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Councilmember Charles Allen 3
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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 confirm the appointment of 16
Sharon Kershbaum as the Director of the District Department of Transportation. 17
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 19
resolution may be cited as the “Director of the District Department of Transportation Sharon 20
Kershbaum Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”. 21
Sec. 2. (a) By law, the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) must be led by a 22
Director that is appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council. After the departure of 23
former DDOT Director Everett Lott in October 2023, Sharon Kershbaum has served as the 24
agency’s Interim, and now Acting, Director. 25
(b) On April 10, 2024, Chairman Mendelson introduced PR25-0723, the Director of the 26
District Department of Transportation Sharon Kershbaum Confirmation Resolution of 2024, at the 27
request of the Mayor. PR25-0723 would confirm Acting Director Kershbaum’s appointment as the 28
permanent Director for the District Department of Transportation. PR25-0723 is deemed approved 29
on September 22, 2024. 30
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(c) PR25-0723 was referred to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment on 31
April 23, 2024 and the Committee held a public roundtable on the measure on June 20, 2024. 32
Although the Committee voted to approve PR25-0723 at its September 16, 2024 Additional 33
Meeting, the Committee will not have filed its report in time for the Council to consider the 34
measure at the September 17, 2024 Legislative Meeting. 35
(d) If the Council does not vote on Acting Director Kershbaum’s nomination at the 36
September 17, 2024 legislative meeting, PR25-0723 will be deemed approved without the Council 37
affirmatively acting on her nomination. Given the important role that the Director of the District 38
Department of Transportation plays in overseeing the design and construction of transportation 39
projects, building safer streets, and transforming public spaces for the community to enjoy, the full 40
Council should have an opportunity to consider and vote on Ms. Kershbaum’s nomination. 41
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute 42
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Director of the District Department of 43
Transportation Sharon Kershbaum Confirmation Emergency Approval Resolution of 2024 be 44
adopted on an emergency basis. 45
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 46