ADVISORY
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 1B
Government
of the
Minutes
Thursday, May 6, 2010,
7:00 PM,
The regular
monthly meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B occurred on Thursday, May
6, 2010, at 7:00 pm in the
Chairperson
Anderson Holness observed the presence of a quorum and called the meeting to
order at 7:05 PM.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness then made the following announcement:
Good
evening and welcome to the May 2010 meeting of ANC 1B. I am Commissioner E. Gail Anderson Holness,
Chairperson of the Commission. Before I
call the meeting to order, I would like to make the following announcements on
behalf of the Commission.
.
ü We ask that you silence your cell
phones. By “silence” I mean either put
them on “silence” or turn them off if you are able. The vibration and rings interfere with our
recording and we sometimes lose valuable information.
ü Our meeting agenda is based on a
strict time frame. We want to address
all issues and assure participation by all interested parties, but we also want
to make sure that our meeting ends at a reasonable hour. Therefore, we ask that all presentations be
limited to five minutes. Mr. Jim Irwin,
our staff director, will give each presenter a three-minute and one-minute
warning, and then will announce the expiration of time. We request all those asking questions to be
as brief and concise as possible. Ask a question, and not make a major
statement or give us a dissertation.
Community announcements at the end of the meeting are limited to two
minutes each. We want to do this because
individuals start to leave the meeting after they make their presentations, and
we want the community to be involved as much as possible in all of the business
of ANC 1B, so that is why we want to have our meetings for about an hour and a
half. That way, people will want to stay
and they will be interested in what is happening in our community, and we will
all be knowledgeable about what is going on.
ü This meeting is audio-recorded for the
public record and the draft minutes of the meeting, which will be published on
our website as soon as possible.
ü We welcome and encourage public
comment at appropriate points in the meeting.
Normally, we will ask for public comment on issues before the Commission
before any motion is offered for official action. Once a motion has been made and seconded,
comment and discussion is confined to Commissioners.
ü We ask that all those making presentations,
asking questions, or making comments speak loudly and clearly for the benefit
of our recording device. Please state
your name, residence address, and what organization you represent. If you are representing yourself as a
resident, rather than an organization, please say so.
ü For the accuracy of our public
records, we ask that all those making presentations, asking questions, or
making comments complete the very brief speaker information form located on the
sign-in table at the back of the room. Please give the completed form to our Staff
Director, Jim Irwin, either before or after you speak to the Commission. The purpose of this form is to assure correct
spelling of your name in the minutes, accurate address and accurate statement
of representation.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked Commissioners to introduce themselves.
Presentations
United Negro College Fund
Chairperson
Anderson Holness invited the representatives of the United Negro College Fund
(UNCF) to make their presentation.
Ms. Olivia
Shay-Byrne, representing Reid Smith, counsel for UNCF, introduced Talah
Shahlavi of Reid Smith and Gerald Chen-Young, Investment Manager at UNCF. She said that they are proposing a 319,000
square foot mixed use project at the former Broadcast One development. They will purchase 50,000 square feet of
office space, 5,000 square feet for the College of Knowledge, and the balance
will be residential. They are requesting
the Commission’s support for up to $26 million in tax-exempt bonds to enable to
purchase and construct their new space.
They are requesting a letter of support.
The College
of Knowledge will be on the lower level of the building and will provide
students with the knowledge and skills to apply for college or university.
Mr.
Chen-Young said that he managed three investment portfolios for UNCF. They had about $1.1 billion in
investments. UNCF’s headquarters is
currently located in Fairfax, Virginia.
They moved there from New York City in the early 1990s. The current thinking is that Fairfax is not
representative of UNCF. It is not close
to the Washington D.C. universities, the multilateral institutions, the
District government, the Capitol. It is
in many senses an anachronism to have UNCF out in the suburbs. The Shaw neighborhood just down the street
from Howard University offers natural synergies. The UNCF funds scholarships not just for
African American students, but through their Gates Foundation partnership, for
all minority students. A thousand
students per year, almost anywhere in the world, receive scholarship support
from UNCF. The location is natural, it
fits, and it feels good to be in Washington D.C.
Commissioner
Moss congratulated UNCF on the City Council’s unanimous vote to provide UNCF
with a tax abatement of $5.1 million over two years. She said she had testified in favor of UNCF
receiving that tax abatement and was delighted that UNCF would be an anchor
tenant for the development.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if there were any questions from Commissioners. There was none. She asked if there were any questions from
the community. There was none.
Commission
Moss moved that ANC 1B send a letter of support to the D.C. City Council for
the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Officers Reports
Secretary’s Report – Minutes of April
2010 meeting
Commissioner
Moss submitted the draft minutes of the April 2010 meeting for approval.
Commissioner
Moss moved that the draft minutes of the April 2010 meeting be approved with
any corrections as necessary.
Commissioner
Nadeau seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Lopez noted one correction on page three of the minutes under the Public Safety
Committee report. He asked that the
location of 14th and Fairmont Streets N.W. be noted as located in
ANC 1B07. Commissioner Muhammad said he
was not sure of the address. Chairperson
Anderson Holness said the minutes could be corrected to read “in the area of 14th
and Fairmont Streets N.W.”
There were no
other corrections
The motion
was adopted, 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain.
Commissioner Ferrer abstained.
Treasurer’s Report
Commissioner
Ferrer reported that four checks were written at the April meeting: 2 checks to James Irwin for staff wages and
office supplies, a check to Commissioner Ferrer in the amount of $1,057.77 for
reimbursement of furniture moving expenses, and a check to the African American
Civil War Museum for a grant of $2,200.00.
Commissioner
Ferrer noted the list of checks that were cashed in April.
Commissioner
Ferrer reported that there were three expenses to be approved:
$1,389.76 for
staff wages to James Irwin
$380.73 for
office supplies and printing to James Irwin
$107.90 for
website hosting and maintenance fees for the last eight months to Philip
Spalding
Commissioner
Raia said he thought that Mr. Spalding had been removed from the website
account and someone else’s credit card was being used to pay the fees.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that they had waited until they hired someone, and then it did not
happen.
