Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D
65 I St., SW
Proposed Minutes
November 14, 2005
Chair Andy Litsky called
the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Present: Commissioners
Assalaam, Litsky, Moffatt, Siegel, Skolnik, Sobelsohn, and Williams
1. Agenda
The
Chair’s proposed agenda was approved 5-1 without motion, with the following
amendments, moved by the indicated commissioners:
a.
Assalaam: add an item
regarding the minutes of the September 12 meeting.
b.
Litsky: move
"Police Report/National Park Service" to immediately after
"Approval of Agenda."
c.
Sobelsohn: re-title item
IX so it reads "Near Southeast/Southwest Community Benefits Task
Force."
d.
Williams: add update on
South Capitol Street Peace Garden.
Regarding approval of
the agenda, Commissioner Sobelsohn voted no, and
Commissioner Siegel did
not vote.
2. Public-safety reports
a.
Police Service Area 104
First District Sergeant Jim Crouch reported that crime incidents in
Police Service Area 104 have increased 7% overall (614 to 658), from January
1-November 13, 2004 to the same period in 2005. Without thefts-from-auto the crime rate has dropped by 8.5% (459
to 420). E-mail: james.crouch@dc.gov
with suggestions or crime tips. A
police department "Fight Back" will take place Monday, December 5, at
75 I St., SW (Randall Park). It will
include repair of the drinking fountain and clean-up of the freeway off-ramp
underpass.
Commissioner Williams reported that she has asked Commander Diane
Groomes to establish a First District substation in ANC 6D03.
b.
United States Park
Police
Lieutenant Philip Beck of the United States Park Police (part of the
National Park Service) noted his agency's jurisdiction over the parks between
the Waterside Mall and I St., SW. He
provided two Park Police telephone numbers: (202) 619-7105 (a 24-hour line) and
(202) 426-6710.
3. Community concerns
a.
Gene Solon spoke about
library availability of ANC 6D documents, ANC 6D constituent notices, the
Capper/Carrollsburg plan, ANC 6D minutes, the proposed stadium, and community
comments at ANC 6D meetings.
b.
Sarah Livingston urged
support for the property rights of ANC 6D07 residents subject to eminent
domain.
c.
Bernetta Coles asked
that the December agenda include a presentation from the Local Neighborhood
Committee of the Syphax Community Center Historic Restoration Society of South
Washington.
d.
Joan Carney reported on
the Park Police's slowness to learn of an October 31 assault in Waterside Mall
Park.
e.
Melonee Bryant reported
numerous broken public-safety lights on the 1400 block of 1st St., SW.
f.
Barbara Ehrlich invited
everyone to the Washington Waterfront Association's 5-9 p.m. December 3
Christmas celebrations, which start at the Gangplank Marina Promenade, 600
Water St., SW, and include a tree-lighting ceremony and a “Parade of
Lights" in the Washington Channel.
4.
Minutes of past
meetings
a.
October 17
Commissioner Moffatt made/Commissioner Sobelsohn seconded a motion to
approve the October 17 minutes as presented.
The motion passed 5-2, with Commissioners Assalaam and Williams voting
no.
b.
September 12
Commissioner Assalaam made/Commissioner Williams seconded a motion to
reconsider the vote by which the ANC, at its October 17 meeting, approved the
minutes of its September 12 meeting.
Commissioner Sobelsohn made a point of order. The Chair did not rule on the point of order and the ANC did not
vote on the motion.
5.
Southeast DC development projects
a.
Capper/Carrollsburg
At ANC 6D's October 17 meeting, Aakash Thakkar (Eakin/Youngentob
Associates), Cheryl O'Neill (Torti Gallas and Partners), and Paul Rowe (DC
Housing Authority) made a presentation about the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg
development, currently underway in ANC 6D07.
On Monday, December 19, the Zoning Commission will consider applications
to reopen or create several streets; to close one alley and parts of other
alleys; and to approve a Second Stage Planned Unit Development and
Modification (2SPUDMOD).
