Attachment_J._11_Master_Plan_2013.pdf

District of Columbia Courts

FACILITIES MASTER PLAN

IBI Group • Gruzen Samton

Prepared for:

Capital Projects and Facilities Management Division

November 15, 2013

H. Carl Moultre Courthouse - Indiana Ave. Entrance

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Executive Summary

Overview of the Existing Conditions

Projections 2012-2022 and Beyond

Space Acquisition Alternatives

Master Plan for Facilities

Implementation

Space Utilization Enhancement Strategies

Courtroom Modernization and Upgrades

Appendix10

Interim Condition Plans

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LIST OF FIGURES

1.0 Executive Summary

Figure 1.1 Proposed Master Plan for Facilities Figure 1.2 H. Carl Moultrie Building Addition: Exterior Perspective Figure 1.3 H. Carl Moultrie Building Addition: East Section

2.0 Existing Conditions

Figure 2.1 Judiciary Square Existing Plan Figure 2.2 Judiciary Square Master Plan Figure 2.3 Judiciary Square Interim Plan Figure 2.4 Circulation Guidelines Map Figure 2.5 Security Guidelines Map Figure 2.6.1 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Parking Level Figure 2.6.2 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - C Street Level Figure 2.6.3 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - John Marshall Level Figure 2.6.4 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Indiana Avenue Level Figure 2.6.5 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Second Floor Figure 2.6.6 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Third Floor Figure 2.6.7 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Fourth Floor Figure 2.6.8 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Fifth Floor Figure 2.6.9 Existing Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Sixth Floor Figure 2.7 Existing Housing Plan: 515 5th Street Figure 2.8 Existing Housing Plan: 510 4th Street Figure 2.9 Existing Housing Plan: 410 E Street Figure 2.10.1 Existing Housing Plan: 430 E Street (Historic Courthouse) Figure 2.10.2 Existing Housing Plan: 430 E Street (Historic Courthouse) Figure 2.11 Existing Housing Plan: Gallery Place

3.0 Projections 2009-2018 and Beyond

No figures included.

4.0 Space Acquisition Alternatives

No figures included

5.0 Master Plan for Facilities

Figure 5.1.1 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Parking Level Figure 5.1.2 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - C Street Level Figure 5.1.3 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - John Marshall Level Figure 5.1.4 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Indiana Avenue Level Figure 5.1.5 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Second Floor Figure 5.1.6 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Third Floor Figure 5.1.7 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Fourth Floor Figure 5.1.8 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Fifth Floor Figure 5.1.9 Proposed Housing Plan: H. Carl Moultrie Building - Sixth Floor Figure 5.2 Proposed Housing Plan: 515 5th Street Figure 5.3 Proposed Housing Plan: 510 4th Street Figure 5.4 Proposed Housing Plan: 410 E Street Figure 5.5.1 Proposed Housing Plan: 430 E Street (Historic Courthouse) Figure 5.5.2 Proposed Housing Plan: 430 E Street (Historic Courthouse)

6.0 Implementation

No figures included

7.0 Appendix

No figures included

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LIST OF TABLES

1.0 Executive Summary

Table 1.1 Shortfall Summary

2.0 Existing Conditions

Table 2.1 Existing Allocation Summary Table 2.2 Moultrie Existing Space Allocations Table 2.3 515 5th Street Existing Space Allocations Table 2.4 510 4th Street Existing Space Allocations Table 2.5 410 E Street Existing Space Allocations Table 2.6 430 E Street Existing Space Allocations Table 2.7 Gallery Place Existing 6th Floor Space Allocations

3.0 Projections 2009-2018 and Beyond

Table 3.1 Washington D.C. Demographic Characteristics Table 3.2 D.C Courts- Existing Cases Filed Table 3.3 Space Requirements through 2022 Table 3.4 Space Requirements through 2018 /28

4.0 Space Acquisition Alternatives

Table 4.1 Alternative Evaluation Matrix Table 4.2 Projected Superior Court Courtroom Facilities - Through 2022 Table 4.3 Projected Superior Court Chambers - Through 2022

5.0 Master Plan for Facilities

Table 5.1 Proposed Allocation Summary Table 5.2.1 Moultrie Proposed Space Allocations Table 5.2.2 C Street Addition Proposed Space Allocations Table 5.3 515 5th Street Proposed Space Allocations Table 5.4 510 4th Street Proposed Space Allocations Table 5.5 410 E Street Proposed Space Allocations Table 5.6 430 E Street Proposed Space Allocations

6.0 Implementation

Table 6.1 Schedule

7.0 Appendix

Table 7.1 Funding Requirements Summary by Calendar Year Table 7.2 Cost Loaded Master Budget

