ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
24-154
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 a 6-year Capital
Funding Agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) and other jurisdictions to provide capital funding for a capital improvement
program during WMATA fiscal years 2022 through 2027.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Fiscal Years
2022 to 2027 Capital Funding Agreement Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2021.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to approve the Capital Funding Agreement
with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the contributing
jurisdictions, consisting of the District; the State of Maryland; Arlington County, Virginia;
Fairfax County, Virginia; County of Loudoun, Virginia; the City of Alexandria, Virginia; the
City of Fairfax, Virginia; and the City of Falls Church, Virginia, to provide new capital funding
for the capital improvement program for the Washington Metro system from July 1, 2021, to June
30, 2027.
(b) On July 1, 2010, the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP), on behalf of the
District Department of Transportation (DDOT), executed a multiyear Capital Funding
Agreement with WMATA to provide capital funding for a capital improvement program from
July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2016, in the ceiling amount of $397,314,000.
(c) On July 1, 2016, OCP, on behalf of DDOT, executed a modification to the multiyear
Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to increase the amount for fiscal year 2016 by
$92,100,000, for a total ceiling amount of $489,414,000.
(d) On July 1, 2017, OCP, on behalf of DDOT, executed a second modification to the
multiyear Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to increase the amount for fiscal year 2018
by $76,100,000, for a total ceiling amount of $565,514,000.
(e) On July 1, 2018, OCP, on behalf of DDOT, executed a third modification to the
multiyear Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to increase the amount for fiscal year 2020
by $75,235,000, for a total ceiling amount of $640,749,000.
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(f) A one-year Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to provide $92,700,000 in
capital funding for a capital improvement program from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, was
executed.
(g) A one-year Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to provide $95,116,884 in
capital funding for a capital improvement program from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, was
executed.
(h) A new 6-year Capital Funding Agreement with WMATA to provide $631,346,120 in
capital funding for a capital improvement program from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2027, is now
necessary. This capital funding excludes Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act
funding.
(i) Council approval is necessary because this is a multiyear agreement for more than
$1 million.
(j) Approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services. Without this
approval, WMATA cannot be paid for services provided in excess of $1 million for the contract
period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2027.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority Fiscal Years 2022 to 2027 Capital Funding Agreement Emergency Act of 2021 be
adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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