ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
24-85
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
April 6, 2021
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Closing of
Public Streets and Alleys and Dedication of Land for Public Street and Alley Purposes
Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, S.O. 17-21093 and S.O. 17-21094, Act of
2020 to authorize the Surveyor to record the street and alley closing and dedication plats
in multiple phases.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys Adjacent to Squares 3039,
3040, and 3043 Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2021.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to close a portion of Morton Street, N.W.,
adjacent to Squares 3039 and 3040, and portions of the public alley system adjacent to Square
3039 in Ward 1, to accept the dedication and designation of 6th Street, N.W., Luray Place, N.W.,
and an extension of Morton Street, N.W., adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, for public
street purposes, and to accept the dedication of land adjacent to Square 3039 for public alley
purposes in Ward 1 to enable, without further delay, the development of portions of the Park
Morton Redevelopment Plan to replace public housing for residents of Park Morton in Ward 1.
(b) The Park Morton Redevelopment Plan, as approved by the Park Morton
Redevelopment Initiative Plan Approval Resolution of 2008, effective February 19, 2008 (Res.
17-538; 55 DCR 1881) calls for a one-for-one replacement of all 174 public-housing units at
build-first sites at a small parcel located at 3506 Georgia Avenue, N.W. and a much larger parcel
located at the former Bruce Monroe School site on Georgia Avenue, N.W., between Columbia
Street, N.W. and Irving Street, N.W.
(c) The Council passed the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys and Dedication of Land
for Public Street and Alley Purposes Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043, S.O. 17-21093
and S.O. 17-21094, Act of 2020, effective March 16, 2021 (D.C. Law 23-239; 68 DCR 1482) to
effectuate the necessary alley closures and street dedications for this new construction.
(d) Phase one is due to break ground later in 2021, allowing Park Morton residents to stay
in units on the south side of the footprint while replacement units are being constructed.
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However, additional language is needed to enable the street and alley closure and dedication
plats to be recorded in multiple phases in order to guarantee this build-first plan.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing of Public Streets and Alleys
Adjacent to Squares 3039, 3040, and 3043 Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 be
adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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