5427749 Resolution 21-60, Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Principal Member Corbett Price Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-60

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

March 17, 2015         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to appoint Mr. Corbett A. Price as a principal member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Board of Directors of  the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Principal Member Corbett Price Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a)  The Washington Metropolitan Area Authority (“WMATA”) was established by an act of Congress, approved on November 6, 1966 (80 Stat. 1324; D.C. Official Code § 9-1107.01)(“Congressional act”), as an interstate compact between the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia to plan, finance, construct, and operate a mass-transit system for the Washington metropolitan area.  A Board of Directors consisting of 2 principal members and 2 alternate members from each of the jurisdictions governs WMATA.  The Congressional act and the interstate compact designate the Council as the appointing authority for the 4 District members.

            (b)  Mr. Corbett Price will be replacing Mr. Thomas Downs as a principal member to the WMATA Board of Directors for the remainder of a term that expires on June 30, 2015.

            (c)  There is an immediate need to confirm Mr. Price so that the District has both its principal members, in addition to both its alternate members, on the WMATA Board of Directors as soon as possible to ensure the District is fully represented regarding a number of critical safety, financial, operational, and personnel issues currently under consideration.

 

            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 Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Principal Member Corbett Price Emergency Appointment Resolution of 2015 be adopted on an emergency basis.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.