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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

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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
• versight 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 (1st ½ of a bowtie park)
• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Statue (2nd 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)

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Streetscape

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Streetscape

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Current

• Old, mismatched

material

• Lack of amenities

(recycling, benches, treeboxes)

• Lack of robust

landscaping Future Opportunities

• Utilities in median

and tree boxes

• Sidewalks
• Additional amenities
• Northern Gateway

Identifier Timeline

• Feasibility Study – FY

2015

• Planning Study –

Spring 2018

• 65% Design – Winter

2020

• Construction –

Maybe as early as 2021 Discussion

• Specific Amenities
• DDOT Design

Guidelines for materials/ amenities

• Design Guidelines for

landscaping, special events, holiday

• Immediate

beautification improvements

Dupont Plaza

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Dupont Plaza

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Current

• Non-existent

Future

• Programming and

Maintainace BID’s responsibility

• Financing
• Organization

Timeline

• Feasibility Study –

2015

• Planning Study –

Spring 2018

• 65% Design –

Winter 2020

• Construction –

Maybe as early as 2021 Discussion

• Design: materials,

structure and amenities, shade

• pportunities
• Maintenance
• Sponsorhsip?
• 501 c(3)/

Foundation?

• Other?
• Programmimg
• Other Issues

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Renderings

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Dupont Circle

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Dupont Circle

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Current

• NPS ownership: National

Mall and Memorial Parks

• Maintenance Contract
• Fountain and other

hardscape elements

• NPS/BID collaboration

Future

• NPS/BID Partnership
• Maintenance
• Landscaping
• Programming

Discussion

• Timeline ?
• Short Term
• Programming

Agreement

• Maintenance

Agreement

• Long Term
• Capital Plan
• NPS/DC MOU re

Franklin Park as possible pathway

Dupont Underground

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Dupont Underground

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Current

• DDOT Right-of-

Way

• Deputy Mayor of

Planning and Economic Development’s (DMPED) portfolio

• Managed by

Dupont Underground Future

• Capital

improvements

• Financing

Timeline

• Rent payment

due end of 2019

• Lease expires

April 2020 Discussion

• Current Lease
• DMPED future

plans

• Need for physical

and programming plan

• Funding for

capital improvements

• Specific Amenities
• DDOT Design Guidelines for

materials/ amenities

• Design Guidelines for landscaping,

special events, holiday

• Immediate beautification

improvements

• Design: materials, structure and

amenities, shade opportunities

• Maintenance
• Sponsorhsip?
• 501 c(3)/ Foundation?
• Other?
• Programmimg
• Other Issues

Streetscape Dupont Plaza

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• Current Lease
• DMPED future plans
• Need for physical and programming

plan

• Funding for capital improvements
• Timeline ?
• Short Term
• Programming Agreement
• Maintenance Agreement
• Long Term
• Capital Plan
• NPS/DC MOU re Franklin Park

as possible pathway

Dupont Underground Dupont Circle

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