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#288 From: expletives@...
Date: Mon May 11, 2009 2:28 am
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Dear Friends,

I would like to thank everyone who participated in the yard sales Saturday to benefit the protection of green space in north central D.C. Thanks to you, we raised $300 for Washington Central Parks.

Thanks in particular to the four major ``yard'' participants, Ellen Hughes, Cliff Valenti, Lauri Hafvenstein and Angela and Julian Dickerson. Several others donated goods for the sale -- thanks so much to you all. And to the many people who stopped by to make purchases -- thank you!

 

We all enjoyed the bonus of visiting with neighbors on a nice, non-rainy day.

 

The award for best item sold, of course, goes to Lauri, for her kayak!

This was a relatively small, simple way to quickly raise some money for a cause that will benefit D.C. for hundreds of years to come.

 

Thanks again to everyone.

John Hughes


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#287 From: expletives@...
Date: Mon May 11, 2009 2:25 am
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Dear Friends,

I would like to thank everyone who participated in the yard sales Saturday to benefit the protection of green space in north central D.C. Thanks to you, we raised $300 for Washington Central Parks.

Thanks in particular to the four major ``yard'' participants, Ellen Hughes, Cliff Valenti, Lauri Hafvenstein and Angela and Julian Dickerson. Several others donated goods for the sale -- thanks so much to you all. And to the many people who stopped by to make purchases -- thank you!

 

We all enjoyed the bonus of visiting with neighbors on a nice, non-rainy day.

 

The award for best item sold, of course, goes to Lauri, for her kayak!

This was a relatively small, simple way to quickly raise some money for a cause that will benefit D.C. for hundreds of years to come.

 

Thanks again to everyone.

John Hughes


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#286 From: "David Alpert, Greater Greater Washington" <alpert@...>
Date: Tue May 5, 2009 5:44 pm
Subject: Build a circle at North Capitol and Irving (Greater Greater Washington) 		dbalpert
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Build a circle at North Capitol and Irving


North Capitol Cloverleaf overlaid onto Dupont Circle for scale comparison.

DC and federal officials and a team of consultants have created three options for redesigning the cloverleaf interchange at the intersection of North Capitol and Irving Streets. Dubbed the "Memorial in the Park," "Center of Centers," and "Four Corners," each continues the grade separation of east-west and north-south traffic while also trying to create a more hospitable area for people.

The interchange is DC's only traditional freeway cloverleaf interchange, occupying about 19 acres in what is becoming a more urban, more walkable part of the city. The adjacent Armed Forces Retirement Home plans to develop its southeastern corner, adjacent to the cloverleaf, into mixed-use buildings to fund its ongoing operations. Catholic University is growing, and the nearby McMillan Sand Filtration site will become a new neighborhood of its own as well.

The interchange is part of a short freeway piece of North Capitol between more urban segments to the north and south. It encourages high-speed traffic and discourages pedestrians and bicyclists. It generates a large "dead zone" in the surrounding bus network. And it creates inaccessible empty space instead of more valuable parkland that people can actually use.

The study team developed three alternatives. One would reroute the roads to the southeast, creating a park space for a large memorial and giving the roads a "parkway" design. The park would be 7.5 acres, about the same size as Capitol Hill's Lincoln Park. It's also the most expensive of the four, likely costing $40-45 million.

The second option would build a circle with 2.6 acres of green space in the center, a little more than Dupont Circle's 2.3. Like Dupont, one roadway (Irving) would pass underneath, while the other (North Capitol) would use the circle along with turning movements. This would probably cost $37-41 million.

The third would divide the green space into four corner parks, with the larger two about the same size as the Navy Memorial at one acre. A ring road would let vehicles transfer between the two roads. This option is the cheapest, at an estimated $28-31 million. It'd also be possible to also leave out the ring of buildings, creating more empty space instead of stores and residences.



Left to right, top to bottom: The current North Capitol interchange; the "parkway/memorial" option; the "circle" option; the "four corners" option.

According to the study team, replacing the interchange with a simple at-grade intersection would require each roadway to have ten lanes, and even then cars would take longer to move through the intersection, not to mention the very long pedestrian crossing times.

DC should choose the circle design. It builds on the existing L'Enfant public space vocabulary of Washington. The well-designed circles mix public parks and vehicular movements in a generally pleasing balance. However, the circle should be actually circular. An oval shape does help the cars move through the area a bit more quickly, but encouraging cars to slow down through the area would improve this public space. A circle works fine for DC's existing circles, and would preserve the continuity across the city.

I'm also curious if the study team evaluated having both roadways pass underneath the circle, meeting at a traffic light underground while turning cars still use the circle. I've always wondered if that would improve Dupont Circle. It would slow traffic passing through somewhat, but since cars wouldn't have to wait for left turning movements, would delay drivers far less than a regular at-grade intersection.

The "memorial" design looks too much like the Kennedy Center's "ramp spaghetti" and other contemporaneous designs that aren't really pedestrian-friendly. That design creates a park that would serve the AFRH development well, but cuts the park off from the other sides. One day, the VA Medical Center or the houses to the southeast could become more walkable in design, and the interchange should not hinder that possibility. Likewise, residents of the future McMillan site development should be able to walk to this plaza without passing over and under ramps clearly designed for vehicles above all.

The "four corners" is okay, but the park is either too small or too large. If built, the ring of buildings cuts off the parks from the roadway, decreasing "eyes on the street" and making the park into more of a courtyard for the buildings. Without the buildings, it's just a larger version of the circle with an uncrossable road cutting it in two. There are no crosswalks on North Capitol in the middle, meaning people will have to walk all the way to one end to cross, or dash dangerously across midblock.

The study also briefly considers Irving and North Capitol outside the cloverleaf. It recommends redesigning North Capitol into a greenway with a median and hiker-biker sidepath north of the cloverleaf, and into an urban boulevard with wide sidewalks and off-peak parking south of the cloverleaf. Other recommendations include reducing travel lanes on Irving to add a bicycle lane, and removing the "slip lanes" to make the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Irving Street a more pedestrian-friendly, 90-degree standard intersection. To help drivers, it recommends widening Michigan Avenue slightly at 1st Street, NW to lengthen the turn lanes and add protected left turn phases to the traffic lights.

All of the designs show potential locations for stops on a future Irving Street transit line. For now, that could mean a rerouted H bus or a future Circulator, but in the future this corridor should get light rail or a streetcar running from Woodley Park to Brookland. Metro is also considering giving it the "Priority Bus Corridor" treatment like 16th Street or Georgia Avenue; the 80 bus on North Capitol is already on the priority corridor list, though at the very bottom.

Recently on Greater Greater Washington

Adams Morgan reviews public art proposals: A few weeks ago, DC released images of three finalists for a public art installation in Adams Morgan, for the newly created public plaza at Adams Mill and Columbia Road. (Read more • 12 comments)

Metro morsels: The DC Council's Committee on Public Works and Transportation sent Metro a long list of questions about budget and upcoming projects in many areas. Here are a few interesting facts from Metro's responses: (Read more • 22 comments)

Vienna council candidate: "undesirables" mean cars, not people: Daniel Dellinger, candidate for the Vienna town council, recently stirred controversy by claiming that a proposed hiker-biker trail between Vienna and Tysons would bring "undesirables into our neighborhood." Last night, I asked Dellinger if he would clarify his remarks. Dellinger responded today with the following: (Read more • 8 comments)

Then and now: 1400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue: Then (left): The south side of the 1400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, ca. 1918, captured during a Food Administration Parade. The banner in front of Poli's Theater reads: "Food Will Win the War". Image from the Library of Congress National Photo Company Collection. (Read more • 6 comments)

DDOT decides not to extend Minnesota Avenue: In 2007, DDOT studied the possibility of connecting Minnesota Avenue, NE between Sheriff Road and Meade Street. Minnesota Avenue runs along the railroad and Orange Line tracks through Ward 7, but with a gap of about a third of a mile. Plans for the area dating back to the 1930s envisioned a connecting segment, but one was never built. Last week, however, DDOT announced its decision not to build the connection. (Read more • 7 comments)

ICC opposition put Navarro over the top: Maryland Politics Watch digs into the numbers of Nancy Navarro's victory over Ben Kramer in the Democratic primary in Montgomery District 4. Navarro outperformed her 2008 performance, when she lost to Don Praisner, in almost all precincts and groups except in the Leisure World senior community. Most notably, she picked up a significant number of votes in the precincts most affected by the ICC: (Read more • 3 comments)

On the calendar: Talk transportation and bike to work: URBANEXUS DC: On Thursday, May 21, 's URBANEXUS is coming to DC. At noon, Harriet Tregoning, Director of the DC Office of Planning will lead a conversation about the future of our cities. Then at 7 pm, NAC's Ben Adler, Matt Yglesias, DCist's Sommer Mathis, Reihan Salam and I will discuss activism, blogs and urban policy. (Read more • 5 comments)


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#285 From: expletives@...
Date: Mon May 4, 2009 12:26 am
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Hey All,

A short announcement like this was just posted on Craig's List. Could you add it to any blogs, sites or e-mail lists you use, particularly in the Park View-Petworth-Columbia Heights area?

 

Multiple Yard Sales! Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 3600 block of Park Place N.W, between Quebec and Princeton, just two blocks from the Georgia Petworth Metro stop, in Washington, D.C. Proceeds beneft non-profit group Washington Central Parks, which is working to preserve green space and create more parks in the area, including Emancipation National Park.

 

Thank you.

 

Also remember, if you want to donate things to sell or help prepare for the event stop by 3656 Park Place N.W. after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Questions? Contact John Hughes at 202-545-3999 or expletives@....

