The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week
by Larry Janezich
Posted November 10, 2024
Here’s the Eastern Market on polling location on Tuesday morning. Some churches opened their doors throughout the day. The Board of Elections unofficial tally of votes has Ward 6 leading all 8 wards in the total number of ballots cast.
On 10th Street, SE, between E and G Streets. A T. Rex skeleton model over a sign: “Vote Against Extinction. Don’t Vote For Him…Please!”
Over on Barracks Row, a coming soon sign announces progress on the build out on the Taco Bell. Right next door, the new Popeyes follows suit. DC Health Department shut down Popeyes in November of 2021 after a video of the restaurant’s rat infestation went viral.
Barracks Row Union Kitchen hopes for year-end opening: ANC6B Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Committee met last Monday night to consider the application of Barracks Row Union Market, 430 8th Street SE, for a New Retailer’s Class “B” liquor license for a Full Service Grocery (to go beer and wine). The store will be similar to the Union Kitchen at 538 3rd Street, NE – there will be no seating inside. They will serve beverages snacks and sandwiches with a full coffee service and a boutique selection of groceries. A company rep said they hope to open soon – by the end of the year or early next year. The full ANC is expected to support the application at its meeting on November 12.
The Quill and Crumb Folger Café hopes to open before the end of November. Last week, in a presentation before ANC6B Alcohol and Cannabis Committee, Folger Chief Financial Officer Ruth Taylor Kidd, said that the Folger hopes to open the Q&C Café in the Library’s Great Hall by the end of November. Kidd was making a presentation in support of adding an outdoor café to their existing liquor license. She suggested that the Q&C Café would pursue an amendment to their existing liquor license for a sidewalk café in the spring.
Here’s another view from the other side.
And ICYMI, Bullfrog Bagels is looking to open an outlet in Union Station. Timing uncertain.
The Week Ahead….
Monday, November 11 – Trash and recycling pick up slides one day.
Veterans Day
The Kenneth H. Nash Post 8 VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY
- 224 D STREET SE WASHINGTON DC 20003
- Time: 11:00am
Tuesday, November 12
ANC6B will hold a hybrid meeting of the full Commission at 7:00pm.
Meeting location will be 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE; First Floor (entry adjacent to Trader Joe’s).
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://anc6b.org/
Among items on the draft agenda:
Consent Agenda
- Alcohol Beverage & Cannabis Committee Consent Items
- Transportation Committee Consent Items
- Planning & Zoning Committee Consent Items
- Public Safety Committee Consent Items
- ANC 6B Letter to DC Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Chair Brooke Pinto Requesting Bills Regarding OUC Performance and Safety Receive a Hearing.
- SE Library Task Force Consent Items
Brief Introduction of Promise Ford, New Department of Public Works (DPW) Solid Waste Education Enforcement (SWEEP) Inspector.
Presentations
- Brent Elementary School Modernization Updates.
ANC 6B Input on Other Items of Concern.
- Resolution In General Support of Bottle Bill Legislation to make recycling easier.
Alcoholic Beverage & Cannabis Committee.
- Saint Georges, 301 7th Street SE, new Retailer Class “B” Beer & Wine Store.
- Saint Georges, 301 7th Street SE, new Retailer Class “C” Restaurant license.
- Radici Market; Substantial Change application.
- Trustees of Amherst College t/a Folger Theatre Group, 201 East Capitol Street SE; Request to modify the existing SA to add their Café operations.
Transportation Committee
- Letter to DDOT on Excessive Speeding on 3rd St. SE Near Garfield Park.
- Discussion on New Permanent Streatery Guidelines.
Planning & Zoning Committee
- Brent School. 301 North Carolina Avenue, SE . Historic Preservation Application. Project: Raze existing building and construct a new school.
- 1227 Independence Avenue, SE. Historic Preservation Application. New, two-story garage in rear yard..
- 609 Independence Avenue, SE. Historic Preservation Application. Project: Raze existing two-story flat and construct new three-story building with cellar..
- 510 8th Street, SE. Historic Preservation Application. Historic Preservation Application. Project: Conversion of an office building to residential condo apartments. Including the addition of a third story and expansion of the building towards the back side of the property.
Report for the Public Safety Committee
Report for the Southeast Library Task Force
Report for the Public Parks and Recreation Spaces Task Force
Report for Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC)
2024 Outstanding Public Service Award
ANC7D will hold a virtual meeting at 6:30pm.
