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Wednesday, Nov. 14
The National Capital Planning Commission will hold an open house to pres-
ent draft policies for the first-ever Federal Urban Design Element of the
Comprehensive Plan. The policies will provide guidance for the design of federal
facilities and promote more active public spaces. The event will be held from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW. For details,
visit ncpc.gov/urbandesign.
Thursday, Nov. 15
The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which
will include a discussion of the citys zoning rewrite and consideration of a reso-
lution on the omnibus alcohol license reform bill proposed by Ward 1 D.C.
Council member Jim Graham. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the
Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Saturday, Nov. 17
The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy will hold a volunteer day from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. for volunteers to cut invasive vines and shrubs along the margins
of the parks meadows. Training and tools will be supplied; volunteers should
meet at the top of Lovers Lane near 30th and R streets NW. For details or to reg-
ister, contact Ann Aldrich at aaldrich@dopark.org.
The Rock Creek Conservancy will hold a Post-Sandy Rock Creek Cleanup to
remove trash and other debris left behind after Superstorm Sandy. The event will
be held from 2 to 5 p.m.; volunteers should meet at the parking lot on Beach
Drive between Park Road and Blagden Avenue NW. Registration is requested;
visit rockcreekconservancy.org.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
The Cleveland Park Citizens Association and the Cleveland Park
Congregational United Church of Christ will hold a Countdown to Launch recep-
tion for the Cleveland Park Village, a new nonprofit created to help people age in
their own homes and stay connected to the community. The event will be held at
Cleveland Park Congregational United Church of Christ, 34th and Lowell streets
NW. For details, visit cpcadc.org/get-involved/cleveland-park-village.
The week ahead
By DEIRDRE BANNON
Current Staff Writer
A bill that would change alcohol
sales regulations in the District got
closer to becoming law last
Thursday, drawing committee sup-
port during a D.C. Council markup.
The measure could go before the full
council this week.
The omnibus alcohol bill,
authored by Ward 1 Council mem-
ber Jim Graham and co-sponsored
by Ward 2s Jack Evans and Ward
7s Yvette Alexander, includes more
than 40 proposed changes to the
D.C. Code. Notable provisions
include one that would modify resi-
dents ability to protest establish-
ments with liquor licenses, and
another that would change the con-
ditions that can be included in volun-
tary agreements between liquor-
serving businesses and neighbors.
Committee members approved
two out of three proposed amend-
ments to the bill during the Nov. 8
Human Services Committee mark-
up, which was chaired by Graham.
In an amendment that he ulti-
mately withdrew, Ward 6 member
Tommy Wells addressed one of the
more controversial provisions of the
bill, which would restrict protesters
to those who live within a 400-foot
radius of a licensed establishment.
Wells proposed lifting that
restriction for bars and restaurants
with an occupancy of 400 or more
patrons. He suggested that for these
larger establishments, the existing
Council committee backs
Graham ABC reform bill
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Army about how many turkeys
would have to be cooked for a char-
ity Thanksgiving dinner. The chef
told Davis the real challenge was
actually defrosting those turkeys in
time to cook and serve them.
Hundreds of people donated tur-
keys, but they were always frozen.
I asked him, what if I can get
five or 10 people to cook these tur-
keys to get this started? Davis said.
The chef took him up on that, and
Davis enlisted the help of several of
his friends from a local bar to pre-
pare the turkeys in advance.
Ive been doing it ever since,
said Davis. The charities have
changed over the years, and the loca-
tion has changed.
He transported the tradition to
D.C. when he moved down here in
1989 to head the Duke Ellington
School of the Arts. He was so caught
up with his new principal duties that
fall taking over a high school
was a big deal, he said that he
forgot about his turkey ritual until
the last minute. He decided to ask
Ellington students and teachers to
help out, using the schools cafeteria,
and they rose to the challenge.
In D.C., the recipient has always
been the Gospel Rescue Ministries,
at 810 5th St. NW. Davis typically
delivers between 20 to 30 turkeys
there on the day before Thanksgiving.
Pastor John Pendleton, who
directs food facilities at the ministry,
said receiving already cooked tur-
keys really helps us a lot: Cooks
can just heat them up the next day,
then serve. About a half-dozen cooks
work the kitchen each Thanksgiving,
he said, preparing meals for the min-
istrys regulars along with anyone
else who wants to partake.
People just drop in. Members of
the Chinese community [in
Chinatown] come in, Pendleton
said. We stop police on the street,
make sure they get a meal.
After starting out at Ellington,
The Order of the Drumstick
evolved into a mobile operation,
with Davis driving to the homes of
volunteers to pick up the cooked
turkeys. Hes been able to recruit
volunteers from his various work-
places (his resume includes senior
public-relations posts at The
Washington Post, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, and AARP), and, more
recently, through local listservs.
