Dupont Circle Public Space Advisory Committee November 21, 2019
Dupont Circle BID • Established 2018 • $1 million budget • 137 property owners • Dupont Circle Metro Exits • Weekday 16,596 • Weekend 6,857 • 14 Metrobus lines and Circulator • 22,000 residents w/ in ½ mile • Year- round Farmer’s Market 2
Public Space Committee • Unique expertise • Connection to the neighborhood • Focus on Dupont Plaza, Streetscape, Dupont Circle, Dupont Underground • Share insights, research and ideas on public space funding, design, maintenance and programming • Evaluate potential models for oversight and/ or partnerships • Provide recommendations to the Board
Dupont Circle BID Public Space • National Park Service • Dupont Circle • Q Street Triangle Park • Major General George B. McClellan Park • Mahatma Ghandi Memorial (1 st ½ of a bowtie park) • Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue (2 nd 1/2 of a bowtie park) • WMATA • Q Street Metro Plaza • District Department of Transportation • Streetscape including Sidewalks, tree boxes, trees, trash receptacles, future benches • Pedestrian island at Q/Connecticut and Dupont Circle/ Connecticut • Dupont Plaza (to be managed, maintained and programmed by the BID) • Dupont Underground (currently within the DMPED portfolio) 4
Streetscape 5
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Streetscape Current Future Opportunities Timeline Discussion • Old, mismatched • Utilities in median • Feasibility Study – FY • Specific Amenities material and tree boxes 2015 • DDOT Design • Lack of amenities • Sidewalks • Planning Study – Guidelines for (recycling, benches, Spring 2018 materials/ amenities • Additional amenities treeboxes) • 65% Design – Winter • Design Guidelines for • Northern Gateway • Lack of robust 2020 landscaping, special Identifier landscaping events, holiday • Construction – Maybe as early as • Immediate 2021 beautification improvements 7
Dupont Plaza 8
Dupont Plaza Current Future Timeline Discussion • Non-existent • Programming and • Feasibility Study – • Design: materials, Maintainace BID’s 2015 structure and responsibility amenities, shade • Planning Study – opportunities • Financing Spring 2018 • Maintenance • Organization • 65% Design – Winter 2020 • Sponsorhsip? • Construction – • 501 c(3)/ Maybe as early as Foundation? 2021 • Other? • Programmimg • Other Issues 9
Renderings 10
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Dupont Circle 12
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Dupont Circle Current Future Discussion • NPS ownership: National • NPS/BID Partnership • Timeline ? Mall and Memorial Parks • Maintenance • Short Term • Maintenance Contract • Landscaping • Programming • Fountain and other Agreement • Programming hardscape elements • Maintenance • NPS/BID collaboration Agreement • Long Term • Capital Plan • NPS/DC MOU re Franklin Park as possible pathway 14
Dupont Underground 15
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Dupont Underground Current Future Timeline Discussion • DDOT Right-of- • Capital • Rent payment • Current Lease Way improvements due end of 2019 • DMPED future • Deputy Mayor of • Financing • Lease expires plans Planning and April 2020 • Need for physical Economic and Development’s programming (DMPED) plan portfolio • Funding for • Managed by capital Dupont improvements Underground 18
Streetscape Dupont Plaza • Design: materials, structure and • Specific Amenities amenities, shade opportunities • DDOT Design Guidelines for • Maintenance materials/ amenities • Sponsorhsip? • Design Guidelines for landscaping, • 501 c(3)/ Foundation? special events, holiday • Other? • Immediate beautification • Programmimg improvements • Other Issues 19
Dupont Circle Dupont Underground • Timeline ? • Current Lease • Short Term • DMPED future plans • Programming Agreement • Need for physical and programming • Maintenance Agreement plan • Long Term • Funding for capital improvements • Capital Plan • NPS/DC MOU re Franklin Park as possible pathway 20
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