Meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts

20 May 2010

10:00 A.M. CONVENE, Suite 312, 401 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-2728

I. Administration

A. Approval of minutes:
15 April 2010

B. Dates of next meetings:
17 June 2010
15 July 2010
16 September 2010

C. The Commission’s 100th Year: established 17 May 2010 and Shipstead-Luce Act’s 80th year: approved 16 May 1930.

D. A report on the events of 19 May 2010 to commemorate the centennial of the establishment of the Commission of Fine Arts in 1910 and the 2010 Charles H. Atherton Memorial Lecture by Daniel Libeskind.

II. Submissions and Reviews

A. Appendices

Appendix I - Direct Submission Consent Calendar

Appendix II - Shipstead-Luce Act Submissions

Appendix III - Old Georgetown Act Submissions

B. National Park Service

1. CFA 20/MAY/10-1, Dwight D. Eisenhower National Memorial. Intersection of Maryland and Independence Avenues, between 4th and 6th Streets, SW. Information presentation. (Previous: CFA 20/NOV/08-1, Information presentation on pre-design program)
Letter

2. CFA 20/MAY/10-2, National Mall. Center lawn panels (#29, 30, and 33) between 3rd and 7th Streets. Reconstruction of the turf and soil, and installation of an irrigation system and new granite curbs and gutters. Concept.
Letter

C. Department of the Treasury / U.S. Mint

1. CFA 20/MAY/10-3, Medal of Honor Commemorative Coin Program for 2011. Designs for a five-dollar gold coin and a one-dollar silver coin. Final.
Letter

2. CFA 20/MAY/10-4, United States Army Commemorative Coin Program for 2011. Designs for a five-dollar gold coin, a one-dollar silver coin, and a half-dollar clad coin. Final.
Letter

D. General Services Administration

CFA 20/MAY/10-5, St. Elizabeths Hospital, West Campus, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE. Adaptive Reuse Plan (Phase 1b) for Building 49 and campus landscape for the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters. Final. (Previous: CFA 15/APR/10-4)
Letter

E. U.S. Department of Agriculture / U.S. National Arboretum

CFA 20/MAY/10-6, National Arboretum, New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road, NE. National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. Rehabilitation of the Japanese Pavilion. Concept. (Previous: CFA 15/OCT/09-4, Sign Master Plan)
Letter

F. Department of Defense / Armed Forces Retirement Home

CFA 20/MAY/10-7, Scott Building, Scott Road, NW. Replacement building. Revised concept. (Previous: CFA 18/MAR/10-4)
Letter

G. Department of Veterans Affairs

CFA 20/MAY/10-8, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW. Four-story administration addition. Concept. (Previous: CFA 15/OCT/09-3, Master Plan)
Letter

H. District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Shipstead-Luce Act

SL 10-091, American Pharmacists Association, 2215 Constitution Avenue, NW. Rooftop tent. Permit. (Previous: SL 10-012, 19 November 2009)
Letter