For info on how to join the meeting, go here: https://7d0761.wixsite.com/anc7d-1
Among items on the draft agenda:
- Proposal for DC Bottle Bill.
- Update on Parkside PUD.
DC Government Updates/Presentations.
- Mayor’s Office of Community Relations & Services (MOCRS).
- Ward 7 Representative Francis Campbell.
- Office of Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray Casework Representative.
- Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Representatives (1D, 5D, 6D, THRIVE all invited).
New Business Items
Committee Updates/Upcoming Meetings
- Public Safety Committee
- Economic Development, Housing Justice, Zoning and Alcoholic Beverage Committee Community Outreach
- Transportation/Public Space Committee .
Wednesday, November 13
ANC6C will hold 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: TBA
Thursday, November 14
ANC6A will hold 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:
- Community Presentation Lead Free DC (LFDC) – Sean Moore, Communications Manager, Lead Free DC (Contractor).
Consent Agenda:
- Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis (ABC) Recommendation: ANC 6A sign a letter of support for the substantial change to the Class C tavern license at Dirty Water, 816 H Street NE.
Plenary Session:
- Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Recommendation: ANC6A protest the application for a new Class C restaurant license with sidewalk café, alcohol carry out and delivery endorsements at Alero H Street at 1301 H Street NE (ABRA-130290) unless a settlement agreement is reached and that Mr. Lockett represent ANC 6A in negotiations.
- Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Recommendation: ANC6A protest the application for a new Class C restaurant license with sidewalk café, entertainment, and cover charge endorsement at DC Capitol Square Bar and Grill at H Street at 14021 H Street NE unless a settlement agreement is reached and that Mr. Lockett represent ANC 6A in negotiations.
New Business
- Suggested Motion: ANC 6A write a letter to the Mayor, City Manager, the Directors and Deputy Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR} and the Department of General Services (DGS), and the City Council inquiring: 1) Why the work on capital improvements of various outdoor space at Sherwood has not begun as scheduled; 2) Why routine maintenance to repair dangerous failures in the recently replaced playground surface have not been made; 3) Why the recumbent swing has not been replaced months after being removed; 4) Why Sherwood seems to be excluded from special programming such as movies, holiday events, etc. frequently offered at other sites; 5) Why congregating with alcohol and drug consumption is allowed on the recreational center property on a continuing basis; and 6) What are the plans and timelines for addressing the above five issues.
- Suggested Motion: ANC 6A authorize Commissioner Dave Wethington or EDZ Co-Chairs Joal Mendonsa or Michael Cushman to testify to the DC Council Committee of the Whole regarding B25-1003: 2024 Vacant to Vibrant Act.
- Single Member District reports (2 minute each) Community Comments (2 minutes each).
Capitol Hill Corner would also like you to know about:
The first pass for leaf collection in Section B (from the east side of 11th Street to the west side of 15th Street in Hill East) begins Monday, November 11. Section B leaves should be raked to the tree box or curbside by Sunday, November 10. Here’s a link to DPW’s leaf collection site: https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=fa5476e8cedb4eb185c9b30f173fde4b
Here’s a video promoting Eastern Market that was released on Saturday: https://youtu.be/q3yrMPzuqnY
Library of Congress Concert Series:
Friday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.: amarcord
The five voices of amarcord take us on a journey half a millennium in the making. Founded over 30 years ago by graduates of the famed Thomanerchor in Leipzig, and equally at home with music old and new, the group performs music by Gabrieli, Marenzio, Josquin, Schütz, di Lasso, Schubert, Bruch, Sametz and others. Join for a pre-concert conversation with the artists at 6:30 p.m. in the Whittall Pavilion. Tickets are free. Reserve tickets here. https://www.loc.gov/item/event-413945/amarcord/2024-11-15/
Library of Congress Concert Series
Saturday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.: Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène
Two of Europe’s most distinguished string quartets come together to perform monumental works of the chamber music repertoire. Written when both composers were still in their teens, the Mendelssohn and Enescu octets are prodigious creations, symphonic in concept and impact, with gorgeous melodies and rich, multilayered textures. Join for a pre-concert lecture by David Plylar of the Music Division, “Teen Eighngst: The Early String Octet Powerhouses by Felix Mendelssohn and George Enescu.” This concert inaugurates the Sally Hart and Bennett Tarlton McCallum Fund in the Library of Congress. Tickets are Free: Reserve tickets here. https://www.loc.gov/item/event-414038/belcea-quartet-and-quatuor-ebene-octets-by-mendelssohn-and-enescu/2024-11-16/
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 