COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                       Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council

               

FROM:               Phil Mendelson, Chairman

                                                               

DATE:                June 11, 2024

 

RE:                       Notice of intent to move an amendment in the nature of a substitute at the June 12, 2024 Additional Legislative Meeting

 

This memorandum serves as notice that I intend to move an amendment in the nature of a substitute (ANS) for Bill 25-785, the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, at the additional legislative meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The ANS makes several revisions to the engrossed version of this legislation, in addition to technical fixes developed in concert with the Council’s Office of the Budget Director, the Office of the General Counsel, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Executive. The changes in the ANS for Bill 25-785 include:

 

• Revenue adjustment: $796,000 from permanently extending the repeal of the Qualified High Tech Company capital gains tax cut (reflects revenue certified from the subtitle adopted at first reading of the BSA);

 

• Operating enhancements:

• $9.5 million to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to restore the Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Program (PKEEP);
• $600,000 to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to fund the Research Practice Partnership;
• $5 million in FY 2027 and $6 million FY 2028 to restore the Downtown Activation Program, for a total of $11 million;
• $2.7 million to the Department of General Services to restore funding for security services (one-time);
• $3.5 million to the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to fully restore funding and enhance to the Vitality Fund to $6 million;
• $2.2 million to the Department of Human Services for 80 Permanent Supportive Housing individual vouchers;
• $595,380 to the Housing Authority for 20 Local Rent Supplement vouchers for families (between committee markup, first reading, and this ANS, the Council is budgeting 577 new vouchers for FY 2025; the Mayor proposed zero);
• $2 million to the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants for reentry grants;
• $2 million to the Pay-As-You-Go Capital Fund for a Brightwood Park-Manor Park library project (funded at first reading with GO Bonds);
• $1.5 million to the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development for a technology incubator;
• $1.2 million to the Department of Behavioral Health to restore funding for the Court Urgent Care Clinic contract;
• $300,000 to the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice to create a Brookland Metro Station safe passage priority area for the 2024-2025 school year;
• $380,000 and one FTE to the DC Council for program evaluation initiatives (combined with first reading, total resources for these initiatives will be 2 FTEs and $240,000 NPS);
• $250,000 to the Department of Human Services to protect the due process rights of households exiting Rapid Rehousing;
• $250,000 to the Office of Unified Communications to fund the Rave Panic App update for DCPS schools;
• $215,000 to fully fund the United Negro College Fund tax abatement (the remainder funded at 1^st reading);
• $202,000 starting in FY 2026 for technical improvements to the new Child Tax Credit;
• $200,000 to the Board of Elections to fund enhanced automatic voter registration;
• $200,000 to the Council of the District of Columbia for an additional FTE and contracting support for program evaluation;
• $170,000 to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for their data dashboard;
• $146,179 to the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking to partially implement the New Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights Amendment Act of 2024;
• $140,000 to the Department of Buildings to further enhance the Nuisance Abatement Fund, for a total enhancement of $840,000;
• $115,000 to the Department of Buildings for a Housing Rehabilitation position;
• $90,601 to the Department of Buildings for a Support Service Specialist;
• $50,000 to the Office of Planning for completion of the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant Public Life and Vending Zones study;
• $18,501 to the Metropolitan Police Department to begin implementation of the by-motion record sealing provisions of the Secure DC Omnibus law;
• $15,000 to fund Sections 6 and 8 of the Open Movie Captioning Requirement Amendment Act of 2024;

   

• Capital Enhancements:

• $22 million to renovate the Central Cell Block in the Daly Building;
• Fully funded the new correctional facility at $463 million, including $24 million in FY 2025 and $20 million in FY 2026;
• $5.3 million to restore the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center project and provide a total FY 2025 budget of $13.0 million;
• $500,000 to restore the FY 2024 Complex at RFK Stadium project budget; and
• $150,000 to restore the FY 2024 Reeves Center Renovation project budget.

 

 

A copy of the proposed ANS is attached, along with a spreadsheet detailing each change.  Please contact Jennifer Budoff, Council Budget Director, at 724-5689, if you have any questions.