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Chairman Phil Mendelson 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 7
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend Chapter 46 of Title 15
47 of the District of Columbia Official Code to provide an income tax exemption for 16
homeowners of the River East at Grandview Condominium related to financial assistance 17
from the District government, and to provide that any District financial assistance be 18
excluded from income calculations by District agencies for those residents. 19
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RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 21
resolution may be cited as the “River East at Grandview Condominium Assistance Tax 22
Exemption Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”. 23
Sec. 2. (a) On August 16, 2021, engineers from the Falcon Group issued a letter to 24
homeowners at the River East at Grandview Condominiums advising them to vacate the 25
premises within two weeks due to uninhabitable conditions based on the emergence of 26
significant safety concerns from ongoing structural issues. 27
(b) On August 26, 2021, the Falcon Group provided additional detail to their original 28
assessment by determining that families in approximately 30 of the 46 condominium units 29
should move out. 30 2
(c) Subsequently, homeowners of these units were forced to vacate their homes and find 31
alternative living arrangements very quickly, and without vital information related to a 32
timeframe for their opportunity to return to their homes. 33
(c) The District government developed multiple assistance programs in response to the 34
displacement of these homeowners, including the use of housing certificates and other resources 35
to ease the transition into temporary residence until appropriate repairs can be made to the 36
Talbert Street property. 37
(d) In order to ensure that displaced homeowners are receiving the full value of the 38
assistance provided by the District government, it is necessary to approve emergency legislation. 39
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances 40
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the River 41
East at Grandview Estates Condominium Assistance Tax Exemption Emergency Amendment 42
Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading. 43
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 44