6247593 Resolution 21-620, Credible Messenger Initiative Grant and Modification No. 01 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-620

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

October 11, 2016        

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the Credible Messenger Initiative Grant and Modification No. 1 to the Credible Messenger Initiative Grant, to The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region for the purpose of providing Court-Involved Youth Services, and to authorize payment in the aggregate amount of $2,300,000.00 for the goods and services provided and to be provided under the grant and modification.

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Credible Messenger Initiative Grant and Modification No. 01 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve the Credible Messenger Initiative Grant (the “Grant”), and Modification No. 1 to the Grant, to The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region for the purpose of providing Court-Involved Youth Services, and to authorize payment for the goods and services provided and to be provided under the Grant and modification. 

            (b)  The Grant was awarded to The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region in the amount of $915,761.98.

            (c)  Thereafter, the District issued Modification No. 01 to the Grant in an amount not to exceed $1,384,238.02, increasing the aggregate amount of the Grant to $2,300,000.00.

(d)  Council approval of the Grant and Modification No. 1 to the Grant is necessary because the Grant and Modification No. 1 to the Grant involve the expenditure of more than $1 million during a 12-month period.

(e)  Approval of the Grant and Modification No. 1 to the Grant in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,300,000.00 is necessary to compensate The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region for the goods and services provided and to be provided under the Grant and modification.

    

            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 Credible Messenger Initiative Grant and Modification No. 01 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.