Commissioner
Ferrer said that the change had been discussed with Mr. Spalding and the charge
would go on Mr. Irwin’s credit card. Mr.
Irwin is waiting to get a user name and password for the website account from
Mr. Gottlieb Simon.
Commissioner
Ferrer moved that ANC 1B approve the reimbursement of the three expenses as
stated.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
The motion
was approved unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Commissioner
Ferrer moved that ANC 1B approve the Treasurer’s Report for April, 2010.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Commissioner
Ferrer referred to the 2010 First and Second Quarterly Reports that had been
circulated to the Commission for review.
Commissioner
Lopez asked if these were the final reports and were all receipts available.
Commissioner
Ferrer said they were and the reports would be circulated again with all
receipts and documentation scanned and accompanying them.
Commissioner Lopez
asked about the payment of state and federal taxes.
Commissioner
Ferrer said those were still being worked out and would go into the next
quarterly report.
Commissioner
Ferrer moved that ANC 1B approve the 2010 First Quarter Report.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Commissioner
Ferrer moved that ANC 1B approve the 2010 Second Quarter Report.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Commissioner
Ferrer said that the furniture that had been donated and stored would have to
be moved into the new office space at the Reeves Center. Mr. Irwin was searching for a new vendor
because the first one had added costs after the move that were not acknowledged
up front. Commissioner Ferrer proposed
to review the cost of the new vendor, approve it, and circulate it to the
Commission. There was no objection to
this proposal.
Public Safety and Public Safety
Committee Report
Commissioner
Muhammad reported that he had met with Lt. Jova, representing PSA 305 and Lt.
Pierce and Sgt. ____[inaudible] who represent PSA 304. Starting this month, on May 27th,
the Public Safety Committee will begin meeting regularly. The meetings are fully supported by the
Metropolitan Police Department. The
Fire/EMS Department will be represented as well. He said that when he had identified the
meeting location, he would be going to the residents of the area and putting
out notices of the meeting.
Commissioner
Muhammad said he had a report on crime in PSA 304 and 305 for the past thirty
days. Commissioner Muhammad’s full
report was circulated to the Commission and is appended to these minutes for
review.
Commissioner
Muhammad moved that his report be adopted for information purposes.
Commissioner Ferrer
seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Design Review Applications and Design
Committee Report
Mr. Tony
Norman, Chairperson of the Design Review Committee, reported that this was the
last day for people to join the committee.
As the Commission decided at the April meeting, committee membership
would be closed on May 6th.
He also reported that the committee now has 14 members, including three
or four architects and the Dean of the Howard University School of
Architecture.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness thanked Mr. Norman for his work in rebuilding and revitalizing
the committee, and she thanked all who had joined for their willingness to
serve.
Mr. Norman
reported that the committee had reviewed the proposal of the African American
Civil War Memorial Museum to relocate the museum to the Grimke School and carry
out renovations there. The committee
expected to review the Museum’s applications for public space permits, traffic
management and other matters at a later date.
At present, the committee had approved the concept of the museum’s
renovation of the school and recommended that the Commission support that
concept.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B support the concept of the African American Civil War
Memorial Museum renovation of the Grimke School as presented by the Design
Review Committee.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 7 yes, 0 no.
Mr. Norman
reported that the committee discussed a proposal by merchants in the 2000 block
of 14th Street N.W. to place a communal trash compactor in the alley
to improve trash management. However,
the committee did not actually hear from or receive a written proposal from an
applicant and therefore could not take action.
The committee found the concept very interesting.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if anyone was present to speak to the proposal.
Mr. Sheldon
Scott, Restaurant Marvin, said the project is designed to address the problem
of trash disposal for businesses on that block.
These businesses occupy 100% of their lots and do not have space for
trash disposal. This has caused problems
for them and for residents. They propose
to place a communal trash compactor on public space in the alley for trash disposal
and another for recycling. They are now
in the process of designing a relationship between the businesses that will
allow one of them to be identified as the applicant for the public space
permit.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked if they yet had an applicant.
Mr. Scott
said they did not yet have an applicant.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if there was some action the Commission should take at
this meeting.
Mr. Norman
said the committee did not have a written proposal, but liked the concept. He thought there should be a written proposal
or request.
Mr. Scott
said they would like a letter from the Commission supporting the concept.
Mr. Scott
Pomeroy, a member of the Design Review Committee, said that the request had
been sent earlier last week by e-mail but did not come through until last
night. The request was for the
Commission to support the general concept of the public space application,
subject to verification of the specifics at the next Design Review Committee
meeting.
Commissioner Moss
asked what Mr. Scott’s timeline was for resolving the contractual relationship
among the merchants and identifying an applicant.
Mr. Scott
said it would be a matter of two or three weeks. They were currently waiting to receive a
contract from the trash disposal vendor.
Commissioner
Akinmboni asked who specifically was involved in the proposal.
Commissioner
Raia said that all the merchants on the 2000 block of 14th Street
N.W. would be involved.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked if the Commission would be voting only on the concept of the
project, and would the project come back to the Commission at the next meeting
for approval of the public space application.
Mr. Pomeroy
said the request was for support of the concept. The public space application and the details
would be brought to the Commission at the next meeting, but the Department of
Transportation wanted the project concept presented to the Commission before
the application was filed.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B support the concept of the communal trash compactor as
presented.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
Liquor Licenses and ABC Committee
Report
Commissioner
Raia announced that the ABC Committee would be meeting on Wednesday, May 19,
2010 at 7:00 PM at the Thurgood Marshall Center. He said that current committee membership
was drawn from the single-member districts of Commissioners Lopez, Muhammad and
Thomas, and from his district.
L&S Lounge, LLC t/a GII Restaurant
& Lounge, 2632 Georgia Avenue, N.W. –
Retail Class C Restaurant License Application
Commissioner
Raia noted that Commissioner Smith was absent.
