_______________________________ 1 Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 2 3 4 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5 6 _______ 7 8 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 10 ____________________ 11 12 13 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the borrowing of 14 funds by the District through the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and bond 15 anticipation notes. 16 17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , That 18 this resolution may be cited as the “General Obligation Bonds and Bond Anticipation Notes for 19 Fiscal Years 2023-2028 Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 20 21 Sec. 2. Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that the District can borrow in a 22 timely manner and take advantage of favorable market conditions to provide funding for or to 23 reimburse the District for funds already expended on Fiscal Year 2023 capital projects approved 24 and undertaken pursuant to the District’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Financial Plan. 25 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 26 enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the General 27 Obligation Bonds and Bond Anticipation Notes for Fiscal Years 2023-2028 Authorization 28 Emergency Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. 29 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 30