Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6/8F met in person and online on Nov. 19 at 250 M St. SE. Commissioners present were Nic Wilson (6/8F01, treasurer), Markita Bryant (6/8F02, vice chair), Brian Strege (6/8F03, chair), Edward Daniels (6/8F04, secretary) and newly sworn Dan Reynolds (6/8F05).
Strege introduced a resolution requesting that the DC Council make the Emergency Juvenile Curfew Amendment Act permanent within the boundaries of ANC 6/8F. The legislation, which allows curfew hours to begin as early as 8 p.m. for those 17 and under, as well as for targeted “extended curfew zones,” was reinstated on an emergency basis in early November after expiring Oct. 5.
The chair noted that ANC 6/8F had “the most extended zones” in the city during the summer pilot and was the only ANC to formally request one. Commissioners pointed to repeated juvenile melees in Navy Yard, including incidents immediately after the October lapse and again on Halloween. Although the legislation is active until Feb. 5, Strege said the ANC was concerned about losing the tool when warmer months return…