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1.1 BACKGROUND

In October of 2001, the District of Columbia Courts and the U.S. General Services Administration commissioned a comprehensive facilities master plan for the District of Columbia Courts’ properties addressing its long term space needs, required improvements to infrastructure and the physical environment, and the planned consolidation of the newly mandated Family Court. The report was completed in December of 2002. In October 2008, the Courts’ planning team undertook a global update of the D.C. Courts’ Facilities Master Plan, reviewed current space requirements, and extended its planning horizon for new facilities to the year 2018. In order to address unprecedented campuswide organizational growth as well as changes in technology and business practices,the courts’ planning team has updated the DC Courts Facilities Master Plan extending its’ planning horizon to the year 2022.

The purpose of the Master Plan Update is to revisit the Court’s overall facilities approach to:

1) Accommodating space needs through 2022 for all Court components and Court related agencies including the proposed expansion of the trial courtroom capacity and consolidation of the Family Court.

2) Realignment of Courts’ functions within the existing and proposed new Courts’ facilities reflecting its evolving organization and the impact of physical modifications/decisions made subsequent to 2002.

3) Continued enhancement of the Courts’ physical image and environment, both within the public and workplace settings including its facilities and adjacent open space.

4) Delineation of total capital requirements, schedule and phasing approach for master plan implementation.

5) Continued implementation of new building code, ADA accessibility, life safety, and security upgrades and improvements to ensure the safety and security of Courts’ personnel, prisoners, and the general public.

6) Accomodation of new technologies, particularly in the courtrooms.

1.2 DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS

The D.C. Courts requires additional space to house its’ judicial, administrative, support and public functions. By 2022, it is projected that 736,468 occupiable square feet (osf) will be needed to accommodate the Courts and Court related facilities. This constitutes an increase of 57,250

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1) The ten-year Family Court consolidation program envisioned in 2002 is still in progress.

Delayed due to funding limitations, the implementation plan has accomplished many of the predecessor activities including major relocations to free up space for continued consolidation actions.

2) Courts’ space requirements are growing more rapidly than anticipated in 2002. The analysis of current need indicates that for 2013, the Courts required 722,606 osf of space to house its various judicial, support and ancillary functions including non-Court occupancies required for the Courts’ operations. At the present time the Courts facilities occupy 701, 893 osf including swing spaces required to facilitate several current renovation projects.

3) Ongoing and unanticipated organizational changes within the Courts and the expansion and relocation of significant Court components including the migration of the Court of Appeals to the Historic Courthouse, the migration of the Information Technology Division to 410 E Street and the acceleration of the US Marshals Service facilities expansion and upgrade, has caused the need to realign/restack various components within the Moultrie Courthouse.

and maintain the physical plant. Experience gained in the ongoing implementation of the Family Court and in monitoring the utilization of court spaces indicates that the ratio of criminal to civil courtrooms needs to be rebalanced toward more courtrooms with holding facilities and that typical hearing rooms need to be increased in size.

5) We have reconfirmed that the long term space requirements of the DC Courts can only be met with expansion of existing facilities through fully funding and constructing the C Street Addition.This expansion effort needs to begin as planned in the fall of 2013 if the Courts are to deliver the required additional facilities in a timely fashion.

6) As noted above, the 57,250 osf shortfall is calculated as follows:

Table 1.1 SHORTFALL SUMMARY

Facilities Plan Element OSF

a. 2022 Space Requirement 736,468

b. Currently Occupied Space 701,893

c. Currently Vacant Pending Renovation 20,713

d. Total Available (b + c) 722,606

e. Less 45,000 osf leased space 677,606

2022 Shortfall to be Provided (a - e) 57,250

New Space provided in the C Street Addition (anticipated 2019) 99,690

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Proposed Master Plan for Facilities Figure 1.1

District of Columbia Courts

1 500 Indiana Avenue NW - H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse

2 430 E Street NW - DC Court of Appeals

3 515 5th Street NW

4 510 4th Street, NW

5 410 E Street, NW

9 C Street Addition

10 Southwest Garage - 449 5th Street, NW

11 Northeast Garage

Non Court Buildings

6 450 E Street NW - US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

7 401 F Street - National Building Museum

8 300 Indiana Ave. NW - DC Metropolitan Police Department a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial b John Marshall Plaza c The National Law Enforcement Museum

