ANC 2G

by Pleasant Mann

that the resolution should be sent to Evan Cash, Director of the DC Council Committee of the Whole with a copy to Councilmember Vincent Gray. e motion passed unanimously.

Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee (ABC)

Petite Cerise, 1027 Seventh Street NW. Renewal of license for a newly opened French restaurant. e license also has a sidewalk café endorsement. ey plan on serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Commissioner Nigro made a motion to support the license renewal. e motion passed unanimously.

600 T, 600 T Street NW. License renewal. e owner described the establishment as a speakeasy. Padro said that since they already had a settlement agreement with the commission, the ABC supported the renewal. A motion to support renewal of the license passed 6-0.

Ambar, 1547-49 Seventh Street NW. License renewal. e applicant told the committee that the establishment would be applying for a substantial change to the license soon, seeking an entertainment endorsement and also had an outdoor patio under construction. e committee recommended protesting the license, since there was no settlement agreement in place and the restaurant has a retractable roof and operable windows. is was supported by the applicant’s counsel to get additional time to work on the agreement and additional endorsements. A motion to protest the license renewal passed 6-0.

Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)

Resident Parking on 600 Block of L Street. Commissioner Nigro brought up earlier in the meeting a Notice of Intent (NOI) from the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) proposing the removal of the Residential Permit Parking (RPP) designation from the north side of the 600 block of L Street NW. DDOT said the reason for the move was due to a lack of residents on the street, something that was not true according to Nigro. She informed DDOT that residents with addresses on McCullough Court relied on those spaces, but DDOT said they would not rescind the NOI. A number of residents expressed their condemnation of the move to the commission.

Commissioner Lopez said that the TAC took up the matter, agreed that there were residents on the block that needed the RPP designation and recommended that the commission send a resolution to DDOT opposing the NOI. A motion to oppose the NOI passed unanimously.

Dangerous Intersections. Commissioner Lopez brought up a resolution to deal with the issue of safety at the several intersections of ANC 2G where tra c fatalities had occurred. He noted that an employee of the Marriott Marquis hotel had been killed at 10th Street and Massachusetts Avenue and that a scooter rider died recently from injuries resulting from an accident at New Jersey Avenue and P Street last year. He wanted DDOT to study intersections where a fatality has occurred. Lopez’s resolution called for DDOT to do a safety study at these and other intersections that had fatal tra c crashes. e resolution passed unanimously.

Public Safety Committee

ANC 2G’s bylaws have provisions for a Public Safety Committee, but the committee currently does not have a chair. Commissioner McCarty nominated Dylan White, who has lived in the 2G area for seven years and is currently a member of the Friends of 10th Street Park. A motion to appoint White chair of the Public Safety Committee passed 6-0.

Resignation of Commissioner Lopez

Commissioner Lopez announced that he planned to give up his seat on the commission, e ective April 24, since he was moving to Bellingham, Washington. Commissioner Padro said that he was saddened by the loss, a feeling that was also expressed by other commissioners.

Lopez’s departure presented an immediate issue in that he was the point of contact for two protests of liquor licenses. A motion to make Commissioner Padro the contact for the protests passed.

ANC 2G will hold its next meeting on ursday, May 11. e meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. Plans are to hold this meeting as a virtual conference. Visit www. anc2g.org for more information.