 

Thanks!

 

John


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#284 From: expletives@...
Date: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:06 am
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Dear Friends,

Neighbors in the Park View and Petworth areas are getting together to host the Great Emancipation National Park Yard Sale on Saturday, May 9, starting at 9 a.m. This is a fundraiser for the non-profit group Washington Central Parks http://www.thecentralparks.org/.

As many of you know, Washington Central Parks has worked hard to establish a ``pearl necklace'' of green space in north central D.C. for hikers, bikers and nature lovers. These green pathways would link spaces including Fort Totten National Park, the Armed Forces Retirement Home and Lincoln's Cottage, and McMillan Park and the reservoir. A central part of the vision is the creation of Emancipation National Park on a section of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, which was previously designated for condos.

Here is what you can do:

 

----- Attend the Yard Sale! Several yards in the 3600 block of Park Place Northwest in Washington, D.C., adjacent to the beautiful Soldiers Home campus, will be participating. (This is the block between Princeton and Quebec Streets.) The sale will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday May 9 and run through the afternoon. Washington Central Parks representatives will be on hand to meet with you, answer your questions and discuss the vision.

----- Donate goods for the sale! As you do your own spring cleaning and come across items you would like to donate, bring them to the home of John Hughes, 3656 Park Place N.W., between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, or arrange a different drop-off time via response to this e-mail.

----- Help promote the sale! We will be making posters and getting ready for the event on Wednesday, May 6, 3656 Park Place N.W., starting at 6:30 p.m. Come on over to help, just let us know by responding to this e-mail. We could also use your help in spreading the word about the event to friends and neighbors, and by helping us reach a large Internet audience through all your favorite message boards and Web sites.

----- Host a yard sale yourself! If you live in the vicinity of the 3600 block of Park Place, or even if you don't, haul your stuff out in front of your house, meet your neighbors and have a sale of your own. Please donate proceeds to Washington Central Parks. Let us know of your plans so we can also promote your yard sale as part of this outstanding event.

Developers have been zeroing in on some of the last green, pastoral settings in this section of our beautiful nation's capital. There is plenty of room for development, though some open space must be preserved for future generations. Please help us move this green vision forward by doing your part on May 9!

Thank you so much.

 

John Hughes


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#283 From: Marianne Bakia <mariannebakia@...>
Date: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:02 pm
Subject: Re: WBJ article: AFRH site now its own historic district 		mariannebakia
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Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to protect this important site!  I'm breathing a sigh of relief.  I hope you all get to celebrate!
 
 


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Subject: [afrhdevelopment] WBJ article: AFRH site now its own historic district
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Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 10:42 AM

This article from the Friday, March 27, 2009, Washington Business Journal mentions the ARFH site's historic district status.
 
 

Friday, March 27, 2009

16 District properties now officially historic

 

Washington Business Journal - by Jonathan O'Connell Staff Reporter

[http://washington. bizjournals. com/washington/ stories/2009/ 03/30/story10. html]

 

The District designated 16 sites as historic landmarks in 2008, according to the D.C. Office of Planning. That means any proposed exterior changes must be compatible with the site’s historic character.

 

In 2007, the city gave historic landmark status to 31 properties. The lower number this year may reflect a decline in properties affected by development.

 

One property considered for historic status in 2008 was denied the designation.

 

The new landmarks include some widely known buildings, such as the Hilton Washington, known as the “Hinkley Hilton” because it is the site where John Hinkley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Also given historic status is the hulking headquarters for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

Many of the sites still play prominently in developers’ plans. The Waffle Shop on 10th Street NW is part of Douglas Development Corp.’s plans for office and retail space in the East End. Billy Simpson’s House of Seafood and Steaks, a former Georgia Avenue restaurant and meeting place for civil rights leaders, is slated to become a new restaurant through a public-private development led by Donatelli Development Inc. The former Strand Theatre cinema in Northeast is set to become a mixed-use project by Banneker Ventures LLC in public-private deal.

 

The Armed Forces Retirement Home, where major development plans by Crescent Resources LLC recently fell through, is now its own historic district.

 

Historic landmarks

 

George M. Barker Co. warehouse

1525 Seventh St. NW

 

Billy Simpson’s House of Seafood and Steaks

3815 Georgia Ave. NW

 

Eldbrooke United Methodist Church

4100 River Road NW

 

First Baptist Church of Deanwood

1008 45th St. NE

 

Methodist Cemetery

Murdock Mill Road NW

 

Old Engine House No. 10

1341 Maryland Ave. NE

 

Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School

1616 Marion Place NW

 

William L. Slayton House

3411 Ordway St. NW

 

Strand Theatre

5129-5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE

 

Third Baptist Church

1546 Fifth St. NW

 

U.S. Tax Court

400 Second St. NW

 

Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters

451 Seventh St. SW

 

The Waffle Shop

522 10th St. NW

 

Hilton Washington

1919 Connecticut Ave. NW

 

Webster Gardens apartments

124, 126, 128 and 130 Webster St. NW

 

Western Union Telegraph Co. Tenleytown site

4623 41st St. NW

 

 

Historic districts

 

Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington

3700 N. Capitol St. NW

 

The Washington Navy Yard Annex

 

 

Denied landmark status

 

The National Permanent Building

1775 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

 


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#282 From: scott@...
Date: Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:42 pm
Subject: WBJ article: AFRH site now its own historic district 		scott_robert...
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This article from the Friday, March 27, 2009, Washington Business Journal mentions the ARFH site's historic district status.
 
 

Friday, March 27, 2009

16 District properties now officially historic

 

Washington Business Journal - by Jonathan O'Connell Staff Reporter

[http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/03/30/story10.html]

 

The District designated 16 sites as historic landmarks in 2008, according to the D.C. Office of Planning. That means any proposed exterior changes must be compatible with the site’s historic character.

 

In 2007, the city gave historic landmark status to 31 properties. The lower number this year may reflect a decline in properties affected by development.

 

One property considered for historic status in 2008 was denied the designation.

 

The new landmarks include some widely known buildings, such as the Hilton Washington, known as the “Hinkley Hilton” because it is the site where John Hinkley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Also given historic status is the hulking headquarters for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

Many of the sites still play prominently in developers’ plans. The Waffle Shop on 10th Street NW is part of Douglas Development Corp.’s plans for office and retail space in the East End. Billy Simpson’s House of Seafood and Steaks, a former Georgia Avenue restaurant and meeting place for civil rights leaders, is slated to become a new restaurant through a public-private development led by Donatelli Development Inc. The former Strand Theatre cinema in Northeast is set to become a mixed-use project by Banneker Ventures LLC in public-private deal.

 

The Armed Forces Retirement Home, where major development plans by Crescent Resources LLC recently fell through, is now its own historic district.

 

Historic landmarks

 

George M. Barker Co. warehouse

1525 Seventh St. NW

 

Billy Simpson’s House of Seafood and Steaks

3815 Georgia Ave. NW

 

Eldbrooke United Methodist Church

4100 River Road NW

 

First Baptist Church of Deanwood

1008 45th St. NE

 

Methodist Cemetery

Murdock Mill Road NW

 

Old Engine House No. 10

1341 Maryland Ave. NE

 

Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School

1616 Marion Place NW

 

William L. Slayton House

3411 Ordway St. NW

 

Strand Theatre

5129-5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE

 

Third Baptist Church

1546 Fifth St. NW

 

U.S. Tax Court

400 Second St. NW

 

Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters

451 Seventh St. SW

 

The Waffle Shop

522 10th St. NW

 

Hilton Washington

1919 Connecticut Ave. NW

 

Webster Gardens apartments

124, 126, 128 and 130 Webster St. NW

 

Western Union Telegraph Co. Tenleytown site

4623 41st St. NW

 

 

Historic districts

 

Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington

3700 N. Capitol St. NW

 

The Washington Navy Yard Annex

 

 

Denied landmark status

 

The National Permanent Building

1775 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

 

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#281 From: "andereyn" <andereyn@...>
Date: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:48 pm
Subject: North Capitol/Cloverleaf study and workshop 		andereyn
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The DC Office of Planning is holding a workshop this Saturday, March 14 to
develop alternative scenarios and design options for the cloverleaf interchange
at North Capitol Street and Irving Street, N.E.  The workshop will be held in
the Pryzbyla Great Room at the Catholic University Student Center.  Times are
9-10 Open House and 10-12 Workshop.

A re-design of the cloverleaf area could have enormous impact on the proposed
developments at McMillan and the Soldiers' Home.  Further, a re-think of North
Capitol is overdue!

Please come out and give your input and thoughts.

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#280 From: "scott@..." <scott@...>
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:23 pm
Subject: WBJ: AFRH redo falls through 		scott_robert...
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Here is the Washington Business Journal's article on the latest AFRH news.
 
 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 2:45pm EST  |  Modified: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 3:02pm

Armed Forces Retirement Home redo falls through

 

Washington Business Journal - by Jonathan O'Connell Staff Reporter

[http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/02/16/daily32.html?ana=e_du_pub]

 

The Armed Forces Retirement Home has severed ties with a developer that had planned a major mixed use development aimed at bringing the home new revenue and providing new office and hotel space for nearby hospitals.

 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Crescent Resources LLC was selected by the home as master developer in 2007 and its plan for the site in Northwest D.C. was approved by the National Capital Planning Commission in July of last year. Crescent planned 4.1 million square feet of development, including 2,500 multifamily units, new retail with a 40,000- to 50,000-square-foot grocery store, and 20 acres of public park space.