DC Court of Appeals

Information Technology Multi-door Dispute Resolution Division

Small Claims Court Landlord & TenantProbate Court

Family Court Criminal Division Civil Division

Family Court Social Services Division

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1.3 MAJOR ACTIVITIES

The Master Plan implementation process has been in place since the adoption of the 2002 Facilities Plan. Considerable progress has been made toward its completion; however, several major activities remain to be undertaken over the next implementation period in order to realize the Master Plan objectives. The following are identified as the major project elements needed to complete the plan:

MOULTRIE COURTHOUSE EXPANSION

All agency approvals are in place for the C Street Addition and the final design of the core and shell is well underway. The permit for the foundations has been approved and groundbreaking for Phase 1 is anticipated for November of 2013. The expansion will add 145,814 gross square feet (99,960 osf) to the Moultrie Courthouse along the South façade of the building. The addition will rise 6 floors, each connected to the existing building at every level. The new construction will contain (6) trial courtrooms, chambers for (17) associate judges, and approximately 57,057 osf of general office space. This project will be phased over 4 ½ years at an estimated construction cost of $ 105,000,000. The resultant general allocation of facilities is illustrated in Figure 1.1 Proposed Master Plan for Facilities.

H. Carl Moultrie Building Addition: Exterior Perspective Figure 1.2

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SITE SECURITY AND PERIMETER IMPROVEMENTS

The DC Courts’ facilities sit within a 23-acre precinct shared with the U S Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the National Parks Service. The Judiciary Square Master Plan, developed by the Courts recommends site security, pedestrian circulation, and safety improvements which will complete the transformation of the Square and provide a high level of physical security to all the Courts’ campus buildings. Final site design approval was granted by the National Capital Planning Commission and the United States Commission on Fine Arts in 2009. Construction is underway and will take approximately 5 years at an estimated construction cost of $6,500,000.

GENERAL UPGRADE AND REALIGNMENT OF THE MOULTRIE COURTHOUSE

The Courts recommend that the upgrade strategy identified in 2002 and modified based on current conditions continue over the master plan implementation period. This approach will yield a fully consolidated Family Court, a fully upgraded and code compliant Moultrie Courthouse, and sufficient trial courtroom capacity to meet the Superior Courts needs into the foreseeable future.

The estimated cost of this activity over the total master plan period (9 years) is $ 193,957,000.

Overview of the Existing Conditions

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2.1 SITE OVERVIEW

JUDICIARY SQUARE CONTEXT

The District of Columbia Courts encompass approximately 681,157 occupiable square feet (OSF) in the five Courts owned buildings prominently located on Washington’s historic Judiciary Square bounded by 5th Street, 4th Street, F Street and D Street/Indiana Avenue. The Courts also occupy one off-site leased facility of 41,203 occupiable square feet at nearby Gallery Place.

Judiciary Square is an important urban space, symmetrically organized around an axis created by the John Marshall Plaza, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial and the National Building Museum. The Historic Courthouse (430 E Street), housing the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, dates from 1826/1849, and occupies the central position within this composition. It is highly visible due to its elevation and location at the intersection of the Indiana Avenue and John Marshall Park and Plaza view corridors. The Historic Courthouse and National Building Museum are nationally designated historic landmarks.

The Historic Courthouse and the Memorial are flanked by 515 5th Street and 510 4th Street to the north of E Street and 410 E Street and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces immediately south of E Street. The Courts’ buildings, which open onto the National Law

Avenue), which is of more recent vintage, was designed nonetheless to reinforce the symmetry of the John Marshall Park/Old Courthouse view corridor and is similar in form to the adjacent Art Deco DC Metropolitan Police Administration Building, sited to the east of John Marshall Plaza.

(See Existing Site Plan, Figure 2.1)

In October of 2001, the DC Courts and the U.S. General Services Administration commissioned a comprehensive facilities master plan for DC Courts’ properties (completed December 2002).

At that time the Courts’ facilities were limited to just three occupied buildings H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse and 515 5th Street and 510 4th Street. The scope of the required court facilities expansion on the site was deemed so consequential that the National Capital Planning Commission requested that the Courts undertake the preparation of the Judiciary Square Master Plan which would set forth a framework for the restoration and development of the Judiciary Square area. The National Capital Planning Commission joined the DC Courts as co-lead Agencies in the preparation of the plan, the related Environmental Assessment and Section 106 Review. The Draft Judiciary Square Master Plan was submitted in June 2003. The Master Plan

development of the site including buildings, open space, parking, site circulation and security. The accompanying figures illustrate the existing site conditions, the Master Plan, and an intermediate stage of Master Plan development (the condition anticipated prior to completion of below grade parking facilities adjacent to 510 4th Street).

