ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-272
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 3, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to open streets in Square S-5868, and to designate the opened streets as Cypress Street,
SE, Poplar Street, SE, Sycamore Drive, SE, and Oak Drive, SE, in Ward 8.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Opening of Streets and Designation of Opened Streets in Square
S-5868, S.O. 22-01486, Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) On July 11, 2023, the Council approved the Opening of Streets and
Designation of Opened Streets in Square S-5868, S.O. 22-01486, Emergency Act of 2023,
effective July 31, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-187; 70 DCR 10714) (“emergency measure”). The
emergency measure is set to expire on October 29, 2023.
(b) The Opening of Streets and Designation of Opened Streets in Square S-5868, S.O. 22-
01486, Act of 2023, passed on 2nd reading on September 19, 2023 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-
145) (“permanent measure”), was approved by the Council on final reading at the September 19,
2023 legislative meeting. Because the permanent measure must undergo congressional review, it
will not be in effect before the emergency measure expires.
(c) This congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between
the expiration of the emergency measure and effective date of the permanent measure.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Opening of Streets and Designation of
Opened Streets in Square S-5868, S.O. 22-01486, Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2023
be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.