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March 20, 2022 · 11:27 pm

The Week Ahead….& Some Photos from the Past Week

Thursday afternoon circa 5pm on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, residents welcome a noisy contingent of the trucker convoy traversing Capitol Hill via 8th Street, SE, with a hand signal indicating, “We’re number one.”
ANC6A Planning and Zoning Committee met on Wednesday and overwhelmingly voted to support a map amendment to change zoning at the Auto Zone site at 1207 H Street, NE, to take advantage of a Inclusionary Zoning Plus program which provides for no-hassle rezoning of a development site if the developer commits to making 20% of the units affordable at 60% AMI.  It provides an alternative to the PUD process which can be protracted.
Sticky Fingers on H Street, NE, (formerly Fare Well) opened on Wednesday.  Same owners, different brand.  100% vegan –  remodeled – 56 seats – 406 H Street, NE.  Hours:  Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 9pm.  Closed Monday-Tuesday.  Menus here:  https://www.eatfarewell.com/ …

…and across H Street and on the corner, The Big Board’s liquor license remains indefinitely suspended.  After raising about $58,000 on two fund raising sites in the past 6 weeks, donations have slowed to a trickle. 

Last Tuesday, the Ward 6 Task Force on Redistricting hoped to sign off on the final map changing ANC boundaries but didn’t get there.  The consensus was to send the proposed changes to ANC6D and ANC6C back to the subcommittees for another look.  The Task Force signed off on changes to ANC6A, ANC6B, and ANC6E.  Among those, the new map will split jurisdiction over Eastern Market Metro among single member districts 6B02, 6B03 and 6B04 and jurisdiction over Lincoln Park between 6B08 and 6A04; this on the theory that 2 or 3 commissioners have more clout with the city or feds than one.   The Task Force will meet on Tuesday, March 22 for review and final approval of the Ward 6 map.  See The Week Ahead below for link to join the meeting.  Pictured is Task Force member Ken Jarboe.

The Week Ahead….& Some Photos from the Past Week

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 20, 2022

Monday, March 21

ANC 6A Transportation & Public Space Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • Review and Discussion of DDOT Notice of Intent for North Carolina Avenue NE from 13th Street to 14th Place, including Separated Bike Facilities, Raised Crosswalk, and Parking Changes
  • Protected bike lanes connecting the 1400 block of Maryland Avenue NE to National Arboretum/Bladensburg Road project
  • Traffic calming at 300 block of 15th Street NE
  • Traffic calming at West Virginia Avenue NE
  • Capitol Hill Classic race permit and street closures
  • Closed session to discuss Committee business

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Ward 7 ANC Redistricting Task Force will hold a virtual Roundtable at 5:00pm

  • This Roundtable will determine the ANC and SMD boundaries for Ward 7 for the next ten years. Current Ward 6 residents who live east of 15th Street will be affected.

Go here to register in advance to watch this webinar:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinars.

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Tuesday, March 22

ANC6A Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda: 

  • Discussion of application by Taqueria Al Lado II at 809 12th Street NE for a Class C Restaurant License.

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Ward 6 ANC Redistricting Task Force will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm

Register to watch the meeting here:  https://bit.ly/3KVtQAA

Agenda:

  • Final approval of the map and report

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Wednesday, March 23

Ward 7 ANC Redistricting Task Force will hold a virtual meeting at a time TBA.

Info on how to join the meeting:  TBA

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March 18, 2022 · 11:23 pm

Out and About … Privacy and Romance – A Photo Essay

Out and About … Privacy and Romance – A Photo Essay

by Elizabeth Eby

What could be more romantic than a sultry evening of poetry on the front porch?   Unfortunately, noisy traffic and a lack of privacy made any sense of intimacy on this one challenging.  It’s located at a busy intersection within in feet of a stop-light and open to the casual stares of drive-by eyes.  The wide louvers of the plantation shutters provide relief and help ameliorate the problems.   
Across the street and down a block it’s a bit quieter and a poet has put up a 2 inch by 2 inch fingerpost to his work – one of many in Hill East and across the city.  For more on the poet, go here:  https://wapo.st/3ikMANC  and here:  https://theclick.news/the-poet-posting-stickers-all-over-washington-dc/

Out and About is an occasional photo feature by artist, photographer, and Capitol Hill resident Elizabeth Eby.  She finds vignettes while out and about on Capitol Hill.