It should be noted that since the completion of the 2002 Facilities Master Plan, the immediate area surrounding the Courts has undergone significant redevelopment. Major residential

Overview of the Existing Conditions

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Judiciary Square Existing Plan Figure 2.1

District of Columbia Courts

1 500 Indiana Avenue NW - H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse

2 430 E Street NW - Historic Courthouse

3 515 5th Street NW

4 510 4th Street, NW

5 410 E Street, NW

Non Court Buildings

6 450 E Street NW - US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

7 401 F Street - National Building Museum

8 300 Indiana Ave. NW - DC Metropolitan Police Department a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial b John Marshall Plaza c Southwest Garage

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Judiciary Square Master Plan Figure 2.2

District of Columbia Courts

1 500 Indiana Avenue NW - H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse

2 430 E Street NW - Historic Courthouse

3 515 5th Street NW

4 510 4th Street, NW

5 410 E Street, NW

9 C Street Addition

10 Southwest Garage - 449 5th Street, NW

11 Northeast Garage

Non Court Buildings

6 450 E Street NW - US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

7 401 F Street - National Building Museum

8 300 Indiana Ave. NW - DC Metropolitan Police Department a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial c The National Law Enforcement Museum

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Judiciary Square Interim Plan Figure 2.3

District of Columbia Courts

1 500 Indiana Avenue NW - H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse

2 430 E Street NW - Historic Courthouse

3 515 5th Street NW

4 510 4th Street, NW

5 410 E Street, NW

6 Southwest Garage - 449 5th Street, NW

Non Court Buildings

6 450 E Street NW - US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

7 401 F Street - National Building Museum

8 300 Indiana Ave. NW - DC Metropolitan Police Department a National Law Enforcement Offices Memorial

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been constructed. At this time there are also plans for the creation of a National Law Enforcement Museum to be constructed north of the D.C. Court of Appeals. In summary, the Judiciary Square area has been, with the DC Courts as a major participant, transformed into an active, mixed use community with the Courts’ buildings as its centerpiece.

COURTS BUILDINGS

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia and its many supporting functions are located in the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse. The eight story building is the Court’s largest facility comprising 462,660 occupiable (680,000 gross) square feet, containing over 90 courtrooms and hearing rooms and is the focus of most court activities. It is an 8-story building with a full level of parking below. The building was constructed in 1978 and is currently undergoing renovations emanating from the recommendations of the initial 2002 Facilities Plan and subsequent 2009 and 2015 addendums. The Moultrie Courthouse is south of Indiana Avenue opposite the DC Court of Appeals.

Located within close proximity to the Moultrie Courthouse are 515 5th Street, NW, and 510 4th Street, NW. 515 5th Street is 64,544 occupiable (113,000 gross) square feet in size and 510 4th Street is 68,713 occupiable square feet. This pair of mirrored buildings is sited symmetrically

occupancy on the Moultrie Courthouse. It should be noted that the original courtrooms remain largely intact. 515 5th Street and 510 4th Street have undergone substantial renovation based upon the 2002 Facilities Plan and have now been rededicated to primarily civil court matters.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Historic Courthouse) building has completed an historic restoration and modernization. It is approximately 115,300 gross square feet in area and provides approximately 59,779 OSF for the Court of Appeals. A portion of this space is used by other court related components. The project included a loading dock and service tunnel that connects to 410 E Street, USCAAF, and provides for future connection to the National Law Enforcement Museum.

A comprehensive interior renovation and exterior restoration of the Historic Juvenile Courthouse at 410 E Street, NW was completed in February 2012. The building provides approximately 27,468 OSF of space for the courts Information Technology Division and Multi-door Dispute Resolution. The project was submitted to the USGBC (United States Green Building Council) and was certified as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold project.

CIRCULATION AND ACCESS

Judiciary Square and the Courts are well served by public transportation. The closest Metro Station is on Judiciary Square, which opens onto the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and at the intersection of 4th and D Streets. Nearly as close is the National Archives Metro Station on Pennsylvania Avenue, approximately 2 blocks west of the Moultrie Courthouse.

Bus service is also excellent. The site area, however, is congested along C and D Streets due to vehicular drop offs, police vehicles, and the significant pedestrian traffic generated by the Moultrie Courthouse. The Judiciary Square Master Plan addresses the anticipated changes in pedestrian movement as courts’ activities become more widespread around the Square. Improvements

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Judiciary Square Design Controls

Circulation Guidelines Map Figure 2.4

Security Guidelines Map Figure 2.5

Notes:

1. 25’ minimum distance for the curb cut from corner.

