The Week Ahead…& Photo Essay: MLK Library Part I

The Week Ahead & Photo Essay: MLK Library Part I

by Larry Janezich

Monday, June 6

ANC6C ABC Committee holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm. 

For info on joining the meeting, go here:  https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/

Among items on the agenda:

• (Agenda not available at press time.)

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An In-Person Convo with CM Charles Allen on His Goals for Ward 6, Monday, June 6

• CM Charles Allen will participate in an in-person conversation on the future of Ward 6 on Monday, June 6, at 7:30pm in the covered outdoor Town Square Towers Pavilion, 700 7th Street, SW, Rear.  The event will provide an opportunity for residents to ask questions about his goals for the next four years, assuming he is re-elected.  (Allen is the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Ward 6 City Council, so the odds are good.)  Allen has represented Ward 6 for two terms. 

Register here for the event:  https://www.mobilize.us/ward6demsdc/event/464318/  

Tuesday June 7

ANC6B Planning and Zoning Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

For info on joining the meeting, go here: https://bit.ly/3Miqk3J

Among items on the draft agenda:

• 1609 G Street, SE.  Zoning Adjustment Application. Special Exception to construct a third story and three-story rear addition, with cellar, to an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit.
• 274 Kentucky Avenue, SE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Variance to construct a second story rear addition, to an existing, attached, three-story principal dwelling unit.
• 321 D Street, SE.  Historic Preservation Application.  Concept: Construct a rear three-story addition; add a partial third floor on the existing house and renovate the existing house.

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AnC6C Environment, Parks and Events Committee holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm

For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/

Among items on the draft agenda:

• (Agenda not available at press time.)

Wednesday, June 8

ANC6C holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

For info on joining the meeting, go here:  https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/

Among items on the agenda:

• Public Announcement:  Public Restrooms Pilot – Marcia Bernbaum.
• New ABRA license, Washington Marriott Capitol Hill Hotel, Class C Hotel and Class B 25 percent licenses.
• ABRA liquor license renewals: Phoenix Park Hotel, 50 North Capitol Street, NW; Café Berlin, 332 Massachusetts Avenue, NE; Junction Bistro Bar & Bakery, 238 Massachusetts Avenue, NE; Nando’s Peri-Peri, 411 H Street, NE; Carving Room NoMa, 130 M Street, NE; Courtyard by Marriott Washington D.C./U.S. Capitol, 1325 2nd Street, NE; Fancy Radish, 600 H Street, NE; Hyatt Place Washington, D.C./U.S. Capitol; Indigo-Indian Food on the Go, 243 K Street, NE.
• 1005 First Street, NE.  Public Space Application.  Projection on the corner along First Street NE and L Street NE for a new restaurant entrance and façade.
• 301 Massachusetts Ave NE, Public Space Application.  Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza, Outdoor seating, including enclosed sidewalk Café on Third Street, NE.
• Bike parking corral at 6th and K Streets, NE, and general discussion of bike corrals in ANC 6C.
• DDOT discussion: H Street, NE, bus priority; Massachusetts Avenue, bike lane improvements. 
• Stanton Park traffic signals
• 301 K Street, NE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special exception from lot occupancy requirements to construct two rear decks to an existing three-story flat. 
• 663 Maryland Avenue, NE.  Historic Preservation Application.  Concept approval for a two-story rear addition.
• 301 Florida Avenue, NE.  Zoning Application.  Consolidated PUD to construct a new 12-story plus penthouse mixed-use building with 115 dwelling units, all affordable to income levels at or below 50 percent AMI and ground space dedicated to nonresidential use.
• Union Station Expansion Project and other Union Station issues.
• Discussion of Grant Application: Story of Our Schools – Montessori Project.

