The next Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association (MHNA) meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, in the Greater Washington Sports Alliance conference room, 2300 14th Street, NW, from 7 until 8:30pm. Roger Kemp, an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, will discuss the DC courts' use of community impact statements in sentencing of offenders. These statements can provide residents a significant opportunity to affect crime and safety in their neighborhoods, especially with regard to repeat offenders.
Eric Smucker will discuss Smucker Farms' application for a special Alcoholic Beverage Control Class B license that would allow the store to sell beer and wine until midnight. Agenda updated Jan. 14, 2012:
(1) Introductions
(2) Stewart Bunn, resident, JBG proposed Planned Unit Development project at 13th & U Streets, NW; to exempt developer from 50-foot height limit on site zoned ARTS/C-2-A so that it may build an 8-story luxury apartment building with first floor retail (confirmed)
(3) Crime and safety
- Commander Jacob Kishter, DC Metropolitan Police Department Third District (confirmed)
- Roger Kemp, Assistant United States Attorney - District of Columbia, use of community impact statements in sentencing (confirmed)