The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
Monday, October 5
ANC6B ABC Committee hosts virtual WebEx Community Meeting at 6:00pm to discuss Handle 19 Sport Betting
Access details for the meeting can be found here: https://www.anc6b.org/calendar/
ANC6C Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee holds a virtual WebEx meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here: https://anc6c.org/october-2020-virtual-meeting-details/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Craft Beer Cellar DC at 333 H Street, NE, Retailer’s Class A License, request for renewal of single sales moratorium exception.
- Games of Skill Discussion
Tuesday, October 6
ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here: https://www.anc6b.org/calendar/
- Contract modification to Eastern Branch Boys and Girls Club project to 100% affordable senior rental housing.
- 1309 Potomac Avenue, SE – Zoning adjustment application, special exception to construct a two-story accessory garage structure in the rear yard of an existing attached principal dwelling unit.
- 400 Seward Square, SE – Zoning Adjustment Application, area variance to permit an addition of 3 units to the existing 14-unit apartment building.
- 514 Archibald Walk, SE – Historic Preservation Application. One story rooftop addition to existing garage.
- 515 10th Street, SE – Historic Preservation Application to add 2nd story to existing one-story garage. (Likely to be delayed until a future date.)
- ANC 6B map amendment of Boathouse Row to re-zone the Boathouse Row area which is reportedly under consideration for a heliport. The rezoning would prevent that.
- Comments on B23-0736, the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2020.
ANC 6A Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee will hold a virtual WebEx meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
- Discussion of application by China House at 1601 Benning Road, NE, for renewal of its Class B Retail License.
- Discussion of application by DC Supermarket at 539 8th Street, NE, for renewal of its Class B Retail License.
ANC6C Environment, Parks and Events Committee has scheduled a WebEx virtual meeting at its usual time and date for today, but a press time no details were available. (The EPE Committee usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.)
Wednesday, October 7
ANC6B Transportation Committee holds a virtual WebEx meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here. https://www.anc6b.org/calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Discussion on Kentucky Bike Lanes Proposal.
- DDOT Request for ANC Support on 6B06 Traffic Safety Assessments.
- ANC 6B September Letter to DDOT on Traffic Safety Assessment Requests.
- Resolution on Separating Residential Permit Parking from Ward Boundaries.
- Review of DDOT’s Proposed Rulemaking on Revisions to Annual Visitor Parking Pass & Temporary Parking Pass Programs (tentative).
ANC 6C Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee holds a virtual WebEx meeting at 6:30pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here. https://anc6c.org/october-2020-virtual-meeting-details/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- 301 Florida Avenue, NE, Zoning Adjustment Application for a two-year extension of the consolidated PUD approval granted for the property. The approved PUD was for a mixed-use building consisting of approximately 66,010 square feet of gross floor area and a maximum building height of 101 feet. Approximately 61,173 square feet of GFA was approved for residential use (approximately 56 units, plus or minus 10%) and approximately 4,837 square feet of GFA was approved for retail use. The approved PUD included Inclusionary Zoning units at 50% and 80% of the area median income.
- 622 Eye Street, NE – Zoning Adjustment Application – Revised application of VBS Community Builders LLC, for a special exception to convert an existing residential building into a five-unit apartment house and for variance relief from the 900-square-foot/unit lot area requirements to construct a two-story rear addition to an existing attached row dwelling.
- 646 E Street, NE – Historical Preservation Application for concept approval to construct a two story rear addition.
Thursday, October 8
ANC6A holds a virtual WebEx meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Presentation – MPD Services for the Deaf and LGBTQ Communities – Officer Anthony Walsh
- Presentation – Streateries and Arts in the Right-of-Way Program – Emma Blondin, DDOT Transportation Planner, Neighborhood Planning Branch
- Letters to Commander Morgan C. Kane, MPD First District, and Commander William Fitzgerald, MPD Fifth District, to raise concerns about reports from constituents that MPD is not in compliance with current health and safety guidelines and other regulations pertaining to ensuring reasonable accommodations for all community members, including sign language interpretation.
- Letter to DPR inquiring how they plan to ensure access to recreation centers and facilities for the community going forward.
- Approval of a grant in the amount of $3,000 to the Eliot-Hine Parent Teacher Organization for the establishment and operation of a community emergency relief pantry.
- Possible consideration of application by De Zhang and Yang You Feng, t/a China House at 1601 Benning Road NE for renewal of its Class B Retail License.
- Possible consideration of application by Mochi, Inc., t/a DC Supermarket at 539 8th Street NE (ABRA #074927) for renewal of its Class B Retail License.
- Letter to DDOT in support of the proposed Advisory Bike Lane Project on Tennessee Avenue, NE, with certain comments and recommendations.
- Letter to DDOT in support of public space application for a fence on public space at 1660 Gales Street NE, conditional on the Commissioners receiving additional detail.
- Letter to DDOT requesting a postponement in an application to install a garden shed on public space in a corner lot at 205 15th Street, NE, owing to insufficient information.
- Letter of support to BZA for a special exception to allow construction of a one-story rear addition to an existing attached flat at 128 12th Street, NE.
- Letter of conditional support to DCRA for the raze permit request to demolish a single-bay accessory garage at 1511 A Street, NE, a four-bay accessory garage at 1513 A Street, NE, and a six-bay accessory garage at 1515 A Street, NE.
ANC6B Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for each meeting can be found on the Calendar page of the ANC6B website. https://www.anc6b.org/calendar/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Handle 19 Inc, 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Class B License – sport betting.
- Discussion of ABRA Expanded Hours for Inauguration 2021which would allow bars and restaurants to stay open until 4:00am, for a 16 day (formerly day) period.
ANC6C Transportation and Public Space Committee will hold a virtual WebEx meeting at 7:00pm.
Access details for the meeting can be found here. https://anc6c.org/october-2020-virtual-meeting-details/
Among items on the draft agenda:
- 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Yotel Public Space Application. The Liaison Capitol Hill is becoming Yotel Washington DC. This public space application includes exterior cladding chain at main entry facade, columns and restaurant entry, replacement of existing illuminated sign on existing canopy, addition of lighted aluminum arch at the main hotel entrance, addition of a 3D Illuminated floor mounted sign, addition of 3 retractable canopy structures on existing roof deck, replacement of furniture faux green wall at the roof penthouse exterior wall and new existing lighting changes, replacements of existing furniture, existing planters and umbrella at the outdoorsidewalk seating for the existing hotel.
- DDOT proposed rulemaking on visitor parking passes. The committee will review a notice of proposed rulemaking on annual visitor parking passes, which include the following changes: 1) Eliminate the requirement that DDOT provide annual visitor parking passes in a physical format, allowing DDOT to either continue the distribution of physical annual visitor parking passes, distribute annual visitor parking passes through an online system that requires the recipient to print the pass, distribute electronic passes through an online system, or a combination of these options. 2) Effectuate the transfer of responsibility for the issuance of temporary visitor parking passes from the Metropolitan Police Department to DDOT.
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