Monday’s monthly meeting of a local citizens advisory board will feature a special round-table discussion with neighbors on the other side of the District line.

The county-led Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board will meet with three D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (3D, 3E and 3G) to talk about “topics of common interest,” hear from Montgomery and D.C. planners on transportation links across Western Avenue and get an update from police commanders.

Members of the Montgomery group, made up of residents and business owners from Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac and Rockville, must be confirmed by the county executive. The group regularly gets updates from county and other agency officials on local issues, then typically weighs in in the form of a letter or Council testimony.

D.C.’s ANCs largely play the same role, though ANC commissioners hold sway on the approval or disapproval of liquor licenses.

The meeting is open to the public and will take place from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Monday at the Village of Friendship Heights (4433 South Park Ave.).

Among the D.C. neighborhoods represented by the ANCs taking part are Chevy Chase D.C., the Palisades, Spring Valley, Wesley Heights, Friendship Heights and Tenleytown.

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