ANC meetings often make news. Sometimes ANC meeting agendas do, too.
Take, for example, the agenda for ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, November 18th (below). Note the agenda item about 3415 Yuma Street NW. That’s the parking structure behind the Days Inn, and you might recall that the hotel’s operator put the property up for sale last year.
It seems there’s been movement on that front, and a real estate attorney is scheduled to appear at the meeting to discuss plans for the site.
See also the addendum to the agenda. Van Ness Main Street shared with the ANC that District Fringe will return to Van Ness next year, Dog Haus intends to open in December, and that the streatery used by Rosemary Bistro Cafe will be dismantled on November 30th.
(Forest Hills Connection is an editorially independent program of Van Ness Main Street.)
And DC Water shared another milestone in the sewer work that’s been keeping Albemarle Street east of Connecticut Avenue closed to car traffic: the installation of a new manhole is complete.
By the way, the ANC meeting on the 18th is on Zoom only. The ANC’s October meeting at Forest Hills Senior Living was its first using a hybrid format since early 2020, and the commission wants to do more next year.
ANC 3F November Public Meeting Agenda
November 18, 2025
7:00 until 9:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Link
I. Welcome Call to Order and Roll Call [7:00 pm]
· Adoption of the November Agenda
II. Regular Agenda-Community Forum [7:05 pm]
· DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
· UDC: Juanita Gray
· DDOT: SRTS and Pedestrian Safety
· Community Announcements
III. Committee Reports [7:30 pm]
· Housing & Neighborhoods
· Streets & Sidewalks
· Parks & Watersheds
· Schools & Universities
IV. Regular Agenda [7:40 pm]
· Housing Roundtable Follow-up
· ABCA Cannabis Hearing Update
· 3415 Yuma Street NW (former Days Inn parking garage): Jeff Utz, Goulston & Storrs
V. Regular Agenda: Votes [8:10]
· The Whale Tea-Stipulated License Application
VI. Commission Business [8:20 pm]
· Commissioner Updates
· Treasurer’s Report: Sue Guzman
· Approval of November 2025 meeting minutes
VII. Adjournment
The next ANC 3F meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13 at 7PM
Addendum: Community Report Updates
Update VNMS/Good Clean Fun:
· VNMS Holiday Pop-up Market on December 13th
· VNMS partnering again to bring District Fringe to Van Ness next year; January 2026 will launch the 2026 season with the Flicker Bar making a Pop-up appearance.
· Streatery in the upper corridor is ending on November 30th.
· Doghaus is opening in December.
· GCF and VNMS held a very successful Spooktacular for Halloween along with an invasive removal event in Forest Hills Park in November.
Update for DC Water Project at Albemarle and 32nd Street:
The Soapstone project reached a significant milestone with the successful installation of the manhole (M-9787). This achievement marks an important step towards project completion. Bypass piping removal began on November 10th and will continue through the end of this week (11/15/2025).
Remaining items:
· Pepco to reenergize the overhead streetlight. Contractor awaiting PEPCO schedule for completion.
· Reconnection of the 8” watermain at 32nd and Albemarle St NW. Coordinating with DCW Operations to schedule work
· Replacing 19 dead red oak trees throughout the park (Awaiting NPS coordination and walkthrough)
· Installation of fencing over imbricated rock wall at Site #1
· Final site restoration including cleaning, milling, overlay, striping, and landscaping. (Contractor will provide restoration schedule following watermain reconnection activities)
Update: MPD
PSA 203 Crime Stats for the last 30 days, between 10-11-25 thru 11-9-2025:
· Homicide – None
· Sex Abuse – None
· Violent Assault with a Dangerous Weapon – None
· Burglary – None
· Motor Vehicle Theft – None
· Theft from Auto – 3 – Down 86%
· Theft (Primarily Retail Theft) – 42 – Up 14%