6093169 Resolution 21-508, First Amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Funding Agreement Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

21-508

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

June 7, 2016

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the first amendment to the multiyear Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Funding Agreement to extend the term of the agreement to June 30, 2017, and to provide funding for a capital improvement program in the amount of $92.1 million.

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            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "First Amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Funding Agreement Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016".

 

            Sec. 2. (a)  There exists an immediate need to approve a first amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Funding Agreement (“CFA”) with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) to provide additional capital funding for a one-year extension to a capital improvement program for the WMATA metro system from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.

            (b)  On July 1, 2010, the Office of Contracting and Procurement, on behalf of the District Department of Transportation, executed the multiyear CFA with the WMATA to provide capital funding for a capital improvement program from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2016, in the ceiling amount of $397,314,000.

            (c)  A first amendment is now necessary to extend the CFA to June 30, 2017, and to increase the amount for WMATA Fiscal Year 2017 by $92.1 million for a total ceiling amount of the CFA of $489,414,000.

            (d)  Council approval is necessary as these modifications increase the contract by more than $1 million during a 12-month period.

            (e)  Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital improvements.  Without Council approval, WMATA cannot be paid for services provided in excess of $ 1 million for the contract period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.

 

            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 First Amendment to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Capital Funding Agreement Emergency Approval Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.