BACA MEETING TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! 7pm
Rest blantently stolen from Truxton Circle Dispatch
From Cleopatra Jones:
FYI: ANC5C02/Community Ward 5
Mark your calendar Effective Wednesday, March 15, 2006, (Eleven days),
parking
enforcement will resume. “Street Cleaning” will be back and you must move
your car to the proper side of the street following street cleaning singage.
Ticketing will be enforced.
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Councilmember Phil Mendelson invites you to a Public Safety Town Hall Meeting,
March 9, 2006, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, at Savoy Elementary School, 2400 Shannon
Place, SE, Washington, DC (across from the Anacostia Metro Section). Stated meeting is on ” Criminal
Investigation to Incarceration and Beyond”. The issue of public safety is a
continuing concern among all District residents, the government has failed to
slow the revolving door of recidivism. Make a difference come out and let your
voices be heard on the District’s Criminal Justice System. See you there!
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From Jim Berry
Neighbors,
Internationally renowned photographer and Q Street, N.W. resident Jason Miccolo
Johnson has a book coming out next month, entitled “Soul Sanctuary.”
According to Jason’s website, “Soul Sanctuary is the first photographic book to
capture the essence and rhythms of the black Christian church. It is a
multidenominational journey into the heart of the black worship experience.
Photographer Jason Miccolo Johnson traveled across the country, visiting small
rural and urban storefront churches and large inner-city and suburban megachurches, taking some 15,000 photographs, 165 of which are included in the book.”
In addition, “Soul Sanctuary captures the spirit of the black church through
arresting images of congregants’ facial expressions and body language, their
uniforms and dress, and the dignity of their worship. Baptisms, weddings,
funerals, annual day celebrations, ecstatic soloists, choir directors, prophetic
preachers, angelic liturgical dancers, and peaceful moments of prayer and praise
are captured in Johnson’s intimate photographs. Evocative essays by church
leaders and noted theologians speak to the pictures and set the stage for a
“visual call and response” reminiscent of turning the pages in a precious family
album. Selected quotes from the Bible and from some of the subjects themselves
add a soulful and personal dimension to the book.”
For more information on Jason as well as his upcoming book, you may visit
www.soulsanctuarybook.com.
Best,
Jim Berry
ANC 5C
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Neighbors,
Below please find a copy of he flyer that is being circulated in the community regarding the next meeting
of the Bates Area Civic Association, Inc. Please share the contents of this
flyer with your neighbors and encourage them to attend. Hope to see you there!
Best,
Jim Berry
ANC 5C
Bates Area Civic Association, Inc.
MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE
Speakers Include:
Candidates for Locally Elected Offices
and
Ms. Amsale Teku
re: her desire to locate a beauty salon at 1543 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Agenda for the evening also includes updates from the following committees:
Membership
Public Safety
Youth Services
Transportation
Environmental Services
Land Use, Planning and Economic Development
Monday, March 6, 2006
Mount Sinai Baptist Church
3rd and Q Streets, N.W.
Rooms 1 and 2
7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
For more information regarding the meeting and/or the Association,
contact J. Berry at (202) 387-8520 or at jamojam@msn.com.
Community Update
Company Coming: Candidates for Locally Elected Offices to Appear at Upcoming Meeting.
Consistent with our history and tradition of allowing candidates for locally
elected office to introduce themselves and make brief statements at our monthly
meetings, a number of candidates have asked for time to speak to our group this
month: Specifically, Mayoral Candidate Michael Brown, City Council Chairman
Candidate Robert Brannum, At Large City Council Member and a Candidate for
Re-election Phil Mendelson, and Ward Five City Council Candidate Bruce A.
Marshall, are all scheduled to make introductory statements to the BACA
membership at this meeting. By the time of the primary elections, it is our
expectation that all of the certified candidates for these important offices
will have appeared at one of our meetings to tell us why they believe they
should be supported for the respective offices that they are seeking.
A Beauty Salon Proposed for 1543 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.: BZA Application
#17437
Ms. Amsale Teku is scheduled to appear at our meeting on 3/6/2006 to let us know why she is requesting a variance from the
use provisions (DCMR Title 11, Section 2003.1) of the R-4 Zone in order to
locate a “Beauty Salon” at premises 1543 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Square 510E,
Lot(s) 800, First Floor. Of equal Importance, Ms.Teku is scheduled to appear
before the Board of Zoning Adjustment in connection with Application #17437 on
Tuesday, March 7, 2006.
Residential Permit Parking:
One of the goals for this year that has been discussed at the last two meetings
in connection with the Transportation Committee report is the desire of some
residents to participate in the Residential Permit Parking (RPP) program that is
implemented by the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT). Standard hours for
RPP restrictions are from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except
holidays. In order for a given block to become a part of the RPP, a petition
must be signed by adults representing a majority (51% or more) of the households
on the block requesting the program. The annual fee for participation in the RPP is $15.00. Certain
blocks in the community already participate in RPP and there appears to be
interest in the program by certain residents of adjacent blocks, such as the 100
and 200 blocks of Bates Street, N.W., the 1500 block of First Street, N.W., and
possibly others. At the upcoming BACA meeting, volunteers will be solicited to
go door-to-door to collect signatures for the petition to participate in the
program by interested blocks. In those blocks where a majority of residents
support the effort, a formal application will be filed to participate in the
program with the DDOT.
Public Safety Town Hall Meeting: March 9, 2006, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at Savoy
Elementary School
Please be advised that Council Member Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Committee
on the Judiciary, will be holding a town hall meeting on 3/9/2006. Invited to
participate in the town hall meeting are important public safety officials
including Police Chief Charles Ramsey, U.S. Attorney Ken Wainstein, Chief Judge Rufus G. King, Department of
Correction Director Devon Brown, DC Attorney General Bob Spagnoletti, and CSOSA
Director Paul Quander. The meeting will be held at Savoy Elementary School,
2400 Shannon Place, S.E. (across from the Anacostia Metro Station). According
to C/M Mendelson, these officials will make brief statements, but he wants to
reserve the greatest possible time for residents’ questions and discussion.
Ward Five Constituent Services Summit – Saturday, March 11, 2006:
Council Member Vincent Orange is sponsoring his final Constituent Services
Summit on 3/11/2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., at Trinity College, 125
Michigan Avenue, N.E. This is an opportunity for Ward Five residents to submit
their community concerns to relevant government agencies via Mr. Orange’s
office, as well as to pose questions about one’s specific concerns directly to
representatives from the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Parks
and Recreation, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. If you have questions about the upcoming
summit or desire more information concerning it, you may call (202) 724-8028.