 

But two months later, in September, negotiations collapsed and a 30-year lease that was nearly complete was tossed aside, said Chris Black, a spokeswoman for the home.

 

Crescent was cutting back on what they were willing to pay and they reached a point where the negotiations just failed, Black said. Crescent was not immediately available for comment.

 

Black attributed the break-up, first reported in the Washington Post, to the collapsing real estate market, saying we thought that Crescent would be a really good partner, but the market changed.

 

She said the home would instead look to partner with developers for specific parts of the project.

 

Founded in 1851, the home once was a vacation retreat for President Lincoln. His cottage, a national monument, recently underwent a $15 million renovation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But the home overall faces a backlog of $366 million in needed improvements and is trying to accept veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.


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#279 From: "scott@..." <scott@...>
Date: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:05 pm
Subject: WP: "Veterans Home Puts Brakes on Expansion" 		scott_robert...
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See this article from the Tuesday, February 17, 2009, Washington Post.
 
 

Veterans Home Puts Brakes on Expansion

Market Volatility Cited in Decision

 

By Paul Schwartzman

Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, February 17, 2009; B02

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601130.html]

 

The sagging real estate market has prompted the Armed Forces Retirement Home to freeze an ambitious plan to build housing, a hotel, a supermarket and medical offices on a sprawling portion of its Northwest Washington campus.

 

Two years ago, the home announced that it had chosen a North Carolina-based developer to oversee the project on 77 acres adjoining Catholic University and Washington Hospital Center.

 

But retirement home officials, without a public announcement, last fall terminated the relationship with the builder, Crescent Resources LLC, which had planned to begin construction this year.

 

"Right now, it looks like the value of land and real estate continues to drop, so it would not be in the home's interest to develop," said Timothy Cox, the home's chief operating officer.

 

Asked when the home plans to build the project, Cox said: "We don't know. We need some stabilization."

 

The home's decision was a disappointment for the development company, which had "invested a tremendous amount of time, effort and money" in the project's planning, said Bobby Zeillor, Crescent's regional vice president.

 

"We were willing to sit down and talk about fundamental deal points that had obviously changed with the declining market. The home opted not to do so," he said. "To be shut out is unpleasant and not what we wanted."

 

Established in 1851, the home has provided accommodations for generations of military veterans, 1,200 of whom live there now. Their average age is 83. The grounds are also the site of the cottage where Abraham Lincoln went for respite and where he wrote the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.

 

As health-care costs have increased in recent years, the home has sought ways to raise revenue. Although it is under the auspices of the Defense Department, the home receives no budgetary appropriation. Instead, Cox said, its funding comes from a trust fund consisting of revenue derived from sources such as residents' fees.

 

Developing the campus would also raise revenue. Under the plan, which has been approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, the home was to lease the grounds to Crescent, which would have developed the housing, office and retail components. But falling land values affected how much the home could charge Crescent.

 

"How much they were willing to pay in the way of ground leases was at issue," said Chris Black, a consultant to the home.

 

The project had provoked resistance among community leaders, who objected to development eating away at open space on the land, which is bordered by North Capitol and Irving streets.

 

Cliff Valenti, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission member in Park View, which adjoins the home, called the project's delay "excellent news."

 

"It's historic property and should be left alone," he said. "We feel that the better place for development is along Georgia Avenue."

 

But D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (D-Ward 5), whose district includes the site, said the decision will slow the neighborhood's evolution.

 

"When you abandon the developer in midstream, it leaves a difficult taste," he said. "We had a good partner. That was not a prudent decision. I was very eager to move forward."

 

Black, who handles public relations for the project, said the home did not intend to keep a "big secret" by refraining from announcing that it had delayed the project.

 

Rather, she said, the home planned to "announce something when we have something good to say."


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#278 From: "scott@..." <scott@...>
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 2:22 am
Subject: North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study - Pryzbyla Center 		scott_robert...
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See this 01/07/2009 message from Howard Ways of the DC Office of Planning.  
                            
The public meeting #1 next week for the North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study will be held at CUA's Pryzbyla Center.
  
The Armed Forces Retirement Home is explicitly mentioned in the announcement.
               
               
 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT

Office of Planning

  

North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study

Public Meeting #1

 

The Office of Planning and the District Department of Transportation, in coordination with the National Capitol Planning Commission (NCPC), will conduct an urban design and transportation study of North Capitol Street from Michigan Avenue to Hawaii Avenue, NE , and Irving Street/Michigan Avenue from First Street NW to their point of union, approximately one block east of North Capitol Street . 

       

The purpose of the study is to:

                             

  1. Develop strategies to improve the gateway qualities of North Capitol Street by including civic spaces, memorials, and enhancing the public streetscapes.       
  2. Explore alternative intersection configurations for the cloverleaf at Irving and North Capitol Streets and automobile ramps at Michigan and Irving .
  3. Develop recommendations for improving safety, connectivity and transportation operations.

      

The neighborhoods that are included in or are adjacent to this area are: McMillan Sand Filtration site, Washington Hospital Center, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Brookland, Petworth, Eckington, Parkview and Bloomingdale.

             

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Pryzbyla Center

Catholic University of America

Great Room A     

    

For information on the North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study contact Howard Ways, DC Office of Planning, by phone at (202) 741-5219, or by email at howard.ways @ dc.gov .

  

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Howard Ways, AICP

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DC Office of Planning

801 N. Capitol Street, NE

Suite 400

Washington, DC 20002

ph 202-741- 5219

fax 202-442- 7638 

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#277 From: "scott@..." <scott@...>
Date: Sun Jan 4, 2009 5:28 pm
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Members of the AFRH Development List at Yahoogroups:
             
  
I am passing along this meeting announcement passed along to me by Bloomingdale Civic Association President Cassandra Costley.
 
Note that the Armed Forces Retirement Home site is specifically mentioned.
 
 
 
North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study Public Meeting #1 Tuesday, 01/13/2009

 

Subject: Public Meeting #1 - North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:55:04 -0500

From: Howard.Ways @ dc.gov

To: Howard.Ways @ dc.gov

 

HOLD THE DATE!!!!!

 

North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study

 

Public Meeting #1

 

The Office of Planning and the District Department of Transportation, in coordination with the National Capitol Planning Commission (NCPC), will conduct an urban design and transportation study of North Capitol Street from Michigan Avenue to Hawaii Avenue, NE, and Irving Street/Michigan Avenue from First Street NW to their point of union, approximately one block east of North Capitol Street. 

 

The purpose of the study is to:

 

1.      Develop strategies to improve the gateway qualities of North Capitol Street by including civic spaces, memorials, and enhancing the public streetscapes.

 

2.      Explore alternative intersection configurations for the cloverleaf at Irving and North Capitol Streets and automobile ramps at Michigan and Irving.

         

3.      Develop recommendations for improving safety, connectivity and transportation operations.

 

 

The neighborhoods that are included in or are adjacent to this area are: McMillan Sand Filtration site, Washington Hospital Center, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Brookland, Petworth, Eckington, Parkview and Bloomingdale.

 

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Location to Be Determined  

 

For information on the North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study contact Howard Ways, DC Office of Planning, by phone at (202) 741- 5219, or by email at howard.ways @ dc.gov.

 

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Howard Ways, AICP

Special Assistant

DC Office of Planning

801 N. Capitol Street, NE

Suite 400

Washington, DC 20002

ph 202-741-5219

fax 202-442-7638

Howard.Ways @ dc.gov 


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#276 From: <scott@...>
Date: Sat Nov 8, 2008 2:02 pm
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See this 11/7/2008 message from Bruce Yarnall of the DC Historic Preservation Office (HPO).
                                                                    
Note that the AFRH site's Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Education Center received an award in the "Excellence in Design Restoration and Renovation" category.
   
Of general interest.
             
                                      
Mayors Awards Honors Excellence in Historic Preservation
                   
WASHINGTON, D.C. Last night the D.C. Office of Plannings Historic Preservation Office presented winners of the Sixth Annual Mayors Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation at the historic Carnegie Institution of Science Auditorium.  The event was co-hosted by the DC Preservation League with corporate sponsorship provided by Akridge, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. and SmithGroup.
Highlighting the event were the Historic Preservation Review Board Chairmans Award for Law and Public Policy to D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray and the Individual Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime Dupont Circle resident and preservationist Charles J. Robertson, III.     
A total of 12 awards were presented to individuals, businesses, and local organizations for exemplary work and commitment to historic preservation.
                          
