ANC 3F RESOLUTION REGARDING THE DRAFT
MANAGEMENT PLAN, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FORT CIRCLE PARKS
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F
North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills & Tenleytown
4401-A Connecticut Avenue, N.W., #244
Washington, D.C. 20008-2322
WHEREAS: the National Park Service has issued a draft Management Plan/Environmental Assessment for the Fort Circle Parks, Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS: ANC 3F includes some of the Fort Circle Parks; and
WHEREAS: the Draft Management Plan, Environmental Assessment
for Fort Circle Parks describes three alternatives for managing the Parks:
Alternative 1. Continue current management/No
action.
Alternative 2. Designation of 23-mile
trail connecting the Parks and rehabilitate existing recreational facilities.
Alternative 3. Designate three key sites
for orientation and information; Fort Marcy, Fort Stevens and
Fort Dupont. Existing recreational facilities would be rehabilitated; and
WHEREAS: under Alternative 2 the cultural resources would benefit from the improved protection and preservation of earthworks and fort sites through stabilization and vegetation management; and
WHEREAS: under Alternative 2 the visitor experience would be enhanced by upgraded interpretive methods (signs and brochures); and ADD something as agreed to Ft Reno etc.
WHEREAS: Alternative 2 provides for a trail connecting the Parks; and
WHEREAS: residents of Tenleytown attended the public meeting
of ANC 3F on May 19, 2003, and spoke about their desire
• to educate the public on the history of the Civil
War at Fort Reno and the post-War settlement at Reno City
• to link the trail connecting the parks to a Heritage
Trail residents are planning for Tenleytown, in which they hope to
include a pathway within Fort Reno to
the heights of the fort area and to and from the Rose School site, and
• to enhance the historic experience at Fort Reno
by retaining the visual integrity and sight line into Fort Reno Park from
. the ceremonial entrance at Fort Drive and
by using Civil War style fencing as a decorative feature on both sides
of the Fort
Drive entrance and at the Cheseapeake
Street entrance
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT; ANC 3F recommends that the National Park Service adopt Alternative 2, while taking into consideration the desires expressed by the residents of Tenleytown.
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Approved by a vote of 7-0-0 at a duly noticed public meeting on May 19, 2003, with a quorum present.
/s/ Cathy Wiss
/s/ David J. Bardin
Cathy Wiss, Chair
David J. Bardin, Secretary