5748722 Resolution 21-279, Closing of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W., in Square 3128, S.O. 13-09432, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

 

21- 279

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

November 3, 2015

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to order the closing of portions of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W., in Square 3128 in Ward 5.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Closing of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W., in Square 3128, S.O. 13-09432, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. There exists an immediate need to approve emergency legislation to close those portions of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W., in Square 3128, which are paper streets that traverse the site of the former McMillan Sand Filtration Plant in Ward 5.  The McMillan site is owned by the District, and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development is actively overseeing its redevelopment into a mix of residential, commercial, and recreational uses.  Emergency legislation to close the streets within McMillan site is necessary to permit the immediate subdivision of the property into townhome, commercial, multifamily, and District parcels.  Subdivision is necessary to ensure that the needed permits can be obtained, the land disposition and development agreements can be executed, and the complex horizontal and vertical development activities can be completed according to the project schedule and within the disposition authority provided for in the McMillan Townhomes Parcel, Commercial Parcel, and Multifamily Parcels Disposition Extension Approval Resolution of 2015, effective November 3, 2015 (Res. 21-253; 62 DCR _____).  The development project was approved by the Council pursuant to the McMillan Residential Townhomes Parcel Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014, effective December 2, 2014 (Res. 20-705; 62 DCR 1091), the McMillan Residential Multifamily Parcels Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014, effective December 2, 2014 (Res. 20-706; 62 DCR 1094), and the McMillan Commercial Parcel Disposition Approval Resolution of 2014, effective December 2, 2014 (Res. 20-707; 62 DCR 1097).  Making the street closings effective sooner than congressional review otherwise would allow will enable the project to proceed without the risk of delay.

 

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 Closing of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W., in Square 3128, S.O. 13-09432, Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.