{"id":3744,"date":"2014-03-27T21:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T01:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dupontcircleanc.net\/wordpress\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2014-04-09T00:58:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T04:58:41","slug":"minutes-from-the-march-19-2014-abra-policy-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dupontcircleanc.net\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/27\/minutes-from-the-march-19-2014-abra-policy-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Minutes from the March 19, 2014 ABRA Policy Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Committee Members In Attendance:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Commissioner Kevin O\u2019Connor (2B02)<\/p>\n

Commissioner Noah Smith (2B09)<\/p>\n

Discussion on March 10th Public Safety Meeting<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The meeting, over all, was successful. Several follow-up items were identified.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 Work with business to lobby ABRA\/Council to institute a liaison to businesses. The ANC will work to promote this position and help over come the \u201cus versus them\u201d mentality that can arise between neighbors, the ANC, and business owners.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 Work with Police around the timing and outreach of the Club Action Team (CAT). Try to promote use of the CAT on Sundays.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 The ANC should move to show more support for soft closings. This will help alleviate the noise issues that arise from all bars releasing patrons at the same time<\/p>\n

Based on initial conversations, the ANC believes the ABRA\/DCRA\/MPD Noise Task Force has helped successfully mitigate noise south of Dupont Circle<\/p>\n

ABC Establishment Promoter Licensing Act of 2014<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Committee was not clear as to what, in particular, the proposed legislation would adequately address. It is unclear what the objective would be.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Committee was concerned about the narrow scope of the proposed legislation, which wouldn\u2019t apply to many categories of promoting that may or may not be bad actors.<\/p>\n

The legislation focuses more on registration and less on distinguishing good versus bad behavior.<\/p>\n

The Committee does not believe that the legislation will address “morphing.”<\/p>\n

The Committee recommends establishing a voluntary registration process for promoters, where promoters may voluntarily take the initiative to register with ABRA. This may make a promoter more attractive to businesses hiring, which would offer an incentive to register. There should also be training offered to promoters, which should have specific components that have been developed by ABRA, business owners, promoters, and community input.<\/p>\n

Protest Updates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Midtown (2B05):<\/em>\u00a0April 2014 protest date, near agreement on Settlement Agreement<\/p>\n

Dirty Martini (2B05):<\/em>\u00a0April 2014 protest, near agreement on Settlement Agreement<\/p>\n

Rose Bar (2B05):<\/em>\u00a0Protested as of 2\/18\/2014, near agreement on Settlement Agreement<\/p>\n

Public Bar (2B06):<\/em>\u00a0Settlement Agreement agreed upon by all parties<\/p>\n

18th<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0<\/i>St Lounge (2B06):<\/em>\u00a0Protest re-instated at March 2014 Meeting<\/p>\n

Bar Code (2B05):<\/em>\u00a0still negotiating over use of public space \u2013 April 2014 protests date<\/p>\n

Bar Charley (2B08):<\/em>\u00a0Settlement Agreement signed by all parties.<\/p>\n

Chi-Cha Lounge (2B08):<\/em>\u00a0Awaiting update<\/p>\n

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