At his request, Commissioner Raia was handling this license application.
Commissioner
Raia moved, on Commissioner Smith’s behalf, that ANC 1B protest the license
application of GII Restaurant and Lounge on the basis of peace, order, quiet
and parking.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Raia said that Commissioner Smith would be the lead for this application, but
in his absence, Commissioner Raia said he would assist with the ABRA concerns
that Commissioner Smith might have, so that when it was assigned to a
Commissioner he would assist with those concerns.
Commissioner
Thomas commented that the same location had been before the Commission two
years ago. She had talked with
Commissioner Smith about an hour before the meeting and she was familiar with
the business. [remaining comments
inaudible.]
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if the Commission would have the opportunity to hear from the
applicant.
Commissioner
Raia asked if Commissioner Nadeau needed to hear from the applicant.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if it was not the point of having the application on the agenda
that the public could hear what the application was.
Commissioner
Nadeau commented that if the Commission was protesting, it should understand
why.
Commissioner
Raia suggested that the applicant take three minutes to tell the Commission
what his business was about.
Mr. Andrew
Kline, attorney for the applicant, said he was surprised that a motion to
protest had been made before the applicant could make a presentation to the
Commission.
Mr. Kline
said the applicant was a small neighborhood establishment. The occupancy rate is 102. The application is for a Class C Restaurant
license, serving food. The applicant had
a fact-finding hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABCB)
because there had been a previous application for the location and the Board
was concerned that the applicant was in fact independent from the property
owner, who had been the previous applicant.
The Board was completely satisfied with him and that he was
independent. This would be an upscale
establishment and Mr. Kline invited the Commissioners to visit it. He asked the Commission to support the
license application and repeated his surprise that a motion to protest was made
before the applicant had made his presentation.
Commissioner
Thomas asked if it was standard procedure to protest every license application
on the basis of peace, order, quiet and parking.
Commissioner
Raia said it was not standard because the Commission had not protested every
license.
Commissioner
Thomas said that it appeared to her that every new liquor license applicant
seemed to be subject to protest, no matter who it is. She said she had asked this question a while
back, and she did not get any clarity.
Commissioner
Raia said he wanted to make it clear that it was not standard. He could bring the question to the ABC
Committee and see if they wanted to make it a standard.
Commissioner
Thomas said she believed that every new license had been subject to protest as
a way of negotiating a voluntary agreement.
Was she correct about that?
Commissioner
Moss said that the lion’s share of those applying for renewal or for a new
license had been protested to make sure that they were properly vetted with
civic associations as well as the development and drafting of a voluntary
agreement. It was not the posture of the
Commission to be anti-business or to sink renewals or new applications. It was just the process of vetting it with
the community and getting a sound voluntary agreement and consensus with the
residents and the merchant.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness observed that, since she had become Chair, the position was
that businesses go to the community organizations and talk with them, which
would make it easier for different committees to work properly.
Commissioner
Thomas said she liked the way that worked.
Her question, again, was whether this was standard procedure. On the one hand the answer was no, but on the
other hand she observed that that was what the Commission had been doing. She needed clarity so that she could tell
businesses in her single member district what to expect.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness noted that Commissioner Raia had said that Commissioner Smith
could not attend the meeting. He had
come by briefly before the meeting began but had to go out of town on business,
so he was not at the meeting and this application was in his single member
district. One of the things they wanted
to do was put it in abeyance until Commissioner Smith could be present, because
that is his single member district.
However, because of time constraints and other issues relating to this
matter, they decided to bring it at this meeting. Therefore, the motion came directly from the
Chair of the ABC Committee.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if the Commission was protesting on the basis of peace, order and
quiet, or was the Commission protesting to buy time because it had not done its
homework.
Commissioner
Raia said that Commissioner Smith was not present to talk about that so he
could not answer that question.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if Commissioner Smith had said why he wanted to protest.
Commissioner
Raia said that there were issues with the application. He asked the applicant if he had gone before the
community yet.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked if the applicant had met with the Pleasant Plains Civic
Association.
Mr. Kline
said no.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness noted that the Commission had asked individuals, especially
since January, to go before neighborhood community organizations prior to
coming to the full Commission. The
Commissioner for the single member district should help to make that
happen. The Commission had been very
successful in enforcing that with other individuals and groups that have come
before it. Until that happens, the
Commission would send the individual back to the community to go to that
community and then bring the issue back to the Commission, so that the
Commission might vote on it based on what the residents have said. She observed that all Commissioners agreed
that this was a good policy to have because it let the Commission know that the
community was either for or against the particular issue. Right now, the Commission did not have that
information.
Commissioner
Raia said that if Commissioner Smith came back to the Commission and said he
had spoken with the community, a voluntary agreement might not be necessary,
and at that point the Commission could withdraw its protest.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked if the applicant had been before any of the other civic
associations in the area.
Mr. Kline
said no.
Commissioner
Ferrer said that his single member district bordered that of Commissioner
Smith. They were right across Georgia
Avenue from each other. There was a real
lack of good restaurants in the neighborhood and they would love to see a good
new restaurant come in. However, he had
concerns about the application because of the history of the location and the
previous applicant. He asked Mr. Kline
if he could share the results of the ABCB fact-finding hearing. He asked if there was a transcript of the
hearing.
Mr. Kline
said there was a transcript, and he could summarize the results. He said that the applicant, Mr. Askew, went
to the hearing with his business plan.
The Board was satisfied with his plan and was also satisfied that Mr.
Askew’s relationship to the previous applicant, who was also his landlord, was
strictly as tenant to landlord. The
landlord had no interest in the business.
Mr. Askew had his own vision for the business. The Board was completely satisfied with all
of that.
Commissioner
Ferrer said he would like to have the findings of the hearing.
