Barney Circle - SE Boulevard Study Public Meeting 1 Presentation
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Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard Transportation Planning Study Public Scoping Meeting February 21, 2013 WELCOME
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Presentation from the February 21st, 2013 public meeting.
Transcript of Barney Circle - SE Boulevard Study Public Meeting 1 Presentation
Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard
Transportation Planning Study Public Scoping Meeting February 21, 2013
WELCOME
• Purpose of Meeting • Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
Transportation Master Plan Goals • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) • Public Involvement Opportunities • Issues and Opportunities
Agenda
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PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
• Public Scoping Meeting to Introduce Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard Project
• Review AWI Transportation Master Plan Goals • Discuss Project Approach and NEPA Process • Discuss and Gather your Feedback on Project
Issues and Opportunities
Purpose of the Meeting
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PROJECT GOALS
AWI Transportation Master Plan Goals
• Redesign Highways and Freeways to Reduce Barriers Between Neighborhoods and Waterfront Parks
• Reconnect the City Street Grid to Waterfront Parks
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• Provide Continuous Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Along the Entire Waterfront
• Aggressively Promote a Modal Shift to Public Transit
• Create Great Urban Boulevards with Mixed Uses, Landscaping and Great Civic Spaces
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment
• Federal Highway Administration is the lead federal agency for the Transportation NEPA process
We are here
Initiate Environmental Assessment Process
Public Scoping
Alternatives Development
Historic Properties (Section 106) Evaluation
Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Evaluation
Public Review
Final NEPA Document and Decision
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NEPA Project Study Area
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14ST
SE
NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT (NHPA)
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
• Section 106 of the NHPA requires consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office and other interested parties – Historic properties will be defined – Identified historic properties include:
• The L’Enfant Plan of the City of Washington • Capitol Hill Historic District • Proposed Barney Circle Historic District
• An Assessment of Effects on historic properties from the Transportation Improvements will be prepared and summarized in the Environmental Assessment
• Interested parties are invited to participate
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L’Enfant Plan of the City of Washington
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Project Area
Cultural Resources
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Washington Navy Yard
Historic District
Capitol Hill Historic District
Marine Barrack
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Proposed Barney Circle
Historic District
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Public Involvement
• Public Meetings o Public Meeting #1 Scoping and Purpose and Need – Tonight
o Public Meeting #2 Alternatives Review – Spring 2013
o Public Meeting #3 Public Hearing on EA – Summer 2013
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Stakeholders • Residents and Business Owners in Project Area • Pedestrians, Bicyclists and Transit Riders • Advisory Neighborhood Commission • Federal Highway Administration • National Park Service • DC-State Historic Preservation Office • National Capitol Planning Commission • Commission of Fine Arts • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority
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NEXT STEPS
Project Schedule Milestone Date
Public Meeting 1 – Public Scoping Meeting Tonight
Alternatives Development Now
Public Meeting 2 – Alternatives Review Spring 2013
Impact Assessment Spring 2013
Release Environmental Assessment for Public Comments Spring 2013
Public/Agency Review Period of Environmental Assessment
Spring 2013
Public Meeting 3 - Public Hearing for the Environmental Assessment
Summer 2013
Final NEPA Document and Decision Summer
2013
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ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Issues and Opportunities
• Where is the best connection from the neighborhood to the Southeast Boulevard? - 13th St. SE, 14th St., SE, and/or 15th St. SE?
• How does the project incorporate L St. SE into the great urban boulevard concept?
• The Middle Anacostia Crossings study introduced the potential to use the space under the boulevard as a municipal parking facility. Should the District look to this opportunity as a multi-modal transfer facility?
• Should the project attempt to provide vehicle connection across the boulevard to M St. SE in addition to pedestrian and bicycle connections?
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Stay Involved • Tell Us What You Think
o Tonight Work with the Facilitators Share your Ideas and Concerns Fill out Comment Form
o Sign up for the Email Distribution List • www.anacostiawaterfront.org/BarneyCircle
o Email [email protected]
o Mail: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, P.E., Program Manager
District Department of Transportation Anacostia Waterfront Initiative 55 M Street, SE, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20003
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