5587217 Resolution 21-191, Closing of Public Streets adjacent to Squares 603S, 605, 607, 661, 661N, and 665, and in U.S. Reservations 243 and 244, S.O. 13-14605, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-191

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

July 14, 2015         

 

                                                                                                                                             

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to order the closing of Potomac Avenue, S.W., between 2nd Street, S.W., and R Street, S.W.; R Street, S.W., between Potomac Avenue, S.W., and Half Street, S.W.; 1st Street, S.W., between T Street, S.W., and Potomac Avenue, S.W.; and S Street, S.W., between 2nd Street, S.W., and approximately 230 feet west of Half Street, S.W.; all adjacent to Squares 603S,  605, 607, 661, 661N, and 665, and in Reservations 243 and 244, in Ward 6.

 

 

            RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

resolution may be cited as the “Closing of Public Streets adjacent to Squares 603S, 605, 607, 661, 661N, and 665, and in U.S. Reservations 243 and 244, S.O. 13-14605, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) On December 17, 2014, the Council unanimously approved the District of Columbia Soccer Stadium Development Act of 2014, effective March 11, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-233;  to be codified at D.C. Official Code § 10-1651.01 et seq.) (the “Act”), as well as accompanying emergency legislation, that enabled the District to acquire land and pay costs necessary for the development of a soccer stadium for D.C. United at Buzzard Point.

                        (b) On June 30, 2015, consistent with the Act, as amended by the Soccer Stadium Development Technical Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, effective May 8, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-59; 62 DCR 5962), the Council approved purchase agreements to acquire 3 parcels at Buzzard Point, a sales agreement for a related land swap with Pepco, a revised land development agreement for development of the site, and a ground lease for the stadium to operate.  The land development agreement requires that the District obtain site control by September 30, 2015.

                        (c) On June 30, 2015, the Council also approved on first reading Bill 20-200, the Closing of Public Streets adjacent to Squares 603S, 605, 607, 661, 661N, and 665, and in U.S. Reservations 243 and 244, S.O. 13-14605, Act of 2015, which would order the closing of several streets that currently run between the parcels, the closure of which is necessary to assemble the parcels into a single site.

                        (d) Because of the upcoming congressional recess, and the Council’s recess, Bill 20-200, approved on second reading on July 14, 2015, may not be transmitted for the standard 30-day congressional review period until September 2015.

(e) The proposed legislation is necessary to order the closures and allow for easements for utility relocations during the summer before the September 30, 2015 site-control deadline.

 

            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 Public Streets adjacent to Squares 603S, 605, 607, 661, 661N, and 665, and in U.S. Reservations 243 and 244, S.O. 13-14605, Emergency Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.