Mr. Kline
said the Board did not make any findings per se because they usually do not,
other than to decide whether any further action is warranted, so there are not
any formal findings. Other than his
summary, a transcript of the hearing would be the only thing available.
Commissioner
Ferrer said he would get the transcript.
He said that, until the applicant had presented to the community
organizations in the area, as the Commissioner representing the district directly
across from the location, he would want the Commission to protest the
application so that the community had the chance to weigh in prior to any
action by the Commission.
Commissioner
Moss asked Mr. Askew if he could describe his experience in the restaurant
business prior to applying for this license.
Mr. Askew
said he had not had a liquor license before this. He had experience as a restaurant manager in
the District.
Commissioner
Moss asked how long Mr. Askew had been leasing the present location.
Mr. Askew
said he had had the lease for several weeks, and had signed a ten-year
lease. He said he did not expect any
problem and would be very happy if Commissioners would come and see what he was
doing to create an upscale restaurant.
He had already invested a lot of money.
Commissioner
Moss asked if Mr. Askew was planning to have music in his summer garden.
Mr. Askew
said he did not plan to have live music or loud music, but he did plan to have
recorded classical jazz.
Commissioner
Moss asked if that was part of the application.
Mr. Kline
said no.
Commissioner
Moss observed that would be part of a voluntary agreement negotiation.
Commissioner
Raia said that was between the applicant and Commissioner Smith, who was not
able to be present. He said the
community wanted the applicant’s business, but part of the confusion was
related to the past history of the owner and previous applicant.
Commissioner
Moss encouraged the applicant to visit with the residents and the civic
associations in the neighborhood.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if there were any questions from the community.
There was
none.
Commissioner
Ferrer observed that the applicant should go to the Pleasant Plains Civic
Association because it would be great advertising as well. A lot of residents were members and would be
excited about the applicant’s plans.
Commissioner
Raia requested a friendly amendment to the motion to say that if Commissioner
Smith determines in consultation with the Pleasant Plains Civic Association and
other groups that a voluntary agreement is not needed, then the Commission will
withdraw the protest.
Commissioner
Nadeau said she did not think the Commission could do that.
Commissioner
Raia said that Commissioner Smith, based on his determination, could say that
there was no issue and withdraw the protest.
Commissioner
Nadeau said the Commission had to vote to withdraw a protest.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked Commissioner Raia to restate his motion.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B protest the license application of GII Restaurant and
Lounge on the basis of peace, order, quiet and parking, and that if
Commissioner Smith, in consultation with community organizations, determined
that no voluntary agreement was needed, the Commission would withdraw its
protest.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that this could not be done without another vote.
Commissioner
Raia said that it would have to come back next month anyway.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked then why bother amending the motion.
Commissioner
Raia said the Commission could just protest the license if that was what
Commissioner Nadeau wanted. He said the
next ABCB hearing was just to schedule a future hearing.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said there was a motion on the floor and called for a vote.
The motion
failed 4 yes, 5 no by roll call vote.
YES NO
Raia Moss
Muhammad Thomas
Ferrer Nadeau
Anderson
Holness Lopez
Akinmboni
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B protest the license application of GII Restaurant and Lounge
on the basis of peace, order, quiet and parking.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted 5 yes, 4 no by roll call vote.
YES NO
Moss Thomas
Raia Nadeau
Muhammad Lopez
Ferrer Akinmboni
Anderson Holness
The Independent, 715 Florida Avenue
N.W., Retail Class C Tavern
License Application
Commissioner
Moss introduced Mr. Sheldon Scott and Mr. Ian Hilton, the applicants. She noted that the applicants had been very
proactive in reaching out to residents and neighborhood associations.
Mr. Scott
said they were applying for a Class C Tavern License for an Italian
full-service restaurant on the first floor, with lounge and soft seating on the
second floor, and a summer garden roof-top.
Commissioner
Moss said the community was delighted with the proposed activity at this
location. This had been a long-dormant
location and the proposed business is much-needed in that area. She said that she and the applicants were in
the process of discussing a voluntary agreement. It had not yet gone to the ABC
Committee. She would recommend that the
license be protested so that the applicants could go before the civic
association and the ABC Committee, so that a voluntary agreement could be
negotiated that would address the roof deck.
Commissioner
Moss moved that ANC 1B protest the application of The Independent on the basis
of peace, order, quiet and parking.
Commissioner
Ferrer seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Lopez asked if ABRA needed to know that the applicants were changing the nature
of their operation from a café to a full-service restaurant.
Commissioner
Raia said they would have to notify ABRA when they get their license.
Commissioner
Raia asked Mr. Scott if the license would change from a C-T to a C-R license
since they were proposing a full-service restaurant.
Mr. Scott
said the license would remain as a C-T.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked what reason there was for protesting on both peace, order and
quiet and parking. She thought a protest
was on one basis or the other.
Commissioner
Raia said there were three reasons for protest, and that a protest could be
based on any combination of the three. Parking was a new addition.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness reiterated and emphasized that it was necessary for those
coming to the Commission to first meet with their community organizations, so
that the community could weigh in. The
Commission was in agreement with businesses coming into the area, but wanted
businesses to come in the right way, and that was to get community input so
that the community could buy into the business concept.
Commissioner
Moss said that the applicants in this case had done that, but they still had to
meet with the civic association.
Commissioner
Nadeau noted that the agenda had eight items under the purview of the ABC
Committee. She asked why the Committee
had not met to review the items before the full Commission meeting.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said the ABC Committee did not meet because there were other
issues taking place, and these were the items that they asked to have on the
agenda. She said some committees did not
always meet because of other issues, and there were other extenuating issues
that caused the ABC Committee not to meet.
Alero Lounge, 1301 U Street N.W,
renewal of retail Class C Restaurant License; Crème Café & Lounge, 1322 U
Street N.W., renewal of Retail Class C Restaurant License; Little Ethiopia
Restaurant, 1924 9th Street N.W., renewal of Retail Class C
Restaurant License; Portico, 1914 9th Street N.W., renewal of Retail
Class C Restaurant License
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B support the applications for renewal of Retail Class C
Restaurant licenses for Alero Lounge, Crème Café and Lounge, Little Ethiopia
Restaurant, and Portico.
