Draft_Scope_of_Work_-_10th_and_Maryland_Corridors_.pdf

DRAFT

Scope of Work

Southwest Rectangle EcoDistrict 10th Street, SW and Maryland Avenue, SW

Washington, DC

Page and Contents

1 Purpose

2 Background

3 Goals

4 Project Area

5 Stakeholders and Disciplines

6-14 Scope of Work

15 Appendix A: Related Plans and Studies

16-17 Appendix B: Draft Data Inventory

18 Appendix C: Project Study Area

1. Purpose of the Project

The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) in partnership with other federal agencies and the District of Columbia, seeks to prepare and analyze alternative ways to revitalize the 10th Street and Maryland Avenue Corridors in Southwest Washington D.C. The process will engage the General Services Administration, the National Park Service, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Postal Service, the Smithsonian Institution, the US Commission of Fine Arts, among other federal agencies, the District of Columbia, and private land owners and residents who have a critical role to play in the future of the area.

The purpose of the project is to prepare a revitalization plan that advances the work of the recently adopted Monumental Core Framework Plan and its vision for transforming the 10th Street and Maryland Avenue corridors into a model 21st-Century sustainable community. The primary objectives are to:

1. meet the present and future needs of the federal government within this area and supports the city’s goals to improve its waterfront communities in southwest Washington;

2. help the federal government to meet the goals and objectives of Executive Order 13514 Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance;

3. provide a recommended revitalization approach based on a sound analysis of costs and benefits and a business case for the revitalization of the area that supports the goals and needs of the federal and local governments and the community.

The planning effort for the study area will be guided by the principles and objectives in the Monumental Core Framework Plan and goals and requirements of Executive Order 13514. In addition, NCPC has convened the 10th Street Corridor Task Force to oversee the development and analysis of the alternatives which will include refining and further defining the goals and objectives. Some analysis has already been performed for the area and a general transportation infrastructure feasibility study is currently underway. Please see Appendix B for a list of relevant documents for this area.

2. Background

In 2009, NCPC approved the Monumental Core Framework Plan which was initiated to help preserve the historic landscape of the National Mall as a place for national gatherings and to honor our country’s heroes and cultural heritage. Throughout the planning process it evolved into a plan that lays out a strategy for strengthening precincts around the National Mall to not only accommodate sites for future museums and commemorative works, but also additional federal facility space; cultural, retail and commercial uses; pedestrian-friendly streets and well-connected and vibrant public spaces; publicly accessible buildings; and a multi-modal transit system. The Framework Plan goals include the following:

Protect the National Mall from overuse.

Create distinctive settings for cultural facilities and commemorative works.

Accommodate new federal office space.

Improve connections between the National Mall, the city, and the waterfront.

Transform the monumental core into a vibrant and sustainable place to visit, work and live.

One of the cornerstone strategies to meet these goals is the revitalization of the 10th Street and Maryland Avenue corridors. It envisions 10th Street as a distinguished and pedestrian-friendly workplace, cultural hub, and visitor destination that includes public and private uses such as offices, cultural attractions, retail, and residential development. Maryland Avenue is envisioned to be reclaimed as a prominent walkable avenue that links the Jefferson Memorial with the U.S.

Capitol. Revitalization of these corridors will create new developable area and vital connections between the downtown, the Mall, and the waterfront.

Challenges Today the study area comprises a complicated and disconnected system of streets, freeways, and railways, and super-sized blocks comprised largely of federal office space. These conditions have created an area void of life disconnected from the rest of the city and especially to the remarkable amenities that are within walking distance (such as the Mall and the waterfront).

Much of this area, once over 400 acres of row houses and small businesses, was razed in the middle of the 20th century to make way for the Southwest Freeway and large government buildings. Today, the cavern caused by the rail line, the freeway, and the massive scale of 10th Street and its monochromatic landscape of vast, empty plazas is unwelcoming to pedestrians and discourages or prevents movement through the area. Another challenge is that the land between 9th and 12th Streets operates at multiple elevations. The upper street level provides primary access to building entrances, while a more utilitarian lower level accommodates rail lines, parking and service vehicles, similar to downtown Chicago.

