HPO Monthly Public Notice - April 2023

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

 

MONTHLY PUBLIC NOTICE

April 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023

PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE

 

This notice is the official monthly announcement by the District of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Office (HPO) of pending matters of public interest.  It includes items related to preservation planning, designation of historic landmarks and historic districts, and project reviews before the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) and U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA).

 

 

NOTICE TO ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONS

 

HPO and HPRB welcome and encourage Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) participation in the historic preservation review process.  HPRB gives great weight to duly adopted written ANC views on matters of significance to neighborhood planning and development. 

 

How Affected ANCs Should Use this Notice

 

This is an initial notice to ANCs of projects recently filed for HPRB review.  Projects are identified by address and ANC area where the address is located.  Upcoming historic designation hearings are also listed, supplementing the separate notice letters mailed to ANCs.

 

HPRB regulations are designed to allow ANCs to identify projects they believe are significant to neighborhood planning and development.  ANCs can request project submissions and applicant contact information from the assigned HPO staff person listed on this notice.

 

The historic preservation regulations encourage, but do not require, applicants to contact the affected ANC to present their projects and to resolve any public concerns before HPRB review.  If an ANC is interested in a project listed on this notice, but has not yet been contacted by the applicant, the ANC is encouraged to arrange for review directly with the applicant. 

 

Longer Notice Period for Cases Undergoing ANC Review

 

HPO gives notice according to rules designed to balance the interests of project applicants and ANCs.  If HPO is already aware of ANC interest in a project, the case is listed on two successive monthly notices in order to ensure a minimum notice to the affected ANC of 45 days (or 30 working days, whichever is longer).  This means that when these cases first appear on this notice, they are scheduled for the HPRB meeting at the end of the following month.

HPO asks affected ANCs for help in identifying any other projects on this notice that they want to review at a public meeting.  Upon notification, HPO will ensure that the affected ANC receives a minimum 45-day notice of those cases.  ANCs may identify an interest in reviewing any or all cases that affect their area.

 

For those cases that affected ANCs do not need to consider at a public meeting, HPO will proceed with review for possible consideration at this month’s HPRB meeting.  The shorter notice allows the application to proceed without unnecessary delay to the applicant or burden to the ANC.

 

How to Ensure Consideration of ANC Views

 

ANCs should first identify those cases on this notice they want to review.  ANCs should feel free to contact the assigned HPO staff person for information about any case.  ANCs should also contact HPO in writing to request an extended notice for those cases the ANC wants to review at a public meeting.  Requests are granted automatically and may be made by email to the assigned staff person or to historic.preservation@dc.gov .  Requests should be made as soon as possible, but no later than two days before the upcoming HPRB meeting.  ANCs do not need to contact HPO about projects that are already scheduled to allow a 45-day review period, or that they have already reviewed. 

 

How to Submit ANC Comments

 

For ANC comments to receive great weight, they must be adopted by ANC vote at a duly noticed public meeting.  ANC comments may be in resolution or letter format and should be submitted within the 45-day review period.  Comments should relate to HPRB’s area of jurisdiction, state the vote taken, and articulate the basis for the ANC recommendations.

 

Any ANC commissioner is welcome to participate in HPRB meetings as an individual, but only the duly adopted official comments of the ANC receive great weight.

 

GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

 

The applications listed on this notice and their associated materials are a matter of public record. 

 

Case files, including all correspondence received, may be accessed on the Office of Planning website. 

 

HOW TO ACCESS THE HPRB MEETING

 

The HPRB meeting may be accessed live via WebEx.  Use the links below to access to the meetings:

 

April 27 Meeting Link: https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/j.php?MTID=m4c56c10acb08fd624a2ebefb100e19e1  

Password: d7cUXwqJp28 (37289975 from phones and video systems)

 

May 4 Meeting Link: https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/j.php?MTID=maa2f6499b3ae1f21425e99d525539867  

Password: d9YctKGrj52 (39928547 from phones and video systems)

 

A livestream of the meeting will be posted to the DC Office of Planning’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuihFWfp15mtLsOFqkdMcvw ). Please note that the YouTube livestream is for listen-only participation. To present a case or provide public testimony you must log-in using the WebEx links above.

 

HPRB meetings are governed by the Open Meetings Act.  Please address any questions or complaints arising under this meeting to the Office of Open Government at opengovoffice@dc.gov  .

 

The meetings will be recorded and posted to the Office of Planning website within 5 days of the meeting.

 

COMMENT SUBMISSION DEADLINES

 

 

Public comments are welcome on HPRB cases.  Written public comments must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. 

 

To testify before HPRB via WebEx, you must also register 24 hours in advance.  Please submit your name and the case you wish to testify on by emailing historic.preservation@dc.gov .  Instructions for testifying will be emailed to you in advance of the meeting.

 

Any comments received after the final deadline will be held for the record but not distributed to the HPRB.

 

NOTICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS

                April 27 and May 4, 2023

 

The Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) will meet via WebEx to consider concept and permit applications for work affecting historic properties. Applications for historic landmark or historic district designation may also be considered.

 

The agenda for these meetings will be drawn from the list of filed cases below, but not all cases on the list will be included.  The agenda will be released on the Friday before each meeting and will be emailed to all recipients of this public notice.  The agenda and HPO reports for the scheduled cases will be posted on the HPO website at www.preservation.dc.gov  by the end of the day on Friday, April 21, 2023.  