Commissioner
Nadeau seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked if Alero Lounge had to come to the Commission regarding
additional outside seating.
Commissioner
Raia said he had to check with ABRA.
They might have permission because ABRA might have deemed it not a
substantial change so that they could do it without coming to the Commission.
Mr. Scott
Pomeroy said they had gone before ABRA and the Public Space Committee. The space was part of their original license
and permit, but they had not used it before.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Columbia Lodge #85, 1844 3rd
Street N.W., renewal of Retail Class CX Club License
Commissioner
Moss asked if there were any representatives from the Columbia Lodge
present. There was not.
Commissioner
Moss said that the Lodge was a historical organization that did great community
work, including feeding the homeless every Sunday. While they were a historic group and very
important, particularly to the African American community, they had not always
been good neighbors and the community was not pleased with them. They had had violations of liquor laws and a
show-cause hearing last fall relating to selling liquor without a license on
the second floor of their building. They
have had some fights and police calls.
They had not yet met with the LeDroit Park Civic Association and a
voluntary agreement had not yet been negotiated. They did not have their security plan
properly vetted and implemented.
Commissioner
Moss moved that ANC 1B protest the application for renewal of the Columbia Lodge
#85 Retail Class CX Club License on the basis of peace, order, quiet and
parking.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Mesobe Restaurant and Delimarket, 1853
7th Street N.W., renewal of Retail Class C Restaurant License
Commissioner
Moss asked if any representative of the applicant was present. No representative was present.
Commissioner
Moss said that this was a small business operated by a husband and wife with a
large family. While they were very
responsible, the community needed a voluntary agreement with them. They had not reached out to the community or
to her since they submitted their application.
Commissioner
Moss moved that ANC 1B protest the application of the Mesobe Restaurant and
Delimarket for renewal of a Retail Class C Restaurant license on the basis of
peace, order, quiet and parking.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Masa 14, 1825 14th Street
N.W., Application for Substantial Change to Retail Class C Restaurant License
Commissioner
Raia observed that there was a protest hearing for Masa 14 next week. He said he had sent out e-mails to
Commissioners regarding the final touches on what the Commission needed to vote
on. The only pending issue is the
outdoor roof deck.
Everything on
the inside had been negotiated. The
community and the other ANC had not reached any agreement on the outside
deck. He had communicated this to
Commissioners in an e-mail.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B support a voluntary agreement with Masa 14 establishing
a closing hour for the outdoor deck of 11 PM on weekdays and 12 midnight on
weekends.
Commissioner
Raia said this represented the majority opinion of the Commissioners who did
respond to his e-mail. He needed a vote
on this at this meeting in order to convey it to ABRA.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if anyone from the applicant was present.
Commissioner
Raia said that the applicant was present, but no one who opposed the
application was present.
Commissioner
Thomas asked if the Commission had not voted to support full hours of
operation.
Commissioner
Raia said that applied to the indoor operation.
The minutes of the March meeting would show that he had said that they
would negotiate a 12 midnight closing for the deck at the latest. The 85 residents who were protesting the
application had as their first choice no deck at all, their second choice was
11 pm closing weeknights, 12 midnight closing weekends if they had to
compromise, and their last choice would be 1 am closing on weeknights, 2 am
closing on weekends. Commissioner Raia
had communicated that to all Commissioners and asked for their vote. He had four responses, all of whom favored
the 11 pm weeknights/.12 midnight weekends closing option.
Commissioner
Thomas noted that Commissioner Raia was negotiating and protesting on behalf of
the Commission, but was also listed as a witness on behalf of the resident
protestants.
Commissioner
Raia said he was listed as a witness for the residents as a private
citizen. He would represent the
Commission if the Commission decided to go to full protest, if an agreement
could not be made.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked Commissioner Raia if he would still be a witness for the other
protestants if the Commission voted to support the agreement.
Commissioner
Raia said he would be a witness as a resident, not as a Commissioner.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that this was not an issue to be dealt with by the
Commission because it was a matter of Commissioner Raia’s privilege in his
personal life. His role as a
Commissioner was a separate piece. She
did not think this was an issue that could be discussed at this meeting. It could be taken up at another time.
Commissioner
Thomas said that the situation was complicated and she was asking again, as she
had asked almost a year ago, that there be clear standards for how liquor
licenses were dealt with. Right now the
Commission did not have such standards.
The Commission should formulate such standards and stick with them.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said she understood Commissioner Thomas’s concern and she was
going to suggest a way of addressing that issue, but for this situation with
this application, the motion would be held off until the Commission heard from
the applicant. She said that the
committee meetings were open to everyone’s participation and that was the
purpose of having committee meetings, so that as many of these issues as
possible could be ironed out before they got to the full Commission. This would cut down on the amount of time
spent in Commission meetings.
Commissioner Raia announced the committee meetings and all Commissioners
and the community were invited to participate.
Commissioner
Nadeau noted that there were two months between the date when the Commission
voted to protest and granted Commissioner Raia the opportunity to negotiate an
agreement. He had one meeting where he
did not invite the applicant, then went a month without another meeting. She said she heard what the Chairperson was
saying and she agreed with it, but that was not what was being done.
Commissioner
Raia asked if Commissioner Nadeau meant invited to the committee or to the
people that protested the application.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that Commissioner Raia had the opportunity to invite Masa 14 to the
ABC Committee meeting in March, and then he did not hold a committee meeting in
April, so those were two missed opportunities where the Committee could have
been heard on the agreement.
Chairperson
Nadeau asked the applicant if he had any comment to make.
Mr. Andrew
Kline, attorney for the applicant, said that Commissioner Raia had approached
them before the last status conference and said the Commission wanted to enter
into a voluntary agreement with the applicant.
