I'm calling go to this meeting.

This is the 35th legislative meeting of Council Period 26.

I'm Phil Mendelssohn, Chair of the Council, and the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia.

And today is Tuesday, July 14th, 2026.

The time is 2.40 in the afternoon.

We are in room 500 of the council chambers of the Johnny Wilson building.

This meeting is being broadcast on cable channel 13 as well as on the council's website, www.dccouncil.gov.

This is an additional meeting, meaning it's not a regularly scheduled meeting of the council.

And with that, um we always have a moment of silence at the beginning of our meetings, uh a moment for reflection if we could have silence in the chamber as well as on the dais.

Uh Madam Secretary, would you please call the roll?

Councilmember Allen?

Councilmember Bonds.

Councilmember Bonds.

Councilmember Crawford here.

Councilmember Falder.

Present.

Councilmember Freeman.

Present.

Councilmember Henderson.

Councilmember Lewis George.

Here.

Chairman Mendelson.

Present.

Councilmember Nedau.

Here.

Councilmember Parker.

Here.

Councilmember Pinto.

Present.

Councilmember Robert White?

Present.

Councilmember Trojan White.

Present.

Mr.

Chairman, you have a quorum.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

We have the consent agenda before us.

And looking at the consent agenda on page three, item 10, fair initiatives lend transparency to every resident amendment act.

That's Bill 26-436 was agendized for September 22nd.

So it is not on this agenda.

On page 4 at the bottom of the page number 5, Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia marked battle confirmation resolution of 2026.

PR 26-741 was removed from consent at Committee of the Whole.

On page 5 number 9 at the top, Hill East Phase 2 bundle disposition term sheet amendment approval resolution of 2026, PR 26-736 was put on non-consent at the Committee of the Whole.

And I believe those are the only changes that I know of to the consent agenda.

Are there any other changes?

Hearing none.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Turning to page four item five at the bottom.

So moved.

Is there discussion?

Mr.

Chairman.

Councilmember Parker.

Thank you.

I just want to say it again for the record.

This is in no way uh to undermine or question the qualifications of Mr.

Battle.

Um, but instead uh believe that district residents should be the ones appointed to district boards and institutions.

And so on that uh I'll be voting no, but I believe Mr.

Battle is more than qualified.

Thank you.

Thank you.

If there's no further discussion, the vote is on PR 26-741.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

No.

Okay.

Madam Secretary, please record Councilmember Parker is voting no.

The ayes have it.

On page five, number nine, PR 26-736, Hill East Phase 2 bundle disposition term sheet amendment approval resolution of 2026.

Councilmember Fruman.

I read the full statement at the cow.

I ask that this so moved.

We have it before us.

Is there discussion?

Councilmember Allen?

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um, I had a couple of questions I just want to try to ask uh Mr.

Freeman.

With the with this deal, is there a date by which construction has been established to begin?

Uh the uh it's not a strict term.

There is a uh a life of the agreement, so the agreement would expire.

Uh the target is to start in 28, I believe, uh and be done by 2030.

Okay.

I guess one can I get as if we're accepting now at $5 million liability plus 30 million for the streets, but it doesn't come with a date that they have to get the project started by.

It has, I guess, a the term.

I don't believe there is a date by which it needs to be done, but there's not I think the hope is that it will get started much sooner than it would than the requirements of the term sheet.

Right.

Hope that there's not an agreement.

Um we talked about the maintenance.

Is there an agreement of how much they're gonna be putting into the park maintenance per year?

$325,000.

Is that it's really okay.

And is that in escrow, or that is just what they say they're gonna put in?

I believe it's just what they say that that it's their commitment as opposed to going into an escrow account.

Okay.

I guess at one point they said they were building a park.

Now they're not, we are.

Um so I'm um anxious around an agre a promise that they're gonna do something on this.

Um it's an important project, it needs to move forward.

But I also am aware that $35 million in capital spending on streets and parks is $35 million that we're not spending somewhere else for other very important projects, be it in Ward 7 or elsewhere.