 

 

NOTICE OF CASES FILED FOR REVIEW

 

Listing on this notice does not guarantee a hearing next month.  Some cases are already scheduled for the following month.  Other cases may be deferred at the request of the affected Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC), for insufficient information, or at the discretion of HPO or HPRB.

 

For inquiries about or to provide comments on a specific case, please contact the assigned staff person listed below.  Written comments should be received at HPO by the comment deadlines noted above. Submission of written comments by email is preferred.

 

 

ANC

 

HISTORIC LANDMARK AND HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION HEARINGS

1E           Charles Whitney Gilmore House, 451 Park Road NW, Case 22-11

3C           U.S. Naval Observatory (historic district), 3450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Case 23-01 (to be heard May 25)

2B           Scottish Rite Temple amendment (boundary revision), 1733 16th Street NW, Square 192, Case 23-04 Application to set the boundary at that of former A&T Lot 800, within present Lot 110, and to establish a period of significance (continued to June 29)

 

PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND CONCEPTUAL REVIEWS

 

Anacostia Historic District

8A           1254-1258 Talbert Street and 1309-1313 Morris Road SE, HPA 23-094, concept/new construction of six multi-unit townhomes (Price)

8A           1605-07 Good Hope Road SE, HPA 22-445, revised concept/construction of four-story plus penthouse mixed use building (Price)

8A           1527-1531 U Street SE, HPA 23-177, concept/subdivide into three lots, construct two attached dwellings (Price)  

8A           1603 Good Hope Road SE, HPA 23-220, concept/new construction of six story building (Price)

8A           2420 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, HPA 23-225, revised concept/construct four stories on one-story building and adjacent five-story building (Price)

8A           1223 Talbert Street SE, HPA 23-289, concept/new construction of four-unit residential building (Price)

 

Capitol Hill Historic District

6B           647 G Street SE, HPA 23-096, concept/three-story rear addition; cellar addition; areaway and parking pad at rear (Nadal)

6A           336 11th Street NE, HPA 23-252, concept/dog leg, bay and partial third floor addition (Nadal)

6B           1236 Walter Street SE, HPA 23-253, concept/two story rear addition (Nadal)

6B           235 12th Street SE, HPA 23-286, concept/third story addition, second story addition to garage (Nadal)

 

Downtown Historic District

2C           509-517 H Street NW, HPA 23-176, revised concept/construct nine-story addition to existing rowhouses (Callcott)

 

Dupont Circle Historic District

2B           1743 S Street NW, HPA 23-214, concept/penthouse and rooftop deck (Brockett)

 

Georgetown Historic District

2E           2900-2922 M Street NW, HPA 23-216, concept/subdivision to combine eight lots and nine buildings, demolition, construction of additions (to be heard at a later date; Dennee)

 

LeDroit Park Historic District

1B           304 T Street NW, HPA 22-437, concept/roof deck addition (Meyer)

 

Saint Elizabeths Hospital Historic District

8C           1100 Oak Drive SE, HPA 23-287, concept/demolition of Buildings 115 and 116, construction of seven-story mixed-use building/complex (Dennee)

8C           1100 Alabama Avenue SE, HPA 23-291, permit/construct 250-foot-tall communications tower and associated structures (Dennee)

 

Shaw Historic District

2G          1515 9th Street NW, HPA 23-215, concept/new construction of six-story building (Meyer)

2G          1322 9th Street NW, HPA 23-221, revised concept/new construction of four-story building (Meyer)

 

Strivers Section Historic District

2B           1832 Florida Avenue NW, HPA 23-259, concept/third story addition (Brockett)

 

Takoma Park Historic District

4B           6901 Willow Street NW, HPA 23-178, concept/new construction of three-story apartment building (Callcott)

4B           6817 5th Street NW, HPA 23-223, concept/demolish roof, add second story (Callcott)

4B           6819 5th Street NW, HPA 23-225, concept/demolish roof, add second story (Callcott)

4B           6917 Maple Street NW, HPA 23-224, concept/demolish existing building, construction new two-story building (Callcott)

4B           327 Cedar Street NW, HPA 23-288, concept/new multi-unit residential and retail building with open space, plaza and Metro zone (Callcott)

 

 

HPO CONTACT INFORMATION

 

HPO STAFF REVIEWERS

Anne Brockett

anne.brockett@dc.gov

(202) 442-8842

 

Steve Callcott

steve.callcott@dc.gov

(202) 741-5247

 

Tim Dennee

timothy.dennee@dc.gov

(202) 442-8847

 

Julianna Jackson

julianna.jackson@dc.gov

(202) 442-7631

 

Todd Jones

todd.jones@dc.gov

(202) 442-8839

 

Andrew Lewis

andrew.lewis@dc.gov

(202) 442-8841

 

David Maloney

david.maloney@dc.gov

(202) 442-8850

 

Brendan Meyer

brendan.meyer@dc.gov

(202) 741-5248

 

Moira Nadal

moira.nadal@dc.gov

(202) 442-7703

 

Imania Price

imania.price@dc.gov

(202) 442-8827

 

Kim Williams

kim.williams@dc.gov

(202) 442-8840

 

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HPO AND HPRB WEBSITE

For additional information, see the HPO and HPRB website at www.preservation.dc.gov .

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES:   To request language assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please complete this form at least 5 days before the scheduled public meeting.  If you have any questions, contact the Office of Planning at op.access@dc.gov or 202-442-7600.