MINUTES

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 3F

NORTH CLEVELAND PARK, FOREST HILLS & TENLEYTOWN

PUBLIC MEETING

 

Monday July 25, 2005

Capital Memorial Church

3150 Chesapeake Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008-2229

 

 

1. CALL TO ORDER [7:07 pm]

 

Chair Perry called the meeting to order and, finding Commissioners Gandhi, Kessler, Klibanoff, and Winstead present, declared a quorum.

 

Note: no audio recording was made of this meeting.

 

2. AGENDA [7:08 pm]

 

The agenda was adopted 5-0-0 (Chair Perry moving and Commissioner Winstead seconding).

 

3. MINUTES [7:10 pm]

 

Minutes of the June 20, 2005, monthly public meeting were accepted 5-0-0(Commissioner Winstead moving and Chair Perry seconding). 

 

4. ANNOUNCEMENTS [7:11 pm]

 

A. Announcements by Commissioners:

 

Commissioner Winstead thanked the public for their hard work cleaning up the Forest Hills Park.

 

B. Announcements by members of the community:

 

No announcements were made.

 

5. OPEN FORUM  [7:11 pm]

 

James Shipman, manager of the Brookville Supermarket of Cleveland Park encouraged Giant patrons to patronize his store during Giant’s closure for expansion.

 

Barbara Kogan, 4501 Connecticut Avenue announced that tomorrow would be the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She indicated that the Wachovia Bank, 4340 Connecticut Avenue now has a bell outside for wheelchair patrons to ring for service.

 

6. Police Report [7:17 pm]

 

No one from the Metropolitan Police Department attended the meeting.

 

7. DCRA Presentation [7:17 pm]

 

Dr. Patrick Canavan, DCRA director spoke. He was accompanied by members of his staff; Teresa Lewis, Neil Stanley, John Scott, and Ellen Rice.

 

Dr. Canavan talked about the disputes between the neighborhood and the Kuri Brothers (Van Ness Auto Center), which have been going on since 1964. He indicated that DCRA’s investigation was still in progress. He promised surprise inspections at that location.

 

Dr. Canavan indicated that on September 30th that the Office of Administrative Hearings would be taking over the type of cases formerly handled by DCRA Hearing Examiners.

 

8. Giant Food Presentation [7:47 pm]

 

Johnny Peterson from Giant Food (owned by Royal Ahold, a.k.a. Stop and Shop) discussed the expansion plans for the Van Ness Giant. The store would grow from 13,000 square feet to 24,000 square feet. The construction would take about four months.

 

9. Owl’s Nest application HPA #05-382 to HPRB [8:26 pm]

 

Commissioner Winstead proposed recommendations to the HPRB concerning the Owl’s Nest application to make changes to the historic site. Alex Boyer, the property owner and George Gordon, architect presented their plans.

 

Chair Perry interposed based on the lack of notice to neighbors.

 

With Commissioner Winstead’s consent five of the recommendations were changed to an explicit acceptance of the HPRB’s staff report dated June 21, 2005.

 

Commissioner Wiss called the question. Perry seconded.  The vote was 6-0-0 to cut off debate. The resolution passed on a vote of 5-1-0 (Commissioner Wiss voting against). [Res 05-17]

 

10. Grant to purchase benches for Wilson High School [9:38 pm]

 

Commissioner Wiss proposed the grant. Up to $850 would be given by the ANC for benches and plaques. Commissioner Wiss moved and Commissioner Winstead seconded (Vote 6-0-0 to give grant). [Res 05-18]

 

11. Comments on the Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study [9:48 pm]

 

Commissioner Wiss presented comments on the Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study. John Bullock from DDOT and representatives from Louis Berger, the company that conducted the study answered questions. Commissioner Wiss indicated that some of the study’s assertions conflicted with the observations of the community.

 Commissioner Wiss moved and Commissioner Winstead seconded (vote 6-0-0 to accept comments).[Doc 05-02]

 

12.  Comments from John Bullock, DDOT [10:24 pm]

 

Chair Perry questioned John Bullock from DDOT about changes to the traffic light at Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street. Bullock indicated the changes were done by DDOT’s Traffic Services Administration.

 

13.  Treasurer’s Quarterly Report [10:32 pm]

 

Commissioner Kessler presented the Quarterly Report.  Chair Perry moving, Commissioner Gandhi seconding with a vote of 5-0.

 

14.  Comments from OANC Executive Director [10:33 pm]

 

Gottlieb Simon, Executive Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions spoke on several topics. Simon indicated that if an ANC is prohibited from using money for a certain purpose, then the ANC can not give money as a grant to an organization for the same purpose.

 

Simon indicated that one-third of the ANCs have staff. ANC’s 2A and 2F share a staff person. Commissioner Gandhi indicated he would take the lead on staffing for ANC 3F’s office.

 

15.  Treasurer’s Report [10:43 pm]

 

Commissioner Kessler presented the Treasurer’s Monthly Report.

 

16.  New Office Computer [10:45 pm]

 

Commissioner Kessler raised the issue of money for a new Computer.  This topic was not on agenda.

 

17. ADJOURNMENT [10:46 pm]

 

The next monthly ANC 3F meeting will be held on September 19, 2005, also at the Capital Memorial Church. The meeting adjourned (Commissioner Wiss moving, Commissioner Gandhi seconding).

 

These minutes were approved 4-0-1, with a quorum present, at a duly noticed public meeting of ANC 3F on September 19, 2005.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

/s/ Frank T. Winstead

Frank T. Winstead, Secretary

 

 

Attachments:

 

Res 05-17      Regarding application HPA #05-382 to HPRB regarding the Owl's Nest
Res 05-18      Approving a grant for two benches at Woodrow Wilson High School
Doc 05-02     Comments on the Wisconsin Avenue Corridor Study