Tuesday, January 27, 2015

January 5B05 meeting

Dear Neighbors: Here are my notes from the meeting of last Thursday, 1/22/15 The January, 2015, meeting of Single Member District 5B05 was opened by Commissioner Feeley at 6:35 PM on Thursday, January 22. Sgt. Raphael Radon gave a crime report concerning the Fifth District area PSA 504 and clarified several points concerning 911 calls and parking issues. Several residents expressed concerns about suspicious activity within the smd (single member district. Unknown persons were reported to be waiting on side streets and bags appeared to be delivered to and from these cars. Residents were encouraged to take license plate numbers and report this activity to 911. Residents were also encouraged to report this activity to the Fifth Distruict Vice Unit (Lieutenant Ramey Kyle, 202 698 0658). Fifth District officers are patrolling the neighborhood but have staff limitations. Turkey Thicket, west of 10th street, is patrolled by the Fourth District. Residents can text message the Sergeant. Cars parked in bus lanes should be reported to Parking Enforcement (202 673-6833). Thefts from autos continues to be a problem in the Ward. Thieves have many ways of breaking into parked, locked cars but be careful to lock your vehicle. Report suspicious activities around house renovation sites. Material and tool thefts are being reported. Burglaries are a current concern and residents are advised to use light timers and leave televisions on. This makes your house less likely to be burgled. E-mail Sgt. Radon if you are going on vacation (Raphael.radon@dc.gov). He will have your street patrolled in your absence. Anna D’Orazio shared a proposal with residents concerning the new Junior High, adjoining Turkey Thicket Recreation Center. She and fellow homeowners encourage the Junior High design team to make student drop off occur off of Michigan Avenue. Jackie Stanley (DC Department of General Services ) has committed to comment on this plan at the 5B05 February meeting (2/9/15, 6:30, Turkey Thicket Recreation Center) Jack Hogan and other 10th Street and Shepherd street residents are seeking residentially zoned parking at all times on their streets. All are encouraged to attend the February meeting of Michigan Park Citizens (2/2/15, 7:00, Bunker Elementary) at which the Director of Transportation will speak and take questions from the community. Mr. Tony Fitzgerald reported the need for sidewalk repairs in front of 4001 9th Street, near 9th and Randolph. The commissioner, John Feeley, shared the following developments related to development and demolition in and near the smd: 1. Attention should focus on the Metro/MRP/CAS Reigler development. Development delayed for 5 years. And the upcoming PUD hearings, considering the August ruling in the Court of Appeals concerning the 901 Monroe St. LLC PUD. 2. Nothing from Jemal Corp. as of yet except the demolition permit 1. Metro Development: article on Brookland Metro Washington Business Journal, Aug 18, 2014 Brookland/CUA Metro development, by Niebauer Metro has selected a joint venture of MRP Realty and the CAS Riegler Cos. to develop two parcels immediately east of the Brookland-CUA Metro station with 280 residential units and 9,000 square feet of retail. The project must also include a new, 35-space Kiss and Ride lot.MRP proposed 150 units in a north building and 130 units to a south building. Roughly 2,000 square feet of retail would front the new Kiss and Ride lot, and 7,000 more square feet would be located in the main building between Michigan Avenue and Bunker Hill Road. Metro will now turn its attention to hammering out a development agreement with the selected team. Construction, August ruling in the Court of Appeals concerning the 901 Monroe St. LLC PUD. Niebauer, Washington Business Journal, 9/2014 The appeals court ruling remands the PUD to the zoning panel for further review, to decide whether the project is too dense for the community, to address the policy that requires protection of existing homes on the site, and “to determine whether, in light of the commission’s conclusions on these issues, the commission should grant or deny approval of the project.”But this case is larger than the incredibly divisive 901 Monroe St. NE. When the court remanded the Brookland case the first time, it ordered the commission to “make findings and related conclusions of law on three specific topics.” Per the court, when the commission got its hands on the PUD, it asked the developer to “draft a proposed order making the findings, determinations, and explanations required by this court.” 2. Norman Jemal property, former Tenleytown Trash site Demolition permits posted by Bruce Yarnall, Office of Historic Preservation, 9/25/2014 Jemal 816 – 818 Michigan Raze permit applications recently submitted to the Historic Preservation Office for an administrative clearance are filed on the HPO website at the following abbreviated RL: http://tinyurl.com/3erfa7y under "Related Documents". HPO provides this general public announcement because of the frequent neighborhood interest in raze applications. Addresses included in this report: 816, 818A, 818 B Michigan Avenue NE (ANC 5B) – concrete block garage/warehouse. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM. The next meeting of 5B05 will be on Monday, 2/9/15, at 6:30 at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center.

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