ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
23-505
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 28, 2020
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the reprogramming
request of Fiscal Year 2020 local funds in the amount of $11,384,722 within the
Department of Parks and Recreation.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Department of Parks and Recreation Reprogramming Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2020.
Sec. 2. (a) The Executive submitted this reprogramming to the Council in order to
transfer Fiscal Year 2020 local funds in the amount of $11,384,722 within the Department of
Parks and Recreation (DPR).
(b) The District government has a significant need to reprogram expenses within various
personal and nonpersonal services budget categories within the Department of Parks and
Recreation.
(c) The funds are available in part to correct a technical adjustment initiated during the
Fiscal Year 2020 budget development. Additionally, funds are available due to reduced
expenditures during the public health emergency that has limited DPR to essential and
authorized reopening operations.
(d) Immediate Council approval of this reprogramming is necessary for DPR to ensure
operating expenditures are properly recorded.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Department of Parks and Recreation Reprogramming Emergency Approval Act of 2020 be
adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.