agenda for the next ANC 5C meeting -- Tuesday, 04/17/2012

Below and attached is the agenda for the ANC 5C Monthly Meeting, Tue, Apr 17, 2012, 7:00pm-9:00pm. [note that new ANC 5C04 Commissioner Mark Mueller will be formally introduced.]

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Franklin Nash UM Church
7:00pm -9:00pm 2001 Lincoln Road NE (at RIA NE)

Notice/Agenda ANC 5C
Monthly Public Meeting

At the appropriate time, all attendees will be given the opportunity to participate in the meeting, offer suggestions and make recommendations for consideration. Unless otherwise noted, floor time is limited to 60 seconds. During deliberations, Commissioners are limited to 5-minute presentations and 90 seconds for comment. Please limit your comments accordingly. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Part I: Opening
Call to Order………………………………………………………….…..Chairman Edwards
Formal Intro of New Commissioner – ANC 5C04
Roll Call/Quorum.………………………………………….……………Commissioner Ransom
Adoption of Agenda
Review/Approval of Minutes…………………………………………….Commissioner Brent
March 20, 2012

Part II: Business Administration
Financial Report...………….………..…………………..……….……….Commissioner Ransom
Report & Pay Bills/Auditor’s Release of Allotment…….…..…….……Commissioner Farmer-Allen
ANC Security Fund Update
Update re: Purchase of Pooper Scooper……………………………….Commissioner Brent

Part III: Community Concerns, Updates and Resolutions
1. Police Report – Update re: Shootings in 5C area………………….…..MPD, 5th District
2. Rhode Island Ave Gateway Development - 2321 4th St NE….....……Commissioner Phillips
Mr. Kenneth Brewer - H Street Community Development Corporation
3. BZA Application for Car Port Variance……………………….…….Commissioner Farmer-Allen
David E. Perkins – Resident/Owner
4. BZA Application for Child Development Center……………..………Commissioner Fournier
(2909 North Capitol Street NE) Christy Moseley Shiker, Partner, Holland & Knight
5. FCC Regulatory Issues…………………………………………….……Commissioner Ransom
Ms. Patricia A. Chew, Sr. Consumer Education & Outreach Specialist
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
6. Update Re: Washington Gas/Pepco Rate Increases………………….Commissioner Ransom
Mr. Laurence Jones – Office of Peoples Counsel
7. Community Garden @ Edgewood Recreation Center………..……………Commissioner Grant
Cassie Phillips
8. 2012 Meeting Schedule…………..………………………………Commissioner Ransom/Pinkney
9. Update on Medical Marijuana Cultivation Centers
& Projected Release of Provisional Dispensary Applicants……………Chairman Edwards
10. Community Concerns
Adjournment…………....………………………………

agenda for this Monday's Bloomingdale Civic Association

See this Bloomingdale Civic Association meeting information supplied by BCA President Teri Janine Quinn:

Bloomingdale Civic Association Agenda -- Monday, September 19, 2011

WELCOME
Teri Janine Quinn, BCA President

BCA BUSINESS
§ Bloomingdale House Tour report
§ Elections and Nominating Committee selection
§ ANC grant status update

PRESENTATIONS
§ WeatherizeDC: Making homes more energy-efficient through weatherization
§ Howard University: Campus plan proposal
§ Statehood for DC: Political advocacy for statehood
§ Volunteers of America: New facility proposed for Florida Avenue
§ R Street shared lane: Street markings to indicate usage by cyclists and cars
§ Medical marijuana dispensary: Application by VentureForth LLC for location on North Capitol Street

COMMUNITY UPDATES
§ Executive Office of the Mayor
§ Office of the Ward 5 Councilmember
§ ANC 5C Commissioners

NEWS AND NOTICES
§ September 20 – ANC 5C monthly meeting (6:45 PM at Franklin United Methodist Church, 2001 Lincoln Road NE)
§ September 21 – PSA-501 monthly meeting (7 PM at the Harry Thomas, Sr. Rec Center, 1743 Lincoln Road NE)
§ September 25 – Northwest Learning Center open house (1-3 PM, 1837 First Street NW)
§ September 26 – Ward 5 Democrats monthly meeting (6:30 PM at Michigan Park Christian Church, 1600 Taylor Street NE)
§ October 15 – Bloomingdale House Tour: Fierce, Fresh, and Fabulous, $10 (1-5 PM at First and T Streets NW)

NEXT MEETING
The next BCA meeting will be held on Monday, October 17, 2011.

Bloomingdale Civic Asssociation, Inc., P.O. Box 1438, Washington, DC 20013

a resident's concern about the proposed medical marijuana dispensary

See this 09/09/2011 message passed along by ANC 5C03 Commissioner Hugh Youngblood:

A resident of the Unit Block of Florida Avenue NW shared the following concerns to facilitate dialogue about medical marijuana in the community.

``Wow!! Soon our neighborhood will be the epicenter of feel-good pharmaceuticals in the District of Columbia. New businesses are sprouting up everywhere around us. One night, Volunteers of America slipped into the Madison at 52 Florida Ave. NW and is distributing psychotropic drugs from that location. About a block away, we will have a ``legal`` marijuana distribution operation on North Capitol Street (just south of the Halfway House on Quincy Place NW, just east of the Mental Health Clinic on Florida Avenue NW, around the corner from the S.O.M.E. Soup Kitchen and n nestled in between the Ex-Offender Project and the Homeless Transgender Clinic on North Capitol Street NW).

Throw in the crack operation which comes and goes along First Street and a liquor store on every corner, and we service about every drug culture out there. In retrospect, it is regrettable that the methadone clinic has closed. The opiate crowd is not represented. Think how diverse our neighborhood will become with the influx of the new consumers. A heavy burden will be lifted from MPD. Why chase the drug trade when it will be impossible to determine the legal from the illegal? Now that we have attracted them here, it is only right that we provide accommodations. After all, smoking is prohibited in most enclosed areas such as restaurants, taverns, fast food outlets, etc. It would be unsightly to allow people to sit on our steps and nod off, plus that marijuana smell can be pretty obnoxious. My suggestion is that we face reality and create space for our new neighbors. The new Florida Ave. Park is now just beginning a million-dollar facelift. As we all know, the old Park was a haven for alcoholics, druggers, prostitutes and the like. It was seldom that you walked by and did not detect the odor of burning marijuana. The original idea for the new Park was to create a space where children could play and the neighborhood could come together. This is unrealistic. The City is just wasting its money. The new consumers will be attracted to the new Park just as bees are to honey. Forget the children`s play area, the horseshoe pits and the basketball courts. The Park needs outside toilet facilities, space and safe furniture for those who are physically impaired while under the influence of the pharmaceuticals we are providing. Sunset liquor store can expand to a head shop to conveniently provide pipes, bongs, cigarette paper and perhaps even water pipes for use in the Park. Those who opposed gentrification (whatever that means) will now have the last laugh. Just as our fragile neighborhood was getting over the violence, drug trafficking, high crime and unsafe streets of yesteryear, it looks like it`s headed back. This is progress.``

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Hugh Youngblood
ANC, SMD 5C03
240 then 925 then 1079