Sheridan School (4400 36th Street NW) is planning to build a two-story addition. It is seeking zoning exemptions in three areas: the expansion of the private school, the requirement for walls surrounding rooftop mechanical equipment, and minimum parking requirement.
Sheridan wants to build the addition on the parking area in front of the school, and it will lose all eight parking spots by doing so. The school, in its zoning application, says the addition is a “necessary safety improvement,” creating an entrance vestibule that allows school employees to see who is visiting before they allow entry.
The project is on the DC Zoning Commission’s November 15th agenda, and it’s on ANC 3F’s September 19th agenda because Sheridan will asking our neighborhood commissioners to support its application for zoning relief when the ANC meets in October.
ANC 3F will be voting Tuesday night on whether to support an amendment to UDC’s campus master plan to allow for the demolition of Building 41 and construction of a permanent DC Archives facility in its place. The Zoning Commission hearing on that project takes place the following Thursday.
And, the two candidates for the vacant ANC 3F01 seat will be given a chance to introduce themselves. Registered voters who live in 3F01 will choose between the candidates during an October 14th special election, to be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the UDC campus. The precise location is to be determined.
Here is the full draft agenda:
ANC 3F – Regular Meeting Agenda
Sept 19, 2023; 7:00 pm to 9:14 pm
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ANC 3F is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting at bit.ly/anc3fmeet
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Welcome (7:00pm)
Call to Order (7:01pm)
Roll Call (7:02 pm)
I. Adoption of the Sept 19, 2023 ANC 3F meeting agenda (7:03pm)
II. Approval of ANC 3F meeting minutes for July 18, 2023 (7:04pm)
III. Approval of ANC 3F expense (7:05)
– Wix website
– personnel tax payments
III. Regular Agenda – Commissioner Updates and Announcements (7:07pm-7:17pm)
IV. Regular Agenda – Committee Reports (7:18pm – 7:28pm)
● Streets & Sidewalks
● Parks & Watersheds
● Schools & Universities
● Housing & Neighborhoods
V. Regular Agenda – Community Forum (community leaders and agencies give brief updates) (7:29 – 7:39pm)
● University of the District of Columbia
● Van Ness Main Street
● Ward 3 Councilmember Matt Frumin’s Office
● Other updates
VI. Regular Agenda – Information Items (ANC 3F will not take a vote on these items) (7:40pm – 8:21pm)
● MPD Update with Lt. Bredet Williams (7:40pm – 8:00pm)
● DC Water Update with Emmanuel Briggs (8:01pm – 8:21pm)
● ANC 3F01 candidate introductions with Marilyn Slatnick and Leroy Fykes
(8:22pm – 8:32pm)
● Special Exception for 2726 Brandywine Street, NW (8:33pm-8:43pm)
● Special Exception for the Sheridan School (8:44pm – 8:54pm)
VII. Regular Agenda – Action Items (ANC 3F will take a vote on these items) (8:54pm – 9:13pm)
● Permit for zoning relief required to construct a new D.C. Archives building on UDC’s Van Ness Campus with State Archivist and Public Records Administrator for DC, Dr. Lopez Matthews (8:54pm – 9:13pm)
VIII. Adjournment (9:14pm)
Thank you for joining us this evening.
3F01 residents, please vote for your next Commissioner on Saturday, Oct 14, 11am-3pm at UDC.
The next ANC 3F meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.