Um the deal just one block away came with requirements around a lot of money that we put in, requirements they have to deliver housing or else they have to deliver many things.

We put in a lot of metrics around that.

I know that 35 million is not the scale of hundreds of millions, but it's it's a million here, million there starts to add up.

So I'm as we just continue to face limited amount of uh finances, making sure we're safeguarding it is just important to me.

So um I I appreciate it.

And again, I know you're doing your your level best here to try to help think how to get this project moving.

So thank you.

Yeah, and I will say on the streets, one of the things uh the streets has come up a couple of different times and in a number of different places at RFK, at St.

E's, at Fletcher Johnson, at Poplar Point, through a TIFF at the wharf and in another project, the city has borne the cost of the streets and sidewalks.

So it's it is not exceptional, certainly in the recent projects for that to be a part of the component.

But I hear you, dollars are limited, and if you use dollars in one place, they're not available in another place.

This is an important place, and our view is that this deal makes sense as it is and will deliver for the district.

Uh if there's no further discussion, the vote will be on PR 26736.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Please record me as voting no.

Mr.

Chairman, please report me as present.

Mr.

Chairman, please record me as present.

Madam Secretary, the ayes have it.

Uh, with me recorded as no, and council members Allen and Robert White recorded as present.

The measures approved.

Turning to the non-consent agenda.

I don't think I'm skipping anything.

We have a final reading on the resale act.

Bill 26-224.

The technical name is restricting agregious scalping against live entertainment amendment act to 2026.

Councilmember Nadeau.

So moved, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh I have a note that Councilmember Pinto has an amendment, and then Councilmembers Alan Henderson and Nadeau.

Councilmember Pinto?

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um, and thank you, Councilmember Allen, for introducing this bill and councilmember Nadeau uh for moving it forward through committee.

I'm introducing uh simple amendment today that just strikes the provision allowing the mayor to regulate ticket fees in the primary market.

Our local district venues have been very clear that these fees are not incidental.

They are part of the core business model that artists and promoters rely on when deciding where to book events, and the fees generally go to our local venues.

Many venues make contracts with their ticketing platforms that are three years long.

And that allows them to get an advance of the money that will be made so they can continue to maintain their venues, which is so important to our entire economy and our culture here in Washington, D.C.

Adding this type of uncertainty about the mayoral rulings around fees will make it much more difficult for district venues to finalize these type of contracts and receive the money that they need to stay open.

No other jurisdiction in the nation regulates the primary market for tickets in this way.

If DC is the only one, artists and promoters will simply root around it and we'll see talent go elsewhere.

We must refocus this bill on the original intent, which is to ensure that consumers are protected from egregious price gouging in the secondary market, and instead that dollars are put back into our local economy.

So I ask for my colleagues to support this amendment today.

Thank you.

Further discussion on the amendment.

Mr.

Chairman.

Councilmember Parker.

Thank you.

I will acknowledge I'm going to operate in the nuance of it.

I too appreciate the underlying bill and appreciate what I believe Councilmember Pinto is attempting to do with this amendment.

I am concerned though that the by the amendment removing the authority to cap fees in the primary ticket market while leaving restrictions on the secondary market, which I believe we should be doing, it creates an uneven regulatory framework that only empowers the giants in the primary market who are often ticket master in live nation.

And I would, you know, point out that those market dynamics are already the subject of litigation brought by the U.S.

Department of Justice and numerous state attorneys generals, including our own.

And so I I recognize the concern that many of our concert venues have expressed that by undermining their ability to charge fees in a reasonable way hurts their bottom line.

None of us want to do that.

But I would remind us all that the Department of Justice's documentation says live nation charges or was found to have charged up to 44% in fees and taxes of the ticket price.

Now, we can argue what is reasonable if we're talking $1, $2, $5, even $10, but I think we would all agree that for the argument that we shouldn't regulate the primary market, we we would turn a blind eye to Ticketmaster gouging and taking advantage of residents.

