facilities renewal master plan - National Zoo - Smithsonian Institution

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FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Figure 15. National Zoo Exhibit Periods SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 70 | P a g e
FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Impacts to Historic Structures No-Action Alternative Under the No-Action Alternative, small scale site improvements would continue for facilities updates related to safety, health, and maintenance. Exhibit renewal would occur on a site-by-site basis with large land tracts not readily available. There would be only minor changes to the resource’s location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, or association and these actions would not diminish the integrity of the National Zoo Historic Site. The individually National Register-listed Holt House would not be rehabilitated and would remain unusable space and structurally deficient. The No-Action would have minor to moderate long term adverse impacts because the Holt House would continue to deteriorate. Alternative A Under Alternative A, facility improvements would result in renovation of older exhibits, construction of new entries into the National Zoo, installation of new transportation facilities, and rehabilitation of administrative facilities. These improvements could have physical and visual impacts to resources that contribute to the significance of the National Register-listed National Zoo Historic Site. As a result, Alternative A would result in direct and indirect, long-term, moderate adverse impacts to historic resources. Under Section 106, Alternative A would have an adverse effect. SI has initiated consultation through the Section 106 process with the Washington, DC Historic Preservation Office. As a result of this consultation, a programmatic agreement will be sought that identifies future review requirements and mitigation to be employed during project development. Future design would consider ways to minimize impacts to National Zoo Historic Site and the historic structures that comprise the site, such as following the principles outlined in The Secretary of the Interiors Guidelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Projects under Alternative A that could have an adverse effect to historic resources include: Creation of new larger multi-species exhibit areas; Rehabilitation of older exhibits in historic buildings; Revitalization of entries at Connecticut Avenue, Mid-Point entry, and Harvard Street Bridge/Beach Drive with the addition of a new aerial tram; New Parking structure; and Rehabilitation of the service buildings such as Propagation Building and the Holt House. The creation of new larger multi-species exhibit areas will physically impact the National Zoo Historic Site because new exhibit spaces could cause changes to the setting, feeling, and association. New construction also introduces new visual features in the viewshed. The rehabilitation of older exhibits, such as the rehabilitation of the Small Mammal House, the Reptile Discovery Center, the Think Tank, the Bird House, and the Great Flight Cage, could impact these buildings as they are character defining features to the National Zoo Historic Site. However, it is anticipated that rehabilitation of these buildings would generally be restricted to interior modifications to include upgrading the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 71 | P a g e
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