The Opportunity The federal presence within the study area and changing needs presents a unique opportunity to redesign this area into a 21st century sustainable community. It also allows the federal government to advance innovative sustainable development practices beyond the scale of individual buildings to demonstrate how a community of largely federal buildings, related infrastructure, and open space can function together and share resources as an environmentally low-impact unit called an “eco-district”.

There could not be a better time to take advantage of this opportunity. The Administration’s Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance has set new goals and requirements for federal buildings and for the operations of federal agencies. It represents a transformative shift in the way the federal government operates by requiring agencies to benchmark and set targets for greenhouse gas emissions, manage stormwater and locate in existing downtowns or town centers, among other requirements. The administration is very supportive of making this region, home to the federal government, a national showcase of sustainability.

3. Goals/Principles of the Project

The Framework Plan established goals and recommends key interventions that will guide the redevelopment of this area. All of these can be found in the plan itself, however, a few of the significant goals and strategies are listed below:

Use land more efficiently.

Reclaim important L’Enfant plan avenues and streets.

Infill to building setbacks where appropriate.

Deck over the SW Freeway to support development.

Establish locations and create the appropriate setting for nationally significant cultural destinations along the corridors.

Create an attractive, vibrant, and walkable public realm.

Increase the mix of uses and amenities for employees, visitors, and residents.

Establish physical, visual, and symbolic connections between the Mall and the waterfront.

Retain and expand the ability to site federal uses within the area.

Expand and enhance transit opportunities.

In addition, all new development will need to meet (at a minimum) the goals and requirements of Executive Order 13514 and the previous executive orders and acts that it builds upon. Some of the specific requirements are:

Federal Buildings must reduce their overall energy consumption 30% by 2015.

New buildings and buildings undergoing major renovations must reduce fossil fuel-generated energy consumption 55% by 2010 and 100% by 2030.

Water efficiency must improve 26% by 2020.

The Federal Government must divert 50% of their waste by 2015.

All new federal buildings which begin planning by 2020 must achieve zero-net energy by 2030.

Specific stormwater requirements for new or redeveloped federal facilities with a site disturbance great than 5,000 sf.

In addition to the specific goals/requirements above, larger overall goals for the project include:

Capturing, managing, and reusing a majority of energy and water on site.

Proposing a plan that is financially feasible over the long term1.

Proposing a plan that incorporates life cycle costs of maintaining or removing buildings/infrastructure.

4. Project Area

The project area is bound by Independence Avenue to the north, Maine Avenue to the south, 4th Street to the east and 12th Street to the west. This 15-block area comprises approximately 110 acres and includes private and publicly owned land. Approximately 17% of the land is devoted to transportation infrastructure: rail lines owned by CSX and rights-of-way under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.

Approximately 56% (62 acres) of the land is federal, including 9.3 acres of parkland under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Approximately 50.5 acres are managed by the General Services Administration, supporting the headquarters for the Department of Energy (DOE), the

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Education, and other federal land supporting the Federal Aviation Association (FAA), the General Service Administration’s (GSA) regional headquarters, the vacated Cotton Annex building, and parking lots, as well as approximately 2.2 acres managed by the US Postal Service (USPS).

Approximately 26% of the area comprises privately owned land which supports office buildings, including the L’Enfant Plaza hotel with underground retail and commercial services. While this project may result in strategies for improving sustainability of the private parcels and the public realm, it will not look at the redevelopment of the private sites. The roads are owned by the federal government and are under the jurisdiction of the District DOT.

1 Assume the long term is approximately 40 years.

5. Stakeholders

NCPC has already engaged the many stakeholders critical to the future of the 10th Street and Maryland Avenue corridors. Stakeholder engagement will continue throughout the project to include the following agencies/organizations, and people:

10th Street Corridor Task Force Role:

Guide and provide information to determine facility, space, and infrastructure needs;

Assess the feasibility of redeveloping the Corridor;

Identify strategies for immediate and long-term ways to improve mobility, urban design, and land use; and to capture, manage, and reuse most of the energy, water, and waste on site.

Make recommendations to senior executive officials.

