ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-178
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 20, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to symbolically designate 14th
Street, NW, between Arkansas Avenue, NW, and Allison Street, NW, as Xi Omega Way.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Xi Omega Way Designation Emergency Declaration Resolution
of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to symbolically designate 14th Street, NW,
between Arkansas Avenue, NW, and Allison Street, NW, as Xi Omega Way.
(b) The Council previously enacted the Xi Omega Way Designation Act of 2023, passed
on 2nd reading on June 6, 2023 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-31) (“Permanent Act”).
(c) The Permanent Act symbolically designates 14th Street, NW, between Arkansas
Avenue, NW, and Allison Street, NW, as Xi Omega Way.
(d) Emergency legislation is necessary to allow the symbolic dedication of Xi Omega
Way in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Xi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority’s founding while the Permanent Act is pending congressional review.
Sec. 3. The Council finds that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Xi Omega Way Designation Emergency
Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.