2. Maintain minimum 8’ clearance from building face to driveway.

3. Do not extend curb cut beyond North face of the old Courthouse building.

4. Minimum driveway width is 20’.

5. Minimum width for combined parking and service driveways is 38’.

6. Do not extend service area beyond North face of the Historic Courthouse.

7. Do not extend service area beyond West face of the Building C.

underground parking underground service area typical curb cut zone - 50’ wide curb cut zone - 100’ parking access service access drop off legislated boundaries

Note that all the terms to be defined in the text primary ceremonial entry

ADA entry

30” high plinth wall hardened fence hardened street-scape elements bollards security post security solution - to be designed

Note that all the terms to be defined in the text.

District of Columbia Courts, Master Plan for Facilities 03.01.2017 16 include selective sidewalk widenings, adjustments to road surfaces at crossings, construction of below grade parking garages and service docks, and careful placement of ramps and curb cuts to minimize interference with pedestrian and vehicular movement. Court related parking is accommodated in garage facilities below the Moultrie Courthouse and in a recently constructed garage below the southwest quadrant of Judiciary Square. Public parking is provided through metered on street spaces, public and private garages, and surface lots. Additional off street surface parking is primarily court related with major parking areas located near the entries to 510 4th Street and 515th 5th Street. All surface parking associated with the Courts will ultimately be replaced by a second below grade parking garage adjacent to 510 4th Street. There also is a large surface lot adjacent to the National Building Museum on F Street. There is no public parking associated with, or operated by, the Courts. C Street functions as a primary service street and parking entry for the Courts with court parking, deliveries, and movement of persons in custody all occurring through one “in” and one “out” ramp. There is diagonal parking on C Street with a lot of double parking occurring behind it and adding to the congestion. The building entry locations are noted on the accompanying site circulation diagram (See Figure 2.4 Site Circulation Plan).

SITE SECURITY

The Judiciary Square Master Plan addresses site security by upgrading the entries to the Moultrie Courthouse and providing a site-wide approach to securing each of the two Judiciary Square blocks in their entirety. The improvements include hardened decorative fence, landscape features, bollards that encircle all courts facilities in their entirety, and sidewalk widenings to improve stand-off distances on E Street at the entries of 410 E Street and the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. (See Figure 2.5, Site Security Plan). Work on the park at 410 E Street has been completed and includes landscaping and site security along 4th Street.

REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

The prominence and central location of Judiciary Square has placed development within the area under the jurisdiction of multiple regulatory authorities. The physical expansion or modifications to any of the DC Courts’ buildings are subject to scrutiny by the National Capital Planning

building codes, zoning regulations, and the District of Columbia Streetscape Regulations.

The Judiciary Square Master Plan and all subsequent renovation and upgrade efforts have been fully compliant with these requirements. The design of the C Street Addition of the Moultrie Courthouse has been reviewed and approved by CFA, NCPC,DC SHPO, DC Dot and the DC Government Office of Planning.

2.2 EXISTING FACILITIES’ CONDITIONS

All of the DC Courts’ buildings are in various stages of renovation and upgrade emanating from the recommendations made in the 2002 Facilities Master Plan. The following discussion characterizes existing building conditions, recent and ongoing improvements, and current occupancy Building Evaluation Reports, prepared in 1995 and updated in 2013, that exist for the Moultrie Courthouse, 510 4th Street and 515 5th Street. The buildings at 410 E Street and 430 E Street were not occupied by the Courts at the time of the 1995 BER, but were included in the 2013 BER after full renovation of each building was completed. The DC Courts purchased software to annually update the report generated in 2013 in order to track needed

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2.2 a H. CARL MOULTRIE I COURTHOUSE

Constructed in the mid-1970’s and completed in 1978, the Moultrie Courthouse is located at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW. It is situated at Indiana Avenue between C and D Streets on a city block that it shares with the DC Metropolitan Police Department and a plaza connecting C and D Streets.

The Courthouse and its associated open spaces occupy almost four acres of that city block. The adjacent John Marshall Plaza is built on what was once 4 1/2 Street. There are to be no utility or transportation easements encumbering the property. The Courthouse is within two blocks of the Judiciary Square Metro Station, which is accessed at 441 4th Street. Also within two blocks, is the National Archives Metro Station on Pennsylvania Avenue.

ZONING AND OTHER REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

Moultrie Courthouse is situated in a C3C Zoning District, which permits Matter of Right development for major business and employment centers of medium/high density development.

This includes office, retail, housing, and mixed uses to a maximum lot occupancy of 100% for residential use, a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 6.5 for residential and for other permitted

the Commission on Fine Arts.

