Updates

EXCELLO/N-A MINIT: Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 6A05 reported at the April 8 ANC meeting on the latest news on the Excello/N-A Minit liquor license protests: "On May 5, there's a status hearing, concerning the renewal of Excello Liquors, the renewal of N-A Minit and the transfer from Excello to N-A Minit. There was a meeting this morning that I regretably missed because of a personal matter, but the mediation did not go well. Mrs. Lee backed away from what seemed to be an opening in her willingness to not sell certain types of singles. It seems that this will probably go further, to a possible protest hearing."

RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING: Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Jessica Ward (6A06) reported at the April 8 ANC meeting on her efforts to establish residential permit parking throughout her area: "I went on two Saturdays around to the neighbors — there's quite a few streets that do not have residential permit parking. I'm a big advocate for that. I think it gets basically down to the cars that aren't needed on that street should be ticketed and to do that, you need to have a residential parking permit. So I did distribute those to over 100 plus residents, with a petition and a letter of public safety concerns."

LIQUOR STORE HOURS: David Grosso, staff member to Sharon Ambrose, wrote in an e-mail on April 8 that the Omnibus Alcoholic Beverage Amendment Act, which, among many other things, would extend the hours of liquor stores, was not voted on as planned, on April 6: "The bill was put on hold until a later legislative session. It should be voted on either on April 20th or May 4th. At the time of the vote Councilmember Ambrose will be in support of maintaining the hours as they are currently in effect."

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING: Francine Edmonds, the assistant to the Ward 6 Neighborhood Services Coordinator, says Ward 6 is very low in the registration of residents for the free emergency response training described on page 5 of the last issue of the Corner Forum. She encourages residents to get more information about the program by calling 645-0308.

R.L. CHRISTIAN LIBRARY: Ms. Ward commented on a Washington Post article about the community library at 13th & H NE: "There's a nice article in the District Weekly today about the R.L. Christian Library, and I'd like to commend the continued support by the Sprenger Lang Foundation for donating $15,000 for a facelift. This is an indication of merchants helping out merchants on H Street, and it's welcome."

CORNER FORUM ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The last issue was edited by Marc Borbely, 536 13th St. NE, and Sharon Cochran, 1300 block of Emerald Street NE. There are 81 households in the Corner Forum area that are subscribed to the newsletter (28 on E Street, 27 on Emerald Street, 18 on 13th Street, and 8 on Duncan Place). Thank you, to all.

— Marc Borbely §