MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
July 24, 2020
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Councilof the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004-3001
SUBJECT: FY 2020 Reprogramming Request: $1,000,000.00 in Capital Funds from the
Paid Family Leave IT Application Project to the DGS 2021 Inauguration
Reviewing Stands Project
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code 47-363(a), | am transmitting the enclosed request to reprogram
$1,000,000.00 of Fiscal Year 2020 capital funds from the Paid Family Leave IT Application
project to the DepartmentofGeneral Services 2021 Inauguration Reviewing Stands Project. These
funds will be used for the planning, design and pre-constructionofthe reviewing stands
to be used
during the Presidential inauguration in January 2021.
This emergency, the Inauguration Reviewing Stands Project Reprogramming Emergency
Approval Act of 2020 and accompanying emergency declaration resolution are necessary in
order for DGS to complete the constructionofthe reviewing stands in time for the 2021
inauguration. These funds will support planning, design and pre-construction activities that must
be completed in the remaining months of FY 2020 in order to meet the construction deadline.
Federal funding for the remainder ofthe project will be available in FY 2021.
Turge the Council to take prompt and favorable action on this measure.
Sin
Enclosure
ce: Rashad M. Young, City Administrator
Jeffrey S. DeWitt, Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Budoff, Budget Director, Councilof the District of Columbia
Jennifer Reed, Director, Office of Budget and Performance Management, Officeofthe
City Administrator
Angell Jacobs, Deputy Chief Financial Officer andChiefof Staff, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer
Gordon MeDonald, DeputyChief Financial Officer, Office of Budget and Planning
Eric M. Cannady, Director, Operating Budget, Officeof Budget and Planning
Sherrie Greenfield, Director, Capital Budget, Office of Budget and Planning
Angelique Hayes Rice, Associate Chief Financial Officer, Government Operations
Cluster
Michael Bolden, Financial Operations Director, Government Operations Cluster
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fairman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
A BILL
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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14 To approve, on an emergency basis, the reprogramming request ofFiscal Year 2020 capital funds
15 in the amount of $1,000,000 from the Paid Family Leave IT Application project to the
16 DGS 2021 Inauguration Reviewing Stands project.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
19 act may be cited as the Inauguration Reviewing Stands Project Reprogramming Emergency
20 Approval Act of 2020.
21 Sec. 2, (a) Pursuant to section 47-363 of the District of Columbia Official Code, the
22 Mayor transmitted to the Council a capital funds reprogramming request in the amount of
23 $1,000,000 from the Paid Family Leave IT Application project to the DGS Inauguration
24 Reviewing Stands project.
25 (b) The Council approves the $1,000,000 reprogramming request.
26 Sec. 3. Effective date.
27 This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the eventofveto by the
28 Mayor, action by the Council to override that veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than
29 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section
30 412(a)ofthe District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;
31 D.C. Official Code 1-204.12(a)).
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Ronan Gulstone
Director
Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs
Brian K. Flowers
Deputy Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
DATE: July 23, 2020
SUBJECT: Legal Sufficiency Review of Draft Legislation, the Inauguration Reviewing
Stands Project Reprogramming Emergency Approval Act of 2020 and
Accompanying Emergency Declaration
(AE-20-252)
This is to Certify that tnis oftice nas reviewed the above-referenced draft
legislation and found it to be legally sufficient. If you have any questions in this regard,
please do not hesitate to call me at 724-5524,
BKF/AParker
Brian K. Flowers
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,Suite 409, Washington, D.C. 20004 Phone (202) 724-5524 Fax (202) 724-6160