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:          Chairman Phil Mendelson                                                                                                                                  

                        Councilmember Charles Allen

                                               

DATE:          July 5, 2018

 

                               

                Please place the following measures on the agenda for the July 10, 2018 Legislative Meeting:

 

• Targeted Historic Preservation Assistance Amendment Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2018
• Targeted Historic Preservation Assistance Amendment Emergency Act of 2018

 

      The purpose of the emergency act is to amend the Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978 to provide that grants available to assist homeowners with the rehabilitation of historic property under the Targeted Homeowner Grant Program may be used to rehabilitate any structure that contributes to the character of the Emerald Street Historic District, the Kingman Park Historic District, and the Wardman Flats Historic Landmark.  The Targeted Homeowner Grant Program helps preserve the affordability of housing for low- and moderate-income homeowners who reside in the city’s historic districts by making non-taxable grants available for home repairs. 

 

Permanent legislation to effect the amendatory changes is scheduled for Committee mark-up and first reading on July 10, 2018.  However, enacting the legislation on an emergency basis would allow eligible low- and moderate-income homeowners in the recently designated Emerald Street Historic District, Kingman Park Historic District, and Wardman Flats Historic Landmark to be eligible to apply for Fiscal Year 2019 Targeted Homeowner Grant Program grants in time for the July 2018 deadline.

 

The proposed bill and resolution are attached.  Please call me or Sydney Hawthorne, on my staff, if you have any questions at (202) 724-7130.

 

 

Sydney Hawthorne

Legislative Counsel

Committee of the Whole, Chairman Phil Mendelson

Council of the District of Columbia

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 724-7130

E-mail: shawthorne@dccouncil.us

www.chairmanmendelson.com