5865801 Resolution 21-370, Closing of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W. in Square 3128, S.O. 13-09432, Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-370

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

February 2, 2016        

 

                                                                                                                                             

 

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, 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, Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2.  (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve emergency legislation to close 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 the 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; 63 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). 

(b)  On November 3, 2015, the Council adopted 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, effective November 30, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-216; 62 DCR 15646), to authorize the closure of the necessary portions of Franklin Street, N.W., Evarts Street, N.W., and Douglas Street, N.W..  However, the emergency expires on February 28, 2016, and the corresponding permanent legislation is not expected to complete congressional review until March 5, 2016.

 

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, Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.