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BUILDING CONDITION

The Moultrie Courthouse consists of two major building elements, one smaller to the west and one larger to the east. The two elements are connected by an atrium that serves as the main entry and circulation point with escalators providing the bulk of the vertical circulation throughout the building. The structure of the Moultrie Courthouse is composed of a steel frame with steel and concrete floors.

At the time of the 2002 survey the following conditions were recorded:

“ The exterior of the building is composed mainly of fluted limestone panels with operable aluminum and glass windows. The roof is a combination of built up and single ply roofing with clustered skylights over the atrium. The existing interior construction is a mix of masonry walls and gypsum board walls and partitions.

The structural system of the building appears to be sound without foreseeable need for repairs.

The precast shell of the building also appears to be sound and in need of cleaning rather than repair. The exterior windows are in good condition but have been recommended for regasketing (regasketing completed recently) under a separate study commissioned by the District of Columbia. The built up roof leaks are in need of repair or replacement. It was noted during a field investigation that there is a periodic ‘bounce’ to the upper floors in the atrium. This condition was noticed at the front of the building and may be due to the effect of uplift, or similar force, acting upon long span trusses. This condition does not appear to have had any deleterious effects on building finishes or other adjacent systems.

The Electrical, Plumbing and Conveyance systems appear to be well maintained but require renovation to meet current standards. The HVAC system, although well maintained, appears to require inspection and rebalancing due to reports of hot spots throughout the facility. This may be due to repartitioning and changes of use in certain areas of the facility. In previous mechanical system evaluations, the mechanical units have been noted as approaching the end of their useful lives, however the chiller and towers were recently replaced.

Overall, interior finishes are in good condition and are well maintained, but are showing signs of deterioration due to age and heavy use.

The Moultrie Courthouse is not equipped with an automatic fire suppression system. Hose connections appear to have been provided throughout the facility, but no hoses were readily apparent. It is assumed that these connections are for the use of Fire Department personnel only. No fire extinguishers were evident during the walk through, although the Court System has indicated that there is an existing contract for replacing and recharging fire extinguishers as necessary. All of the above would be in keeping with the philosophy of forcing the evacuation of non firefighting personnel so as to minimize the potential for “civilian” losses due to untrained personnel trying to fight fires. In general, although the Courthouse may meet the minimum code requirements for life safety, the lack of an in house first response fire suppression system is of great concern in a building of this complexity and should be addressed in any future modifications to the facility. This is an even greater concern in prisoner holding areas where detainees do not have unrestricted access to a means of egress. In addition, the Atrium entry of the facility is not equipped with an automatic fire suppression system, nor does it appear to be equipped with a smoke evacuation system. Although these features may not have been required at the time of Moultrie’s construction, they are required by current building codes and life safety regulations and should be addressed in any future modifications to the facility.

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Egress stairs appear to be sufficient in number but their locations are not immediately apparent in all cases. In some instances, once inside the stair shaft, the path to an acceptable Public Way is unclear. In other instances, it is required to pass through a secure door in order to achieve access to a means of egress. This is most apparent in the larger east wing of the Courthouse on the Courtroom levels where the public corridor serving the Courtrooms exceeds the maximum length allowed by building codes for both Common Path of Travel and Dead End Corridors. Secured doors may automatically unlock in the event of a fire to allow egress, but this is not an ideal situation considering the number of occupants served by the corridor.

In order to enter the Courthouse, the public must use the main entry on the Indiana Avenue side or, alternatively, the John Marshall Level entry and pass through one of two security checkpoints located at the entry doors. At the main Indiana Avenue entry this is a problem during the morning rush hour when lines form outside of the building with no protection from the weather for people trying to enter.

Once inside the building, the primary means of vertical circulation for the public is provided by a system of escalators in the Atrium Lobby. These escalators appear to be in good working order but only service six of the Courthouse’s eight floors, requiring a transfer to the elevators at the Fourth Floor in order to proceed to the Fifth and Sixth Floors. The elevators themselves have been reported to be prone to malfunction, although they were refurbished with new parts in 2001.

In addition, the elevators are not immediately apparent to a new visitor to the facility. Addition of clear directional signs could ameliorate this problem.

Circulation for prisoners and detainees is provided by means of interstitial corridors behind the Courtrooms leading to holding cells. The Court has noted an insufficient number of Courtrooms with holding cells. It is therefore required, on occasion, to move prisoners through corridors usually reserved for Judiciary staff and the Public. This situation presents multiple problems for security, including the required separation of juvenile and adult prisoners, the potential for escape when crossing public corridors and undesirable and unexpected contact between prisoners and judicial staff. In addition, the security camera system throughout the Courthouse needs to be up dated and renovated.

