October 3, 2003

Re: Application No. 50251

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration
941 North Capitol St. NE, 7^th Floor
Washington, DC 20002

Dear Friends:

        ANC3D, with a quorum present, voted at its October 1 to support the issuance of a “C” license to Kotobuki Restaurant at 4822 MacArthur Boulevard, subject to a restriction on the hours it would be permitted to serve alcoholic beverages. The permissible hours would be from 11a to 11p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and from 11a.m. until midnight on Friday and Saturday evenings.  The restrictions reflected a view within the commission that while it favored the introduction of new restaurants on MacArthur Boulevard, it was fearful that the authorization of establishments serving liquor into the early morning hours would begin to change the quiet, residential nature of the Palisades neighborhood.

        The restricted hours of service were agreed to in a “voluntary agreement,” signed by the owner of the Kotobuki Restaurant and the chair of ANC3D. A signed copy of the voluntary agreement is enclosed.

        We hope that the views of ANC3D in this case will be accorded the “great weight” specified under D.C. law (1-309.10).

                                          Sincerely yours,


                                          John W. Finney
                                          Chair, ANC3D