Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D
 Ron McBee, Chair
June 14, 2010
Business Meeting
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church

 

June Minutes

Approved by ANC 6D July 12, 2010

 

Commissioner McBee called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.

 

Present: Commissioners Hamilton, Jorgensen, McBee, Moffatt, Siegel, and Sobelsohn.

 

Absent: Commissioner Litsky.

 

1.  Agenda.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded to approve the agenda as proposed.  The motion passed, 5-0. Commissioner Hamilton did not vote.

 

2.  May Minutes.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded to approve the proposed May 10, 2010 minutes.  Without motion or objection, the following text was deleted: “and that Safeway appears to be violating its voluntary agreement regarding placement of alcohol for sale in the supermarket.”  The motion passed 4-1, with Commissioner Moffatt opposed.  Commissioner Hamilton did not vote.

 

3.  Action Items.

 

    a.  Community Retail.

 

        1)  Retail Working Group.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Hamilton seconded to establish an ANC 6D Waterfront Station Retail Working Group.  Under the motion, each ANC 6D commissioner would have the power to appoint one member to the Working Group, either himself/herself or another ANC 6D resident.  The motion directed the Working Group to “work with Waterfront Station developers to bring neighborhood-oriented retail to Waterfront Station; and, as they open, with Waterfront Sta­tion retailers to ensure a good relationship with Southwest and near-Southeast community.”  The motion also directed the Working Group to “hold its first meeting on or before July 5, 2010” and, at that first meeting, to appoint its chair and secretary.  Commissioner Moffatt moved/Commissioner Sie­gel seconded to table the motion.  The motion to table passed 5-1 with Commissioner Sobelsohn opposed.

 

        2)  Public-Space Policy.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner McBee seconded to adopt, as a policy in this ANC, that, when a business ap­plies for a public-space permit, seeking to make ongoing commercial use of the public sidewalk for a profit, this ANC will support the permit only after reaching a community-ben­efit agreement with the business.  Commissioner Moffatt moved/Commissioner Sobelsohn seconded to table this motion until ANC 6D’s July meeting. The motion to table passed 6-0.

 

    b.  Development.

 

        1)  Randall School.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Siegel seconded to establish a negotiating team regarding the Randall School proposal by the Rubell family and Telesis Corporation, to consist of Commissioners McBee, Moffatt, & Sobelsohn, and charged with reporting back to the ANC at its July 12 meeting.  The motion passed 6-0.

 

        2)  Capper/Carrollsburg Hope VI.

 

Dan McCabe of Urban Atlantic and David Cortiella of Capper Carrollsburg Venture, LLC made a presentation regarding the community center planned as part of the Arthur Capper/Car­rolls­burg development, currently underway in ANC 6D07.  The current Planned Unit Development requires the developers to apply for a community-center building permit by July 1, 2010, and to begin center construction by July 1, 2011.  The developers have applied for a two-year extension on both dates, until July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013.  Cortiella prom­ised the community center “won’t be built at the end” of project construction.  Commissioner McBee moved/Commis­sion­er So­belsohn seconded for ANC 6D to support the pending appli­ca­tion for a two-year extension of the Planned Unit Develop­ment provisions covering the Capper/Carrollsburg Hope VI community center.  Commissioner Hamilton moved/Com­mis­sion­er Jorgensen seconded to amend the motion to con­di­tion ANC 6D support on the developers’ holding an open com­mu­ni­ty meeting before July 12, 2010, coordinated with Com­mis­sion­ers McBee and Siegel and the office of DC Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward Six).  Without objection, the motion to amend passed.  As amended, the main motion passed 6-0.  Com­mis­sioner Sobel­sohn moved/Commissioner Moffatt seconded to appoint Com­mis­sioners McBee and Siegel to represent ANC 6D before the Zon­ing Commission on the pending extension application.  The motion passed 6-0.

 

        3)  Text Amendment.

 

The DC Office of Planning has petitioned the DC Zoning Commission for text amendments that would reinforce the nonconforming-use-discontinuance provision of 11 DCMR § 2005, establish expiration dates for discontinued and superseded uses permitted by special exception, and provide that all special exception terms begin on the date upon which the order becomes effective.  Commissioner McBee moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded to support the text amendment proposed in Zoning Commission case #10-08.  The motion passed 6-0.

 

    c.  DC Democracy.

 

Pending in the DC City Council, Bill 18-652, the Local Court Reform Act, would empower DC to name its own judges.  Com­mis­sion­er Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner McBee seconded to endorse a resolution that “urges the DC City Council to pass Bill 18-652 with all deliberate speed.”  A copy of the reso­lu­tion is attached to these minutes.  Commissioner Moffatt moved to amend the motion to delete, from the “Therefore” clause, the word “City.”  Without second or objection, the motion was so amended.  As amended, the motion passed 6-0.