The Courtrooms, while in good condition, are showing signs of age. The typical Courtroom uses a circular layout that puts members of the jury in close proximity to the gallery but without any physical separation for security. The lack of sufficient Courtrooms is causing a similar security problem for Judicial Staff who must occasionally make use of small Hearing Rooms to hear cases that would usually be heard in a standard Courtroom. This problem puts members of the Judicial Staff in potentially dangerous proximity to plaintiffs and defendants. This is most notably a problem for the Family Court (formerly the Family Division), which hears cases that can be highly volatile and emotional in nature.

Of similar concern is the lack of waiting space permitting persons having court business to be separated from each other and from spectators. Currently, all persons waiting for a case to be called must wait in the public corridor. This creates a security problem carrying with it the potential for confrontations between opposing parties waiting in close proximity to one another.

The changing needs of the D.C. Courts have also taken away amenities in order to fulfill other needs. Most notably, there is insufficient space for attorneys to meet with clients or other attorneys and many are often forced to meet in areas not conducive to private conversation.

Many existing attorney / witness rooms on the JM Level, Indiana Avenue Level and Second Floor are being used as private offices, or storage rooms, and are not available for their intended use.

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Parking provided at the Basement Level is dedicated to the use of the Judicial Staff, senior management and the official vehicles of the US Marshals Office. There are a total of 204 parking spaces. The US Marshals’ parking is primarily for the handling of buses bringing or returning detainees. There is no public parking at the Courthouse. Access to both the staff parking and the US Marshals’ area is gained through a common point on the C Street side of the facility. The Courts have noted this as a potential security problem.

During the period of 2003-2016, the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse underwent or commenced the following renovations and upgrades:

1. The C street entrance was renovated, creating a higher capacity entrance to the Moultrie Courthouse that was an essential building entry point during the recent renovation of the Indiana Ave. entrance.

2. The cafeteria was closed and a new café was constructed using only one sixth of the floor space that the original cafeteria occupied. The remaining space was reclaimed for the new US Marshals west administrative area.

3. The Arraignment Court was renovated in 2010 to provide ADA accessibility to all participants, enhanced security, technology upgrades including flat screen displays in the courtroom and electronic messaging for docket information outside of the courtroom. The project included new millwork and finishes and new adjacent office space for the Criminal Division.

4. The US Marshals east administrative area renovation was completed in 2009. A four year renovation of the Adult Holding Facilities has been completed. The renovation of the sallyport, enhanced security and the creation of more holding cells have made prisoner movements safer and more secure. The courtroom holding cells have also been renovated throughout the Moultrie Courthouse as part of this project.

5. The Information Technology Division migrated to 410 E. Street, vacating space on the north side of the C Street level. This area is critical to the renovation and expansion of the facilities maintenance, housekeeping and court security facilities, scheduled for completion in 2017.

The project will also include the new mail room, press room and employee cafeteria.

6. A new consolidated Family Court facility entrance was constructed in 2003 on the John Marshall Level of the Courthouse. The new facility includes new courtrooms, hearing rooms and an intake center dedicated to the Family Court. The central intake center was expanded in 2013 to provide additional space for the staff to serve the public. The project also included the renovation of existing hearing rooms as well as the self help center.

8. In 2008, the annex was renovated to accommodate the new juvenile holding facilities that were required under the Family Court Act. The new facilities not only provide state of the art detention facilities, but also provide a safe means to handle the “At Risk” juvenile detainees.

9. The North side of the John Marshall Level was completely renovated in 2010 when the Civil Division moved to the fifth floor. The facility serves as the center piece of the Family Court consolidation and brings together the Juvenile Neglect, Domestic Relations and Child Support

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new, modern intake area, office space and new chapel.

10. The Indiana Ave. entrance was renovated and now provides some protection from the weather for approximately 80 people as they queue prior to the security screening station. This project also included the renovation of the main entry plaza to make the Superior Court’s main entrance more appealing and safer.

11. Renovations of the North East corner of the Indiana Ave. level have been completed and provide two new associate judge chambers, office space for the audiovisual support unit and an improved exiting system from the building.

12. Upgrades to eleven existing courtrooms were completed to include new carpeting, furniture refurbishment and upgrades, including the technology upgrade to CR 215. The pilot program for courtroom technology was the basis for the design for the recently completed renovations of the second floor west courtrooms. A new courtroom was added in between the fully renovated CR 201 and CR 203. The project also includes renovation of the jury rooms and the holding facilities and an extension of the interstitial corridor to connect to CR 200. Courtroom 200, the jury room and holding area were all renovated to provide one additional courtroom that can handle criminal cases.