The 2008 honorees include the following:
                                                
Excellence in Design Restoration/ Renovation and New Construction
  • The Columbia Residences of Washington , DC - 2425 L Street, NW    Shalom Baranes Associates, PC; Bovis Lend Lease; Trammell Crow Company; EHT Traceries, Inc.
  • The Juniper Condominiums - 531 T Street, NW   Zahn Design Architects; T Street Associates, LLC; Radwan Associates; G. Worsley Associates; FEN Enterprises, Rettler Corporation
  • Parker Flats at Gage School - 2035 Second Street, NW   Bonstra | Haresign Architects LLP; Urban Realty Advisors/Monument Realty; EHT Traceries, Inc.; Oehrlein & Associates Architects; James G. Davis Construction; Howard University Community Association
      
Excellence in Public Education
 
  • Dr. Carroll R. Gibbs  
  • East of the River: Continuity and Change Exhibit    Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Excellence in Archeology
  • Rock Creek Park Archeological Study   National Park Service National Capital Region, Rock Creek Park , and The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
                     
Excellence in Stewardship
  • William L. Slayton House  3411 Ordway Street, NW  Dan Snyder and Thomas Breit
State Historic Preservation Officers Award
  • Foxhall Historic District Designation   Foxhall Village Citizens Association
Excellence in Design Restoration and Renovation
    
  • 1441 Swann Street, NW   Susan Fulton; Hains Architects; Antezana Construction; Kelsey & Associates
         
  • Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Education Center - 3700 N. Capitol Street, NW  The Christman Company; National Trust for Historic Preservation; RMJM Hillier; Mona Electric Group; Oak Grove Restoration Company; Strickland Fire Protection
Historic Preservation Review Board Chairmans Award for Law and Public Policy:
  • Vincent C. Gray, Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
Individual Lifetime Achievement
  • Charles J. Robertson, III
# # #
 
For additional information contact Bruce Yarnall at (202)442.8835 or bruce.yarnall @ dc.gov 
 
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Bruce Yarnall
Operations and Grants Manager
D.C. Historic Preservation Office
801 N. Capitol Street, NE  #3000
Washington, DC 20002
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F- 202.741.5246
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#275 From: <scott@...>
Date: Tue Oct 7, 2008 10:21 pm
Subject: DC North: Historic preservation plan mentions AFRH site 		scott_robert...
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The October 2008 issue of DC North provides an article about the recently released DC historic preservation plan and its references to Ward 5.   The article, in the "Ward News" section, is on page 26.
 
The articles author, Jenny Johnson, references the AFRH site.
 
 
Citys Historic Preservation Plan Cites Major Ward 5 Changes
by Jenny Johnson
[http://capitalcommunitynews.com/publications/dcnorth/2008_October/html/WardNews1008.cfm]
 
The Districts historic preservation plan released last month says Ward 5 has many places of significance to preserve and warns that many of those resources are under threat.
 
The plan acknowledges that extraordinary redevelopment pressures throughout the District target Ward 5 in particular. Many valuable resources in neighborhoods that are currently undesignated as historic are being lost to demolition and character-destroying alterations, the report states. The report names Brookland, Bloomingdale, Eckington and Deanwood as having lost and continuing to lose historic resources. The report names pop-ups, oversized additions, demolition and neglect as some of the main threats.
 
For instance, proposed redevelopment at the Armed Forces Retirement Home raises complex issues with regard to identification of resources, conveying the significance of these sites to owners, developers and design teams that will preserve its unique characteristics, according to the report.   The planned development at the Old Soldiers Home includes 4.5 million square feet of condominiums, restaurants, stores and over 5,000 parking spaces on 77 of 272 acres of currently undeveloped land.   The city is slated to review the proposed development for approval under historic preservation laws next year.
 
The city will be improving its preservation planning and integrating it into development efforts, specifically at Catholic University, Trinity College and the Armed Forces Retirement Home major development plans that it says will impact the Districts historic resources. At press time, the citys small area plan for Brookland, which includes planned projects at Catholic University, is under public and mayoral review. A group of residents has organized to stop the plan, in part on the grounds that it would destroy the historic character of the neighborhood.
 
Section 106 reviews are required of all development projects that use federal money, to ensure they conform with historic preservation mandates.   And a recent change to the historic preservation law requires such review for all projects undertaken by District government agencies even if they do not involve federal funding, the report notes. The Historic Preservation Office draft work plan for fiscal year 2009 lists the Armed Forces Retirement Home as one of about 100 Section 106 reviews it will be undertaking. The preservation office will also be involved in reviewing uses of the newly closed public schools, according to the draft work plan.
 
On the issue of protecting historic landscapes and open space, the city says it is working to accommodate reasonable demands for new development at the Armed Forces Retirement Home and McMillan Reservoir.   Both projects planned for the sites would turn vacant land into high-density, mixed-use development that residents have opposed in part based on arguments about the need to preserve the historic open spaces.   But the city plan makes clear its historic preservation goals are compatible with and supportive of new development that it says is essential to economic growth.
 
The new DC Preservation Plan encompasses 2008 through 2012 and is an update from 2000. Neither the new preservation plan nor the draft work plan for 2009 mentions planned development at the Florida Avenue Market a property widely renowned for its historic contribution to the District and where major development is in the works.
 
Dubbed New Town by its backers, the proposed development is meeting stiff resistance from many landowners. Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas is trying to move legislation to slightly shrink the footprint of the project in an attempt to gain the support from a majority of landowners that it needs to go forward.
 
The work plan also says the city plans to target Eckington as a priority area for a community survey and inventory of historic buildings, because it is one area that is responding to development pressure. In one example of such pressure, Thomas in July proposed a bill to give tax exemptions to the Eckington One Residential development at Eckington Place NE and Harry Thomas Way, a mixed-use project with 600 units of residential condominiums and apartments housed in three buildings with 1,000 square feet of retail.

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#274 From: <scott@...>
Date: Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:15 pm
Subject: 9/28/2008 Post letter supports Wash Central Parks' plan 		scott_robert...
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Below is a letter-to-the-editor in the Sunday, September 28, 2008, Washington Post from Bloomingdale resident Tim Breen.
             
He promotes the Washington Central Parks' plan to develop and link park space among the McMillan, Fort Totten and AFRH sites. 
                        
He also references the CapitalSpace project, which "proposes invigorating the Fort Circle Park system."
 
 
            
Drop the Big Plans and Just Give the District Some Parks
 
Sunday, September 28, 2008; B08
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603346.html]
      
In July, the National Capital Planning Commission proposed reconfiguring much of downtown -- razing the FBI headquarters, knocking down part of the Energy Department's James V. Forrestal Building, cutting a canal through East Potomac Park and more.
 
Rather than promote grandiose schemes, city planners should do something realistic: Create parks.
               
A citizens group, Washington Central Parks (www.thecentralparks.org), has a plan to preserve the McMillan Reservoir sand filtration site, land at the Armed Forces Retirement Home and Fort Totten Park and link them with bike and walking paths. It's a great opportunity to save green space, provide outdoor recreation and balance development.
 
This is vital to the "emerging," center-city neighborhoods that Washington residents like me call home: There's no grassy place near our Bloomingdale house where my girls -- my newborn daughter, Elodie, and my dog, Josie -- will be able to run around.
 
"City officials are reviewing plans on what to do with the McMillan site, and they say they are listening to the community," said Rebecca Miller, executive director of the D.C. Preservation League, an advocacy group. "The community wants parks." All we're getting, however, is construction. Following the planning commission's recent approval, the soldiers home will soon cram about 4.5 million square feet of condos, restaurants, stores and 5,000-plus parking spaces onto 77 of its 272 pastoral acres. By comparison, the Pentagon's 6.5 million square feet occupy 34 acres.
 
To the south, NoMa, a neighborhood that draws its name from being "north of Massachusetts Avenue," is filling with buildings. The NoMa Corridor Marketing Center calls it "one of the last remaining undeveloped sites in the city in an emerging area which will benefit from considerable growth over the next few years" -- 16 million square feet of offices.
 
Other projects include City Market at O, Northwest One, Howard Town Center and spaces at the Brookland-CUA and Fort Totten Metro stations.
 
All this construction, ironically, could be destructive. The soldiers home dates to 1851 and includes President Lincoln's Cottage, where Lincoln wrote much of the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as trails, gardens and ponds. To save some of that history, Washington Central Parks calls for establishing Emancipation National Park.
 
The McMillan site operated from 1905 to 1985, using sand in underground cisterns instead of chemicals to purify drinking water, and it helped to defeat water-borne diseases. The D.C. Preservation League terms it an "engineering marvel," and the city has designated it as a historic landmark. Now, developers are huddling with officials over what to build there.
 
Keeping the site green and quiet is crucial to the tone set by four adjacent hospitals. Why not make it a home for new memorials? Start with Charles Drew, probably the most important African American physician of the 20th century. The Washington native pioneered blood transfusions, saving countless lives in World War II. How about a memorial to service animals, with a dog run for Josie and others? Or a climbing wall, as others have suggested, for Elodie?
 
"With 25 acres to work with, we can be creative," said Tony Norman, head of the McMillan Park Committee citizens group.
 
By following the park group's plan, the commission and other government agencies can keep the promise of their CapitalSpace initiative. They pledged a "center city parks strategy," with parks the "centers of emerging neighborhoods and adding vibrancy to the city."
 
CapitalSpace proposes invigorating the Fort Circle Park system. The park group's plan links the McMillan site and Emancipation Park with the system at Fort Totten. CapitalSpace also aims to "recognize the value of historic downtown parks" and "transform street corridors by greening groups of parks."
 
Yet the city is considering bulldozing the McMillan site after having approved massive development at the soldiers home. That's not what my family and neighbors want.
 
-- Tim Breen
 
The writer is a Bloomingdale resident. He is not affiliated with any of the groups cited.
 

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#273 From: <scott@...>
Date: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:47 pm
Subject: WBJ: "Crescent Resources to transform AFRH" 		scott_robert...
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See this article from the Friday, August 15, 2008, Washington Business Journal.
 
I see the reference to "the Districts ability to implement premium transit service."   I am not sure what this might be.  Bus service to Metro?
 
 
Friday, August 15, 2008
Crescent Resources to transform Armed Forces Retirement Home
 
Washington Business Journal - by Jonathan O'Connell Staff Reporter
[http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/08/18/story6.html]
          
Crescent Resources LLC will bring more than 50 acres of mixed-use development to the picturesque campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest D.C. after agreeing to a 30-year lease with the federal home and a complex parking arrangement with District officials.
 