My concern again is that by approving or supporting this amendment, by extension, that's what we're doing.

I get what the underlying bill is attempting to do.

I support it.

I think we should regulate the secondary market in order to support our artists and our venues.

I think we should also take on uh Ticketmaster and Live Nation uh, which operate as unchecked monopolies in many ways.

And uh the argument will be made, I'm sure, that oh, let's let the legal system play out.

But again, what is the harm of saying within reason you can charge a service fee or tax, but just not 30%, just not 40%.

That seems reasonable to me.

And to just say, oh, let the courts handle it seems as though we're missing an opportunity to protect our residents.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Thank you.

If there's no further discussion, we have the amendment before us.

All those in favor of the amendment say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Mr.

Chairman, please record me as voting no.

Mr.

Chairman, please record me as no.

Record you as no.

Uh the ayes have it.

Um we have a second amendment that was circulated by council members Alan, Henderson, and Nadeau.

Not sure who to call on, uh was circulated by Councilmember Allen's office.

I'll call on you.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Uh, I'm moving this amendment today alongside my colleagues, Councilmers Henderson and Ando.

At the council's legislative meeting on June 30th, we unanimously approved an amendment that, among other provisions, would ban the practice of surveillance pricing within the context of selling concert tickets here in the district.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the practice, surveillance pricing is the practice of using personally identifiable information, usually acquired through the use of data mining, brokering, or looking at individuals' purchase history with the specific company to price a product to an individual consumer.

In short, if all of us were going to be purchasing the same ticket to the same concert, we might all get different prices.

In essence, surveys surveillance pricing leads to two different consumers getting two different prices for the exact same thing.

It's fundamentally unfair, and I'm looking forward to the council taking up this issue later this fall unless in legislation that Council Mr.

It would ban surveillance pricing economy-wide.

Between first and second reading, concerns are raised around whether the general prohibition on surveillance pricing would prohibit the use of personally identifiable information to offer discounts to active or retired military or seniors, for example, for promotional offers.

We agree.

Personally identifiable information can and should be used to offer reductions in prices or fees.

With that in mind, this amendment was crafted to clarify that the broad surveillance pricing prohibition for live events in the district does not apply to reductions in prices or fees that are one set based on publicly available eligibility criteria that any consumer can satisfy on equal terms.

Two, provided to members of a broadly defined group, such as teachers, active or retired military, senior citizens or students, or three provided to recipients of a publicly established need-based program.

This amendment also clarifies that any reduction in the price or fees for a ticket must be specified in terms and eligibility that are clear clearly and conspicuously disclosed and not provided to the consumer based on the use of surveillance pricing.

Lastly, the amendment clarifies the use of location data to determine jurisdiction specific requirements, like calculating taxes is also not prohibited.

Lastly, I want to thank the Office of the Staff at the uh thank the staff, the Office of the Attorney General, American Economic Liberties Project, the Future of Music Coalition, and the district's professional sports teams for feedback and guidance with this amendment.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

I move the amendment and ask for my colleagues' support.

Uh we have the amendment before us.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on the amendment.

This is the one circulated by Councilmembers Allen, Henderson, and the Doe.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

We have the bill as amended.

Is there further discussion?

Councilmember Allen.

Councilmember Pinto, are you asking to be recognized?

Councilmember Allen.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Chairman.

As we get set to vote on final passage of the resale act, I am very excited because we are about to put into place the strongest consumer protections for our residents and our live performance industry.

I feel confident in saying this.

This is, without a doubt, the most profan, pro-consumer piece of legislation in the country.

There is so much money being made in scooping up tickets and reselling them for a lot, lot more.

It has become so pervasive, just so expected that we don't even realize how badly we're all being ripped off.

It all largely looks the same, coming out of a Google search or going on StubHub or SeatGeek or Vivid Seats or any of the dozens of other platforms that have popped up.

They are all reselling tickets.

As we saw last week, they're heavily involved in procuring those tickets and acting as the scalper as well.