Agencies represented on the Task Force include:

1. The National Capital Planning Commission

2. U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

3. General Services Administration

4. National Park Service

5. U.S. Department of Energy

6. U.S. Department of Education

7. Housing and Urban Development

8. Federal Aviation Administration

9. U.S. Department of Agriculture

10. U.S. Postal Service

11. The Smithsonian Institution

12. District of Columbia Office of Planning

13. District Department of Transportation

14. District of Columbia Deputy Mayors of Economic Development

A Working Group comprising Task Force members or their agency staff will be formed to provide technical assistance and to provide input on interim products, as needed.

Directly Affected Stakeholders

These stakeholders consist of agencies or companies, such as:

District Department of the Environment

Owners and Tenants within the corridor

WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority)

JBG (Developers of the L’Enfant Plaza Master Plan)

PN Hoffman (Developers of the SW Waterfront Development - adjacent)

CSX (Rail line)

Republic Properties (Developers of the Portals)

Area residents and workers

Washington DC Residents and other interested parties NCPC will hold between four and six public meetings and up to six historic consultation (106) meetings to engage interested citizens, and up to two peer review sessions to engage experts.

6. Professional Disciplines

NCPC anticipates the work being completed by a team of professionals with the following expertise: Urban Design / Architecture; Landscape Architecture; Environmental / Civil Engineering; Traffic Engineering; and Economic Analysis and Real Estate Advisory expertise.

7. Scope of Work

Digital building information and data will be used to develop a Building Information Model (BIM) and 3-D Site Model that illustrates and analyzes urban form and contains critical building forms and civil elements. The model should include the building form and street connections with the surrounding blocks —the intent of showing these blocks is for context, not modeling purposes.

The building and site models will be used to develop, analyze, and evaluate alternative development scenarios and support services such as site planning decisions, spatial validation, land use, building and urban design, energy use, and infrastructure service demands with an emphasis on urban design and land use, transportation, environmental, and energy planning.

The level of planning work should result in:

1. A series of conceptual or diagrammatic master plans that illustrate general urban form and character; energy services, demands, and exchanges; and green building and infrastructure methods.

2. A business plan that summarizes the costs, benefits, and challenges of revitalizing the area;

the magnitude of life cycle costs; and real estate allocations.

3. An assessment of those items addressed in Task 5 to determine potential effects on the environment.

4. Quality plans, diagrams, and 3-D illustrations and simulations to convey intent and recommendations.

The scope is designed to result in a series of executive summary reports that can roll up into a final technical report. The technical report will provide the basis for future decision making regarding individual sites and the larger corridor. It will contain: the existing conditions inventory;

master plans for the three alternatives (including the preferred alternative); related analyses;

and short and long recommendations for the area. It can be used to inform phasing, funding, site specific planning and design, and lay the foundation work for an environmental assessment or impact analysis. It is not the intent of this Scope of Work to result in final site specific design, precise costs, or preliminary design level decisions. A separate briefing report for the public, highlighting the preferred alternative and relevant analysis and recommendations, will also be prepared.

Tasks and Deliverables

General Assumptions:

Assume a requirement for bi-monthly status reports and monthly coordination meetings with staff and/or the Working Group (may be achievable via conference call or video as set up by consultant).

The tasks indicate when key consultant team members will need to attend meetings.

In addition to the specified meetings, that the consultants will need to attend, prepare, and present at up to six public meetings or 106 meetings.

The process will need to comply with the NEPA guidelines for each agency potentially affected by the proposed recommendations.

Assume that the consultant team will provide six hard copies and an electronic version of all the deliverables with the exception of deliverables for the Task Force which must include 25 copies in addition to the electronic version.

The consultant team will be expected to publish the final public report (3,000 copies).

All files, including spreadsheets, databases, reports, models and other documents, will be provided in both paper and electronic formats. Electronic formats shall be approved by NCPC prior to delivery.

Task 1: Overview, Existing Condition and Related Plans Assessment, and Data Collection, Task 1.1 Overview

1.1(a) Conduct site visit and review existing conditions, related plans, and completed studies.

See Appendix A for list of relevant documents that either exist or are currently being prepared.

1.1(b) Review and adjust Scope of Work/Project Approach to refine tasks, coordination and sequencing plan, and timeline if appropriate and necessary.

1.1(c) Prepare, attend and participate in the Task Force meeting to meet members, discuss project goals and objectives, and assumptions.

