5286420 Resolution 20-697, Barnaby Road Parcel 238/40 Surplus Property Declaration Resolution of 2014

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

20-697

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

December 2, 2014         

 

 

To declare that the District-owned real property located on the 4200 block of Barnaby Road, S.E., between Bonini Road and Chesapeake Street, S.E., in Washington, D.C., known for tax and assessment purposes as Parcel 238/40, is no longer required for public purposes.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Barnaby Road Parcel 238/40 Surplus Property Declaration Resolution of 2014”.    

 

Sec. 2. Findings.

(a) The District is the owner of real property located on the 4200 block of Barnaby Road, S.E., in Washington, D.C., known for tax and assessment purposes as Parcel 238/40 (“Property”). The Property consists of 1.08 acres of unimproved land. 

(b) The Property is no longer required for public purposes because the Property is an odd-shaped tract of land that is zoned R-5-A.  The Property does not meet the size and zoning criteria for developing and establishing a government center or administrative offices at this location.  The Property also does not meet the zoning criteria for developing office or retail buildings.  Further, no requests or plans are forthcoming to develop the Property into a park or recreational site. Therefore, the District has determined that the highest and best use of the property is to assemble the property with the adjacent parcels, which are owned by the proposed buyer, for the purposes of completing a residential development for single family homes.  A residential development will significantly increase the amount of new housing stock built within the neighborhood.  Declaring that the Property is no longer required for public purposes and disposing of it by selling to a third party is the most expedient and cost effective solution to reactivate the property.  This transaction will enable a local community development corporation to complete its plans to develop new workforce housing, thus providing new revenue for the District and removing blight from the community.

 (c) The District has satisfied the public hearing requirements of section 1(a-1)(4) of An Act Authorizing the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia no longer required for public purposes, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1211; D.C. Official Code § 10-801(a-1)(4)) (“Act”), by holding the required public hearings on July 9 and October 7, 2013.   

 

Sec. 3. Pursuant to section 1(a-1) of the Act, the Council finds that the Property is no longer required for public purposes.

Sec. 4. Transmittal.

The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the Mayor.

 

Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(3)).

 

Sec. 6. Effective date.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.