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March 18, 2022 · 12:19 am

Ward 7 Redistricting Task Force Members “Decline” to Advance Standalone Hill East ANC

Francis Campbell’s proposal for a standalone ANC east of the river was “declined,” by Ward 7 Task Force Members, 7 to 9.

Ward 7 Redistricting Task Force Members “Decline” to Advance Standalone Hill East ANC

by Larry Janezich

This is complicated, but stick with me. 

Members of the Ward 7 Task Force on Redistricting held a virtual meeting Thursday night to make some preliminary decisions on proposed maps for ANC and single member boundaries in Ward 7.  The members declined to advance four full or partial redesigns of those boundaries.  Among them was Task Force member and former ANC6B commissioner Francis Campbell’s plan for a standalone Ward 7 ANC east of the river.  Task Force Members were asked to indicate whether to advance a whole map proposal, a partial map proposal, or decline to advance a proposal at all.  The group declined to advance Campbell’s proposal when 9 task force members declined and 7 supported it.   

The procedure was somewhat muddled.  At the Task Force’s virtual roundtable last Monday, after getting bogged down in considering the ten maps in front of them, the consensus was to divide the Task Force into two groups, A and B.  The two groups were to meet on Thursday; each group was to be assigned half the maps and determine which ones were worthy of further consideration and to make that recommendation to the full Task Force.  The goal was to only bring two maps back to the full Task Force. 

But what happened instead was this.  A public meeting of the Ward 7 Task Force – characterized as a round table – was announced shortly after 11:00am on Thursday. 

(Under DC’s Open Meeting Act, “Except for emergency meetings, notice of meetings must be provided in advance or not less than 48 hours or 2 business days prior to the meeting, by posting on website or in the office, and in the DC Register.)

At the meeting, four of the proposals were considered by the entire group, which then determined as a whole which maps to move forward.  None were.  Watch the meeting here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCCnh-WMIU

It was also the consensus at last Monday’s meeting that the public will be permitted to submit additional maps for Task Force consideration until 6:00pm on Saturday, March 19.  In reality, few members of the public submit maps.  The map tool is not user friendly, and most users of the tool made available by the City Council’s Redistricting Committee need the training given to Task Force Members to operate it.

The Task Force will meet at 5:00pm on Monday, March 21 to continue considering maps, and again on Wednesday, March 23. 

One of those likely to be considered is a comprehensive map for the entire ward created by Rob Coomber, former commissioner, ANC 7D01 and current Board Member of Friends of Kingman Park.  See below for the portion affecting Hill East: 