The whole system is rigged against our residents, our artists, and our venues, and the shameful rush to ring as much money out of all of us, turning art and culture and special and the special collective experience of watching a live show together into a luxury good.

It does not, and it should not be this way.

This law does a few important things all at once.

It puts a 10% price cap on how much a ticket can be marked up above face value.

This is key because we are taking away significant profits from scalpers while still ensuring people can sell a ticket that they can't use.

It bans speculative ticket sales.

It will soon be illegal to sell a ticket that you don't actually have.

It requires high volume scalpers to register with the city and carry a significant bond that ensures consumers can be made whole.

It requires all-in pricing that includes fees, taxes, and the cost of ticket up front.

No more selecting tickets than being surprised at how much the price is increased from when you selected your seat to when you're about to put your credit card information at checkout.

All of this levels the playing field for music and theater fans.

It will make the district venues more attractive places to book a show because musicians and showrunners don't want to see their own fans ripped off.

I am very, very grateful to my colleagues for the collaboration to get to this point today.

Especially Councilman Nadeau and her staff for moving this bill through her committee.

Councilmore Henderson and her staff for being such a strong partner throughout this.

And I want to thank the hard work of our many local venues, artists, and theaters, especially IMP, who called this out as a problem and worked hard to get a solution that protects our residents and their customers.

I also want to thank the staff at the Office of the Attorney General for their continued guidance and feedback.

I want to express my gratitude to the Washington Nationals and Monumental Sports for their perspectives and feedback as we move this legislation to make sure it was appropriately targeted and I'm appreciative of the partnership they had.

So thank you, Mr.

Chairman, and I'm excited for the vote we're about to take.

Uh thank you, Councilmember Allen.

There's no further discussion.

The vote is on Bill 26-224 as amended.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Uh we will turn now.

We will turn now to something more interesting.

Council period 26.

Recess rules, amendment at resolution of 2026.

PR 26-784.

This uh we do rules resolution uh before every recess, and this one does three things.

It uh permits um grant modification requests for the University of the District of Columbia during this recess.

It uh makes some changes to our rules with regard to the process for uh racial equity impact assessments, and it permits the committee on executive administration and labor to hold up to three round tables during the recess on matters of elections or campaign finance.

So moved.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-784.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

The ayes have it unanimously.

We will turn to bill 26-711, entertainment establishment employee safety extension, temporary amendment act of 2026.

This is final reading on the temporary bill.

Councilmember Henderson.

So moved, Mr.

Chairman.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on 26-711.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Please record me as voting no.

And the ayes have it.

Uh turning to emergency bills.

Private vehicle for higher operator clarification emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

PR 26-760.

Councilmember Nadeau.

Thank you.

Um this is a renewal of emergency and temporary legislation council passed last year.

The measures clarify that DFHV has had and continues to be empowered with the authority to address the threats to passenger and driver safety caused by illegal for higher vehicle operators and companies and to enforce registration, insurance, and trade dress requirements.

The renewals being moved in coordination with DFHV and the Office of the Attorney General as litigation against illegal for hire activities remain active.

My committee held a two-day round table with expert witnesses and DFHV on the state of the for hire industry, which we plan to translate into permanent legislation that will include a comprehensive update for the fur hire statute, including various conflicting definitions.

With that, I move the resolution.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on the declaration.

PR 26-760.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Chairman Meet, please mock me as present.

Uh hearing no, no votes.

The ayes have it unanimously.

Councilmember Tran White will be recorded as present.

We have the underlying bill, Bill 26-728.

Councilmember Nadeau.

So moved.

Discussion.

The vote will be on bill 26-728.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Chairman Mockman is present.

Thank you.

The ayes have it unanimously, and Councilmember Tran White will be recorded as present.

The next measure is business licensing reform and accountancy practice emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

PR 26-761.

Councilmember Nadeau.

The underlying bill is identical to a permanent measure we approved on second reading earlier today.

Bill 26-494.

It does two main things, I believe, should be put in place immediately rather than waiting for the permanent bill to complete congressional review.