The plans entail 4.1 million square feet of development, including 2,500 multifamily units, new retail with a 40,000- to 50,000-square-foot grocery store, and 20 acres of public park space. The developer hopes to attract business from the Washington Hospital Center, immediately south, and nearby Catholic and Howard universities,
 
Charlotte, N.C.-based Crescent is also planning 1.4 million square feet of office space, 125 hotel rooms and meeting space. Childrens National Medical Center and MedStar Health are badly in need of offices and visitor facilities for families of patients.
 
Crescent was selected in March 2007 through competitive bidding to redevelop the 77-acre property, at the corner of North Capitol and Irving streets.
 
It is a special place that we expect can be a legacy-type mixed-use development, said Robert Zeiller, Crescents vice president for mixed-use development. Construction could begin late this year or early next, he said.
 
The project, which is still pending a 120-day review period by Congress, could bring an average of $9 million a year in rent, according to Chris Black, a retirement home consultant, though the revenue will vary according to the subleases Crescent signs.
 
We are very excited about this new reliable source of funding because it gives the home the means to plan, renovate and construct for decades and improve conditions for our [war] heroes, Black said.
 
The home faces a backlog of $366 million in needed improvements and is preparing to accept veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
Founded in 1851, the home once was a vacation retreat for President Lincoln. His cottage, a national monument, recently underwent a $15 million renovation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
 
The retirement home has a trust worth more than $150 million. It gets revenue mainly from charges to residents and a fee from the paychecks of active-duty service members, to the tune of $60 million to $90 million a year.
 
The National Capital Planning Commission approved the master plan July 10, but only after Crescent reached a parking agreement with the D.C. Office of Planning.
 
The developer was given the go-ahead to build 2,741 spaces in Phase 1. The spaces in the remaining phases will depend on several factors: the Districts ability to implement premium transit service, data from a traffic analysis, parking allowed at nearby developments, a study of parking requirements for offices and citywide travel numbers.
 
Harriet Tregoning, the Districts planning director, said D.C. must encourage development that responds to changing transportation habits. Some recently built parking garages, like the subsidized lot beneath the Target-anchored development in Columbia Heights, have not reached the projections as gas prices and congestion deter driving.
 
Now is not the time to lock into a parking scheme that 15 years from now doesnt have any flexibility, Tregoning said. So were right-sizing the parking that is going to be needed, assessing peoples need to travel and accommodating peoples travel choices.
 
Zeiller said he was pleased with the plans approved by the NCPC. He believes Crescents plans will be buoyed by the possibility of more housing, medical offices and hotels at the McMillan Reservoir site, where Bethesda-based EYA is the lead developer.
 
If this area works, it will be because both projects are successful, Zeiller said.
 
 
E-mail: joconnell @ bizjournals.com Phone: 703/258-0835
 

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#272 From: <scott@...>
Date: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:54 pm
Subject: "AFRH site development should be part of Brookland master plan" 		scott_robert...
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Here is another article from the Ward Reports section of the August 2008 DC North.
 
The Old Soldiers Home is mentioned in the discussion about a broader master plan for the Brookland area.
 
Of general interest.
 
 
Brookland Neighbors Seek Overarching Area Master Plan
by Jenny Johnson
[http://capitalcommunitynews.com/publications/dcnorth/2008_August/html/WardReports0808.cfm]
    
A group of neighbors concerned about plans for several major new developments in the area are calling on the city to produce an overarching master development plan that includes a broader look at the traffic, density and environmental impacts.
 
The Better Brookland Development Group is meeting monthly to organize a coordinated response to the Brookland area plan, which is set to come out for review from the Office of Planning any day. The office has stated that the public comment period will remain open until at least October once they release the final draft for review.
 
Meanwhile, the residents are highlighting concerns that the area plan includes only development on the north side of the Brookland Metro stop, while several other major developments are excluded. In addition to a suite of new mixed buildings surrounding the Metro station, Catholic University is planning a major development of their land on the south side of the tracks along the Monroe Street corridor.
 
The adjacent Old Soldiers Home development and the McMillan Reservoir development also stand to impact Brookland and should be included in an overall master development plan, the group says. The group also mentions further development at the Fort Totten Metro stop as a concern, even as construction is soon set to begin on mixed-use development at the Rhode Island Avenue Metro stop.
 
Look at how much is being proposed in this area, group leader John Feeley says. We want to make the case for an overarching impact study that takes into account all the proposed development. No one is really talking about it. There is no master plan.
 
The group held an outreach summit by the Brookland Metro stop on July 19 to raise awareness among the community about the breadth of the slated development, and Feeley said about 50 people came throughout the day.
 
The group is also planning what benefits to request from the city and developers to compensate for the loss of open, green space at the several institutional sites that are slated for development.
 

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#271 From: <scott@...>
Date: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:34 pm
Subject: DC North: AFRH site development may bring traffic woes 		scott_robert...
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See this article from the Ward Reports section of the August 2008 issue of DC North.
 
 
Approved Soldiers Home Development May Bring Traffic Woes
by Jenny Johnson
[http://capitalcommunitynews.com/publications/dcnorth/2008_August/html/WardReports0808.cfm]
 
The federal government last month approved the first phase of the master development and traffic control plan for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, pushing one of the key development projects in Ward 5 closer to breaking ground in 2009.
 
But the plan admits that several roadway intersections will fail under the proposed development and that the District has no plans to increase the capacity of the surrounding road areas.
 
The new development in the first phase of the plan is a 77-acre portion called zone A, which includes a range of uses including residential, office, institutional, medical, retail and hotel. The development will provide a revenue stream for the home, in part to ensure the continuation of services for retired military personnel, according to the development plan approved July 10 by the National Capitol Planning Commission.
 
The Old Soldiers Home is an independent federal agency established in 1851, and it occupies a 272-acre site bounded roughly by North Capitol Street to the east, Rock Creek Church Road to the west and Irving Street on the south. The master development plan includes conceptual design and planning for 138 acres of the property.
 
Traffic woes are expected to accompany the new development. The plan would result in a direct, long-term, major adverse impact on traffic levels in the area. Intersections at North Capitol Street/Harewood Road and Irving Street/First Street/Site Access would fail, states the July 3 staff review of the master plan.
 
In addition, the NCPC approval of the plan states, The District of Columbia does not yet have plans in place or resources committed to increase transit service along the corridors serving the Armed Forces Retirement home.
 
To help address the concerns, the NCPC approved total parking for the main part of the plan at 5,155 spaces and says the home will fund premium transit service (express, limited stop bus or rail service) in the Irving Street corridor. The transportation management plan includes strategies like carpool and public transit incentives and shuttles to and from the nearby Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro station and Brookland Metro station.
 
The plan is divided into three zones, with zone A being the first slated for phased development starting in 2009 and the entire development project having an expected completion date of 2020.
 
Zone A will be developed with two buildings at eight stories, 14 buildings at six to eight stories and eight buildings at four stories. It also includes a publicly accessible central open space of about 13 acres, according to the master plan.
 
Because of the feasible access points to adjacent major vehicular roads and its proximity to Catholic University and existing Washington Hospital Center areas zone A is envisioned to provide a location for major mixed-use development, the July 3 NCPC staff review says. The AFRH has selected a developer for zone A, and this area will be constructed starting in the next year through approximately 2015 or longer.
 
The heights of the new buildings will increase to mainly 85 feet to a maximum of 120 feet in height, in dramatic contrast to the 25- to 50-foot-high structures that are currently on the property.
 
Zones B and C are smaller development parcels of 8 and 26 acres, respectively, and will be developed as market conditions warrant, according to the plan. The zones include plans for smaller-scale residential and minor retail. But the master plan notes strong interest by the National Park Service to see [zone C] maintained as open space, and says the home is open to a deal to lease the undeveloped area and has deferred development of that area for now.

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#270 From: <scott@...>
Date: Tue Aug 5, 2008 3:03 pm
Subject: DC MUD: NCPC approves Zone A development 		scott_robert...
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See this 8/4/2008 post at the DC Metro Urban Diary (DC MUD) blog.
                                                                                      
DC MUD catches up on the news, as it were.
  
I have a general question:  Does the Zone A development project include the opening of the intersection of 1st Street NW and Irving Street NW to the south end of the AFRH site?  I am assuming so, but confirmation is welcome.
 
             
Monday, August 04, 2008
Partial Approval for Armed Forces Retirement Home
 
[http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2008/08/partial-approval-for-armed-forces.html]
        
The DC Armed Forces Retirement Home will move forward with the development of 77 of its 272 acres, or Zone A, thanks to the National Capitol Planning Commissions (NCPC) partial approval. While the AFRH submitted plans for the redevelopment of four zones throughout the campus, which sits east of the Georgia Avenue Corridor and West of North Capitol Street and Irving Street, NW, the NCPC approved only Zone A; other zones will proceed on an as-needed basis. The mixed-use development, still undetermined in composition, will be the first development on the site in more than 50 years.
 
Zone A will host the most extensive development of the four zones and is slated for improvements to take on a urban character with a building typology that is sympathetic to the character and scale of existing AFRH contributing buildings and landscape EEK Architects have been working with the development team, a partnership between the General Service Administration and Charlotte-based Crescent Resources, LLC, to create a mix of uses that could potentially include:
 
    • research,
    • office,
    • residential,
    • hotel,
    • retail, and
    • educational uses through private leases.
     
The maximum allowable gross area will be 4.3 million s.f. with over 6,000 parking spaces.
 
The AFRH is a federal agency, but relies on a trust, rather than federal funding, to operate, allowing it to use its underutilized land to generate new sources of revenue for the veterans' home. The new funding anticipates the future Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who will require long-term, specialty care.
 