They discussed closing hours of 1 AM weekdays and 2 AM weekends. He asked Commissioner Raia if that was
acceptable. He said it was. Mr. Kline said he asked Commissioner Raia if
he should draft the amendment to the agreement or should Commissioner
Raia. Commissioner Raia said Mr. Kline
should draft it. Mr. Kline said he did
so and sent it to Commissioner Raia, and the next thing he knew, a poll of
Commissioners was being conducted. Mr.
Kline said he thought Commissioner Raia was authorized to negotiate with them;
he thought they had a deal; he wasted his and his client’s time and money drafting
an amendment to a voluntary agreement that Commissioner Raia was apparently not
authorized to enter into.
Commissioner
Moss asked Mr. Kline what was the deal that he understood had been agreed
upon. Mr. Kline said that the only issue
to be negotiated was the hours of the outdoor roof deck, and the hours that had
been agreed to were 1 AM closing Sunday through Thursday and 2 AM Friday and
Saturday, which was an hour earlier than the full hours allowed, which had been
applied for and on which the applicant was prepared to go to full hearing.
Commissioner
Raia said he remembered the agreement differently. The first proposal was 12 midnight closing,
which Mr. Kline said would not work for his client. Commissioner Raia said he had told Mr. Kline
he would have to go back to the Commission.
He then sent out the e-mail asking for the Commissioners’ vote on the
closing hours, and got the responses of 11 pm closing weekdays and 12 midnight
closing weekends.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness noted that there was a motion on the floor and called for the question.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked that the motion be restated.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B support an amendment to the voluntary agreement with the
applicant to specify closing hours for the outside deck of 11 PM on weeknights
and 12 midnight on weekends.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
The motion
failed, 4 yes, 5 no, by roll call vote.
YES NO
Raia Moss
Muhammad Thomas
Ferrer Nadeau
Anderson
Holness Lopez
Akinmboni
The motion
failed, 4 yes, 5 no.
Commissioner
Nadeau moved that ANC 1B support an amendment of the Voluntary Agreement with
MASA 14 to set closing hours of 1:00 AM Monday through Thursday and 2:00 AM
Friday and Saturday.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked in whose single-member district was this licensee
located.
Commissioner
Raia said it was his single-member district, which was going to a full-protest
hearing.
Commissioner
Lopez seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Moss asked if Commissioner Nadeau would accept a friendly amendment to modify
the hours to 12 midnight Monday-Thursday and 2:00 AM Friday-Saturday.
Commissioner
Nadeau said she would accept Commissioner Moss’s friendly amendment.
Commissioner
Raia offered a friendly amendment that the closing hours be 12 midnight seven
days a week to match the closing hours of the licensee’s outdoor seating.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if that meant the roof deck would close at 12 midnight on Friday
and Saturday.
Commissioner
Raia said that the closing hour would be the same as for every other outdoor
café in the area.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness asked if Commissioner Nadeau would accept the friendly
amendment.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked the applicant if he would accept Commissioner Raia’s proposed
closing hours for all seven days.
The applicant
said no.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that she would not accept Commissioner Raia’s friendly amendment.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness restated Commissioner Nadeau’s motion: Commissioner Nadeau moved that the closing
hours for the roof deck would be 12 midnight Monday through Thursday and 2:00
AM Friday and Saturday.
Mf. Andrew
Kline asked if the applicant could be heard on the motion.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said no, the motion had been made and seconded and only
Commissioners could speak to the motion.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness called for a vote on the motion.
The motion
was adopted 6 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain by roll call vote.
YES NO ABSTAIN
Moss Raia Muhammad
Thomas
Nadeau
Lopez
Akinmboni
Ferrer
Grant Applications and Grants
Committee Report
Commissioner
Akinmboni reported that the Grants Committee met on Monday, April 26, 2010 at
7:00 PM. She presented her report on the
meeting, which had distributed in advance to all Commissioners. That report is appended to these minutes.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness thanked Commissioner Akinmboni for her report and for her work
in organizing and leading the Committee.
Commissioner
Nadeau, a member of the Committee, thanked Commissioner Akinmboni for her work.
She added that, since the Committee
meeting, WeR4U had provided additional information to the Commission on other
funding sources, so the Committee was now able to recommend that the Commission
approve that grant application.
Commissioner
Nadeau encouraged Commissioners to review the Committee’s recommendations
regarding the types of grants to be encouraged.
She hoped that after review, these guidelines might be posted on the
Commission website.
Commissioner
Ferrer asked what additional information had been provided about the WeR4U
grant application.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that they had found additional sponsors and donors for their event,
so the Commission was no longer the sole funding source. A list of sponsors had been provided to all
Commissioners as part of the grant application.
Ethiopian Community Services and
Development Council grant application
Commissioner
Muhammad said he did not understand the Committee’s recommendation to provide
$2,000 to the Ethiopian Community Services and Development Council (ECSD) when
the Committee did not know if those who would benefit from the grant lived in
ANC 1B.
Commissioner
Akinmboni said that the Committee was recommending that funds be granted only
after the applicant had provided that information to the Commission. She said that was what the Committee had done
with WeR4U. They had asked for
additional information, and when satisfactory information was received, they
were able to support the grant.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked if ECSD representatives had attended the Committee meeting. Commissioner Nadeau said they had not
attended. They intended to invite grant
applicants to the committee meetings in the future.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked if a check for $2,000 was ready for the ESCS.
Commissioners
Akinmboni and Nadeau said no, they were not recommending approval at this
meeting.
Commissioner
Ferrer said the Commission had to vote on the application.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked if the grant application for $2,000 would be approved if ECSD
could provide information that the grant would benefit the residents of ANC 1B.
Commissioner
Moss moved that the ECSD grant application be tabled until they can come before
the Grants Committee and the Commission and present information on the benefits
of the grant for ANC 1B.
Commissioner
Ferrer seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 8 yes, 0 no.