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ANC6B Transportation Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm

For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/event/1237/?instance_id=216

Among items on the draft agenda:

• Letter to DDOT in support of 17th St/19th St project
• Letter to DDOT on Southeast Blvd Design

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Thursday, June 9

ANC6A holds a virtual meeting at 7:00pm

For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda:

• Presentation:  Shared Responsibility for Our Urban Tree Canopy – Alexander Grieve, Urban Forester, District Department of Transportation (DDOT).
• Presentation:  Introduction and Status of Vacant Properties in ANC 6A – Isaac Boateng, Ward 6, Account Manager, Office of the Director, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA).
• Letter to DDOT reiterating its previous requests for traffic calming measures on H Street, NE, and requesting their implementation by February 1, 2023, including a westbound speed camera on the 1300 block; sidewalk extensions/bulb-outs at 14th Street, 10th Street, 8th Street, and 6th Street; a midblock crosswalk in the 1300 block of H Street NE; and a red painted bus-only lane similar to other installations.
• Letter to DDOT supporting the project to increase safety on 17th Street and 19th Street for all users, and provide the opportunity for ANC 6B and ANC 7D to join the letter.
• Letter to each DC Council Member in support of the Safe Routes to School proposed legislation. In particular, the ANC supports the bill’s requirement to install vertical safety features in proximity to schools, given DDOT’s recent refusal to install raised crosswalks near Maury Elementary on 13th Street NE.
• Letter to DDOT urging coordination between the annual repaving projects and the installation of speed humps/speed tables, including a list of currently open TSIs on blocks scheduled for repaving.
• Letter of support to BZA for special exception zoning relief occupancy requirements, special exception zoning relief and an area variance at 1252 H Street, NE
• Letter of support to BZA for special exception zoning relief from the minimum vehicle parking requirements to construct a front, rear, and third floor addition with penthouse, and to convert to a mixed-use, nine-unit apartment house with first floor retail, an existing, attached, six-unit, two-story with cellar, mixed use building at 1447 Maryland Avenue, NE
• Letter of support to HPRB for historic review of the construction of a rear addition at 1320 North Carolina Avenue, NE.
• Letter of support to BZA for special exception zoning relief from the lot occupancy requirements from the rear addition requirements to construct a third story and rear addition, and convert to a flat, an existing, attached, two-story with cellar, principal dwelling unit at 647 16th Street, NE.
• Motion to approve the Ludlow Taylor Elementary School Food Print grant for $2,500 dollars.
• Motion to approve the Eliot-Hine Middle School Band grant for $2,000 dollars.
• Motion to approve a proposals that 501(c)3 and non 501(c)3 organizations that demonstrate a public benefit to the ANC6A community be eligible for grants.

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ANC6B will hold a Special virtual meeting and ANC6B Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee will hold a virtual meeting both beginning at 7:00pm.   **Please Note: These renewal cases will be discussed, and a vote taken in the Special Meeting preceding the ABC Committee Meeting.

• **Taco City DC, 1102 8^th Street, SE: Class “CR” Restaurant License:
• ** Trattoria, 504 8^th Street, SE.  Class “CR” Restaurant License. 
• **Little Pearl, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Class “CR” Restaurant License.
• ** Ted’s Bulletin, 505 8^th Street, SE.  Class “CR” Restaurant License.
• **We, The Pizza, 305 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.  Class “CR” Restaurant License.
• **Good Stuff Eatery, 303 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Class “D” Restaurant License. 

The ANC6B will then consider the following new liquor license request and the following renewal requests. 

• New liquor license:  Ginza BBQ Lounge and Karaoke Spot, 526 8^th Street, SE. Request for NEW Retailer’s Class C Tavern;
• Renewal of liquor licenses:  ZOCA & Crush by ZOCA, 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Santa Rose Taqueria, 301 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street, SE; Newland, 327 7th Street, SE; Harvest Tide Steak House, 212 7^th  Street, SE; Casa de Comidas, 660 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; La Casina DC, 327 7^th Street SE; Bullfrog Bagels/Pesce, 317 7^th  Street, SE; Eat BRGZ, 250 7^th  Street, SE; The Duck and The Peach/The Wells/La Collina, 300 7^th Street, SE; Tunnicliffs Tavern, 222 7^th  Street SE; Chiko, 423 8th Street SE; Ambar, 523 8^th  Street SE; Las Placitas, 1100 8^th  Street, SE; Café 8, 424 8^th Street, SE AND DDOT Public Space Application to Extend Outdoor Sidewalk Patio Space; Paraiso, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Belga Cafe, 514 8^th Street SE. 

Friday, June 10

Friday Night Live Jazz at Eastern Market Metro Plaza, 5:00pm – 6:30pm, weather permitting.  (Info on the featured artist was not available at press time.)

Saturday, June 11

Southeast Library Book Sale, 10:00am – 3:00pm.  403 7^th Street, SE.