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MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
June 27, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
Enclosed for consideration and adoption by the Council of the District of Columbia is legislation entitled
“Proposed Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-06402, Act of 2025”,
“Proposed Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-06402, Temporary Act of 2025”,
“Proposed Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-06402, Emergency Act of 2025”, and
“Proposed Closing of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-06402, Emergency Declaration Resolution
of 2025”.
The purpose of this legislation is to allow for the consolidation of several lots around an excess portion
of the alley system in Square 3524 to be closed to create allow for the development of 27 residential
units that will be sold as a combination of two-family townhouses and single-family homes in Ward 5.
Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 9-202.02, the Surveyor drew a draft plat showing the portion of the
alley proposed to be closed and the lot to which title of the proposed alley closing would revert and
provided notice to relevant parties. The affected District agencies and public utilities responded either in
support of, or not objecting to, the proposed alley closing, although the District Department of
Transportation included two conditions in its letter of no objection. Advisory Neighborhood Commission
5F submitted a resolution in support of this application.
I urge the Council to take prompt and favorable action on the enclosed legislation.
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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Chairman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
IN TH E COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
15 To declare the existence of an em ergency with respect to the need to close a portion of a public
16 alley in Square 3524.
17 RESOLV E D, BY TH E COUNCIL OF TH E DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , That this
18 resolution may be cited as the "Closing of a Portion of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-
19 06402, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025".
20 Sec. 2. (a) The closure of a portion of the public alley in Square 3524, as designated in
21 S.O . 23-06402, is necessary to allow for the development of 27 new units of housing in the
22 Eckington neighborhood, including 3 units of affordable family-sized housing.
23 (b) High carrying costs are leading the developer and its financier to possibly abandon the
24 project.
25 ( c) Approval of the proposed alley closing on an expedited basis will provide greater
26 certainty for the project and increase the likelihood that it will move forward rather than be
27 abandoned.
28 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
29 enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Closing
30 of a Portion of a Public Alley in Square 3524, S.O. 23-06402 E mergency Act of2025 be adopted
31 after a single reading.
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Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 32