The North Michigan Park Civic Association (NMPCA) is holding a meeting tonight on McDonald’s map amendment (rezoning) request that is being pursued in order to replace the existing McDonald’s restaurant at 4950 South Dakota Avenue NE with a new two-story restaurant with a drive-thru. If you live in that area and care about this, plan to attend. Also reach out to NMPCA president Carmen Williams to be added to her distribution list if you are not receiving emails from the NMPCA. Her email address is carm8954@aol.com.

At the ANC 5A meeting on May 25, 2022, the ANC tabled the issue at the request of Ms. Williams and ANC Commissioner Charles Lockett (5A02) so that they could hold meetings with their constituents. The McDonald’s sits in ANC single member district (SMD) 5A03, represented by ANC Commissioner Emily Singer Lucio (5A03), but it is across the street from ANC 5A02 and a couple of blocks from ANC 5A08. The ANC plans to take up the matter again at its June meeting. Counsel for McDonald’s anticipates that a Zoning Commission hearing will be scheduled in the fall in either September or October. The ANC hopes to be able to take a vote at the June meeting and prepare a report since the ANC takes a summer break in July and August.

McDonald’s presentation from the May meeting, which includes a simple rendering, and other documents related to the request are available on the ANC’s website under Documents→Presentations→2022→May 2022→McDonalds. Edited to add: They will replace the renderings that are currently in the restaurant. At the meeting, the owner said the plan is to have the kitchen on the second floor; there would not be any seating on the second floor. This would allow them to have a building with a smaller footprint. He said that currently, the food is cooked in the basement of the restaurant and brought up to the first floor. Also, counsel stated that the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has asked McDonald’s to perform a queue analysis. In keeping with what they previously planned, they said they plan to remove the curb cut on South Dakota closest to Delafield Street.

(See this post for FAQs that were previously distributed by email by ANC Commissioner Emily Singer Lucio (5A03). The restaurant sits in her single member district (SMD)).

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NMPCA’s meeting notice copied below

FACE TO FACE IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL:

The June meeting is an important meeting concerning the zone changes in the McDonalds area. Your voice is important to the changes in the North Michigan Park Community. If a vote is taken you need to be counted.

North Michigan Park Civic Association Meeting Agenda
June 1, 2022
7:00 pm

FACE TO FACE IN PERSON
NMP Recreation Center
1313 Emerson Street NE
Washington, DC 20017

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Virtual Meeting
Meeting ID 882 7345 2110
Passcode 930240
Call In 1-301-715-8592

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88273452110?pwd=dmZ3R1liOTRKY1FyS3hlYlBqWnBWUT09

• Call to Order
• Opening Prayer – Silent
• Roll Call of Officers
• Previous month Meeting Minutes available upon request

Community Updates

NMPCA Community Updates

• NMPCA Scholarship – June 2022
• Community Clean Up Date – June 4, 2022 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
  • Meet at the Recreation Center
• Community Day Event  with NMPCA, NMP Reunion and DPR – Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 12:00 noon until 7:00 pm
• MPD – as assigned
• MPD – Community Laison
• Mayor’s Office – Nokomis Hunter

GUEST SPEAKER

Leila Batties Representing McDonalds

• Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s Office – Kelly Cislo
• ANC Commissioners
  • 5A02 Charles Lockett
  • 5A03 Emily Lucio
  • 5A08 Gordon Fletcher
• Department of Recreation – Joe Clark
• Faith United Church

Community Concerns

Adjourn