 

    d.  Traffic & Parking.

 

        1)  Nationals Traffic.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Moffatt seconded to endorse a resolution urging “the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to work with the Nationals to produce a discount Metrorail farecard for passengers going to the Navy Yard station around scheduled Nationals games.”  A copy of the resolution is attached to these minutes.  Com­mis­sion­er McBee moved to amend the motion to insert, in the second “Whereas” provision, after the phrase “Nationals Park,” the words “in order to reduce pollution and traffic and improve pedestrian safety.”  Without second or objection, the motion was so amended.  As amended, the motion passed 6-0.

 

        2)  Parking on P Street.

 

Commissioner McBee moved/Commissioner Siegel seconded that “It is recommended that the parking signs on P Street, SW, from 2nd to 4th Street, SW, will be changed to assist resi­den­tial parkers and prevent stadium attendees from using street parking” and that “the signs will read ‘2 Hours Parking, 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., from Monday to Sunday, Zone 6 Permit Holders exempted.”   Commissioner McBee moved to replace “9:30 p.m.” with “12 midnight.”  Without second or ob­jection, the motion was so amended.  As amended, the main motion passed 5-1, with Commissioner Sobelsohn opposed.

 

        3)  Lane Markings on 4th Street.

 

Commissioner Jorgensen moved that “a study be done on approaches to 4th Street north of I Street and south of M Street as to appropriate lane markings.”  The motion failed for want of a second.

 

    e.  Town Center West Park.

 

Commissioner Jorgensen moved/Commissioner Sobelsohn seconded that the group “Friends of Town Center West Park be made the official community representative of the park, which is at 6th and Eye Sts SW.  This gives the group the official en­dorse­ment of ANC6D to be the sole community organization supporting Town Center West Park as part of DPR’s Parks Partner’s Program.”  The motion passed 6-0.

 

    f.  Alcohol Licenses.

 

        1)  Justin’s Café on the Sidewalk.

 

Commissioner Siegel moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded to support the application of Justin’s Café, 1025 1st Street, SE, for a “stipulated amended license for a sidewalk café, contingent on approval by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration of the sup­ple­ment to the original Voluntary Agreement.”  A copy of that supplement is attached to these minutes.  Commissioner Sobelsohn moved to add, to the sup­ple­ment, the sentence “Smoking will not be permitted in the area covered by the public-space permit.”  The motion to amend failed for want of a second.  The main motion passed 4-2, with Commissioners Moffatt and Sobelsohn opposed.

 

        2)  Harry’s of SW & SE. 

 

Commissioner Siegel moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded to support a stipulated class A liquor license for Harry’s of SW & SE, at 909 New Jersey Ave., SE, “contingent on approval of the Voluntary Agreement by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.”  A copy of that Voluntary Agreement is attached to these minutes.  The motion passed 4-0.  Commissioner Sobel­sohn abstained.  Commissioner Hamilton did not vote.

 

4.  Announcements and Presentations.

 

    a.  Future ANC 6D Meetings.

 

Commissioner McBee announced that ANC 6D will hold its next public meeting on Monday, July 12, starting 7 p.m., in the sanctuary of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 600 M Street, SW.  Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Jorgensen seconded, under section 1-309(c)(4) of the District of Co­lum­bia Code, to approve, “as a manner of providing notice of our business meetings, posting that notice on www.anc6d.org.  This method replaces our previously approved method of pro­vid­ing notice by announcing at a prior business meeting.”  Commissioner Moffatt moved/Commissioner Siegel seconded to amend the motion by deleting the sentence beginning “This method replaces.”  The motion to amend passed 3-2, with Commissioners McBee and Sobelsohn opposed.  Commissioner Hamilton did not vote.  Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Com­mis­sion­er Siegel seconded to amend the main motion by adding, as a second sentence, “This method replaces our previously approved fourth official method of pro­vid­ing notice by announcing at a prior business meeting.”  This motion to amend passed 4-1, with Commissioner Moffatt opposed.  Com­mis­sion­er Hamilton did not vote.  As amended, the main motion passed 5-0.  Commissioner Hamilton did not vote.

 

    b.  Mayor’s Fix-It Program.

 

William Mohring, the mayor’s Outreach & Service Specialist Liaison for Ward 6, reported on progress in Southwest with the mayor’s Fix-It Program.

 

    c. Capital Quarters Phase II.

 

Adam Hayes, EYA’s director of engineering, provided an update for Capital Quarters Phase II, a Southeast DC project EYA hopes to complete in late 2013.

 

5.  Adjournment.

 

Commissioner Sobelsohn moved/Commissioner Siegel seconded to adjourn.  The motion passed 6-0.  The June meeting adjourned at 10:38 p.m.

 

 

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