The GSA was not disappointed by the partial approval; according to Tim Sheckler, project manager GSA, the development team knew that complete approval was unlikely. The NCPC required that the home submit a plan for the entire site and then as part of the discussion at the meeting, it was decided the Zones B and C would be pulled back into the home's zone. That means that they will develop Zone A first and evaluate its financial return. It was always the home's intention to develop Zone A first, he said.
 
The NCPC's report says Zones B and C will be "returned to the AFRH Zone", meaning that plans for a mixed use development on Zone B, and townhouse residences on Zone C, will be on hold pending the success of Zone A's development. The AFRH will continue to own and maintain the area and may even lease the property to the National Park Service.
 
The developers' plans include sustainable development features to, enhance the overall design, natural environment, and quality of life of the community by creating a mixed-use, clustered development with walkable space, bike ways, sidewalks, and parks. Zone A will likely achieve Gold LEED certification for overall neighborhood design; residential buildings over three stories, office buildings, and historic adaptive reuses will also earn LEED certification for New Construction.
 
Established in 1852, the AFRH services over 1,200 veterans and the DC campus boasts proximity to three metro stops; the Georgia Avenue-Petworth, Brookland-CUA, and Fort Totten Station; the master plan is the first attempt at improving the campus in over 50 years. Crescent Resources, LLC was selected as the master developer in March 2007, when they proposed the development of,"300 units of affordable housing, market-rate rental and condominium units, medical office space, a small hotel, a grocery store and other ancillary retail, as well as transitional housing for military veterans." The AFRH doesn't anticipate full build out of the zones for 15-20 years.
 

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#269 From: expletives@...
Date: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:05 pm
Subject: Re: Neil Alpert's feedback on the 7/10/2008 NCPC meeting 		jkhughes55
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The discussion below is a pretty good summary. The community was disappointed, because in return for accepting Zone A's massive development (4.7 million square feet) and traffic (more than 5,000 additional cars a day) we had hoped to force AFRH to at least consider a park for Zone C and possibly Zone B.
 
Instead, AFRH got the green light for all that development on Zone A and is forced to do nothing regarding the possibility of park on B and C. The community is disappointed because for four years we have sought serious, voluntary discussions with AFRH about the possibility of a park. AFRH has refused to participate. We don't think anything will now change from their perspective, especially since they got everything they wanted on Zone A.
 
John Hughes
 
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It looks like Neil Alpert attended the 7/10/2008 NCPC meeting.
See his comments below.  
 
             
I posted about the meeting here:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1040#more
           
In a nutshell, most of the discussion centered around the open space.  The staff report recommended that NCPC approve the Master Plan conditional on AFRH negotiating with DC for 2 years to find a way to preserve Zone C as open space. Board members (mostly the federal appointees, particularly Herbert Ames) argued that they should not further delay AFRH, and a conditional approval would make it difficult for them to get financing.
Harriet Tregoning suggested the AFRH representative simply verbally commit to discussions over 2 years about Zone C, which would allow NCPC to approve the plan, but he demurred; he argued that since they use Zone C right now for their golf, their hope had been never to develop Zone C and to keep it for their own use, and any decision would be about 15 years away. Therefore, they don't want to even discuss giving up the zone or even a public easement for a public park in the next few years. Likewise for Zone B.
The AFRH rep offered to accept a plan where Zones B and C were kept as part of the AFRH zone, for private use by AFRH but not approved for any development, and after a few more attempts by Harriet Tregoning to find a better solution for the city, that's what the Board approved.
                                             
AFRH can go forward with Zone A, but would need to come back to NCPC for anything in Zones B or C.
                          
-- David Alpert


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Subject: Neil Alpert's feedback on the 7/10/2008 NCPC meeting 		scott_robert...
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It looks like Neil Alpert attended the 7/10/2008 NCPC meeting.
 
See his comments below.  
 
 
             
I posted about the meeting here:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=1040#more
           
In a nutshell, most of the discussion centered around the open space.  The staff report recommended that NCPC approve the Master Plan conditional on AFRH negotiating with DC for 2 years to find a way to preserve Zone C as open space. Board members (mostly the federal appointees, particularly Herbert Ames) argued that they should not further delay AFRH, and a conditional approval would make it difficult for them to get financing.
 
Harriet Tregoning suggested the AFRH representative simply verbally commit to discussions over 2 years about Zone C, which would allow NCPC to approve the plan, but he demurred; he argued that since they use Zone C right now for their golf, their hope had been never to develop Zone C and to keep it for their own use, and any decision would be about 15 years away. Therefore, they don't want to even discuss giving up the zone or even a public easement for a public park in the next few years. Likewise for Zone B.
 
The AFRH rep offered to accept a plan where Zones B and C were kept as part of the AFRH zone, for private use by AFRH but not approved for any development, and after a few more attempts by Harriet Tregoning to find a better solution for the city, that's what the Board approved.
                                             
AFRH can go forward with Zone A, but would need to come back to NCPC for anything in Zones B or C.
                          
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See this 7/17/2008 E-newsletter from the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC).
                                                                           
Note that one of the items in this E-newsletter is the 7/10/2008 meeting where the final master plan for the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) site was discussed. 
 
Might those who attended or provided public testimony be able to provide some feedback?   That would be great!   
 
        
 
NCPC Monthly E-Newsletter
Providing you with current news and other information of interest.
Please share your feedback at info@...

National Capital Framework Plan Available for Public Review

The National Capital Framework Plan, a joint effort of NCPC and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, aims to create vibrant and accessible destinations in the federal precincts around the National Mall. On July 10, during a special morning session, the Commission released the National Capital Framework Plan for a 90-day public review and comment period. The plan is available for viewing on NCPCs website, or can be requested at FrameworkPlan@... or by calling 202-482-7301. Comments may be submitted through October 10. Organizations interested in scheduling a briefing on the Framework Plan are encouraged to contact us.

A National Capital Framework Plan public meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 from 5:00 7:30 p.m. The evening will begin with an open house at 5:00 6:00 p.m. followed by a brief presentation and discussion. The public meeting will take place at NCPCs offices at 401 9th Street, NW, Suite 500 North. Please RSVP by Friday, July 18 to FrameworkPlan@... or call 202-482-7301.

July Commission Meeting

The afternoon session of the July 10 Commission meeting included the review of six action items including review of the final master plan for the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest, DC. Following testimony by more than two dozen individuals, the Commission approved Zone A and directed the applicant to return Zones B and C to the AFRH campus. The Commission also approved modifications to the proposed parking supply and transit service. Approval was based on the Homes commitment to work with NCPC, the District, the National Park Service, and the community to explore the feasibility of developing publicly accessible open space on Zone C that would provide an acceptable income stream to the Home.

The Commission also reviewed preliminary site and building plans for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial to be located by the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park. The preliminary site and building plans for a Visitor Contact Station/Bookstore/Restroom Building were approved, but preliminary approval of the memorial design was deferred pending resolution by the National Park Service of design changes to West Basin Drive and the Park Services intent to place security barriers at the memorial site. For more information on the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the MLK Memorial, and additional action items, please visit the Current Actions page on our website. Please note that there will be no NCPC meeting in August. The next meeting will take place on Thursday, September 4 at 12:30 p.m.

Learn How Smart Growth Solutions Can Impact Climate Change

On Tuesday, July 29 from 6:30 8:30 p.m. NCPC will host the next Coalition for Smarter Growth Growing Cooler Forum entitled Smart Growth Solutions to Climate Change. With increasing energy prices, longer commute times, and a growing awareness about climate change, the potential impact of smart growth is stronger than ever. Join Geoff Anderson, executive director of Smart Growth America, who will discuss the importance of smart growth as a viable solution to challenges facing the Washington, DC region and the country at large. There is no cost to attend this program. Click to RSVP.

Capitals Alliance 2008

Program brochures are now available for the September conference Greening the Worlds Capital Cities. Symposium sessions will feature a wide array of highly respected authorities who will share their knowledge and discuss strategies for successful green practices. Sessions are open to the public September 15 18. There are no fees to attend, but registration is requested to ensure the availability of seating. Email CapitalsAlliance@... or visit the Capitals Alliance website at www.CapitalsAlliance.org.

Federal Capital Improvements Public Review

The Federal Capital Improvements Program 2009-2014 is still available for public review and comment through August 5 at www.ncpc.gov or by contacting stacy.wood@....

Summer Quarterly Now Available

NCPCs Summer 2008 Quarterly newsletter is available online. Articles include the latest on efforts to identify alternative levee designs that will protect the monumental core from flooding, NCPCs recent congressional testimony about the treasured space of the National Mall, and our work with local students to learn about the built environment. To obtain a copy, or to be added to our mailing list, email info@....

NCPC 2008.

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#266 From: <scott@...>
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See this 7/9/2008 entry from the DC Metro Urban Diary (DC MUD) blog regarding NCPC's strategic development plan.
         
Note that the AFRH master plan is classified as a "Project Requiring Additional Planning Coordination."
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
NCPC's Strategic Plan Open for Comment
[http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2008/07/ncpcs-strategic-plan-open-for-comment.html]
       
Nothing moves forward in Washington without two things - official approval and monetary support. Urban development is no exception to the rule, which is why each year the National Capitol Planning Commission (www.ncpc.gov) puts together a strategic development plan for the coming six years that looks at the federal building pipeline and indicates which projects have the most potential, are consistent with NCPC policy, and which may need further consideration. This year's report for FYs 2009-2014 is now available for public review and feedback.
 
While the recommendations made are not necessarily an indication of how the NCPC will vote on a given project, the yearly evaluation helps guide the planning process for the Capital region and examines both the positive and negative effects of future federal developments. The recommendations made during this process are then forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for consideration in the President's annual budget.
 