Task 1.2 Data Collection and Document Existing Conditions

1.2(a) Review data and data report provided by NCPC. See Appendix B for data inventory and assist Government with identifying and obtaining missing data to incorporate into an Existing Conditions report to be developed by NCPC.

Task 1.3 Assessments of Conditions and Resources

1.3(a) Conduct a general market analysis (client agency demand, submarket evaluation) for the area that will inform the development program, economic analysis, and business plan.

1.3(b) Conduct a Historic/Cultural Resource Assessment for properties within the study area in accordance with requirements of National Historic Preservation Act. The purpose is to identify areas or buildings of historical significance.

1.3(c) Conduct an Environmental Compliance Assessment to identify if there are known or probable environmental conditions (i.e. ground contamination) that may need to be resolved, the status of any remediation, their cost and schedule for completion, if known.

Deliverables for Task 1

1.1 Based on site visit and review of existing conditions, related plans, and studies, suggest and prepare modifications to the Scope of Work, if necessary.

1.2 Obtain missing data as deemed appropriate.

1.3 Prepare reports that document the analysis, conclusions, and recommendations contained in the Market Study, the Historic/Cultural Resource Assessment, and the Environmental Compliance Assessments, including conclusions and recommendations.

Task 2: Project Goals, Objectives, and Assumptions

Task 2.1 Project Goals, Objectives, and Assumptions

2.1(a) In consultation with Government, prepare and refine draft goals and objectives

2.1(b) Identify and quantify the assumptions needed to prepare the urban design alternatives (i.e. assumptions regarding future agency space needs and preferences, a range of prototypical land use scenarios, construction costs, repair and alteration costs, lease rates, discount rates, etc.).

Deliverables for Task 2

2.1 Draft and refine goals, objectives, and assumptions for Working Group review and input and consensus of the Task Force.

2.2 Conduct a Working Group meeting to review and refine goals, objectives, and assumptions, and prepare for and participate in the Task Force meeting (same as Task 1.1(c))

Task 3: Revitalization Scenarios Note: These scenarios may ultimately be contracted based on Option Pricing.

Create BIMs of the necessary buildings of interest and an infrastructure site model of the area of interest. The contractor will be provided with a CAD model to be used as a base as well as 2D CAD plans in .DWG format. The contractor will work with Government and designers to obtain site specific data and develop the Site Model for the revitalization scenarios and the development alternatives. The contractor will also be provided with building program information that can be used as a base for other models identified as the project progresses.

Task 3.1 Revitalization Scenarios

3.1(a) Using a BIM, generate data for each of the Specific Sites (table below) that can be used in a comparative analysis to prioritize and eliminate revitalization scenarios. Depending on the site, the scenarios should generally address:

1. No Change (assume a no change scenario for each site even though it is not listed).

2. Rehabilitation of existing buildings (include measures such as energy efficiency, or modernization, assumes no change to the footprint).

3. Infill around the existing building.

4. Redevelopment of the entire site (this would include demolishing existing building).

The Additional Considerations (table below) should generally address alternative locations, approaches, or design considerations, as applicable.

3.1(b) Identify, quantify, and analyze the opportunities and constraints for each revitalization scenario and recommend which scenario to prioritize or eliminate based on the goals and objectives developed by the Task Force (i.e. lands suitable and not suitable for rehabilitation or redevelopment, cost, developable square feet, and sustainability targets).

3.1(c) Prepare a comparative analysis and prioritized list of Specific Site and Additional Consideration scenarios listed in Table 3 evaluated against the project’s goals and objectives (i.e. cost, developable square feet, and sustainability measures).

3.1(d) Conduct a Working Group meeting to review initial findings, refine assumptions, prioritize and eliminate revitalization scenarios, and identify preliminary urban design alternative themes (i.e., no change, rehab/infill, new street grid redevelopment, and variations on new street grid theme)

3.1(e) Prepare an Executive Summary of Findings.

Deliverables for Task 3

3.1 Conduct a Working Group meeting to review and refine the revitalization scenarios and prepare, attend, and present to the Task Force (Meeting 2).

3.2 Delivery of alternative BIM and Site models with associated data.

3.3 Prepare a report, including an Executive summary of Finding that that summarizes the opportunities, constraints, and the comparative analysis and results of the revitalization scenarios.

