ANC 1B

by Pleasant Mann

been running the program for a while. e police tactic with ATVs is to just discourage people from riding them.

Economic Development Committee e committee did not meet in May. Noted that the hearing for the Map Amendment for 1617 U Street will come up before the Zoning Commission. District Bridges, which manages Logan Circle Main Streets, wants to get support for an ampli ed sound permit for their Art All Night festival on September 30. A motion to approve the permit passed unanimously.

Transportation Committee e committee presented four resolutions to the commission. e rst was to support WMATA’s Better Bus Program. A motion to support the resolution passed. e next was on the DC Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) Florida Avenue Bus Priority project. It called for an evaluation of the bus lanes proposed for the project. e resolution passed unanimously. ird was a resolution to support a pilot project on parking for U Street developed by the Mayor’s O ce of Nightlife and Culture and DDOT. If the pilot is successful, it will be followed by the development of a plan and the issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) by DDOT to implement it. e last resolution was in support of the creation of a tactical roundabout at Barry Place. e letter of support asks for raised crosswalks on the roundabout. e resolution passed.

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation (ABR) Committee

Maydan, 1346 Florida Avenue NW. e ANC has arrived at a settlement agreement. Achieving the agreement may have required the most di cult set of negotiations over the past six months. A motion to approve the agreement passed unanimously. e committee also produced a letter that they wanted to send to the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration, asking if the ANC can add a provision to require sensitivity training for employees in a settlement agreement. e issue came up originally with the issue over Nellie’s. It still is not clear if the ANC has the power to require such training. A motion to send the letter passed.

1B06 Vacancy

ANC Chair Harris announced that the 1B06 seat had become vacant. e vacancy has already been posted in the DC Register. She suggested that people interested in running for the vacancy contact one of the ANC Commissioners or the O ce of ANCs. Commissioner Kensek noted that 1B06 included Malcolm X Park, which is a site for a number of neighborhood events. He o ered to help support any activities there until the vacancy is lled.

New Business: Naming of Alley

Commissioner Jones introduced a resolution to name an alley at 1021-1027 Euclid Street NW after famed DC artist Alma omas. e alley, in a block bounded by 11th Street, Fairmont, Sherman Avenue and Euclid Street, would change to Alma omas Court. e developers that want to build on this stretch of land made a presentation to the Transportation Committee in April. ey said that the alley had to have a name for the units to have a formal address. e presentation had six di erent potential names for the alley.

Some residents opposed the alley naming, largely because of the development it was attached to. ey also complained that they did not get advance notice of this e ort to name the alley. A committee member questioning the need for an alley naming, saying the lots already had a street address. Jones replied that the relevant District agencies said that an alley name is needed for the development. Since the proposal had not taken the form of a motion, consideration of it was deferred to the next ANC meeting.

ANC 1B will hold its next meeting on ursday, July 6, starting at 6:30 p.m. Plans are to hold this meeting as a virtual conference. Visit www.anc1b.org for more information. ◆

Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2G held its monthly meeting for June on ursday evening, June 8, 2023. Due to the restrictions on public meetings caused by the Coronavirus crisis, the meeting was held as a virtual conference. Commission Chair Alexander M. “Alex” Padro (2G02) called the meeting to order. Commissioners Anthony “Tony” Brown (2G01, Treasurer), Steven McCarty (2G04, Secretary), Sheena Berry (2G05) and Rachelle P. Nigro (2G06, Vice Chair) were in attendance. e ANC 2G03 seat is currently vacant.

Third Police District Report

Lieutenant Matthew Romeo of the ird Police District noted that there had been a lot of activity during the previous month, particularly on the 200 block of N Street NW. ere was a shooting at 401 N Street on May 31. ere was a number of cases where juveniles are driving up to cars, tapping the bumper of the car in front of them, and then stealing the car when the victim gets out to check damage. ere is still a problem with cars being stolen due to the “Kia Challenge” online that instructs how to steal particular models of autos. Burglaries have gone down, as well as thefts from autos.

Commissioner Nigro asked about the shooting at 401 N Street. Romeo noted that there was an arrest warrant out for the perpetrator. e Lieutenant also mentioned a problem with people loitering in front of the liquor store at Ninth and P Streets. Romeo said that he would assign o cers to clean it up.

Commissioner McCarty noted that all the tenants at the Henrietta (933 N Street NW) were being evicted, which has led to a lot of illegal activity there. Romeo replied that he needed details on the people and activities occurring there. McCarty said that some of this is happening early in the morning, between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m.

Commissioner Brown asked what was being done to suppress illegal All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) on the streets. Romeo said that there is now a police taskforce dealing with this. ey are