Jim Graham
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
introduced the following bill, which was referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
ordered the closing of a public alley in Square 2837, bounded by Monroe
Street, N.W., Holmead Place, N.W., Park Road, N.W., and 14th Street, N.W.
in Ward 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, That this Act may be cited as the "Closing of a Public
Alley in Square 2837, S.O. 92-195, Reinstatement Act of 2001 ".
Sec. 2. Pursuant to Section 201 of the Street and
Alley Closing and Acquisition Procedures
Act of 1982, effective March 10, 1983 (D.C. Law 4-201; D.C. Code § 7-421)
, the Council of the District
of Columbia finds that a public alley in Square 2837, as shown on the
Surveyor’s plat filed under S.O.
92-195, is unnecessary for alley purposes and orders it closed, with
title to the land to vest as shown on the Surveyor’s plat. The approval of
the Council of the District
of Columbia of this closing is contingent upon the filing, in the Office
of the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds, of a covenant between the
District of Columbia and the owners of the lots abutting the alley to be
closed that incorporates the following conditions:
(1) A condition that the disposition of any
real property included within RLA parcels 29, 24, or 27 shall be subject
to the approval of the Council by resolution. The proposed resolution to
provide for the disposition of the properties shall be submitted to the
Council by the Mayor for a 30 day period of review, excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does
not approve or disapprove the proposed disposition of the properties, in
whole or in part, by resolution within the 30 day period, the proposed
resolution shall be deemed approved;(2) A condition requiring a commitment that the
developer shall exert his best efforts to comply with a noise abatement
plan approved by the Redevelopment Land Agency; and(3) A condition that approximately 15% of the
land purchase proceeds received by the Redevelopment Land Agency from
the disposition of RLA Parcel 29 shall be set aside by the Redevelopment
Land Agency to assist in the financing of a police substation in
Columbia Heights.
Sec. 3. This Act shall apply as of the date of
expiration of the original legislation.
Sec. 4. The Council adopts the fiscal impact
statement contained in the Committee Report as the fiscal impact statement
required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
813; D.C. Code § 1233(c)(3)).
Sec. 5. The Council shall transmit a copy of this
act, upon its effective date, to the Office of the Surveyor of the
District of Columbia.
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Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect following
approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the
Council of the District of Columbia to override the veto). approval by the
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority as provided
in section 203(x) of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and
Management Authority Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 116;
D.C. Code § 47-392.3(c)), and a 60-day period of Congressional review as
provided in section 602(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Self-Government
and Governmental Reorganization Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
813; D.C. Code § 1-233(c)(2)), and publication in the District of
Columbia Register.