ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-596
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 9, 2024
To declare an emergency with respect to the need order the closing of a 10-foot-wide unimproved
public alley in Square 3701 abutting Lots 85 and 88 in Northeast, in Ward 5.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220,
Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve emergency legislation ordering the
closing of a 10-foot-wide unimproved public alley in Square 3701 abutting Lots 85 and 88 in
Ward 5. These lots abut Riggs Road, N.E., and First Street, N.E.
(b) The purpose of the alley closing is to facilitate the consolidation of the lots into a
single record lot, which will enable the owner to the initiate the development of an
approximately 104-unit affordable housing project with underground parking.
(c) Permanent legislation, the Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701, S.O. 23-06220,
Act of 2024, passed on 1st reading on July 9, 2024 (Engrossed version of Bill 25-636), will not
have second reading until September. Making the alley closing effective sooner than second
reading and congressional review of the permanent legislation will enable the project to proceed
without risk of further delay.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3701,
S.O. 23-06220, Emergency Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. ENROLLED ORIGINAL