Res 04-07
ANC 3F SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION OPPOSING
THE DRAFT UPPER WISCONSIN AVENUE CORRIDOR STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK PLAN AND RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL REVISIONS
BEFORE IT IS RESUBMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ANCS
FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F
North Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, & Tenleytown
4401-A Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Box 244
Washington, D.C. 20008-2322
WHEREAS: On January 12, 2004, ANC 3F unanimously approved Resolution
04-04 opposing the Draft Plan and requesting that it be revised and resubmitted
to the community and ANCs for review and comment before any action is taken
to send it to the D.C. Council; and
WHEREAS: in Resolution 04-04, ANC 3F requested that properties
in and around Tenley Circle, including the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church,
be removed from designation for any number of stories on the Framework Plan
map on page 24, but did not make any recommendation for these properties
on the Growth Restriction Area map on page 27, which shows where zoning changes
or planned unit developments would not be supported; and
WHEREAS: on the Framework Plan map on page 24, building heights
of six stories and more are recommended for the commercial corridor from
Chesapeake to Ellicott Streets, but buildings this high could block historically-significant
views from Fort Reno National Park of the site of a Civil War signal station
at “Peach Grove”, near present-day Tyson’s Corner, and a splendid panorama
of the Virginia countryside, enjoyed by people who picnic, walk, sled, and
paint pictures along the heights of Fort Reno Park; and
WHEREAS: federally-owned Fort Reno Park serves not only residents
of ANC 3E and ANC 3F, which include the park within their boundaries, but
also the entire city, the metropolitan area, and the nation; and
WHEREAS: on January 21, 2004, Ward 3 Councilmember Kathy Patterson
wrote a letter to the Mayor asking that “considerable additional analysis
be completed prior to the study being finalized, and in advance of submission
to the council for approval as a ‘small area plan’”, and
WHEREAS: on February 7, 2004, the D.C. Office of Planning informed
the Wisconsin Avenue Plan Advisory Steering Committee that it now intends
to revise the Draft Plan and resubmit it to the community for review by mid-April,
followed by a 30-day comment period, before sending the plan to the D.C.
Council, and that analyses of the Plan’s impact on the area’s infrastructure
(schools, public safety, traffic and parking, etc.) will be taken from routine
planning data compiled by District agencies and not by independent outside
analysis focused on this study; and
WHEREAS: residents are concerned that these data will not fully
address the implications of the higher density inherent in the Draft Plan,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: ANC 3F continues to oppose the
Draft Plan and requests that it be revised by:
· Amending the map on page 27 to place the properties
in and around Tenley Circle, including the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church,
in the Growth Restriction Area, as shown on the attached draft map for the study, dated June 25,
2002;
· Amending the map on page 24 by reducing the recommended
building heights for the area between Chesapeake and Ellicott Streets to
protect views from federally-owned Fort Reno Park;
· Removing references to 6-8 stories from the paragraph
on urban form on page 41 and pictures showing buildings of 6-8 stories for
Sites B-4 and B-5 on page 40; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: ANC 3F requests that OP consult
with the National Park Service to consider whether a zoning overlay for the
Fort Reno area should be developed to protect sightlines to Peach Grove,
Fort Bayard, Fort DeRussy, and Fort Stevens – all important sites in the
Civil War defenses of Washington; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: ANC 3F strongly urges that the
Office of Planning delay the resubmission of the Draft Plan to the community
and ANCs in order to conduct full, independent analyses of the impact of
development on the corridor and neighboring communities, to revise the Draft
Plan accordingly, and to make a commitment not to send any plan to the D.C.
Council until a consensus has been reached with residents.
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Approved by a vote of 6-0-0 at a duly noticed public meeting of ANC 3F on
February 9, 2004, with a quorum present.
________/s/ Karen Lee Perry________
___________/s/ Cathy Wiss___________
Karen Perry, Chair
Cathy Wiss, Secretary
Attached draft map for the study, dated June 25,
2002