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From YouTube: Board Wrap-Up: Metropolitan Park
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Board Wrap-Up September 2020: As a condition of its site plan for its Arlington headquarters in Pentagon City Amazon agreed to build and maintain in perpetuity a brand-new, expanded Metropolitan Park.
A
As
a
condition
of
its
site
plan
for
the
arlington
headquarters
or
the
amazon
arlington
headquarters
in
pentagon,
city
amazon
has
agreed
to
build
and
maintain
in
perpetuity
a
brand
new
expanded
metropolitan
park,
and
at
the
september
meeting,
the
board
approved
the
master
plan
and
design
guidelines
for
that
park.
Now
the
idea
for
a
large
park
in
the
heart
of
pentagon
city-
it's
not
new.
A
It
was
first
presented
as
part
of
the
pentagon
city
phase
development
site
plan
back
in
the
70s,
but
a
new
vision
for
this
park
came
with
the
board's
approval
of
the
amazon
plan
for
hq2,
so
explain
to
this
the
new
and
improved
met
park
and
how
this
is
going
to
work
with
amazon.
A
B
B
This
is
long
envisioned
for
the
pentagon
city
area
to
have
a
really
central
park
and
I
think,
to
have
amazon
come
in
and
as
a
condition
of
their
site
plan
which
filled
out
the
met
park,
development
area
they
are
paying
for
the
design
and
building
of
the
park
as
well
as
maintenance
of
it.
So
the
way
that's
structured
is
that
the
park
is
going
to
be
owned
with
amazon
and
they're
a
public
easement.
So
that's
basically
public
access,
and
I
think
people
are
linked.
B
Onions
and
residents
of
22202
and
pentagon
city
are
going
to
experience
that
completely
as
a
public
park,
which
is
really
the
design.
But
we
should
talk
about
what
this
park
is,
because
this
is
so
exciting
beautiful.
B
Yes,
it
is
beautiful,
and
you
know
those
of
us
those
park
enthusiasts
or
natural
resources
enthusiasts,
who
followed,
along
with
our
conversations
in
arlington,
have
seen
the
board
adopt
at
the
urging
of
some
of
our
urban
forestry
commissioners
parks
and
recreation,
commissioners
and
other
leaders
a
a
commitment
to
biophilia,
which
is
to
say
bringing
nature
into
urban
areas,
and
that
is
absolutely
what
this
plant
does.
Native
plants
shave
trees.
B
The
park
designer,
which
is
an
internationally
recognized
firm,
really
was
deeply
inspired
by
the
the
the
the
native
resources
around
this
area
of
the
county,
as
well
as
the
potomac
river,
and
that
sort
of
undulating
natural
feel,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
folks
will
who
maybe
aren't
as
familiar
with
biophilia
are
gonna
know
it
when
they
see
it.
When
this
park
is
completed,
it
is
absolutely
about
bringing
a
little
bit
of
the
wild
and
a
little
bit
of
natural
spaces
into
one
of
our
most
developed
areas.
C
Yeah,
I
love
the
way
they
started
out
talking
about
the
fall
line,
because
you
know
I
I
my
elementary
years
were
in
new
england
and
one
of
the
first
things
I
remember
learning
about
was
the
fall
line
and
I
actually
still
look
at.
I
said:
oh
that's,
the
fall
line,
which
is
kind
of
cool.
We
are
right.
A
C
Fall
line,
but
they
really
kind
of
went
back
through
history
and
into
the
nature
thing.
I
think
you
know
katie
you
I've
been
doing
this.
You
know
longer
than
you,
but
you've
been
doing
this
for
quite
a
while.
I
was
so
impressed
with
how
everybody
liked
the
design
they
had
done
so
much
work
with
the
community,
despite
needing
to
do
a
lot
of
it
virtually,
but
all
of
our
commissions,
our
citizens,
I
mean
I
don't.
I
don't
think
we
heard
a
single.
C
B
Know
you
asked
yeah
we
this
was
raised
by
by
one
of
the
key
advocates
for
a
biofuel
like
arlington,
about
that
is
a
desire
to
see
some
sort
of
modest
water
feature,
not
a
water
feature
like
a
spray
ground
or
others
that
we
might
anticipate,
but
a
sort
of
natural
water
feature
right
to
create
the
addition
of
a
small
brook
or
creek.
B
We
heard
back
from
the
amazon
tina
team
and
their
designer
that
that
was
a
little
hard
for
them
to
effectuate,
because,
interestingly
enough,
this
park
is
largely
built
on
top
of
parking
garages.
But
of
course
you
know
that's
something
that
I'm
sure
the
cutting
edge
designers
have
contended
with
before
and
so,
and
we
hope
that
might
be
something
that
they'll
consider
in
the
post-approval
process
too.
A
Throughout
the
pandemic,
it's
made
us
all
appreciate
outdoors
and
parks
and
open
spaces.
All
that
much
more
has
do
you
think
that's
changed
the
community's
input
or
the
interest
surrounding
this
park
at
all.
Yes,.
B
And
I
think
you
know
we'd
be
remiss
if
we
didn't
acknowledge
that
the
process
of
getting
to
this
park,
which
is
going
to
open
in
2023,
has
been
challenging
for
the
neighbors.
We
had
an
item
on
our
agenda.
I
think
two
three
months
ago,
maybe
and
the
the
contractor
who's
doing
the
construction
for
the
amazon
building
has
been
using
part
of
the
park.
We
were
divided
as
a
board
about
whether
that
should
continue.
B
You
know,
I
think,
ultimately,
though
we
have
heard
from
quite
a
few
people
that
they
are
just
incredibly
hungry
for
the
opportunity
to
recreate
outside
at
this
time
when
we
are
working
in
our
homes
and
learning
in
our
homes
and
bereft
of
the
many
opportunities
to
gather
that
these
types
of
public
spaces
are
more
important
than
ever
and.
C
They're,
tired
of
the
construction-
that's
you
know
we
had.
That
was
that's
really
hard
and
we've
still
got
the
one
more
big
building
to
go,
but
I
haven't
heard.
I
think
the
noise
has
settled
down
and
I
think
it's
working
out
fairly
well,
but
it
was
really
you
know
we
really
have
to
throw
bouquets
to
the
neighbors,
because
it
was
really
tough
for
a
while,
as
they
were
going
through.
That.