COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

               

TO:                Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council

             

FROM:         Phil Mendelson, Chairman and Councilmember Charles Allen

                                               

DATE:         April 5, 2018

 

                               

The following measures are placed on the agenda for the April 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting:

 

• Closing of a Public Alley in Square 748, S.O. 16-21105, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2018
• Closing of a Public Alley in Square 748, S.O. 16-21105, Emergency Act of 2018

 

This measure would close a portion of the public alley system in Square 748, as shown on the Surveyor’s plat filed in S.O. 16-21105 and located at 1109 Congress Street, N.E.  Square 748, Lots 78 and 819 are bounded by 3^rd Street, L Street, M Street, 2^nd Street, N.E. and Delaware Avenue, in Northeast, in Ward 6.

 

The purpose of the alley closing is to facilitate a mixed-use development project offering 64 residential units and up to 4,000 square feet of retail and makers space.  The 675 square foot portion of the existing alley is an east-west leg of an interior L-shaped alley system, which is accessible from Congress Street, N.E.  The applicant is JS Congress Holdings, LLC.  As part of the development plan, the Applicant will grant a new 15-foot-wide public access easement to replace the proposed alley closure, 40-feet to the east.  With the easement the new alley system will be better than the current alley.  A permanent version of this legislation was approved unanimously at first reading on March 6, 2018 and is scheduled for second reading on April 10, 2018.  Enacting the legislation on an emergency basis would make the closing effective sooner than congressional review and enable the project to proceed without further delay.

 

The draft