Specific Sites (*for map see Appendix C) Scenarios

1. Department of Energy Rehab existing building

Infill around the existing building Remove the building span across 10th St Redevelop the site

2. Cotton Annex Rehab existing building Infill around the existing building Redevelop the site

3. US Postal Service Rehab existing building Infill around the existing building Redevelop the site

4. Wilbur Building (Federal Aviation Administration)

Rehab existing building Infill around the existing building

5. GSA National Capital Region Rehab existing building Redevelop the site

6. Housing and Urban Development Rehab existing building

7. Department of Education Rehab existing building

8. Federal Office Building Rehab existing building

Infill around the existing building Other Sites

9. 11th Street Tunnel Infill over the tunnel

Redevelop the site

10. Rail Line / Maryland Avenue Deck over the rail line and recreate

Maryland Avenue

11. Freeway Deck over freeway and develop

12. Banneker Park (Reservation 719) Rehabilitate as a park

Memorial (landscape alternative) Museum (development alternative)

13. Reservation 113 Landscape solution Public Plaza / solution

Additional Considerations Scenario Multi-Modal Transit Center (connects Virginia Railway Express, Metro, and Bus)

Alternative locations that are unidentified

Tour Bus Parking Banneker Hillside 10th Street – lower level Alternative locations

Public Parking Alternative locations (unidentified) No public parking

Streets Alternative cross sections Development Program Alternative mix of uses District Heating/Cooling System (see Appendix B)

Improvements to existing heating/cooling system

Alternative approach to heating/cooling

Task 4.1 Urban Design Alternatives

4.1(a) With input from Government, develop up to 5 physical urban framework alternatives that address the each of the components below. Model the buildings, street sections, open spaces, and other geospatial information and develop scenarios centered on tenant programming, environmental sustainability, market, and urban design. The format will include a Macro BIM and site model (master plan) for each alternative, diagrams, 3-D massing illustrations, sustainability diagrams, cross-sections, elevations, and additional materials as needed to convey the necessary information.

4.1(b) Develop up to eight general prototype land use mix options to develop variations to the urban framework (i.e, office, cultural, residential, office/ retail, cultural retail, cultural/retail/office, etc.)

Street and block pattern Based on the alternatives in the Transportation Infrastructure Study to be complete June 2010

Site Circulation and Access

Access to buildings and service-ways, pedestrian connections, bike lanes.

Urban Design Densities, heights, massing, public realm Land Use

Development Program

Site usage; including square footage and percentage of residential, office, retail, recreation, open space and cultural uses, public parking, tour bus parking.

Sustainability Strategy

Stormwater management methods

Security Plan Proposed security measures (if necessary) for each building and/or the area.

4.1(c) Conduct Working Group meetings to review and refine urban design alternatives

4.1(d) Present preliminary alternatives to the Task Force (Task Force Meeting 3).

4.1(e) Refine alternatives based on Task Force input in a format that can be used to present to the public to obtain input and comments and to initiate Task 5. (Public Meeting 1)

Deliverables for Task 4

4.1 Prepare up to five urban design alternatives that includes the information in the table above.

4.2 Deliver BIM and infrastructure site model(s) and associated data (We are seeking option pricing for the level of BIM with Macro BIM being the baseline)

4.3 Conduct Working Group meeting(s) and prepare and present alternatives to the Task Force

4.4 Deliver three refined alternatives in the format described in 4.1.a reflecting Task Force input

4.5 Prepare presentation and handout for public distribution, review, input and comment, including a historic preservation consultation meeting.

Task 5: Alternative Analysis and Development

Task 5.1 Develop Preliminary Analysis

5.1(a) Considering input received in Task 4.1(d and e), develop the following analyses for each of the three alternatives. The analyses are to be provided in text, matrices, tables, charts, diagrams, and clear, concise written summaries. (We are seeking option pricing for the level of BIM with Macro BIM being the baseline and more detail micro BIM as an option.

Analysis Financial Feasibility Analysis

(BIM)

Analysis of the complete costs and benefits for each alternative over a period of 40 years.

