 Arlington
Boathouse Update
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
The National Park Service issued a contract to HTNB on January 30,
2004 to conduct a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
study of
four potential boathouse sites on the Virginia shore of the Potomac
River. Two are located on or near the Rosslyn
shoreline. The third location is south of the
CSX/14th
Street bridges and the fourth is on Daingerfield Island in
Alexandria. Each site was found to be feasible for a
potential
boathouse in the 2002 NPS study entitled Facility & Site
Analysis
for a Boathouse on the Potomac River in Arlington County and
Vicinity. The 2002 analysis was initiated specifically at the
request of Congress for assessing a potential site for a boathouse
within Arlington County along the Potomac River. A draft
assessment was expected to be completed by summer
2005. The
draft is now expected by the end of September 2005.
May 24, 2006
Update: The Arlington Boathouse draft assessment
has not yet been released; however the National Park Service has
prepared an Environmental Assessment to analyze impacts associated with
the construction of a proposed boathouse by Georgetown University on
the Potomac River in Georgetown. http://parkplanning.nps.gov./document.cfm?projectId=15645&documentID=14911
Section 4.6 addresses three potential projects: 1) the
proposed
Arlington County Boathouse, 2) the proposed George Washington
University Boathouse and 3) the proposed Georgetown Waterfront Park. January 27, 2007
-- The Arlington County Board approved the General
Land Use
Plan designation for 1101 Lee Highway from "Public" to "Low"
Office-Apartment-Hotel, rezoned the property from "S-3A Special
Districts to "C-O-1.0" Commercial Office Building, Hotel and Apartment,
and denied Site Plan SP #394 for approximately 70 dwelling units.
The applicant has filed a lawsuit contesting the decision. County
Manager Recommendations (January 27, 2007) -- "While the
subject
site is not specifically identified in the PSMP (Public Spaces Master
Plan October 2005) it is integral to achieving one of the
recommendations of the PSMP for a boathouse facility. Any
development on the site should be designed in such a way as to not
preclude development of a boathouse facility in the general vicinity of
the site. The National Park Service has not yet
released the
Environmental Impact Statement for Arlington County and Vicinity Rowing
Facility initiated in 2004.
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