This year's Federal Capital Improvements Program includes 195 proposed projects, the estimated cost for which is over $8.5 billion. While submissions are subject to change, NCPC ranked the current projects in four categories based on their conformity with "established planning policies"; the categories are:
 
"Recommended and Strongly Endorsed",
"Recommended",
"Projects Requiring Additional Planning Coordination", and
"Recommended for Future Programming."
  
Here is how some of the big-name projects ranked:
 
The Armed Forces Retirement Home Master Plan was ranked as a "Project Requiring Additional Planning Coordination" because of "outstanding development issues and pending completion of a master plan." Unlike most projects that go before the NCPC, funding for this project is provided by a trust fund supported by the residents living at the home, military fines levied against troops, and active-duty soldiers. The plan, which has a proposed budget of $200,000 for FYs 2009-2014, involves the development of 107 acres and 6.14 million s.f. of residential, hotel, retail, and Assisted Living space. It is intended to generate revenue to help with the annual operating deficit at the AFRH. The AFRH is working with the NCPC to address issues with traffic, historic preservation, and open space.
 
The 1.3 million s.f. Department of the Interior Building at 19th and C Streets, NW will require $85,000,000 in FYs 2009-2014 for major building system updates including fire safety, HVAC, interior architectural features, and relocations of walls. The project, which was "Recommended and Strongly Endorsed", will also include the restoration of historically significant spaces. The project has been in the FYIP since the 1992-1996 program.
 
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue, NW will undergo renovations similar to the DOI building, but will require $176,000,000. The renovations for the 634, 297 s.f. building were also ranked as "Recommended and Strongly Endorsed."
 
The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established within the Smithsonian Institution in December of 2003 by President Bush to provide a new collection and study of African American historical and cultural material. The Smithsonian Institution is requesting $250,000,000 for the programming, design, and construction of the new museum that will break ground in 2012. This funding is just half of the $500,000,000 necessary; the remaining half will be privately funded. The project, located on the corner of 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, first appeared in the NCPC plan for FYs 2006-2011. According to the NCPC FCIP, "Coordination will continue to be needed to address the many complex issues at this site," thus, it was ranked as a "Project Requiring Additional Planning Coordination." According to the Smithsonian Institute, an architect will not be selected until 2009 and drawings will not be available until 2011. Under the current timeline, the museum will deliver in December 2015.
 
The proposed National Museum of Natural History Revitalization will cost $151,500,000 during FYs 2009-2014, and will continue the ongoing Major Capital Revitalization of the building. Renovations at the 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW site were ranked as "Recommended" and will include the restoration of antiquated plumbing, temperature control, and electric systems, the creation of a handicapped-accessible entrance from the National Mall, and the abatement and encapsulation of asbestos and lead. The project first appeared in the 2003-2008 report and has received $177,070,000 in prior funding.
 
Renovations on the Smithsonian Castle were "Recommended" and will cost $170,000,000 from 2009-2014. The project will include the restoration of interior spaces, replacement of mechanical and electrical systems, and the creation of handicapped accessible features. Work will be done to the facade of the 149,000 s.f. Romanesque Castle and on the overall building to bring it up to current building and fire codes. The building, which is also a National Historic Landmark, currently hosts 200 members of the Smithsonian staff and 1.6 million visitors per year.

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See this June 2008 e-newsletter from the National Capitol Planning Commission
(www.ncpc.gov).
 
Note that the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) master plan is on the agenda for the Thursday, July 10th NCPC meeting.
 
Also note the review of the CapitalSpace initiative.
 
 
June 2008
 
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the National Capital Planning Commissions e-newsletter. Each month we will update you with current news, upcoming meetings, and other information of interest. Please provide us with feedback at info @ ncpc.gov.
      
 
National Capital Framework Plan to be Unveiled in July
 
While the National Mall is a treasure enjoyed by millions, some of its adjacent areas do not befit their important location in the nation's capital. To transform these places into great public spaces, NCPC and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts are developing the National Capital Framework Plan. This effort proposes creating exciting new destinations and cultural attractions off the Mall that will enhance the vibrancy of the capital city while preserving the Mall's treasured open space.
 
At a special 10:00 a.m. session on Thursday, July 10, staff will request that the Commission approve the draft National Capital Framework Plan: Destinations and Connections Beyond the National Mall for release for a 90-day public comment and review period. The plan will be available on our website and hard copies can be requested by emailing info @ ncpc.gov.
 
Also on July 10, during the agency's regularly scheduled monthly Commission meeting beginning at 12:30 p.m., Commissioners will review several proposed projects, including the Armed Forces Retirement Home Master Plan. The Tentative Agenda of items that the Commission may review is currently available via the
Commission Meetings section of the NCPC website (http://www.ncpc.gov/meetings), as are Commission Actions from previous meetings.
 
 
Greening the World's Capital Cities
 
During the week of September 14, the nations capital will be the host city for the 2008 Capitals Alliance conference. Participants will learn how urban areas are utilizing sustainability, green architecture, and public involvement to create more environmentally friendly cities around the world.  The conference brings together renowned leaders in sustainability from across the globe to discuss important topics such as Planning for Sustainability, What it Means to be Green, and Capital Cities Leading the Way. To learn more please visit www.capitalsalliance.org . To RSVP for a session please email capitalsalliance @
ncpc.gov.
 
 
Flood Prevention Solution in Sight
 
NCPC is working with the National Park Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the District of Columbia government to ensure that upgrades to the Potomac Park Levee on the National Mall are in place by November 2009. The deadline is part of an agreement with FEMA to rescind its September 2008 date
for putting proposed floodplain maps into effect that would have declared a large portion of downtown and the Mall as part of a 100-year flood zone. NCPC recently hosted a meeting to publicly present actions to improve the levee system.
 
 
CapitalSpace Public Preview
 
Through the CapitalSpace initiative, NCPC, the National Park Service, and the District of Columbia government are addressing the challenges faced by the numerous local and federal parks located in Washington, DC. To help keep the public informed of the latest developments, they launched www.capitalspace.gov  .  The site contains a great deal of information, including plans and details from
public meetings. At the most recent public meeting attendees examined recommendations for park sites in Washingtons center city, the Fort Circle Parks (former Civil War forts that ring the city), and Lansburgh Park in southwestern Washington.
 
 
Federal Capital Improvements
 
Each year NCPC compiles a Federal Capital Improvements Program (FCIP) for projects proposed by federal agencies in the National Capital Region for the upcoming six fiscal years. NCPC makes recommendations on the projects based on their consistency (conformance) with federal and local planning policies. These recommendations are then forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget. The current FCIP (FYs 2009 2014), consisting of 163 projects submitted by 11 federal agencies, is currently being circulated to local and federal government agencies and interested citizens for review and comment. It is available for review at www.ncpc.gov or by contacting stacy.wood @ ncpc.gov.
 
 
Share Your Thoughts
 
NCPC offers many opportunities for the public to participate in its work.  Every month members of the public are invited to speak on projects that are before the Commission for review, as well as comment on a variety of plans and activities. Visit our Public Participation page (http://www.ncpc.gov/publicparticipation) to learn more.

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#264 From: <scott@...>
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See this 6/20/2008 Email from NCPC regarding its Thursday, July 10, 2008 Commission meeting agenda. 
            
I have copied the agenda in from the NCPC website (http://www.ncpc.gov/meetings/pg.asp?p=tentativeagendajuly102008).
   
Note the AFRH final master plan is one of the proposed action items on the tentative agenda.
 
 
NCPC Tentative Agenda Items
 
NCPCs Tentative Agenda is Now Available
for the July 2008 Commission Meeting
 
The National Capital Planning Commissions Tentative Agenda for its July 10, 2008 meeting is now available online. Please note that the meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. At the morning session the Commission will receive an information presentation on the draft National Capital Framework Plan and will be requested to authorize circulation of the draft plan for a 90-day public comment period. The Commission will not receive public testimony on the draft plan at the July 10 meeting. The Commission will recess around 11:00 am and will reconvene at 12:30 p.m. to continue the open session meeting.
 
NCPC Monthly E-Newsletter
 
Be on the lookout for NCPCs new monthly e-newsletter coming soon to an inbox near you.
 
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008
COMMISSION MEETING

On July 10, 2008 the Commission meeting will begin at 10:00 am. At the morning session the Commission will receive an information presentation on the draft National Capital Framework Plan and will be requested to authorize circulation of the draft plan for a 90-day public comment period. The Commission will not receive public testimony on the draft plan at the July 10th meeting. The Commission will recess around 11:00 am and will reconvene at 12:30 pm to continue the open session meeting.

Tentative Agenda
July 10, 2008 10:00 a.m.

The Tentative Agenda classification of items as Proposed Action Items or Proposed Delegated Items is preliminary and subject to change prior to the Commission Meeting. Tentative Agenda items are occasionally withdrawn before the meeting. Please telephone the Commissions offices at 202-482-7200 to confirm an item of particular interest.

PROPOSED ACTION ITEMS
File #
Projects
MP060
Armed Forces Retirement Home, Rock Creek Church Road and Upshur Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Final Master Plan

(Commission action requested: approval of final master plan pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1) and (d))
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6858
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency New Campus East, Engineering Proving Ground, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia Parking Garage, Covered Walkway and Pedestrian Bridge, Visitor Control Center and Landscape

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1))

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6765 Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia Fort Belvoir Community Hospital

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1))

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5907 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Tidal Basin, West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary site and building plans pursuant to Public Law 104-333, Public Law 105-201, and Public Law 99-952, as amended and the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 8905))

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6321 National Law Enforcement Museum, Judiciary Square, NW, Washington, D.C.

