CFA Meeting — 15 February 2024

Please note: This meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) will take place on Zoom. All applicants and members of the public are required to register for the meeting here. A link to the meeting will be provided via email once registration is complete. Advance registration is recommended, although it will be possible to register during the meeting.

The CFA accepts public comment on projects and other matters currently under review. During public meetings of the Commission conducted by videoconference, for security and meeting quality purposes, attendees will not have access to the microphone or camera functions of the webinar. For members of the public wishing to comment on submissions, written comments will be accepted through the public comments page on the CFA website or via email to cfastaff@cfa.gov; please submit comments by 4pm on Wednesday, February 14. As the Commission of Fine Arts is a design review entity, please limit comments to design issues. Comments will be shared with the Commission members before the meeting and will become part of the public record. The Secretary will read or summarize these public comments at the meeting during review of the relevant project at the discretion of the CFA Chair.

9:00 A.M. CONVENE, via Zoom internet videoconference.

ADMINISTRATION

A. Approval of minutes: 18 January 2024

B. Dates of next meetings: 21 March 2024, 18 April 2024, 16 May 2024

Submissions and Reviews

Appendices

Consent Calendar (Government Projects)
Shipstead-Luce Act Appendix
Old Georgetown Act Appendix

National Park Service

CFA 15/FEB/24-1

Constitution Gardens, West Potomac Park, between 17th Street and Henry Bacon Drive, NW, Washington, DC. Phase 2 - Rehabilitation of the lake and landscape improvements. Final.

Previous Review:
Submitted Documents:
Con Gardens presentation

National Park Service

CFA 15/FEB/24-2

Texas Legation Memorial, Indiana Plaza at 7th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Design for a new memorial. Concept.

U.S. Department of Defense

CFA 15/FEB/24-3

The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. New employee pedestrian access control facility at Metro entrance. Concept.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of the Army

CFA 15/FEB/24-4

Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia. Design for two new barracks and associated landscape. Revised concept.

Previous Review:
Submitted Documents:
JBMHH barracks presentation

U.S. General Services Administration

CFA 15/FEB/24-5

St. Elizabeths West Campus, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue, SE, Washington, DC. Construction of a new 6-story building and associated landscape for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Concept.

Submitted Documents:
ICE HQ presentation

D.C. Department of General Services

CFA 15/FEB/24-6

MacArthur High School, 4530 MacArthur Boulevard, NW, Washington, DC. Renovations and additions to building and landscape. Concept.

Submitted Documents:
MacArthur HS presentation

D.C. Department of General Services

CFA 15/FEB/24-7

Crummell Community Center, 1900 Gallaudet Street, NE, Washington, DC. Renovations and additions to building and landscape. Concept.

Previous Review:
Submitted Documents:
Crummell CC presentation

D.C. Department of Buildings

SL 24-075 (HPA 24-162)

Former Walter Reed Medical Center, Parcel Z, 6809 16th Street, NW. New construction - 37 townhouses. Concept.

Letter:
Submitted Documents:
6809 16th Street presentation

U.S. Mint

CFA 15/FEB/24-8

2026 U.S. Semiquincentennial One and Five Cent Coins. Designs for obverse. Final.

U.S. Mint

CFA 15/FEB/24-9

2025 American Innovation One Dollar Coin Program. Designs for the ninth set of coins: Florida and Texas. Final.