Capitol Hill garden
The Week Ahead….
by Larry Janezich
Monday, August 31
- ANC6C Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2nd Street, NE.
Among items on the agenda:
Sugar Factory, 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE – application for a Tavern liquor license.
The Alibi, 237 2nd Street, NW – informational update on application for a restaurant liquor license.
Tuesday, September 1
- ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee meets at 7:00pm at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Avenue.
Among items on the agenda:
Barracks Row Main Street, Support for Public Art Building Communities Grant (Commission on Arts and Humanities), two concept sculptures for EM Metro plaza: Martin Smith, Executive Director, BRMS.
1200 Potomac Avenue SE, use variance from the use requirements to allow the use of the basement and first floors as an office in an existing two-story building at 1200 Potomac Avenue, S.E.
761 10th Street SE – Application for a special exception to allow a two-story rear addition and a two-story garage addition to a row dwelling not meeting the zoning requirements for lot occupancy.
- ANC6C Parks and Events Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2nd Street, NE.
Among items on the agenda:
L and M Street Underpass Art Projects in NoMa – Discussion with Commissioner Stacie West, NoMa Parks Foundation, and possible consideration of recommendation to ANC 6C, concerning NoMa Parks Foundation’s M and L Street underpass projects.
Peace Corps Commemorative Design Competition – Discussion with Roger Lewis, President, Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation, concerning the three finalists in the ongoing design competition to create a commemorative at the National Park Service site between Louisiana Avenue NW, 1st and C Streets NW.
- Crime and Crime Trends in the First District, by Neighborhood, 7:00pm – 8:00pm at First District Station, 101 M Street, SW. The First District Police Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) will convene the session to discuss how (1) felonies reported to the FBI) and (2) misdemeanor crime are affecting First District neighborhoods. The CAC has requested a detailed analysis of these crimes from the Metropolitan Police Department. We are also asking US Capitol Police, US Park Police and Metro Transit Police to weigh in on their crime trends.
Wednesday, September 2
- ANC6C Planning and Zoning Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2nd Street, NE. Among items on the agenda:
315 H Street, N.E. – Revised application for approval of a consolidated planned unit development on approximately 15,813sf of land area on the south side of H Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets., N.E. The Applicant proposes to develop the property with a 90-foot residential building with ground-floor retail. The building will include approximately 87,400sf of residential development and 6,597sf of ground floor retail. The project will include approximately 135 residential units, including over 6,500sf of affordable housing. The project will have a floor area ratio of 5.9 and include approximately 30 parking spaces.
Thursday, September 3
ANC6B ABC Committee meets at 7:00pm in Hill Center.
Agenda not available at press time.
- ANC6C Transportation and Public Space Committee meets at 7:00pm, at Kaiser-Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center, 700 2nd Street, NE.
Among items on the agenda:
Union Kitchen Grocery, (a new “upscale” grocery) at 3rd and F Streets, N.E., is requesting outdoor seating for a sidewalk café.
16 M Street, N.E. – New construction public space permit, application for a mixed use development in NoMa.
Indigo, fast casual Indian restaurant at 243 K Street, N.E., – application for a new sidewalk café. Neighborhood effects of H Street development. Open discussion of concerns surrounding existing or potential effects on the neighborhood, possibly including but not limited to noise, parking, traffic, etc. Residents are encouraged to come with issues they have identified, or to send concerns to the TPS Committee chair or their ANC commissioner if they cannot attend the meeting in person. Concerns will be fodder for a future discussion with DDOT to identify possible mitigations.
- PSA 107 meets at 7:00pm, SE Library, lower level, with Lt. Eddie Fowler.
- Friends of Southeast Library (FOSEL) meets at 5:30pm, Southeast Library, lower level.
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