First, the bill makes it slightly easier for people to obtain accounting licenses or practice across state lines in keeping with the latest round of national best practices.

The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection wants us to pass this on an emergency basis rather than waiting for congressional review so they can extend licenses to a recent batch of graduates from accounting programs.

Second, it avoids a lapse in some business licensing law tweaks that we've been making on an emergency and temporary basis since the best act became applicable to address some implementation challenges.

DLCP has asked us to keep these provisions in place and not wait for the permanent bill to complete congressional review.

I now move proposed resolution 26-671.

Thank you.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-761.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

The underlying bill, Bill 26-730.

Councilmember Nadeau.

So moved.

Discussion.

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Medical cannabis licensing and unlicensed establishment enforcement clarification emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

PR 26-779.

So moved.

This uh resolution or the underlying bill does two three things, uh, all of which are to continue emergency and temporary legislation previously adopted related to medical cannabis.

The first extends the expiration dates of conditional licenses for medical cannabis cultivation centers, retailers, internet retailers, manufacturers, couriers, and testing laboratories by an additional year.

The second uh clarifies uh the law with regard to distance requirements for retailers and internet retailers, and the third is a clarification with regard to um unlicensed establishment enforcement to um clarify uh one could say strengthen the uh authority of the alcohol beverage and cannabis administration to enforce uh unlicensed establishments.

Uh so moved with regard to the declaration.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-779.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

The underlying bill is Bill 26-759, medical cannabis licensing and unlicensed establishment enforcement clarification emergency amendment act to 2026.

So moved.

Discussion.

All those in favor of the bill say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

We're getting a little weak as the hours passing.

A little more strength on the votes.

Uh, the next measure is real property tax sale delay emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

This resolution uh and the underlying uh bill uh were circulated by me because of a legal issue or legal concern, I should say, that was brought to my attention uh with regard to the current law and tax sales in the District of Columbia and how it relates to recent uh decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Um has been scheduled for tomorrow, I believe it was.

Maybe it was today.

I believe the CFO said that he's um already sent out notice that uh that's being delayed.

Um I introduced a bill earlier this week that deals with this issue and will lead to a hearing.

I think the bill needs some refinement before it gets adopted, but that's what the hearing process is about.

Uh this morning I received a fiscal impact statement from our budget office.

Um just as a reminder, this is an emergency bill before us, and the fiscal impact statement states that funds are not sufficient for this emergency legislation.

Uh as a result, I will not be able to move this, and so um it is withdrawn.

The next measure is uh PR 26-781 omnibus berry farm redevelopment clarification emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

In 2022, the council approved the Omnibus Berry Farm Redevelopment Act, which included uh provisions requiring the surveyor to record street and alley closing plaques and street and alley dedication and designation plaques in multiple phases to facilitate the phased nature of the development project and mitigate the adverse impacts of street and alley closures on vehicular and pedestrian traffic flows.

While the development project has made significant progress, including completion of the Asbury at Berry Farm and the ongoing construction of the Edmonton.

The project has experienced delays that require an amendment to the Barry Farms Redevelopment Act of 2022 to set new deadlines for recordation of the street and alley closing plots and the street and alley dedication and designation plants.

Accordingly, the emergency legislation, underlying legislation is necessary.

The declaration so moved.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-781.

The declaration, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

The underlying bill is bill 26-763.

So moved.

Is there discussion?

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any posed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

The next measure is restoration of covenanted roads and alleys by the district government clarification emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

In 2024, the council adopted legislation that authorized the mayor to repair and restore certain covenanted roadways in the District of Columbia with or without the consent of the property owner.

The need for that law arose from the outreach of several members of the Hillcrest community.

In 2021, a group of residents requested that a private alleyway off of W Street Southeast be converted into a public alley to ensure that they maintain the ability to use the driveway to access the rear of their homes.

So the council adopted legislation.

There are similar situations regarding alleys in other places around the city.

More recently, there's an unpaved, it came to my attention there's an unpaved alley off Morris Road that is badly in need of repair.