Comparisons of overall construction costs (including infrastructure and buildings), repair and alteration of infrastructure or buildings; modernization costs, demolition; operational costs, moving costs, and temporary leasing costs (during rehab or reconstruction);

operational savings from modern improvements, comparison of building ownership vs. leasing, relocation, benefits of new usable square footage;

Sustainability Analysis

(BIM)

Overall energy use and production Overall greenhouse gas emissions / carbon balance Overall potable water consumption, Overall precipitation, transpiration, and stormwater runoff; generation and use of non-potable (grey) water

Building life based on existing structures and needed upgrades and determination if new buildings would be more financially feasible and environmentally preferable over the long-run (life-cycle analysis).

Transportation benefits

Urban Design Analysis (A&E)

Analysis of urban design qualities Building massing and setbacks Public realm and pedestrian connectivity Design

Analysis Symbolic and visual qualities Public space programming opportunities

Land Use Planning

(A&E/BIM)

Evaluate use or potential reuse of sites and structures and feasibility of each; replacement alternatives, costs, and timeline for displaced uses

Transportation and Access

(A&E/BIM)

Impacts on transportation infrastructure, circulation, parking, and level of service for various transportation modes, access, costs

Phasing Plan and Entitlements(A&E)

Required phasing for each alternative; required entitlements and general implementation timelines

Natural/ecological features (A&E)

Impacts to flood plains, wetlands, coastal zones, wildlife refuges and endangered species

Air quality(A&E) Impacts to air quality in the study area Sound levels(A&E) Impacts to sound levels in the study area Solid Waste(A&E/BIM) Overall impact of solid waste during construction Community facilities/services (A&E)

Impacts on demand and location of community facilities, services, and utilities

Social and economic effects

(A&E/BIM))

Impacts on employment, affordable housing, and federal and city capital and revenues.

Historic and aesthetic features (A&E)

Impacts on historic properties or districts, unique features (architectural styles, vistas), as well as compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.

Environmental Justice (A&E)

Impacts on the spatial distribution of burdens and benefits to racial minorities and economically disadvantaged residents.

Disposition (Asset Repositioning, Retention, and Disposal)

(RE)

Evaluate continued ownership, complete disposal, and other alternatives; asset financials for prior, current, and projected performance; future capital expenditures to retain asset; disposal methods and estimates, availability of capital to GSA and ability to provide taxpayer w/ greatest value; revenues and costs, internal rate of return and net present value; investment analysis; risks and mitigation of risks

Other Issues (A&E)

Analyze

• Evaluate the alternatives against the goals and objectives of the Task Force, and refine the alternatives federal, local, and community interests;

• impacts to agencies and recommended resolutions

• other significant issues associate with the alternative and recommended resolution

5.1(b) Conduct a Working Group meeting(s) to review analysis and determine how to refine the urban design alternatives and begin to identify the components of a preliminary preferred alternative.

5.1(c) Refine the urban design alternatives and update the analysis

5.1(d) Prepare, attend, and present the refined urban design alternatives and analysis to the Task Force for review, input, and comment for the purposes of identifying a preliminary preferred alternative(s) (Task Force Meeting 4)

5.1(e) Refine alternatives and update the analysis based on Task Force input and prepare for pubic and stakeholder review, input, and comment including a historic preservation consultation meetings. (Public Meeting 2)

Deliverables for Task 5 Alternative Analysis and Development

5.1 Three urban design alternatives and associated analyses.

5.2 An Executive Summary of the analyses identified below. The analyses will be Appendices to the final deliverables in Task 7. They may include text, table, charts, matrices, and/or diagrams as deemed appropriate.

Financial Feasibility Analysis

Sustainability Analysis

Urban Design, Land Use, and Transportation Analyses, and Phasing Plan options

Draft Environmental Assessment, including all the topic areas in the table.

Draft Real Estate Disposition Analysis

Summary analysis of other issues

5.3 Conduct Working Group meeting(s) to refine alternatives and update analysis.

5.4 Prepare and present the refined alternatives and analysis to the Task Force.

5.5 Prepare and present alternatives and analyses to the public and stakeholders for review, input and comment.

Task 6 Preferred Alternative and Draft Recommendations

Task 6.1 Preferred Alternative and Draft Recommendations

6.1(a) Prepare a preliminary preferred alternative and draft short and long recommendations to revitalize the 10th Street and Maryland Avenue corridors. Recommendations will include an urban design framework, including a street and open space network and cross sections, building massing, a recommended land use mix, green building and infrastructure methods to be employed, a phasing plan, suggested infrastructure improvements, and environmental mitigation suggestions.