WeR4U Grant Application
Commissioner
Moss introduced Mr. Jamal Muhammad, Pacifica Radio/WPFW-FM. She said Mr. Muhammad was a jewel and a
treasure for the community. He knew more
about jazz and the history of jazz than anyone she had ever met. She was delighted that he had applied for
funding to help educate the residents of ANC 1B about jazz and African American
history.
Mr. Muhammad
made some comments on the history of jazz in the U Street corridor.
Commissioner
Moss said that the grant would provide that kind of information and education
on jazz music for all the residents of ANC 1B
Commissioner
Moss moved that ANC 1B approve the WeR4U grant application in the full amount
of $2,000 for jazz seminars.
Commissioner
Ferrer seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Friends of Harrison Recreation Center
Summer Film Series grant application
Commissioner
Raia said that this organization would be having a movie series in Harrison
Park and has applied for a grant to cover part of the cost. The Grants Committee supports the
application, as does the U Street Neighborhood Association. He asked Mr. Jon Kardon to give a brief
description of the project.
Commissioner
Raia moved that ANC 1B approve the grant application of the Friends of Harrison
Recreation Center for $2,000.
Commissioner
Muhammad seconded the motion.
Mr. Kardon,
Vice President of the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association, said the project
was a community event for the greater neighborhood and it was also a
fund-raising event for the Friends of the Harrison Recreation Center. Mr. Kardon acknowledged Commissioner Nadeau’s
active participation and support in organizing the series. It will be a series of five movies shown on
four different nights over the summer in June, July, August and September. The films are music-related, to pay homage to
the jazz history of the U Street corridor.
The films are: Michael Jackson’s
This is It, Buena Vista Social Club, The Soloist, and a double feature of Soul
Power and Duke Ellington’s Washington (a PBS documentary). The total cost of the project is between
$6,000-$7,000. They requested $2,000
from ANC 1B, which is being matched by $1,750 from the U Street Neighborhood
Association, $500 from the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association, and
additional sponsorships from neighborhood businesses. Admission is free.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that she had been involved in helping organize the event but wanted
to note for the record that she was not benefitting personally in any way from
the grant and would like to participate in the vote. There was no objection.
Mr. Kardon
said the park was located on V Street between 13th and 14th
Streets, N.W.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness called for the question.
The motion
was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0 no.
Commissioner
Akinmboni announced that three residents would be joining the Grants Committee.
Commissioner
Raia, on behalf of Commissioner Smith, introduced a grant application from the
DC Caribbean Carnival. He also
introduced a grant application from the Westminster Neighborhood Association.
New Business
Howard University Request for
Extension of Filing Deadline for Central Campus Master Plan
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that Howard University had a request for an extension on
filing of its campus master plan. She
asked Ms. Maybelle Bennett of Howard University to present the request.
Ms. Bennett
said that the University was asking for an extension of one year of the
deadline for filing its central campus master plan. This request came immediately the first
extension, which was requested when the new university president arrived in
2008.
The president
took about a year to staff up his management team, including the provost, chief
academic officer, the senior vice president for health affairs, chief financial
officer, and chief operating officer.
These were the people who would have to implement the plan. Most of them were added in January and
February of 2010. A campus plan without
their input would not be a credible plan.
The second
major reason for the request is to give the community and Howard’s neighbors an
opportunity to fully vet the plan.
Ms. Bennett
said she understood that the Commission had a protocol and it was expected that
such requests would be taken to the affected community and neighborhood
organizations first. However, they were
not able to do that if they wanted to submit their request at the May 24 2010
Zoning Commission meeting. They have
asked the community leadership, including the Bloomingdale Civic Association,
Pleasant Plains Civic Association, and the LeDroit Park Civic Association, if
they would be supportive of this extension so that a real plan could be
developed and extra time provided for community review and input.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked how this process could be moved faster. He observed that taking a year to staff up
and asking for extension after extension could mean that the process could go
on for ten years. What progress had been
made other than having meetings and asking for extensions?
Ms. Bennett
said that over the past two years, the staff had been collecting data. For the first time in over 143 years, this
would be a needs-based plan, based on more analysis than anecdote. However, the problem is that the data had not
been gathered and maintained in a form that the team now in place could readily
use to analyze space utilization, the aging of the faculty and that type of
information. That is being done
now. On the one hand they were
collecting data; on the other hand, they were shaping systems to generate the
data. That is part of what was taking so
long.
Another part
of the situation was that the new president cast a very broad nationwide net to
recruit the best management team, and that took a long time. She would have loved to have gotten the
president to move faster, but she did not get to do that.
Commissioner
Muhammad asked if the Commission’s Design Review Committee could help move
things along faster.
Ms. Bennett
said that the CAC meeting would occur on May 19th, and the members
would establish a regular schedule or routine of meetings so that they would
know which pieces of the data which had been generated so far could be vetted
by the neighbors and the community.
Commissioner
Ferrer said that it would seem that Howard would have known at least a month
earlier that it would need an extension.
He asked Ms Bennett why the request was not made earlier so the
community could be involved, and what was the feedback that they had received
from the civic associations’ leadership.
Ms. Bennett
said that they had letters of support from Bloomingdale, Pleasant Plains, and
LeDroit Park. She said that they knew
that the Zoning Commission had two regularly scheduled meetings each
month. What she did not have was
permission from her superior, Dr. Miner, to ask for an extension. When she did receive that permission, they
immediately went to the Office of Planning, which would make a
recommendation. The Howard Plan was due
June 29th, and they did not want to get into June before asking for
an extension. In addition, the current
Chair of the Commission is the only one who had heard their presentations in
the past and was most familiar with the overall issue. That person was stepping down at the end of
May and they wanted to make sure that he was part of the hearing.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that the real reason for the extension was that the
Commission wanted Howard, like everyone else, to go to community and
neighborhood organizations and get thorough input before presenting their plan
to the Commission.
