PR 24-1089 — Closing of Public Streets and Alleys Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043 Clarification Second Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2022

_____________________________ENROLLED CouncilmemberORIGINAL BrianneA K.RESOLUTION 24-709 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA December 6, 2022 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys and Dedication of Land for Public Street and Alley Purposes Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, S.O.

Nadeau 4 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ___________ 8 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _____________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys and Dedication of Land for Public Street and Alley Purposes Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, S.O.

17-17-21094, 21094 Act of 2020 to authorize the Surveyor to record the street and alley closing and dedication plats in multiple phases.

55 DCR 1881)1881), calls for a one-for-one replacement of all 174 publicpublic-housing housing units at build-first sites at a small parcel located at 3506 Georgia Avenue, N.W., and a much larger parcel at the former Bruce Monroe School site on Georgia Avenue, N.W., between Columbia Street, N.W., and Irving Street, N.W.

(b) In early 2022, the Council passed emergency and attemporary legislation amending the formerClosing Bruceof MonroePublic SchoolStreets siteand onAlleys Georgiaand Avenue,Dedication N.W.of Land for Public and Alley Purposes Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, S.O.

between Columbia Street, N.W.

and Irving Street, N.W.

(b) In 2022, Council passed emergency and temporary measures to clarify permanent alley closing legislation, the “Closing of Public Streets and Alleys and Dedication of Land for Public and Alley Purposes Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043 Act of 2022”, S.O.

17-2109417-21094, Act of 2020, effective March 16, 2021 (D.C.

Law 23-029323-0239; 68 DCR 3661).

These68 clarificationDCR measures1482), enabledto enable the 1 Surveyor to record the street and alley closing plats and the street and alley dedication plats in phases, commensurate with the two2 planned phases of the site’s development, allowing Park Morton residents to be able to stay in units on the south side of the project footprint while replacement units are being constructed.

(c) The “ClosingClosing of Public Streets and Alleys Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043 Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022”2022, effective May 18, 2022 (D.C.

Law 24-0119,24-0119; 69 DCR 6203) will expire on December 29, 2022.

(d)DCR Phase2663), Iis ofset theto Parkexpire Mortonon projectDecember broke29, ground2022. earlier in 2022, but Phase II, which also requires the authority of the alley closing and street dedication bill, is forthcoming.

Additional(d) emergencyPhase andI temporaryof legislation is necessary to continue the authorityPark forMorton theproject phasedbroke closingground andearlier dedicationin already2022, granted,but beforePhase permanentII legislationis canstill beforthcoming. moved.

Additional emergency and temporary legislation are necessary to continue the ENROLLED ORIGINAL Surveyor’s phased closing and dedication authority before permanent legislation can be moved.

The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043 Technical Clarification Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 be adopted after a single reading.