(Commission action requested: approval of final site and building plans pursuant to Public Law 106-492)

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6383
Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue Terminus to 31st Street, NW, Washington, DC

(Commission action requested: approval of final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1) and (d))
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6841
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington, Virginia and the U.S. Naval Reservation, Washington, D.C. Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X Upgrade

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b) (1)) and (d)
 
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 6629
Draft National Capital Framework Plan: Destinations and Connections Beyond the National Mall

(Commission action requested: authorization to circulate for a 90-day public comment period pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722 (e)(2))
 
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 6400
Draft National Capital Planning Commission Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2009-2014

(Commission action requested: authorization to circulate the strategic plan for a 45-day public comment period pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-11)
 
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6685/
UR10
Fort Lincoln Urban Renewal Area (Fort Lincoln New Town), bounded by New York Avenue, South Dakota Avenue, 33rd Place and Fort Lincoln Drive, NE, Washington, D.C. The Shops at Dakota Crossing

(Commission action requested: approval of comments on revised concept design pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1) and (d))
 
 
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6548
District of Columbia Department of Employment Services, 4058 Minnesota Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. Headquarters Building

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1))
 
 
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Z.C.
05-36A
Second Stage Planned Unit Development for Union Place at 250 K Street, NE

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))  
  
 
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Z.C.
03-12F/
03-13F
Modification to a Planned Unit Development for the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg Hope VI Redevelopment Project at 250 M Street, SE

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))
 

PROPOSED DELEGATED ITEMS
JULY 10, 2008, MEETING

File # 
Projects
6669
United States Institute of Peace, 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Exterior Donor Recognition

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1) and (d)

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6856
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, McPherson Square Metro Station West Entrance, I Street and Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Security Grille Realignment

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1)
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6857
Lovettsville Post Office, West Broadway and Kesiter Lane, Loudoun County, Virginia

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722 (b)(1)
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 6775
Ashburn Main Post Office, Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659) and Portsmouth Boulevard, Loudoun County, Virginia

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722 (b)(1)
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6860
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland Addition to Building 303

(Commission action requested: approval of preliminary and final site and building plans pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722 (b)(1))
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6859
Proposed closing of a portion of a public alley in Square 1872, bounded by 38th, Kanawha, and Jocelyn Streets and Connecticut Avenue, NW (S.O. 05-2617)

(Commission action requested: approval of comments to the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Code 9-202.02)
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Z.C.
07-35
Consolidated Planned Unit Development and related Map Amendment for Sheridan Terrace

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))
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Z.C.
08-08
Consolidated Planned Unit Development, 3910 Georgia Avenue, NW

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))
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Z.C.
04-33C
Text Amendment for Inclusionary Zoning

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))
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Z.C.
08-18
Emergency Text Amendment for the reuse of District of Columbia Public School Buildings

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))
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Z.C.
04-05
Text and Map Amendments to the Hill East Overlay

(Commission action requested: approval of report to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8724(a) and D.C. Code 2-1006(a)(1))

Agenda Items may be classified as follows: 
 
Action Items are projects that will be presented and discussed at the Commission meeting. Members of the public are invited to give testimony on these projects and have until noon the day before the Commission meeting to register. Some projects listed as Proposed Action Items on the Tentative Agenda will be moved to the Consent Calendar if no speakers have registered by the deadline. See Meeting Participation for more information on testifying.
 
Consent Calendar projects are voted on by the Commission, but there are no presentations or public testimony for these items.
 
Delegated Items are projects that the Commission delegates to the Chairman, Executive Committee, or Executive Director. There are no presentations or public testimony for these items. Some projects listed as Proposed Delegated Items on the Tentative Agenda may become Action Items if a member of the public registers to speak on that item by the deadline.

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#263 From: <scott@...>
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See the text of an Email below regarding the Committee of 100's Vision Award honorees.
                     
Note that one of the listed honorees is the Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Center.
 
Just FYI.
 
== Scott Roberts, Bloomingdale ==
 
 
The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, the District's oldest and foremost `responsible planning and land use' association, will be presenting its 2008 Vision Awards on Thursday, June 12th, at 6 pm at The Chastleton located at 16th and R Streets, NW.
 
The ceremony will be held concurrent with the 85th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City in 1923 and will feature a buffet, wine and music in addition to the awards presentation.
 
Honorees are:
 
The Newseum
Casey Tree Foundation
DC Modern Symposium
Lincoln Cottage and Visitor Center
TKF Foundation
Dr. Margaret Feldman
Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA
Tom and Angela Rooney
 
RSVP to Kay Murphy at 202-628-8030. Tickets ($35) are also available at the door.
 
http://www.committeeof100.net/
 
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#262 From: "Scott" <scott@...>
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See this message from the Petworth News blog:

 AFRH hearing postponed

[from Ronald Bland, ANC 4C03 Commissioner]

http://petworthnews.blogs.com/petworth_news

         

The hearing on the Armed Forces Retirement Home Master Plan scheduled for Friday, June 6th has been postponed until Thursday, July 10, 2008.   As of this time, we do not know the reason the AFRH asked for the hearing to be postponed.   The Petworth community was notified of the June 6th hearing by distribution of flyers and word of mouth.   At this late date, we need to get the word out that the June hearing has been postponed.

 

  

  

Here is confirmation of this hearing reschedule -- from the NCPC website:

 

SPECIAL NOTICE

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Final Master Plan

http://www.ncpc.gov/publicparticipation/pg.asp?p=armedforcesretirementhomemasterplan

       

The National Capital Planning Commission's review of the final Master Plan for the Armed Forces Retirement Home has been rescheduled to Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 12:30 p.m. at NCPC's offices. Public comment is welcome at the Commission meeting.

 

Project Number MP060

Armed Forces Retirement Home Final Master Plan, Rock Creek Church Road and Upshur Street, NW, Washington DC. Submitted by the Armed Forces Retirement Home.(Commission action requested: approval of final master plan pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 8722(b)(1) and (d))


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#261 From: "andereyn" <andereyn@...>
Date: Mon May 19, 2008 3:54 am
Subject: LAST CHANCE to voice opinion on AFRH development plans 		andereyn
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The AFRH is scheduled to appear before the National Capital Planning
Commission (NCPC) on Thursday, June 5 for approval of its Master Plan
for development.  You can view the AFRH's development plan online(
which includes over 6 million square feet of development and almost
9,000 parking spots - that is nearly double a Nationals' game) at:

http://www.ncpc.gov/UserFiles/File/PDF_files/AFRH%20Master%20Plan_Final_29Februa\
ry2008_.pdf

Make sure you let the NCPC know that parks and preservation must be a
significant part of the AFRH's plans.

(1) E-mail or fax comments by THIS WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2008 to
Priscilla Brown at the Office of the Secretariat,
priscilla.brown@...; or fax: 202-482-7272.

(2) Attend the June 5, 2008 final hearing on the AFRH's plan and sign
up to provide oral comments. You must register to speak by June 4,
2008 at noon, with Priscilla Brown: priscilla.brown@... or
202-482-7200.

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#260 From: <scott@...>
Date: Tue May 6, 2008 6:11 pm
Subject: May 2008 DC North article on the AFRH project 		scott_robert...
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See this brief article from the May 2008 issue of DC North on the AFRH development project.
 
 
Soldiers Home Development:  Residents Seek Preservation
[http://capitalcommunitynews.com/publications/dcnorth/2008_May/html/NeighborhoodNews.cfm]
    
A coalition of Ward 4 and Ward 1 residents is seeking support from Ward 5 for a central parks vision that would establish Emancipation National Park on 34 acres of the Old Soldiers Home and align it with Fort Totten Park to the north and a possible McMillan Park to the south.
 
The Washington Central Parks group [www.thecentralparks.org] is proposing to reduce the major development plans for the Old Soldiers Home site and preserve about half of the site. The Urban Institute has agreed to do an assessment to determine the best use of the land, and the group is seeking funding for the study. They are asking for support from members of the ANC 5C for the idea to build a connected system of parks including bike and walking trails through North Central Washington. For more information, visit thecentralparks.org.
    
-- by Jenny Johnson

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#259 From: <scott@...>
Date: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:57 pm
Subject: AFRH transportation management plan document uploaded 		scott_robert...
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This past Monday, April 14, 2008, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) held a public meeting to discuss the final master plan for the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH).  The meeting was held at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School, 3102 Georgia Avenue NW. 
 
I attended this meeting as did other contributors to the AFRH Development list. 
 
At the meeting, the sites transportation management program (TMP) was discussed.   There were copies of the TMP document available to look at a front table, but were marked with please do not remove.
 
Later in the week, I contacted project manager Gene Keller at NCPC and asked for a copy of the document.  He advised that I needed to pick it up in person at the NCPC office, which I did.
 
I have scanned the document into PDF format and have uploaded on the AFRH Development list home at Yahoogroups.
      
I broke the document into three sections, just because I didnt know if it would be too large to store as one file. 
                                                                     
                                         
If you want to read this transportation management plan document dated February 28, 2008, follow these steps:
 
Go to:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afrhdevelopment/files/
 
Under Files, I created a new folder called AFRH Transportation.
                  
Click on the AFRH Transportation yellow folder.
   
You will see three files with these names:
 
AFRH transportation management plan 2008 02 28 part 1 of 3
 
AFRH transportation management plan 2008 02 28 part 2 of 3
 
AFRH transportation management plan 2008 02 28 part 3 of 3
 
I would invite members of this list to read this document and provide your comments and observations here on the list.   Thanks.
 
 

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