ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
24-165
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 29, 2021
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the Local Food
Access Grants Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 to authorize the Deputy Mayor for
Planning and Economic Development to issue grants and loans to support the equitable
distribution of food businesses across the District.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Local Food Access Grants Emergency Declaration Resolution of
2021.
Sec. 2. (a) On June 15, 2021, the Council approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Revised Local
Budget Advance School Payment Emergency Amendment Act of 2021, passed on emergency
basis on June 15, 2021 (Enrolled version of Bill 24-277) (Act), which adjusted certain
allocations in the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020 to maintain a balanced budget for
the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2021.
(b) Included in the Act is $23,647,315 in local funds to the Office of the Deputy Mayor
for Planning and Economic Development (Deputy Mayor).
(c) These funds will be used to support grants and loans to support the equitable
distribution of food businesses across the District, specifically in Wards 7 and 8 and other areas
that have traditionally lacked access to food businesses.
(d) The Mayor included a subtitle in the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021, as
introduced on May 27, 2021 (Bill 24-285) (FY 2022 BSA), that, if approved, would authorize
the Deputy Mayor to issue grants and loans for the above purpose.
(e) The FY 2022 BSA will not be approved by the Council until well after the Deputy
Mayor has received his fiscal year 2021 funding under the Act, and therefore emergency action
is necessary so that the Deputy Mayor can timely issue grants and loans for this purpose in fiscal
year 2021.
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 Local
Food Access Grants Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.