13. A full renovation of six small second floor hearing rooms was completed to provide three large hearing rooms that meet ADA accessibility requirements and provide a safer distance between participants. The project also included a mock-up of the new public corridor finishes, electronic messaging kiosks with docket information and courtroom entry design which will be implemented throughout the Moultrie Courthouse. The renovation of the public corridor inluding sprinklers, finishes and lighting was completed in 2016

14. A multi-phased renovation of the fourth floor east was completed in 2013. A new facility for the Domestic Violence Division has been completed and the space that they vacated was renovated for use as the interim location for Judge-In-Chambers. A new civil courtroom with state of the art courtroom technology, jury room, shared conference room and a new public corridor were also completed.

space.

17. A multi-phased renovation of the fifth floor east was completed in 2014 and provides a fully renovated space for the Court Reporting Division, three new associate judge chambers, a shared conference room and renovated chambers for eleven senior judges.

18. The sixth floor was fully renovated when the Court of Appeals migrated to 430 E Street in 2009.

The renovation provided space for nine associate judge chambers, judges dining, the board of

to the Superior Court Librar were completed in 2015. The compression of shelved volumes to include only resources not available online provided space for research stations, plus office space for administrative services.

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19. A complete review of the building’s sign system is in progress with removal, replacements and upgrades to the original building’s identification, directional, regulatory and life safety signs.

20. The old skylight over the main atrium was replaced with a new energy efficient skylight.

at a constant comfortable temperature. Roof repairs have also been completed.

21. All of the more than 150 data and telecommunications closets were cleaned of old equipment and wiring, the doors were secured, and a wire management protocol was implemented to keep them from returning to their previous cluttered state. Additional cable clean-up work required for the C Street Addtion is currently underway.

22. The emergency stairwells, which were being used as storage areas in some cases, have been cleared, cleaned, painted, and the lights have been re-lamped, making the stairs safe. A stairwell pressurization project was recently completed which will protect the building occupants from smoke infiltration during emergency egress from the building.

upgraded throughout the building.

24. An overall fire sprinkler plan and backbone design has been completed for the Moultrie Courthouse. This plan has been approved by the DC DCRA for a phased installation as the

building.

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27. The replacement of the 35 year-old steam station has been completed. All of the components of the original system that provides the courthouse with both heating and hot water are being replaced.

28. The building has also undergone a complete infrastructure upgrade to the electrical system which includes an emergency generator system.

29. A domestic water upgrade to the building has been completed. The infrastructure upgrades for both the domestic water and electrical system have been fully designed and coordinated to connect with the building systems for the C Street Addition.

30. A study of the staining of the exterior skin of the Moultrie Courthouse was conducted and a full exterior cleaning of the building was completed in 2011. A project to re-gasket and reseal all of the exterior windows was also completed.

Significant improvements of the exiting system for the Moultrie Courthouse have been achieved on the Indiana Avenue Level, Fourth Floor and Fifth Floor through renovation projects. New secure corridors on the Indiana Avenue Level and Fifth Floor have been created to connect to new Associate Judge chambers. These required changes in circulation as well as the addition of new public restrooms, has slightly decreased the total amount of occupiable square footage in the building.

In 2013 the Courts procured another Building Evaluation Report (BER) for the Moultrie Courthouse. The report confirms a dramatic improvement in the general condition of the building.

Near-term renewal costs anticipated for the next year include completion of projects currently underway for the water distribution system, electrical upgrades and completion of the fire sprinkler system. Cooling tower renewal, improvements to the garage ventilation system and replacements of kitchenettes, exit signs and elevator #6 are also anticipated requirements for the next year. This is in addition to construction projects required for the implementation of the Master Plan. (See Section 5, Page 76)

31. In prepraration for the construction of the C Street Addition, renovations to provide Associate Judge swing space chambers were completed in 2015 on the second, third and fifth floors to replace chambers vacated within the zone of construction. Swing space has also been completed on the fourth floor East to provide office space for Court components displaced by the C Street Addition and construction of public restrooms on the Indiana Avenue level, second and third floors.

32. Construction is currently underway for construction of a new command center on the Indiana Avenue level, with a seperate server room to support security upgrades across the entire enterprise. Upgrade of existing security equipment will parrallel installation of equipment in the C Street Addition.

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2.2 b DC COURTS’ 515 5th Street

Constructed in the late 1930’s, the Courts’ building at 515 Fifth Street, NW is between E and F Streets. The building is situated on the west side of a 6.14 acre city block that it shares with the D.C. Courts building at 510 4th Street and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

The building and its associated grade…