The alley is on the south or west side of Morris Road.

Residents have reported that the Department of Public Works, their trash trucks got stuck in the snow and ice in previous winter and tore up the alley, badly damaged the surface.

Just as was the case in the previous uh hill crest situation, uh the alley is the only way residents along this portion of Morris Road can park or put out their trash or to have trash picked up.

And it is a covenanted alleyway because of slight differences in the circumstances surrounding the Hillcrest Alley situation.

Um the amendments in the underlying bill are necessary to provide the executive with sufficient authority to address the Morris Road Alley situation and others like it.

I should note that in drafting this legislation we worked with the executive.

Uh I move the declaration.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-782.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

I move the underlying bill, Bill 26-765.

Is there discussion?

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Uh the next measure is PR 26-783, net zero continuity emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

Councilmember Lewis George.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

I move PR 260783, the net zero continuity emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

Uh, this these emergency measures are necessary to avoid a clash among district laws and net zero requirements that is set to occur due to two previous net zero related pieces of temporary legislation expiring several months apart.

Uh on November 4th, uh 2025, the council passed the most recent iteration of the Green Housing Coordination Emergency Amendment Act, which removed the Greener Government Buildings Act Net Zero requirements for residential and mixed use projects and created separate green building requirements for certain resident Joe and mixed use projects in the Housing Production Trust Fund Act of 1988.

The temporary expires on September 24, 2026.

On February 3rd, the 2026, the Council passed the net zero modification and preservation emergency act as introduced the emergency updated net zero requirements, including the definition of the net zero standard and how it applies to both residential and non-residental projects covered by the Greener Government Buildings Act.

The temporary expires on January 1st, 2027.

Um and during the February 3, 2026 legislative meeting, the net zero provisions related to the Greener Government Buildings Act covered residential projects were removed through an amendment supported by the executive.

In doing so, the council created a conflict among and a gap between the expiration of the net zero standard defined in the net zero modification and preservation legislation and the expiration of the residential provision in the green housing coordinating legislation.

So when the Green Housing Coordination residential provisions expire in September, residential projects covered by the Greener Government Buildings Act will revert to the permanent residential provisions in the Green Buildings Act, which are tied to the net zero standard definition in the Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act.

As a result, the permanent residential requirements will not correspond with the net zero standard, which will remain temporarily modified until January 1st, 2027.

So in passing these measures, the council will provide continuity and advance certainty of net zero standards for all greener government buildings act projects and align these important and technical standards so they operate on a unified timeline.

With that, I move the declaration.

Thank you, Councilmember.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion?

A question, Chairman.

Councilmember Tran White.

Yes, to Councilmember Denise Lewis George.

Do you know if this encompasses the projects that were uh controversial of being developed uh in ward eight, meaning the Congress Heights Recreation Center and a Douglas Recreation Center?

Do you know if this fall under you for that?

Yeah.

Um I am not sure.

All right.

Give me a second.

All right.

All right.

I'll digress, but if you can get that to me, Councilwoman, that'll be helpful for me.

I will let you know.

I don't uh your question is does it impact it?

Yes.

Uh project was derailed and not fully uh developed the way the community wanted because of this new laws that the council passed that the administrative say they could not do because of this.

And I thought that this particular so yeah, we made the modification for indoor pools.

Um, and so the executive um I believe chose not to utilize the net zero exemptions and bring back the pool at Congress Heights, but the Congress Heights project will be net zero just without a pool.

I don't know what that means.

But this legislation does did actively allow for the what we were troubled with, which was that can we actually make pools net zero?

And based on prevailing knowledge, we realize that this is one of the things we should be exempting, and so it is exempt.

But the executive has decided to not make the Congress Heights project, has decided to still not have the pool, even though they could meet it with net zero modifications.

All right, thank you for the clarification councilmember.

Yes, um, thank you.

Um, to councilwoman Lewis George, does this legislation deal exclusively with the compliance of the district government on district government projects as it relates to net zero energy standards, or does it also incorporate timelines that the government must follow?

