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PR26-0431 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
T. White
Last action
2025-12-16
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on future implications or alternative funding scenarios for affected projects.

Disapprove Parks and Recreation Funding Change

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

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Council to reject the Mayor's request to change how $7 million in funding is used within the Department of Parks and Recreation.
  • Prevents the money originally set aside for pool replacement and recreation center modernization from being redirected to a tennis learning center project.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Parks and Recreation
  • Residents who were expecting improvements at the Anacostia pool or Congress Heights Recreation Center
  • People involved in the Southeast Tennis Learning Center project

Terms To Know

Reprogramming Request
A request to change how funds are used within a budget.
Capital Funds Budget Authority and Allotment
Money designated for specific projects or improvements, like building new facilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not provide details on what will happen to the Southeast Tennis Learning Center project without this funding.
  • It is unclear how the decision affects future budget requests from the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

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

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-11-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0431 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 Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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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 reprogramming request No. 26-0097 of $7,000,000 of FY 2026 Capital Funds 1
Budget Authority and Allotment within the Department of Parks and Recreation from the 2
Anacostia pool replacement and Congress Heights modernization to complete the 3
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 Resolution of 2025”. 8
Sec. 2. (a) Pursuant to section 47-363 of the District of Columbia Official Code, the 9
Mayor transmitted to the Council reprogramming request No. 26-0097 in the amount of 10
$7,000,000 of FY 2026 Capital Funds Budget Authority and Allotment within the Department of 11
Parks and Recreation (DPR) from the Anacostia pool replacement and Congress Heights 12
Recreation Center modernization to complete the construction of the Southeast Tennis Learning 13
Center. 14
(b) The Council disapproves the $7,000,000 reprogramming request. 15

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Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of 16
this resolution, upon its adoption, to the Mayor. 17
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 18