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March 13, 2022 · 10:42 pm

The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week or So

On Tuesday, March 8, United States Attorney for DC Matthew Graves appeared before ANC6B to talk about his mission and his office.  He said the principal function of the US Attorney’s office is community safety – crime suppression: “Our goal is to be the model of 21st Century prosecution.  The recent increase in violent crime is unacceptable and we are doing all we can to turn it down….  Only a small number of community members – 200 to 300 individuals – are responsible for violent crime.
Graves brought up his office’s concern with a bill encompassing the recommendations of the D.C. Criminal Code Revision Commission now before the City Council.  He specifically mentioned a proposal to designate unarmed carjacking as a robbery “equivalent to a purse snatching.”  He also cited as problematic making a misdemeanor jury-demandable if there is the possibility of jail time for the accused. 
ANC6B also voted unanimously to request the Zoning Commission to mail a Notice of Intent (NOI) to File a Map Amendment to Rezone 1323 E Street, SE from PDR-1 to RA-2.  This is the location of the last mile delivery DoorDash Mart – located in the former temporary Frager’s Hardware owned by John Weintraub.  Changing the zoning from retail/industrial to residential would allow DoorDash to continue operations but would limit any future use of the site to residential.  The site is the last street-facing property zoned for industrial use on a block which has been converted to moderate density residential use.  The ANC action would provide a 45 day notice before the filing takes place.  Weintraub joined the virtual meeting but said he had no comment other than he would have to seek legal counsel.  The rezoning would likely reduce the property’s resale value. 
On Wednesday, ANC6C took issue with the Ward 6 Redistricting Task Force plan for their ANC.  Commissioner Mark Eckenweiler expressed frustration that his concerns that the Task Force plan would create a host of undersized single member district in adjoining ANC6E had fallen on deaf ears.  One of his proposals to remedy that would be to extend the ANC6C boundary west and create another single member district for ANC6C (6C08 above). ANC6E is likely to resist extension of the boundary to the west.  To the east, the adjoining ANC6A which currently has 7 single member districts under the redistricting plan is likely to resist any move by ANC6C to increase the number of single member districts beyond parity.
On February 27, CHC reported on an encampment centered around a large tarp covered bus at the corner of 18th and D Streets, NE. The site had been of particular concern to 6A Commissioner Sondra Phillips Gilbert. The photo from today above appears to show progress in the resolution of the problem.
But last at last Thursday’s ANC6A meeting, Phillips Gilbert told commissioners that the bus – sans tarp in this photo – had moved catty corner across 18th Street.
Tuesday, March 1, circa 5:00pm. Coming in like a lion.

The Week Ahead…& Some Photos from the Past Week of So

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 13

The Week Ahead…

Monday, March 14

ANC6D will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here:  https://www.anc6d.org/virtualmeeting/

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • Among items on the agenda:
  • Public Safety Report – MPD.
  • DCRA, Reporting illegal construction.
  • Petalpalooza update.
  • Redistricting Update, Wards 6 and 8.
  • Game Day Traffic Operations and parking plan.

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Ward 7 ANC Redistricting Task Force will hold a virtual roundtable at 6:00pm. 

Register in advance for this webinar:  https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/  (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinars.)

Agenda:

  • This Roundtable will determine the ANC and SMD boundaries for Ward 7 for the next ten years. Current Ward 6 residents who live east of 15th Street will be affected.

Tuesday, March 15

Ward 6 Redistricting Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm. 

Register in advance for this webinar: https://bit.ly/37rXjUo

Agenda:

  • Final Approval of the Map and Report.

Wednesday, March 16

The ANC6A Economic Development and Zoning Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

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

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • 1207 H Street, NE. Zoning Application.   Request for a map amendment to change the property from its current NC-14 zoning (Mixed Use: Medium Density Residential and Medium Density Commercial) to NC-15 )medium density mixed use) which permits a height of 70 feet and an FAR of 4.8, and will be subject to the enhanced affordability requirements under the IZ+ program.
  • 647 16th Street, NE. Zoning Adjustment Application.   Request for special exception zoning relief to permit construction of a third story and rear addition, and convert to a flat, an existing, attached, two-story with cellar in a principal dwelling unit.   
  • 15th Street Alley. Zoning Adjustment Application.   Request for an area variance to construct six, new, attached, two-story with cellar and roof deck, principal dwelling units in the RF-1 zone.
  • 242 11th Street, NE. Historic Preservation Application.  Historic review of the construction of a ten foot (by right) addition on the rear of building while also adding a 3rd floor addition, and a second floor addition to an existing one story garage.
  • 1108 Constitution Avenue, NE. Historic Preservation Application.  Review of the construction of a rear yard addition and cellar addition which will fill in the dogleg.

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March 13, 2022 · 9:25 am

Legendary Song Artist Roberta Flack Honored in Capitol Hill Ceremony – Photo Essay

Legendary Song Artist Robert Flack Honored in Capitol Hill Ceremony

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 13, 2022

Yesterday, on a snowy Saturday afternoon, legendary songstress Roberta Flack came back to the Capitol Hill neighborhood Victorian Pub where she performed before becoming famous.  She was the honoree at a fire callbox restoration commemorating her talent, her work, her contributions, her legacy and her connection to Mr. Henry’s neighborhood bar a block away.

