5832433 Resolution 21-354, Extension of Time to Dispose of Property Located at Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-354

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

January 5, 2016        

 

           

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend An Act Authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public purposes to extend the time in which the Mayor may dispose of certain District-owned real property located at the northeast corner of Sixth and E Streets, S.W., known for tax and assessment purposes as Lot 0036 in Square 0494, and to make conforming amendments to the Fourth/Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Property Disposition Resolution of 2009.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Extension of Time to Dispose of Property Located at Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a)  The District owns real property located at the northeast corner of Sixth and E Streets, S.W., known for tax and assessment purposes as Lot 0036 in Square 0494 (“Property”) being used for the construction of a mixed-use development, which was approved by the Council pursuant to the Fourth/Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Property Disposition Approval Resolution of 2009, effective November 3, 2009 (Res. 18-290; 56 DCR 8799).

(b)  E Street Development Group, LLC, a joint venture led by Potomac Investment Properties and CityPartners (“Developer”) was selected in 2009, through a competitive RFP process, to redevelop property located at 4th and E Streets, S.W., and 6th and E Streets, S.W.

(c)  The redevelopment was planned to include building a new fire station (the “Fire Station”) for Engine Company 13 within a mixed-use building and a new mixed-use commercial project on the site of the existing fire station.

(d)  Phase 1 of the project is under construction and slated to deliver by early 2016. However, due to permit and weather delays, the Fire Station did not achieve Final Completion (Phase 2) as planned before the Mayor’s authority to dispose of the property expired on November 3, 2015.

(e) Approval of emergency legislation was necessary to extend the time to dispose of the property and to avoid the expiration of the Council’s approval of the disposition.  Therefore, on October 6, 2015, the Council passed the Extension of Time to Dispose of Property Located at Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, effective October 27, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-181; 62 DCR 14209) (the “emergency legislation”).

(f)  On November 3, 2015, the Council passed the Extension of Time to Dispose of Property Located at Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Amendment Act of 2015, enacted on November 30, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-213; 62 DCR 15612) (the “permanent legislation”).

(g)  The emergency legislation will expire on January 25, 2016; however, the permanent legislation is not expected to become law until February 1, 2016.  A congressional review emergency is necessary to ensure that the provisions of the emergency legislation continue in effect, without interruption, until the permanent legislation becomes law.

 

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Extension of Time to Dispose of Property Located at Sixth and E Streets, S.W., Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.