6.1(b) Conduct Working Group meeting(s) to prepare and refine the preferred alternative and recommendations that address items in Task 6.1(a) in a format specified in Task 4..1(a).

6.1(c) Refine the preliminary preferred alternative, update the recommendations, and prepare a draft technical report to present to the Task Force review and input.

6.1(d) Present the preliminary preferred alternative, draft recommendations, and preliminary technical report to the Task Force for review and comment. (Task Force Meeting 5).

6.1(e) Refine the preliminary alternative and draft recommendation to prepare for Task 6.2.

6.1(f) With Working Group input, incorporate input obtained during Tasks 6.2 (Public and Peer Review), update the analyses, and prepare the preferred alternative and final recommendations. The recommendations should address the items in 6.1.a, including a real estate positioning and implementation strategy beneficial to the federal government and the city.

6.1(g) Prepare and present the preferred alternative and final recommendations to the Task Force (Task Force Meeting 6).

6.1(h) Refine the preferred alternative and final recommendations and prepare and present to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission.

Task 6.2 Public and Peer Review

6.2(a) Prepare, attend, and present the preliminary preferred alternative and recommendations to the public and stakeholders for review and comment. (Public Meeting 3)

6.2(b) Prepare and present at up to two historic preservation consultation meetings.

6.2(b) Prepare, attend, and present each of the three alternatives, the preliminary preferred alternative, and associated updated analysis and recommendations in a draft technical report to a Peer Review Committee for review and comment. (Peer Review 1)

Deliverables for Task 6

6.1 Develop of preliminary preferred alternative and draft short and long-term recommendations that address items in Task 6.1(a) in a format specified in Task 4.1(a).

6.2 Develop of the preferred alternative and short and long-term recommendations that address comments items in Task 6.1(f).

6.3 Prepare for and present to a Peer Review Committee

6.4 Prepare for and present at one public meeting and up to two historic preservation consultation meeting

6.5 Prepare for and present at two Working Group Meeting and two Task Force meetings.

6.6 Prepare for and present at two Commission meetings.

Task 7 Final Plan. Recommendation, Technical Report and Public Summary Report

Task 7.1 Final Illustrations

7.1(a) Finalize the Master plan and recommendations based on input from Task 6.1(h)

7.1(b) Prepare illustrations – an overall master plan, sections, and 3-D models – to help visualize improvements and understand complexities of relationships among improvements, including but not limited to buildings, streets, public spaces, and view sheds. The illustrations shall also five quality renderings that convey the character fo the preferred alternative and a quality 3-D fly-through simulation that portrays the above and below grade form and character of the preferred alternative. The products should be of the highest quality, suitable for presentation to the public and senior most decision-makers.

Task 7.2 Prepare the Task Force Technical Report that includes the Analysis and

Recommendations

7.2(a) Prepare a draft technical report for the Task Force that will help inform future agency decisions regarding individual sites and the overall study area.

7.2(b) Make refinements to the report based on NCPC and Task Force feedback.

Task 7.3 Prepare the Final Summary Report

7.3(a) Develop the final report for the public (up to 20 pages) that summarizes the preferred alternative and recommendations.

7.3(b) Make refinements to the final report based on NCPC and Task Force feedback.

Deliverable for Task 7.1 Development of Reports and Recommendations

7.1 Fly-through simulation and illustrations as identified in Task 7.1(a)

7.2 A technical report for the Task Force that will help inform future agency decisions regarding individual sites and the larger corridor. In addition to the items in 7.2 below, the report should include the existing conditions inventory, master plans for the three alternatives (including the preferred alternative), related analyses and short and long recommendations for the area.

7.2 A draft report highlighting the preferred alternative. This report is envisioned to be up to 20 pages and will summarize the preferred alternative and the analysis that informed it.

It will include approximately 5 renderings of the area (i.e. concept for Department of Energy Building, streetscape, Banneker Overlook etc.); land use, circulation, massing, stormwater management plan; sustainability diagrams (for example explaining existing energy use conditions compared to those of the preferred alternative), and tables that include quantitative information from the analysis.

