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Chairman Phil Mendelson 2
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9
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To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to make a technical correction 14
to the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act regarding a grant for the National Cherry 15
Blossom Festival. 16
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RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18
resolution may be cited as the “Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Emergency Declaration 19
Resolution of 2024”. 20
Sec. 2. (a) $1.5 million is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 in 21
the Non-Departmental account and is to be transferred to Events DC to award the matching grant 22
to the National Cherry Blossom Festival. 23
(b) The Council added $500,000 to the Mayor’s proposed budget of $1 million for a 24
matching grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival bringing the total to $1.5 million. 25
(c) The reference to the funding in the Budget Support Act retained the original amount 26
of $1 million. 27
(d) Emergency legislation is necessary to correct the Budget Support Act to allow for the 28
transfer of the full $1.5 million to Events DC to disburse the grant to the National Cherry 29
Blossom Festival. 30
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia finds that the circumstances enumerated 31
in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the “Cherry Blossom 32
Festival Grant Emergency Amendment Act of 2024” be adopted after a single reading. 33
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 34