Commissioner
Ferrer said that the fact that Howard had letters of support from all the civic
associations was fantastic. He thought
that it was important for them to still go to the association meetings this
month, let them know about the May 19 meeting, and let them know that this
process was going to take another year.
Commissioner
Moss said that she thought many in the community were disappointed that the
plan was being delayed. However, many
universities are slowing the pace of campus planning while they adjust to a new
paradigm of thinking about 21st century education and reevaluating
their needs for buildings, facilities and programs. She said she supported the extension with the
footnote that she was disappointed at the slow pace.
Mr. Norman
asked whether Howard would convene its task force on the campus plan and meet
on a regular basis. He hoped that would
be stipulated in the Commission’s support for the extension.
Ms. Bennett
said yes.
Commissioner
Ferrer moved that ANC 1B support Howard University’s request for a one-year
extension of the deadline for filing its central campus master plan,
conditional on the University’s willingness to establish regular monthly
meetings of a group of community leaders that can advise the University on the
development of the plan.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness emphasized that the Commission strongly requested that Howard University
involve Commissioners who represented single member districts around Howard and
the community actively in the discussions and development of the plan.
The motion was adopted unanimously, 9 yes, 0
no.
Standards for Commission Handling of
Liquor Licenses
Commissioner
Thomas said she would like to have, by the next meeting, guidelines or
standards on how the Commission would deal with liquor license, to be
considered and voted on.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said they would take that under consideration.
Commission Office Space and Lease
Commissioner
Thomas asked about the status of Commission office space.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that the Commission had voted at the April meeting to
move into the office space in the Reeves Center. They were waiting on the lease agreement for
the space. Once the lease was signed,
office policies and procedures would be developed.
Commissioner
Lopez asked if the lease had been signed.
Chairperson Anderson Holness said it had not been signed and they were
waiting to get the final copy.
Commissioner
Lopez referred to the Letter of Intent and expressed concern about the
requirement for a five-year lease term.
He asked what the next step would be.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said the five-year lease term was part of the standard lease
agreement. They did not have a one-year
term.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that the Commission had voted in April for a month-to-month
lease. She referred to the April meeting
minutes.
Commissioner
Ferrer said he did not think anything could be approved beyond a one-year
budget term.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that was something that could be taken back to the Real
Estate Service people and worked out.
Commissioner
Nadeau said that to make the lease legally binding, the Commission would have
to vote to approve the actual lease.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said the lease agreement had not yet been given to the
Commission, but it would be submitted for a vote when it was available.
Commissioner
Nadeau asked if guidelines and policies for the use of the office could be
developed.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that would be done.
Commissioner
Lopez asked who would be involved in drafting those policies.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said the Executive Committee would draft the policies and
other Commissioners were invited to be involved in the process.
Executive Committee Meetings and
Commission Retreat
Chairperson
Anderson Holness announced that the Executive Committee had begun meeting every
month at 6:00 PM before the public Commission meeting.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that the Executive Committee had discussed holding a
retreat for Commissioners so that various issues could be discussed at length,
including the development of guidelines for liquor licenses. She asked Commissioners to let her know
whether July or August would be preferable for the retreat. She said the Commission would meet somewhere
inside the District of Columbia, for a few hours on a Friday or Saturday. Dates and times would be worked out
later. She asked Commissioners to let
her know by e-mail.
Procedures for Dealing with the
Commission and Its Committees
Commissioner
Lopez asked that procedures for Committees and what people are expected to
provide to Committees and the Commission be placed on the website for general
public information. That way people who
come to Commission meetings will know what they are expected to do beforehand.
Commissioner
Ferrer suggested that Commissioner Lopez was talking about a set of Frequently
Asked Questions about dealing with and appearing before the Commission and its
Committees.
Chairperson
Anderson Holness said that could be done.
Commission Representation at ABRA
Hearings
Commissioner
Akinmboni asked that, if a Commissioner intended to be a witness on his or her
personal account in an ABRA proceeding, that the Commission be notified in
advance so that another Commissioner could be designated to represent the
Commission at that proceeding.
Commissioner
Raia said that he thought Commissioner Akinmboni misunderstood the
situation. He referred to the previous
discussion about the Masa 14 hearing. He
said that he was authorized to represent the Commission if the application went
to full protest. However, if the
application did not go to full protest and he was removed as Commission
representative because of that, he could still appear before the ABC Board and
testify as a private citizen.
Community Events and Announcements
Commission Announcements
Commissioner
Muhammad announced that the Ward One Democrats would meet on Saturday, May 15th,
to elect officers in the second floor conference room of the Reeves Center from
12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. He also announced
that Commissioner Muhammad announced that the South Columbia Heights
Neighborhood Association, of which he is the president, would be meeting on
Wednesday, May 19th, at 7:00 PM, at the Josephine Butler Parks
Center, 2437 15th Street N.W.
This will be a joint meeting with Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
PSA 304. The guest speaker this month
will be Mr. Fred Moosaly, Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory
Administration. On May 27th,
the Public Safety Committee would be meeting.
The location and time would be announced in the next few days.
Commissioner
Thomas announced that the _____[inaudible) Center had relocated as of the past
Sunday. Once the new location has been
finalized, she will announce it.
Commissioner
Moss announced that the Shaw and LeDroit Park neighborhood associations had
been successful in getting Metro to keep the Shaw metro station open for full
service and late hours. Howard
University’s graduation was coming up on the weekend. There will be street closings and heavy
traffic.
Commissioner
Lopez announced that there would be a community meeting with the Mayor’s
Office, DPR and DPCHA regarding the 14th and Girard Streets Park on
Saturday, May 8th at 10 AM at the Columbia Heights Recreation
Center, at 1480 14th Street N.W.
Community Announcements
Announcements
by community members were inaudible due to the distance of the speakers from
the recording device.
There being
no further business, Commissioner Ferrer moved that the May 2010 meeting of ANC
1B be adjourned.
Commissioner
Moss seconded the motion.
The motion
was adopted unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 9:20 PM.