The callbox is in front of the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church – where the ceremony was held – at 5th and Seward Square, SE. 

The restoration was undertaken by the Constitution Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution which hosted the ceremony.  A reception for guests followed at Mr. Henry’s.

Ms. Flack was also awarded the DAR Women in American History Award – presented during Women’s History Month to honor women who have made or are making an outstanding contribution to their communities. 

The restored fire callbox at 5th Street and Seward Square honor Roberta Flack.  The art work was created by Corey Houlihan of Spacewoman Studio.  See here:  https://www.instagram.com/spacewomanstudio/ Members of the Constitution Chapter of the DAR cleaned and repainted the callbox with technical support from Jim Guckert and Guerilla Gardeners. 

The text on the monument reads, in part:  “Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Roberta Flack’s professional singing career began in 1968 one block east of this call box at Mr. Henry’s Restaurant and Lounge (601 Pennsylvania Ave, SE).  After being “discovered” at Mr. Henry’s, Ms. Flack recorded the Billboard #1 album First Take in 1969.
Before she became a pop legend … Ms. Flack played the organ at her church in Arlington beginning at age 9… [at] 15, she received a full music scholarship to Howard University.  After graduation, Ms. Flack taught music in DC public schools ….  Roberta Flack is the first solo artist to win the Grammy for Record of the Year in two consecutive years.  In 2020, Ms. Flack received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.  She is founder of non-profit organizations supporting music education and animal welfare.”

Amanda Murphy, Regent of the DAR Constitution Chapter , spearheaded the two year project to honor Ms. Flack.  In her remarks, she addressed Ms. Flack, saying, “I am thrilled to be here today to unveil this commemoration as part of your legacy and in your honor.” Ms. Flack, pictured above, is center, front row.
Current owner of Mr. Henry’s – Mary Quillian Helms – said she was proud to have Mr. Henry’s associated with Roberta Flack.  Recalling Henry Jaffe who founded Mr. Henry’s in 1966 and hired Ms. Flack to entertain in the downstairs dining room in 1968, Quillian said Jaffe took the bold step of converting two revenue-producing apartments on the second floor to a lounge for Ms. Flack to perform.  She became a sensation after her friend Clint Eastwood used “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in his film Play Misty for Me.  The song became a mega hit in 1972 selling 1.9 million records and topping the charts at #1 for six consecutive weeks.

Ms. Flack receives the DAR Women in American History Award – she said she was “so grateful” to be honored. 

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March 11, 2022 · 6:19 am

Out and About – A Photo Essay

Out and About – A Photo Essay

by Elizabeth Eby

(Ed. note:  This Out and About post is the first in a series – an occasional photo feature by artist, photographer, and Capitol Hill resident Elizabeth Eby.  She finds vignettes while out and about on Capitol Hill.) 

In February tiny white blooms with green markings start poking up through snow – snowdrops, the harbingers of spring.  Plants propagate from seed and offsets – new bulbs that grow attached to the mother bulb.  It’s a slow process, and these new bulbs need a year or two before they bloom. 
Snowdrops became quite fashionable in the 1800s in England and bulbs sold for thousands of pounds.  Recently a British breeder paid several thousand pounds for a rare species (white with large yellow dots) but offspring from that bulb have not yet been on the market.  Modern techniques like “chipping” (dividing mature bulbs into as many as 16 pieces) produce reasonably priced bulbs.  A similar technique is used to propagate orchids, bringing the price down to fit Trader Joe budgets.  Snowdrops can be found in shady spots all over the world.  This clump is located on Bay Street, SE.

Here’s a photo of a painting of snowdrops and Virginia bluebells by George Weymouth, a neighbor and good friend of Andrew Weyth.  Frolic, as he was known, was a horseman and “bon vivant” (see his New York Times obituary https://nyti.ms/3Ku6hOZ ).  Weymouth was one of the founders of the Weyth Museum and the Brandywine Conservancy Trust – a three hour drive from Capitol Hill.  The collection includes many of Weyth’s best known works as well as original illustrations of Treasure Island.  The museum is very intimate and visitors get to know generations of the Weyth family, personal histories of a few of Andrew’s models and local history starting with the Revolutionary War.