To supplement their October 17 presentation, Thakkar presented language
that would prohibit garage spaces' being "leased, conveyed, licensed or
otherwise made available to Persons who are not also Owners or Occupants"
of the associated residential units.
Thakkar also reported that, of the 91 units covered by the 2SPUDMOD, 15
(6 in public housing) would face M St., SE. O'Neill promised that no part of
the 2SPUDMOD area would include a "solid string" of public housing or
subsidized residences. Rowe added that,
although interior design may differ, from the exterior public housing and
subsidized residences would be "indistinguishable" from market-rate
units. Rowe also promised to arrange
for a public presentation from Willow Creek, the organization handling the
Housing Authority's communications with former Capper/Carrollsburg residents.
Commissioner Moffatt made/Commissioner Siegel seconded a motion to
support the 2SPUDMOD. The motion
failed, 3-4, with Commissioners Litsky, Siegel, and Sobelsohn voting yes, and
Commissioners Assalaam, Moffatt, Skolnik, and Williams voting no.
Commissioner Williams made/Commissioner Skolnik seconded a motion to
invite Thakkar, O'Neill, and Rowe to attend a special public meeting, before
December 19, to discuss the 2SPUDMOD with former Capper/Carrollsburg
residents. The motion passed 6-1, with
Commissioner Moffatt voting no.
Commissioner Moffatt made/Commissioner Siegel seconded a motion to
support the separate application regarding street and alley openings and
closings. The motion passed 4-1, with
Commissioner Assalaam voting no and Commissioners Skolnik and Williams abstaining.
b.
Florida Rock
At ANC 6D's October 17 meeting, attorney David Briggs and architect
Davis A. Buckley made a presentation about the Florida Rock development,
proposed for 100 Potomac Ave., SE in ANC 6D07, just south of the proposed site
for a baseball stadium. In this
four-building development, two office towers will bracket a hotel and a
residence. On Thursday, December 8, the
Zoning Commission will consider the Applicant's Second Stage Planned Unit
Development and Map Amendment.
At the November ANC meeting, Briggs and Buckley updated their October
presentation. New figures include 58%
site coverage (52% in October) and a maximum height (for the hotel) of 112 feet
(92.5 feet in October). Buckley added
that the project will comply with principles of Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED). Briggs
pledged that retail will occupy nearly the entire ground floor (a total of
36,000 square feet). He added that the
residence tower will include 10,000 square feet (7-9 units) set aside, for 20
years, for occupants with 80-120% of the median area income. Neighborhood amenities include $1.5 million
to develop and for five years maintain a park at 1st St. and Potomac Ave., SE;
$1.3 million to build and $300,000 to maintain for five years a park at
Reservation 247, Half and P Streets, SE (or equivalent space elsewhere on the
property); a water-taxi dock on the Anacostia River; a public waterfront
esplanade; and a bike path between the project site and the Southeast Federal
Center.
Briggs predicted that construction would begin in 2007, starting with
the east-end office building and moving west, phased to coincide with
construction of the proposed stadium.
He committed to construction only from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Commissioner
Siegel made/Commissioner Sobelsohn seconded a motion to support the Second
Stage Planned Unit Development and Map Amendment. The motion passed 7-0.
c.
Baseball stadium
Tony
Robinson (DC Sports and Entertainment Commission), Louis Slade (Gorove/Slade
Associates), and Alan Harwood (EDAW, Inc.) made a presentation concerning the
baseball stadium proposed for N and South Capitol Streets, SE. Harwood reported that, because noise and
light levels in Southwest already exceed the expected noise and light from a stadium
(based on tests around Baltimore's Camden Yards), a stadium opening towards the
north would not increase noise or light in Southwest. Robinson predicted groundbreaking in March 2006. He pledged to comply with future requests to
increase the Sports Commission's communications about the stadium with ANC 6D
residents. Slade promised that stadium
construction trucks would not traverse the neighborhood's residential streets.
