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PR26-0428 • 2025

Department of Parks and Recreation Funding Reprogramming Request No. 26-0097 Disapproval Emergency Resolution of 2025

Department of Parks and Recreation Funding Reprogramming Request No. 26-0097 Disapproval Emergency Resolution of 2025

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Sponsor
T. White
Last action
2025-12-02
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Disapprove Funding Change for Tennis Center

This emergency resolution stops a request by the mayor to move $7 million from pool and recreation center projects to fund the construction of the Southeast Tennis Learning Center.

What This Bill Does

  • Stops the mayor's plan to change how $7 million is used within the Department of Parks and Recreation.
  • Prevents moving money from Anacostia pool replacement and Congress Heights modernization projects to the Southeast Tennis Learning Center project.
  • Requires the Council Secretary to send a copy of this resolution to the Mayor after it passes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Parks and Recreation
  • Projects related to Anacostia pool, Congress Heights recreation center, and the Southeast Tennis Learning Center

Terms To Know

Reprogramming Request
A request by the mayor to change how money is used within a budget.
Capital Funds
Money set aside for big projects like building or fixing large structures.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify what will happen with the $7 million if this funding change is stopped.
  • It's unclear how other projects might be affected by stopping this reprogramming request.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  2. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2025-12-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0428 Introduced by Councilmember T. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Department of Parks and Recreation Funding Reprogramming Request No. 26-0097 Disapproval Emergency Resolution of 2025

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_______________________________
Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To disapprove, on an emergency basis, reprogramming request No. 26-0097 of $7,000,000 of FY 1
2026 Capital Funds budget authority and allotment within the Department of Parks and 2
Recreation from the Anacostia pool replacement and Congress Heights modernization to 3
complete the construction of the Southeast Tennis Learning Center project. 4
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 6
resolution may be cited as the “Department of Parks and Recreation Funding Reprogramming 7
Request No. 26-0097 Disapproval Emergency Resolution of 2025”. 8
Sec. 2. (a) Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-363, the Mayor transmitted to the Council 9
reprogramming request No. 26-0097 in the amount of $7,000,000 of FY 2026 Capital Funds 10
budget authority and allotment within the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) from the 11
Anacostia pool replacement and Congress Heights Recreation Center modernization to complete 12
the construction of the Southeast Tennis Learning Center. 13
(b) The Council disapproves the $7,000,000 reprogramming request. 14
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of 15
this resolution, upon its adoption, to the Mayor. 16
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Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 17