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March 9, 2022 · 6:08 pm

New Barracks Row Retail:  Sustainable (Pricey) Dry Goods | Grocer Outlet Coming

The space formerly occupied by Baskin-Robbins is getting a new dry goods and grocery tenant. The Haines Building is owned by Community Connections.

New Barracks Row Retail:  Sustainable (Pricey) Dry Goods | Grocer Outlet Coming

by Larry Janezich

The signage on the former Baskin-Robbins at 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, announces the coming of Mason & Greens, Sustainable Dry Goods | Grocer.  The company promises plastic free products that are ethically made and sustainably sourced and claims ownership of the title of DC’s largest vegan shop.  Package free goods purchased on line can be delivered to your door with a $25 minimum and $5 delivery fee.   

Their offerings, they say, contain no toxic chemicals, synthetic fabric, palm oil or anything else that can damage people or the planet.  The product line includes items for the home, kitchen, beauty, kids, and the outdoors, as well as food, snacks, and books.   

This will be the company’s second store – there’s a Mason & Greene at 913 King Street in Alexandria. 

Here’s a link to their website:  https://www.masonandgreens.com/

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March 7, 2022 · 8:57 pm

R.I.P Capitol Hill Community Advocate/Activist Donna Scheeder

Donna Scheeder presided over a virtual meeting of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee on February 28, 2021.
A meeting of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee meeting on September 25, 2019, in North Hall, Eastern Market. The before times. L-R Jerry Sroufe, Monty Edwards, Jonathan Page, Chuck Burger, Donna Scheeder, Susan Oulser, Mike Bowers, Angie Brunson, Anita Jefferson.

R.I.P Donna Scheeder

by Larry Janezich

Posted March 7, 2022

Chuck Burger, Vice Chair of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC), announced today the passing of Capitol Hill community advocate and activist Donna Scheeder. 

In an email to regular attendees of EMCAC monthly meetings, Burger said:

“Our friend Donna Scheeder has peacefully passed today at home.  Personally, I can only say that I am grateful to have known her.  She was irreplaceable as a friend and an advocate for so many in so many ways. She will be missed but greatly remembered.

A celebration will be announced in coming weeks.” 

The cause of death was cancer.  Scheeder was a private person, and made few concessions to her illness, continuing to chair EMCAC until as recently as its January meeting.  The seriousness of her condition wasn’t apparent until the February meeting of EMCAC which was postponed until March 2nd, at which time Burger intimated that she was unable to fulfill her role as chair, and asked for a moment of silent prayer for her. 

Scheeder is best known in the community for her service for many years as the Ward 6 Councilmember’s appointee to – and chair of – EMCAC.  She was also a founding member of the Hill Center Board of Directors and most recently took an active role in the advisory task force for the redesign of Eastern Market Metro Plaza Park and children’s playground.

In her professional life, she was deputy chief information officer for the Congressional Research Service and retired in March of 2015. 

According to Wikipedia she was president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2015 to 2017 and served on the governing board of IFLA for 6 years. 

See here for more:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Scheeder

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March 6, 2022 · 10:38 pm

The Week Ahead…Some Photos & Baking for Ukraine

Sarah Yerkes heard the call of Bakers Against Racism for an emergency bake sale for Ukraine and responded by organizing friends, neighbors, and Brent school kids for a Sunday bake sale on the 400 block of 7th Street, SE.  She told CHC that she likes to bake and her great great grandparents came from Ukraine.  The 8 – 10 Brent Schoolers, including her two daughters, solicited customers by engaging passersby with signs.  Yerkes alerted the MOTH listserv.  At the end of the day on Sunday afternoon, the effort raised $1,819.00. 
Bakers Against Racism was founded as a social community, connecting bakers across the Globe to fight against racism in all its forms – a collective of people from all walks of life who bake to make the world a better place.  See here:  https://www.bakersagainstracism.com/