Chair Litsky announced a November 28 joint ANC 6D-Southwest
Neighborhood Assembly Town Meeting at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 222 M St.,
SW, for more specific discussion of issues related to the proposed stadium.
6. Near Southeast/Southwest Benefits Task Force
ANC 6D residents Afifa Klouj and Ken LaCruise, with help from Mary
Jacksteit of Collaboration DC, made a presentation on behalf of the Near
Southeast/Southwest Community Benefits Task Force. In spring 2005, a new Washington-based organization,
Collaboration DC, invited selected neighborhood residents to workshops on how
to negotiate community benefits. Some
workshop participants subsequently met and formed the Task Force. The Task Force has prepared a list of
pending and potential neighborhood development projects; is preparing a list of
potential benefits on which it hopes the community will reach consensus; and
seeks to form a coalition of stakeholders to negotiate those benefits with
developers and city agencies.
Commissioner Williams made/Commissioner Litsky seconded a motion to
extend the time of the meeting to 10:56 p.m.
The motion passed 4-2, with Commissioners Moffatt and Sobelsohn voting
no and Commissioner Assalaam not voting.
7. Liquor licenses
a.
7-11
Commissioner Williams made/Commissioner Skolnik seconded a motion to
support renewal of a liquor license for the 7-11 owned by Abdul Assan, on
condition that he continue selling beer and wine in clear bags. The motion passed 5-1, with Commissioner
Sobelsohn voting no and Commissioner Assalaam not voting.
b.
H2O and Zanzibar
Commissioner
Skolnik reported that the ANC is currently in mediation with the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board regarding license renewals for both H2O and
Zanzibar. The next ABC hearing is
scheduled for November 20.
c.
Friendly Grocery
Commissioner
Assalaam expressed support for Friendly Grocery's license renewal on condition
that the Grocery agree to sell alcohol only in clear bags and also otherwise to
renew its current voluntary agreement with the ANC.
Commissioner
Williams made/Commissioner Assalaam seconded a motion to extend the time of the
meeting to 11:10 p.m. The motion passed
4-0, without recorded votes by Commissioners Moffatt, Siegel, and Sobelsohn,
the chair not having called for votes against or abstentions.
8.
Anacostia
Waterfront Corporation
By consensus this item was withdrawn from the agenda, on the
expectation that it will appear on the agenda for the next ANC meeting.
9.
Holiday Inn
public-space permits
Donohoe Companies and Federal Center Hotel Associates, owners of the
Holiday Inn at 500 C St., SW, have filed applications for permission to
establish a sidewalk café in front of the Starbucks and Holiday Inn entrances
at 550 C St., SW. The café will occupy
a total of 845 square feet of sidewalk space.
Commissioner Williams made/Commissioner Skolnik seconded a motion to
support the applications. The motion
passed 4-2, with Commissioners Moffatt and Sobelsohn voting no and Commissioner
Assalaam not voting.
10. ANC committees
Commissioner
Skolnik reported plans, before the next ANC meeting, to organize the initial
meetings of ANC 6D's 2005-06 committees.
11.Report
of the Chair
a.
11th Street
Bridges Advisory Commission
The
Chair reported formation of an advisory commission regarding the 11th
Street bridges. Commissioner Siegel
volunteered to represent ANC 6D on the Commission.
b.
DDOT shared-vehicle
parking spots
The
Chair reported plans by the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) to set
aside, for shared vehicles, two on-street parking spaces on I St., SW, between
5th and 6th Streets, SW; and two on-street parking spaces on Maryland Ave., SW,
just east of 7th St., SW. By consensus,
the ANC authorized the Chair to ask that DDOT move one of the Maryland Avenue
spaces to a more central ANC 6D location.
c.
Marina View Towers
The
Chair reported that the owners of Marina View Towers, 1100 6th St., SW, plan to
renovate their current buildings and to erect two new 10-story buildings on
their property.
d.
