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| 6 | | - | A RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | | - | 25-683 |
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| 9 | | - | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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| 11 | | - | October 15, 2024 |
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| 14 | | - | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to make a technical correction |
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| 15 | | - | to the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 regarding the transfer of funds to be |
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| 16 | | - | used for a grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. |
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| 17 | | - | |
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| 18 | | - | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this |
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| 19 | | - | resolution may be cited as the “Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Emergency Declaration |
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| 20 | | - | Resolution of 2024”. |
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| 21 | | - | Sec. 2. (a) $1.5 million is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, |
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| 22 | | - | effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25- 218; 71 DCR 8366), in the Non -Departmental |
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| 23 | | - | account and is to be transferred to Events DC to award a matching grant to the National Cherry |
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| 24 | | - | Blossom Festival. |
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| 25 | | - | (b) The Council added $500,000 to the Mayor’s proposed budget of $1 million for a |
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| 26 | | - | matching grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival bringing the total to $1.5 million. |
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| 27 | | - | (c) The reference to the funding in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024, |
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| 28 | | - | effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25- 217; 71 DCR 9990) (“Fiscal Year 2025 Budget |
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| 29 | | - | Support Act”), retained the original amount of $1 million. |
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| 30 | | - | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to correct the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support |
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| 31 | | - | Act to allow for the transfer of the full $1.5 million to Events DC to disburse the grant to the National Cherry Blossom Festival. |
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| 32 | | - | Sec. 3. The Council finds that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute |
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| 33 | | - | emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant |
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| 34 | | - | Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading . |
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| 35 | | - | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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| 2 | + | _______________________________ 1 |
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| 3 | + | Chairman Phil Mendelson 2 |
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| 4 | + | 3 |
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| 5 | + | 4 |
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| 6 | + | A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 5 |
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| 7 | + | 6 |
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| 8 | + | _______ 7 |
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| 9 | + | 8 |
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| 10 | + | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 |
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| 11 | + | 10 |
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| 12 | + | ____________________ 11 |
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| 13 | + | 12 |
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| 14 | + | 13 |
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| 15 | + | To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to make a technical correction 14 |
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| 16 | + | to the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act regarding a grant for the National Cherry 15 |
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| 17 | + | Blossom Festival. 16 |
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| 18 | + | 17 |
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| 19 | + | RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18 |
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| 20 | + | resolution may be cited as the “Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Emergency Declaration 19 |
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| 21 | + | Resolution of 2024”. 20 |
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| 22 | + | Sec. 2. (a) $1.5 million is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 in 21 |
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| 23 | + | the Non-Departmental account and is to be transferred to Events DC to award the matching grant 22 |
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| 24 | + | to the National Cherry Blossom Festival. 23 |
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| 25 | + | (b) The Council added $500,000 to the Mayor’s proposed budget of $1 million for a 24 |
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| 26 | + | matching grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival bringing the total to $1.5 million. 25 |
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| 27 | + | (c) The reference to the funding in the Budget Support Act retained the original amount 26 |
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| 28 | + | of $1 million. 27 |
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| 29 | + | (d) Emergency legislation is necessary to correct the Budget Support Act to allow for the 28 |
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| 30 | + | transfer of the full $1.5 million to Events DC to disburse the grant to the National Cherry 29 |
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| 31 | + | Blossom Festival. 30 |
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| 32 | + | Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia finds that the circumstances enumerated 31 |
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| 33 | + | in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the “Cherry Blossom 32 |
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| 34 | + | Festival Grant Emergency Amendment Act of 2024” be adopted after a single reading. 33 |
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| 35 | + | Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 34 |
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