Washingtonian reports that Newland, chef Andrew Markett’s new venture in the space formerly occupied by Montmartre, will open near Eastern Market on Tuesday, March 8.  The restaurant, at 327 7th Street, SE, seats 42 plus five at a bar described as “intimate.”  Capitol Hill Corner reported earlier that the Beuchert’s restaurant team behind Newland will also open Fight Club later this spring in the space formerly occupied by Hank’s on the Hill at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE.   See Washingtonian, here:  https://bit.ly/3hJXL24

Bullfrog Bagels near Eastern Market will partner with A Presto! Italian Pop Up.  Stephanie Hulbert will bring her Italian pop up A Presto! to Bullfrog Bagels’ second floor at 317 7th Street, SE next Sunday, March 13, according to DCist.  In addition to sit down dining, the restaurant will offer takeout and delivery.  The restaurant will be open Thursday through Sunday, 5:00pm – 10:00pm.  See A Presto! website for the menu:  www.aprestoitalianfoods.com   See the DCist article here:  https://bit.ly/3pJo50J

Bond Vet will open a full service pet clinic in the 600 block on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, in the space formerly occupied by Sizzling Express.  The clinic will offer urgent and preventive care, surgeries, dentals, and virtual visits.  Clinics are open 10:00am – 8:00pm, 365 days a year.  The company is based in New York and recently announced plans to open four clinics in DC.  See here:  https://bondvet.com/

It seems like a long time ago, but the National Guard was on hand just in case on last Tuesday afternoon, prior to President Biden’s State of the Union message.  The 8 foot fence around the Capitol Building had been erected the day before.  It was taken down the day after the speech.

ICYMI, Gandel’s the liquor store at 211 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, which seemingly had been there forever, closed in January according to the manager at bibija, next door.  Asked if he knew why, the manager said, “no customers.”

The Week Ahead….

By Larry Janezich

Posted March 6, 2022

The Week Ahead….

Tuesday, March 8

ANC6B will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here:  https://bit.ly/3MmashP

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • Presentation:  Matthew Graves, US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
  • 1102 8th Street, SE.   Taco City DC.  Application for Substantial Change in Tavern Liquor License for Sidewalk Café. 
  • 119 6th Street, SE.   Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special Exception to construct a rear, two-story addition to an existing, detached, two-story principal dwelling unit.
  • 1307 South Carolina Avenue, SE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special Exception to construct a rear deck addition to an attached, three-story principal dwelling unit. 
  • 344 14th Street, SE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special Exception to construct third story and rear addition to an existing, attached, two-story principal dwelling unit.
  • 1500 D Street, SE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special Exception to construct a second story, rear addition to an existing, semi-detached, two-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. 
  • ANC6B Request to Mail Notice of Intent to File a Map Amendment to Rezone 1323 E Street, SE, from PDR-1 to RA-2.
  • Resolution on Reckless Driving in DC – Resident Member John Ten Hoeve.
  • Request to DDOT to Implement Resident Only Parking Near the Reopened Safeway.
  • Walk Without Worry Amendment Act (Bill 24-0566) – Commissioner Horn.
  • Safe Routes to School Expansion Amendment Act (Bill 24-0565) – Commissioner Horn.
  • Possible Renaming of Garfield Park to Garfield-Anacostia Park.
  • Letter to DC Council Regarding Neighborhood Concerns on Increased Carjackings – introduced by Commissioner Samolyk.
  • Letter Regarding Harris Teeter Lease – introduced by Commissioner Ryder.