Waterside Mall
The
Chair reported that a meeting had taken place between Councilmember Sharon
Ambrose (D-Ward Six), City Administrator Robert Bobb, and representatives of
Forest City Co., regarding redevelopment of the Waterside Mall.
e.
Staff position
At
its October meeting, the ANC authorized the hiring of a second staff
person. The Chair reported that, at the
time of its October meeting, the ANC had selected a candidate for the position;
but that the candidate has now declined the ANC's offer of employment.
12.Treasurer's
report
Commissioner
Skolnik gave a treasurer's report for October 17-November 14. A copy of the report, as amended and
approved, is attached to these minutes.
ANC 6D has $44,027.59 in current funds.
The draft report included expenses submitted for approval totaling
$1,046.56: staff salary ($443.28), telephone ($80.40), postage ($75), petty
cash ($97.88), and printer ($350).
Commissioner Skolnik explained that the printer item constituted a
request for funds to purchase a new printer that can also make copies, receive
and send Faxes, and scan documents. By
consensus the ANC increased the allocated amount to a maximum of $500. Commissioner Skolnik made/Commissioner
Sobelsohn seconded a motion to approve the October 17-November 14 report and to
authorize payment of the expenses, as amended.
The motion passed 6-0, with Commissioner Siegel abstaining.
Commissioner Skolnik distributed copies of a Fiscal Year 2006
budget. A copy of the budget, as
amended and approved, is attached to these minutes. The budget includes $100 per commissioner for "Flyer
Distribution." Commissioner
Skolnik made/Commissioner Litsky seconded a motion to approve the Fiscal Year
2006 budget. Commissioner Williams
moved to amend the budget to increase the amount allocated for grants to a
maximum of $10,000. Without objection,
the budget was so amended. The motion
to approve the Fiscal Year 2006 budget passed 4-2, with Commissioners Moffatt
and Siegel voting no and Commissioner Sobelsohn abstaining.
13.South Capitol Street Peace Garden
Commissioner Williams reported on the October 23 dedication of the
South Capitol Street Peace Garden, at the corner of South Capitol and M
Streets, SW.
14.Audience
comments
Audience comments concerned ANC committees, Robert's Rules on motions
for reconsideration, and support for property owners subject to eminent domain.
15.Adjournment
The
time for the meeting having expired, the Chair called the meeting adjourned at
11:12 p.m.
Period: |
October 17, 2005 to November 14, 2005 |
Checking Account
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Opening
Balance |
$34,940.25 |
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Receipts |
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Date |
Amount |
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District
Allotment |
10/26/05 |
$4873.05 |
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Transfer
from Savings |
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$0 |
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Other |
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$0 |
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Total
Receipts |
$4,873.05 |
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Total
Funds |
$39,813.30 |
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Disbursements |
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Number
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Payee
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Purpose
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Date |
Amount |
Status |
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233 |
Roberta Weiner |
Administrative Asst. |
10/17/05 |
$443.28 |
Cleared |
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234 |
US Treasury |
Federal Withholdings |
10/17/05 |
$220.32 |
Cleared |
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235 |
DC Treasurer |
State Withholdings |
10/17/05 |
$23.04 |
Cleared |
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236 |
Verizon |
Telephone |
10/17/05 |
$75.34 |
Cleared |
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237 |
Commissioner Williams |
Flyer reimbursement |
10/17/05 |
$117.53 |
Cleared |
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Total
Disbursements |
$879.51 |
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Final Balance |
$38,933.79 |
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Savings Account
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Opening
Balance |
$5,089.95 |
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Receipts |
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Date |
Amount |
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Interest |
10/31/05 |
$1.73 |
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Other |
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$0 |
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Total
Receipts |
$1.73 |
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Total
Funds |
$5,091.68 |
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Petty Cash
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Opening
Balance |
$39.12 |
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Purpose
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Merchant
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Date |
Amount |
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