Is it about the standards and the timeline, or is it about just the standards?

If I understand the question, then it is Are there some timelines that the government must follow in order to meet these net zero energy standards?

Oh, this is just about the standards.

The only reason the timeline is only an issue because of the differing expiring dates of the temporary legislation.

And does this consolidate them into one package so that they're if you are a staffer, you know that there's a certain date that you have to reach as opposed to multiple dates that you have to reach, which we tend to do a lot.

Yes, the objective is so that there's some continuity and some understanding amongst everyone.

All right, I thought I heard you use the word continuity.

I wanted to be sure.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Chairman.

Thank you.

Any further discussion on the declaration?

Uh the vote will be on the declaration PR 26-783.

All those in favor say aye.

Uh aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

We have the underlying bill bill 26-767.

Councilmember Lewis George.

So moved.

Uh so moved, and then you circulated an amendment.

Yeah, uh, yeah, I'm uh Mr.

Chairman.

I move uh Lewis George Amendment number one, which was circulated at 657 p.m.

yesterday.

Uh, we have the amendment before us.

Is there discussion on the amendment?

The vote will be on the amendment.

Uh all those in favor say aye.

Uhye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

We have the bill as amended before us.

Further discussion.

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Uh are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Special education for young adults in the custody of the Department of Corrections Emergency Declaration Resolution 2026.

PR 26-764.

Councilmember Pinto.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Under the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA and District Laws, student age residents who are in DOC custody are entitled to receive special education and related services if they were previously identified as a student with a disability or had an individualized education plan.

For school year 21 to 22 and school years 22 to 23, special education services for eligible individuals in DOC's custody were provided by Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools under a temporary charter authorization from the public charter school board.

The temporary charter authorization has expired by the end of the school year 22 to 23.

Since then we've passed several rounds of emergencies and temporaries to ensure there is not a gap in educational services provided to young adults in DOC's custody.

A permanent version of this legislation is included in the leading education access for re-entry and necessary success or the Learns Amendment Act of 2026, which was enacted this July 2nd, 2026, but it still must undergo congressional review.

Therefore, one more round of emergency legislation is necessary to extend the designation of DOC as the district agency responsible for providing a FAP to eligible individuals in DOC's custody during school years 25 to 26 and 26 to 27 to ensure that DOC can continue its contract with my Angelou Public Charter Schools for the current school year.

I move the emergency deck.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Is there discussion on the declaration?

The vote will be on PR 26-764.

All those in favor say aye.

Are there any opposed?

No.

I believe that was a yes vote.

Um I heard no.

No votes.

Uh the ayes have it unanimously.

We have the underlying bill bill 26-734.

Councilmember Pinto.

So moved, Mr.

Chairman.

Discussion.

The vote will be on the underlying bill.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Pre-arrest aversion task force.

Recommendations, emergency declaration resolution 2026.

PR 26-763.

Councilmember Pinto.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

In Secure DC, we established a pre-arrest diversion task force to identify best practices and make recommendations to implement pre-arrest diversion of certain misdemeanor offenses and for certain categories of persons identified by the task force as being appropriate for diversion.

Pre-arrest aversion can be a very important and effective tool to improve public safety by preventing low-level offenses and ensure that we're providing appropriate mental health and substance use treatment support to individuals in need.

The task force was initially required to begin meeting within three months after the applicability date of Secure DC and issue its initial recommendations within one year.

However, CJCC experienced significant staffing restraints, and the task force was not able to begin meeting until June of 2025.

We included these emergency provisions in my permanent bill, the leading education access for re-entry necessary success amendment act of 2026, which was enacted on July 20, July 2nd, 2026.

But that bill is still undergoing congressional review.

Therefore, another round of emergency legislation is necessary to update the deadlines to accurately reflect feasible timelines for the task force with the initial recommendations that are due July 31st, 2026.

The task force is finalizing their report and is preparing to provide their formal list of recommendations on the 31st.

And I eagerly look forward to reviewing them and will share them with colleagues.