Chevy Chase resident Susan
Pizza found out about The Order of
the Drumstick last year from her
neighborhood listserv. I thought,
Im going to be cooking a turkey
anyway. Why not do two, instead
of one? she said.
Pizza said she prefers helping
this way because its more active
than going to the grocery store and
picking up a few extra cans of stuff.
Her Thanksgiving Day obligations
prevent her from volunteering at a
shelter during the holiday, but she
likes being able to put my time and
my care into cooking a turkey to
make the lives of the volunteers who
are cooking more simple.
Davis said his volunteers often
want to do fancy things when they
cook, but he has use only for simple
cooked turkeys with the innards
removed and, due to health con-
cerns, no stuffing.
He said hes seen some mishaps
over the years. One poor young
lady handed in her turkey as a bag
of dust, he recalled. She fell asleep,
and by the time she woke up it had
turned to sawdust.
To be safe, he always cooks five
turkeys himself.
Davis said hes already booked
up with volunteers for this years
Order of the Drumstick, but
theres always next year. He encour-
aged those interested to email him at
martis_davis@comcast.net.
TURKEYS: Giveaway continues
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rule allowing protests from a
group of five individuals living any-
where in the city should continue.
Citing feedback he received from
residents in wards 5 and 6, Wells
said the neighborhood impact of
large alcohol-serving establishments
can be greater. As we restrict that
right of our citizens to be able to
speak to this, the amendment would
reserve that right for establishments
that do have an impact beyond 400
feet, he said at the hearing.
During the bills public comment
period this summer, a number of
civic organizations also spoke out
against the 400-foot limit.
Having no rules or parameters
on who can protest an establishment
was way too lenient, but now the
pendulum has swung too far in the
opposite direction, Susie Taylor,
president of the Cleveland Park
Citizens Association, said in an inter-
view this week.
It makes all the sense in the
world to have limitations on who can
protest, she said. But 400 feet is
way too little its less than one
city block. We think a more appro-
priate limit would be 1,800 feet
from a licensed establishment.
Graham said at the hearing that a
task force he convened last
December, which met for four
months to assess possible changes to
alcohol regulations, voted 13-1-1 in
support of the 400-foot restriction.
Wells decided to withdraw the
proposed amendment after realizing
he didnt have the votes to pass it.
Alexander said she needed time to
consider whether lifting the restric-
tion would adversely impact busi-
nesses, and Graham said that he
wouldnt support any amendments
to the bill, citing his commitment to
the task forces recommendations.
Wells said he would reintroduce the
amendment when the bill goes
before the full council.
In a separate amendment the
committee passed, Alexander sug-
gested striking provisions that would
change building codes for new
mixed-use construction as of Jan. 1,
2013, to require the use of higher
standards of soundproofing materi-
als in walls, floors, ceilings and
windows.
The provision would also require
that potential buyers and tenants of
mixed-use properties be notified of
any soundproofing noise protections
to which they are entitled.
Alexander said that while she
supports making changes to building
codes to address noise, the provision
goes beyond the scope of a bill
aimed at revising rules on alcohol
sales. Instead, she said it would be
more appropriately considered in
separate legislation under the
Committee of Public Services and
Consumer Affairs, which she chairs
and which oversees building codes.
The amendment passed 3-1, with
Graham voting against. Committee
member Marion Barry, who repre-
sents Ward 8, did not attend the
meeting.
In the third proposed amendment,
Wells suggested that the bill allow
the sale of growlers 64-ounce
reusable containers filled with draft
beer by liquor stores as well as
brew pubs and full-service grocery
stores. The use of the reusable con-
tainers, which are sealed for off-
premises consumption, is thought to
have environmental benefits. The
amendment passed 3-1, with Graham
opposed.
The markup didnt address some
other controversial provisions of the
bill, including proposed new rules
for civic associations that want to
launch protests, and a provision that
would cause an advisory neighbor-
hood commission to subsume anoth-
er groups protest if the commission
first reaches a voluntary agreement
with the establishment in question.
In an interview, Graham said he
is hopeful the omnibus bill will pass
this year.
Its important to keep in mind
that we are advancing the recom-
mendations of the task force,
Graham said. I made a commitment
that I would support what they came
up with and not make any changes.
Without that commitment this would
not be a very meaningful process.
Graham added that he intends to
stand with the working groups pro-
posals even if additional amend-
ments are offered when the bill goes
to the full council. The councils
Committee of the Whole is slated to
discuss the amended bill at
Thursdays meeting, and it may
come up for a first vote at the coun-
cils legislative session later that day.
This is not the last opportunity
to consider ABC law, Graham said,
adding that he might introduce addi-
tional legislation that would incorpo-
rate some provisions not included in
the omnibus bill.
LIQUOR: Council committee approves ABC bill
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