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Wednesday, March 9

ANC6C will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here:  https://anc6c.org/hot-topics/

Among items on the draft agenda:

  • Naming of NoMa park at Third and L Streets, NE.
  • 103 4th Street, NE.  Historic Preservation Application.  Concept approval to add a second story to an existing one-story rear addition. 
  • 634 East Capitol Street, NE.  Historic Preservation Application.  Concept approval to add a two-story addition and roof deck at rear. 
  • 931 5th Street, NE.  Zoning Adjustment Application.  Special exception relief to add a third-story rear addition and penthouse to an existing attached two-story dwelling. 
  • 7 New York Avenue, NE – Demolition to construct a 14-story residential building. 
  • Public hearing on B24-565, Safe Routes to School /Walk without Worry/Safer Intersections/Upgrading. 
  • Tactical Safety Projects legislation. 
  • Bus route changes on Eastern Market/L’Enfant Plaza Circulator. 
  • National Capitol Planning Commission – Streetscape design guidelines, National Mall. 
  • Curbside shifts on the 800 block of 3rd Street, NE.  Addition of commercial vehicle loading zone at Giant. 
  • Discussion of new and upgraded bicycle lanes. 

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Ward 6 Public Schools Parent Organization hosts virtual Middle School Principal Panel Discussion at 7:30pm. 

  • Principals Greg Dohmann (Jefferson Middle School Academy), Marlene Magrino (Eliot-Hine Middle School), Erik Fraser (Stuart-Hobson Middle School), and Kim Adutwum (Capitol Hill Montessori@Logan) will share their ideas on what makes a good middle school,  how their schools help all students reach their highest potential, what extracurricular activities they offer, and more.  Denise Forte, the interim CEO of the Education Trust, will be the moderator.

Register for the Middle School Principal Panel Discussion at https://bit.ly/W6PSPOMSPrincipals  

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Thursday, March 10

ANC6A will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.

To join the meeting, go here: https://anc6a.org/community-calendar/

Among items on the draft agenda:

Presentations

  • D.C. Sentencing Commission – Brittany Bunch, Outreach Specialist.
  • GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic – Daniel Jones.

Letters and Resolutions

  • Letter of support for stipulated liquor license for Taqueria Al Lado II, contingent on a Settlement Agreement being reached prior to the ANC’s consideration of the matter.
  • Resolution to officially name the alley in Square 1009, between C and D Street NE and 12th and 13th Streets, NE, “Overbeck Alley” in honor of Ruth Ann Overbeck, and send the resolution to Councilmember Charles Allen.
  • 1127 G Street, NE.  Letter in conditional support of the request for a special exception zoning relief to allow construction of a detached, two-story, garage with second story dwelling unit to an existing, attached, two-story principal dwelling. 

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March 4, 2022 · 6:29 pm

Here’s What We Know about the Trucker Convoy

Here’s What We Know about the Trucker Convoy

By Larry Janezich

Posted March 4, 2022

Friday afternoon, following a briefing with security officials and city leaders, CM Charles Allen shared the following points related to the possible convoy of truckers coming into the District this weekend and next week.

  • The largest of the several convoys is reported to have more than 500 vehicles – a mix of tractor trailers, RVs, and personal vehicles.
  • Most of the convoy appears to be staging in Hagerstown, MD, this evening and Saturday. 
  • The biggest impact (if any) for the District would be later this weekend and potentially into next week if the convoy or individual drivers attempt to enter the District or instead, drive around the Beltway.
  • The intention of those in the convoy is unclear, though spokespersons for the larger convoy stated they do not intend to enter DC.  But they do not speak for every participant. 
  • The convoy has also attracted numerous extremist groups and individuals along its journey, but leadership of the larger group has at times attempted to distance the association with those individuals.
  • It’s unclear what targets the convoy might have in mind, but areas of focus will be the White House and US Capitol.
  • DC law enforcement has staged vehicles and personnel at various entry points to stop vehicles if needed and has built up capacity to tow and remove vehicles if there are parking and blocking strategies employed. 
  • There’s no indication the convoy is focused on residential neighborhoods but any attempt to reach the Capitol or White House might bring them through those neighborhoods. 
  • Law enforcement officials say they will continue watching closely any large vehicles and trucks entering the city well before they get downtown or near the Capitol.

Allen says a big take away from the briefing is that “while the situation is still very fluid, law enforcement is taking a very focused and strategic approach and is advising people to prepare to exercise patience next week if we see any road closures take place.”  You can also get updates via Alert DC: https://hsema.dc.gov/page/alertdc

Also, see here the DCist story here:  https://bit.ly/3sHdl4M

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