ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-683
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 15, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to make a technical correction
to the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024 regarding the transfer of funds to be
used for a grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Cherry Blossom Festival Grant Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) $1.5 million is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024,
effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25- 218; 71 DCR 8366), in the Non -Departmental
account and is to be transferred to Events DC to award a matching grant to the National Cherry
Blossom Festival.
(b) The Council added $500,000 to the Mayor’s proposed budget of $1 million for a
matching grant for the National Cherry Blossom Festival bringing the total to $1.5 million.
(c) The reference to the funding in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Act of 2024,
effective September 18, 2024 (D.C. Law 25- 217; 71 DCR 9990) (“Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
Support Act”), retained the original amount of $1 million.
(d) Emergency legislation is necessary to correct the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support
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.
Sec. 3. The Council finds that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Cherry Blossom Festival Grant
Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted after a single reading .
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.