8. Project Timeline

The anticipated project timeline which is subject to change is outlined below:

Tasks

2010 2011

O ct o b er

N o ve m e r

D ec em e r

Ja n u ar y

F eb ru ar y

M ar ch

A p ri l

M a y

Ju n e

Ju l y

A u g u st

S e p te m er

1. Overview, Review of Existing Conditions and Related Plans

2. Project Goals, Objectives, and Assumptions

3. Development Scenarios for Each Site

4. Develop Alternatives for the Corridor

5. Development of Preliminary Analysis

6. Development of Preferred Alternative and Draft Recommendations

7. Develop Technical Report for the Task Force and Summary Report for the Public

Appendix A Relevant Documents for this Project

The following documents can be found on NCPC’s website at the following links

1) The Monumental Core Framework Plan http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/FrameworkPlan.html

2) Extending the Legacy http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/ExtendingtheLegacy.html

3) Memorials and Museum Master Plan http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/2MPlan.html

4) Federal Comprehensive Plan http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/ComprehensivePlan.html

The following documents are provided as an attachments to the Request for Information.

5) Environmental Assessment for L’Enfant Promenade

6) U.S. General Services Administration / Office of the Inspector General Review of the Heating

Operation and Transmission District’s Operations and Finances

7) U.S. General Services Administration / Office of the Inspector General Review of the Heating

Operation and Transmission District’s Operations and Finances – Appendix C

8) Executive Order 13514

9) Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

10) EPA Stormwater Guidance

11) Rehabilitation of the 9th and 10th Street Bridges over the SW Freeway (Government of the

District of Columbia powerpoint presentation)

The following studies were either recently completed or are currently underway. These studies will be provided once a contract is awarded.

12) Transportation Infrastructure Study (under development)

13) Cotton Annex and Associated Parcels: Asset Repositioning Study (recently completed)

14) Department of Energy Asset Study (under development)

15) Building Evaluation Reports (available upon award of contract) http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/FrameworkPlan.html http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/ExtendingtheLegacy.html http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/2MPlan.html http://www.ncpc.gov/April2009/Main(T2)/Planning(Tr2)/ComprehensivePlan.html

Appendix B Draft Data Inventory

B. Building

1. Building Gross S.F.

2. Net Usable S.F.

3. Building Age

4. Underground Building and Parking S.F.

5. Building Height

6. Building FAR

7. Building uses (day care, retail, commercial, social, etc) and s.f. of each use

8. # of Employees by use

9. # of Parking Spaces for fleet

10. # of Parking Spaces for employees

11. # of Reserved spaces for HOV / ZipCar

12. Bike Storage

C. Projected Space Needs

1. Projected Space Needs - 5 years, 10 years, etc.

2. Projected Employee Population (5 years)(10 years)

3. Average space/employee

4. Ancillary space needs (meeting spaces, cafeteria, day care, loading docks, fitness facilities, laboratories, testing facilities, etc.)

5. Desired amenities for employees

6. Projected Parking Needs

7. Security Needs

D. Energy Consumption and Generation

1. Building energy usage annually

2. Cost of annual energy use per building/ s.f.

3. Types of energy used: natural gas, coal-fired, gas-generated, hydro-electric, solar, wind, bio-fuels

4. How much energy is provided: On-site versus other sources

5. Facilities scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020 per EO 13514

6. Facilities Scope 3 targets per EO 13514

E. Hydrology and Water Resources

1. Water consumption and cost for each property annually

2. Water used for irrigation of landscaping / water features annually

3. Volume of recycled water used annually per building: rainfall captured, grey water

4. Existing water storage and recycling facilities, if any

5. On-site grey water treatment facilities, if any

6. Stormwater runoff facilities, onsite and offsite

F. Transportation and Traffic Conditions

1. Annual trips of federal fleet (fleet parking # and type + energy source and usage)

2. Employee Commute patterns and needs

3. Existing transportation counts by mode

G. Utilities

1. Power lines and source

2. Gas lines

3. Water and Sewer lines

4. Phone and Cable lines

5. Fiber optic

H. Hazardous Waste

1. Types generated on site

2. Types transported through the site

I. Solid Waste

1. Volume of food trash generated by building annually

2. Volume of sewage generated by building annually

3. Volume of trash recycled annually by building

Appendix C: Project Study Area