ANC 2E Roundup: Infrastructure, Public Works, and, yes, Macaroons

By The Editors

ANC 2E's meeting last night was as noteworthy for what was going on as what was not going on. Two commissioners, Commissioner Solomon and Commissioner Lewis, were absent. And the headline-grabbing issues that have been covered in past ANC meetings -- redistricting and the campus plan -- were not on the agenda either.

Instead, the focus of the meeting was on the Glover Park Infrastructure Project. The project stretches beyond any one ANC, and it consists mainly of basic improvements to Wisconsin Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street, along with sidewalk expansions for pedestrians. Neighbors expressed their many concerns about how this plan would impact traffic, pedestrian safety, and how permanent the new project would be.

Commissioner Jake Sticka asked about whether performance-based parking has been explored (it has not), and whether the GUTS buses will have an easier time making turns on this new road than they have in the past (they may). After heated moments of community comment, the commission went on to endorse the Glover Park Infrastructure Project unanimously.

The commissioners also noted that the O and P Streets project is nearing further completion, and they encouraged neighbors to continue monitoring the progress of the project through the project website.

The commissioners noted that public works workers will be doing extensive leaf-blowing in the neighborhood. In other news, the Commissioners voted to oppose the expansion of Blue Gin on Wisconsin Avenue in light of noise-related concerns, Wisemillers's application to renew its ABC license was endorsed, a number of neighbors' home improvement projects were approved, and a neon sign adorning a local business was found to be non-compliant with the neighborhood's aesthetic.

Causing much discussion, a macaroon store wants to open and sell its product through a folding window, which the commissioners only would approve for this specific purpose, with the fear that this would otherwise set a precedent for pizza or other goods being sold through windows as well. And perhaps as the most controversial item of the agenda, a ANC 2E homeowner wished to convert her residence into a home that neighbors claim would be obtrusively larger in nature and claim that the aesthetic would conflict with Georgetown's historic appearance. Unsurprisingly, the commissioners declared their opposition to the proposal.

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