{"content":[{"text":"Commissioner Downs moved to adopt a proposed resolution regarding the matter. Commissioner \n Silverstein seconded the motion. Commissioner Silverstein moved to call the question. Chair \n Warwick seconded the motion to call the question, which was voted on and passed (VOTES: 6- \n 2-1). The final motion was voted on and passed (VOTES: 8-1-0). The resolution reads as \n follows:","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.091347,"width":0.763482,"height":0.08647599999999998}},{"text":"WHEREAS, Dupont Circle Park is the central gathering place and focal point of the \n namesake neighborhood,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.195892,"width":0.6599140000000001,"height":0.03405199999999997}},{"text":"WHEREAS, Dupont Circle Park sees substantial daily access by pedestrians – residents, \n workers, and tourists alike – as a destination or as part of their travels about town,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.248013,"width":0.694296,"height":0.034355}},{"text":"WHEREAS, the use cases and requirements for the roads blending with the Dupont \n traffic circle have changed substantially since the existing configuration was established \n in the 1940s, making the traffic circle’s design obsolete and a life-threatening hazard to \n all who use it,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.300438,"width":0.6914550000000002,"height":0.06890000000000002}},{"text":"WHEREAS, pedestrian and cyclist access to Dupont Circle Park is hindered and rendered \n unsafe due to the narrow median separating the inner Massachusetts Avenue NW lanes \n from the commingled outer lanes of the Dupont traffic circle,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.387407,"width":0.7051049999999999,"height":0.05162800000000001}},{"text":"WHEREAS, the triangular pedestrian islands in the intersections of New Hampshire \n Avenue NW (north and south), 19th Street NW (north and south), and Massachusetts \n Avenue NW (east) are too small to safely accommodate pedestrians and persons in \n wheelchairs, and have unsynchronized signals,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.457104,"width":0.667603,"height":0.06920399999999999}},{"text":"WHEREAS, vehicular and pedestrian control signage and signals are inconsistent and \n confusing,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.544377,"width":0.674631,"height":0.03405199999999997}},{"text":"WHEREAS, motorists routinely disregard lane markings and signals and make other \n unsafe maneuvers, causing frequent situations that could result in collision, injury, or \n death,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.596498,"width":0.6675899999999999,"height":0.05162800000000001}},{"text":"WHEREAS, the crossover movements required by the Massachusetts Avenue NW \n express roadway consume additional signal time, cause frequent congestion, pose further \n safety hazards, and restrict crossing times for pedestrians, cyclists, and personal mobility \n users,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.666195,"width":0.698019,"height":0.06920300000000001}},{"text":"WHEREAS, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), the Metropolitan Police \n Department (MPD), and U.S. Park Police have declined to implement photo-enforcement \n of intersections that the community has identified as dangerous,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.753468,"width":0.701875,"height":0.05162800000000001}},{"text":"WHEREAS, MPD does not have the resources or desire to enforce traffic regulations \n outside of the scope of camera enforcement,","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.823165,"width":0.6691670000000001,"height":0.03405199999999997}},{"text":"Page 2","bbox":{"left":0.874118,"top":0.939832,"width":0.05282000000000009,"height":0.01677899999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}