The North Michigan Park Civic Association is accepting scholarship applications for its 2025 Higher Education Scholarship. The Association plans to offer a $1000 scholarship to two students who live in North MIchigan Park. Applicants must be currently enrolled in (2024-2025) or accepted to an accredited college, university or trade program. The parent/guardian of the student must be a paid member of the North Michigan Park Civic Association (dues paid by March 31, 2025). Applications and required documents must be received or postmarked by May 2, 2025.

Link: North Michigan Park Civic Association 2025 Scholarship Application

Link: North Michigan Park Civic Association 2025 Membership Application

From North Michigan Park Civic Association

North Michigan Park Civic Association Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

VIRTUAL ONLY

Virtual Meeting

Meeting ID 882 7345 2110

Pass code 930240

Call In 1-301-715-8592

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

Meeting Agenda 

·         Call to Order

·         Opening Prayer – Silent 

·         Roll Call of Officers

Meeting Protocol

• Meeting Protocol is Robert’s Rules of Order
• Phone call should remain on mute unless asked to un mute. 
• Respect others when speaking
• Respect our guest.
• Raise your hand if you have a question and wait to be acknowledged.

Community Update 

• Financial Report – NMPCA
• Student Scholarship 2025
• Strip Mall Update
  • Barber Shop opening
  • No update Jubileaf Medical Cannabis storefront 
    • Emergency bill to stop illegal cannabis shops operations
  • McDonalds closed until August 2025
• NMPCA Membership $10.00 
• Job scams
• Event to raise money for Community Day 
  • Donations
  • T-shirts for sale 
• Next meeting 
  • Councilmember Zachary Parker
  • Home Rule
  • DC from city to state
  • Assistance for federal workers
• This evening guest will speak regarding support and assistance for immigrants. 
• DPW updates in system

Guest Speakers

Jackie Reyes, Director Community Affairs  

Edwardo Perdomo, Director Latino Affairs

Q & A   

Guest Speaker 

DPW- Inspector Darlette Sallie Comer

Community Leader Reports

• Mayor’s Office – MOCR –  Christian Starghill , Anthony Black
• Ward 5 Council Member’s Office –  Oliver Stoute 
• ANC Commissioners –  Commissioners 5A02, 5A03, 5A08, 5A09
• Faith United Church – Pastor Joseph K. Williams, Sr. 

Community Concerns:

Open to residents

Adjourn

The McDonald’s located at 4950 South Dakota Avenue NE in North Michigan Park will close on March 1, 2025, in order to be rebuilt with a drive-thru. The last day of service will be February 28. Their goal is to reopen in August 2025 with a grand reopening planned for around Labor Day.

Representatives for McDonald’s attended ANC 5A’s public meeting last night. Instead of waiting to do a recap for the entire meeting, I am sharing a few highlights now.

They said that on March 1, the entire perimeter of the property will be fenced off. It will be about six weeks before the building is demolished.

Construction workers will likely park in the side lot, but the team is still talking to Faith United Church about using the church’s parking lot.

The crosswalk on the southwest side of Delafield and South Dakota will be closed, but it is not clear when that will happen. They said that 72-hour notice will be provided before closing sidewalks. There was mention of jersey barriers being placed on Delafield (the utilities for the restaurant are located on the corner of Delafield) but again unclear when all of that will happen. This might impact parking on Delafield but again unclear. They said the bus stop on South Dakota will not be impacted.

They said there are four phases to the construction, but they did not specify what those phases are.

Since their presentation to North Michigan Park Civic Assocation, they have settled on a number of 22 seats inside the new restaurant, much less seating than the current restaurant. There will be two kiosks for ordering (not three as shown in the image).

I will share more in a meeting recap.

The ANC asked the team to come back to the ANC to provide a more comprehensive construction plan because they could not answer a lot of basic questions. That special meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 13.

Neighbor Shameek shared that on February 15, 2025, there was a house fire in the 600 block of Farragut Place NE. DC Fire & EMS reports no fatalities or injuries. One household was temporarily displaced. I will share any information about ways to assist the impacted households that I receive. As a reminder, DC residents can request installation of a free smoke alarm through 311.

At last week’s North Michigan Park Civic Association (NMPCA) meeting, McDonald’s gave an update on plans for the restaurant located at 4950 South Dakota Avenue NE.

McDonald’s Presentation to NMPCA (February 2025).

The restaurant has new owners. The Gavignano family owns McDonald’s restaurants between Baltimore and Richmond. The McDonald’s on South Dakota Avenue was the 40th McDonald’s built in the entire country. It will be demolished in the coming weeks. ANC 5A previously circulated a pre-construction update.

One change from previous plans is that the new McDonald’s will be one story instead of two. Cars will enter and exit from South Dakota Avenue. There will be a dual drive-thru lane. A pedestrian walkway along Delafield will provide pedestrian access to the restaurant. They said that the rebuilding should not impact the Route 80 bus stop in front of the restaurant.

They are still working on a seating plan. Because of how the new restaurant will be designed, there will be fewer seats, roughly a maximum of 28 seats. They said they may have room to add two to four more. They said the seating will be more comfortable and also ADA-compliant. They are also looking at having smaller movable tables that they could put out during busy hours to add a bit more seating. They are doing a seating audit to look at how customers are currently using the indoor seating during different hours of the day.

The construction manager was not aware of permissible construction hours. They could not really answer questions about where their construction workers will park, but the new pastor of Faith United Church next door offered to talk with them about reaching an agreement to use the church’s parking lot.

In response to a question about pest control, they said that they are required to have a signed contract with a pest control company for the entirety of the project. They said they already have a contract in place and that they will be prepared to check and empty traps every day.

In response to a question from a resident who lives across the street from the restaurant, they said that the speakers will in fact face Delafield Street. But they said that residents should not be disturbed because there will be landscaping that can absorb the sound.

In response to a question about possible damage to homes, they said they do not expect having to use the large equipment that is used for drilling into rock. They do not expect there to be loud, disruptive banging that residents encounter with large construction projects. I imagine the civic association/ANC will circulate contact information for McDonald’s for residents to report issues/emergencies.

The team said they want to support community events and asked about how to get access to neighborhood email lists and such.

Timeline

They have an ambitious goal to reopen by August 11, 2025. That date is dependent on getting their raze permits soon. They said it will take about 90 days to clean, prep, and demo site, so they expect to pour footers for a new store around May 15. From there they expect about another 90 days to construct the new building.

ANC 5A Chair Emily Singer Lucio (5A03) was on the meeting and invited the team to attend a full ANC meeting.