4582588 Resolution 20-306, "Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013"

A RESOLUTION

20-306 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

October 1, 2013

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to create a separate fund for fees for project review and mitigation measures by developers, property owners, and utility companies in connection with projects on private property or public space that may impact the District Department of Transportation’s ability to manage and maintain the transportation infrastructure in the District.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

Sec. 2. The District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) needs authority to receive funds from developers, property owners, and utility companies in connection with projects on private property or public space that may impact the safe flow of buses, trucks, passenger vehicles, and other modes of transportation through the District.  Pursuant to Board of Zoning orders or similar directives from outside agencies, developers and property owners are required from time to time, to provide DDOT with funds to study and mitigate the impact of their projects on the transportation infrastructure.  Until recently, those funds were transferred to the District using the donation system.  However, recent legal review has determined that DDOT must receive those funds through an appropriation approved by Congress.  This legislation will enable DDOT to continue receiving these funds and installing the necessary traffic mitigation measures, which in turn will ensure the public safety at or near new or improved developments.  Without this legislation, DDOT will not have enough funds to study the impact of new or improved developments and install the necessary traffic signals or other devices to ensure pedestrian and vehicular safety at those locations.

 

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 Transportation Infrastructure Mitigation Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.