I move the emergency declaration.

Thank you, Councilmember.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-763.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

The underlying bill, Bill 26-732, pre-arrest aversion, task force recommendations, emergency amendment act of 2026.

Councilmember Pinto.

So moved, Mr.

Chairman.

Discussion.

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

PR 26-777.

Health and Human Service Programs and Benefits Eligibility and Delivery.

Data Sharing Clarifications, Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026.

Councilmember Fruman.

So moved.

All right, I I had done this last time, but I will do it again.

Give me a second.

Well, you mean last time at the breakfast.

Okay.

So thank uh the supplemental nutrition assistance program or SNAP provides food assistance to 140,000 low-income district residents.

SNAP is our best tool for addressing food insecurity.

However, food uh however, recent changes in federal law will make it harder for families to access SNAP.

The district must implement work requirements for certain people who receive SNAP benefits known as able-bodied adults without dependence or ABOD.

As of June, whenever ABOD ABOUDs apply for or renew their SNAP eligibility, they must be screened to establish their complying with or exempt from work requirements.

For example, a resident might be exempt from work requirements if they have a disability, are enrolled in school or training program or are pregnant.

If a resident believes they are exempt from the work requirements, they must fill out several forms and receive verification from third parties like medical professionals.

Other jurisdictions implementing public benefit public benefit program work requirements have found that these onerous administrative requirements have caused adults to lose benefits even if they are eligible.

The Department of Human Services can prevent the loss of SNAP benefits by automatically identifying people who qualify for exemptions and reducing the needs for individuals to submit additional documentation.

This emergency legislation preserves district residents' access to public benefits by allowing DHS's homeless services department to share data with its public benefits department so DHS can help customers automatically qualify from exemptions from SNAP work requirements.

In the future, this change could also help DHS exempt residents from new Medicaid work requirements that go into effect in January 2027.

I am grateful to the executive for moving this important legislation.

The Committee on Human Services Oversight has identified the need for more robust and active data sharing within DHS, and this legislation is an important step toward making that happen.

With that, I move the declaration.

Thank you, Councilmember Fruman.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-777.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

On the underlying bill, Bill 26-751.

Councilmember Fruman.

So moved.

Discussion.

On the bill, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

PR 26-5757.

I'll repeat 26-757.

Language access rulemaking authority, emergency declaration resolution of 2026.

Councilmember Nadeau.

This measure would provide the mayor authority to promulgate rules for the Language Access Act of 20 of 2004.

The most recent temporary law on the subject will expire on August 13th over recess.

My staff recently confirmed with the Office of Human Rights they would like us to use this rulemaking.

They would like to use this rulemaking authority in the coming months.

Emergency legislation is needed to prevent a gap in rulemaking authority between the expiration of the temporary measure and the committee on public works and operations moving permanent legislation later this year.

With that, I move the resolution.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there discussion on the declaration?

PR 26-757.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

We have the underlying bill, Bill 26-721.

Councilmember Nadeau.

So moved.

Is there discussion?

On the bill.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Hearing none, the ayes have it unanimously.

Schedule of fines, rule making approval and authority, emergency declaration resolution of 2026, PR 26-775.

Councilmember Allen.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Chairman.

This emergency package approves a recent rulemaking proposed by the District Department of Transportation to amend the schedule of fines set forth in 18 DCMR 2600.

The rulemaking requires council approval, but emergency approval of this rulemaking is necessary to ensure the district's automated safety camera program complies with the Ricciarity versus District of Columbia court case as soon as possible and avoids a gap in legal exposure.

Under current law, cameras are calibrated to within a plus or minus one mile per hour margin of error.

Given that margin of error, the court reasoned that it was equally likely that the driver was in fact traveling 10 to 12 miles per hour over the speed limit.

Traveling at only 10 miles an hour would be a distinct offense, and so the court determined the district failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the driver committed the offense of speeding by 11 to 15 miles per hour of the limit.

Proposed rulemaking adjust the speeding thresholds for certain offenses by one mile to better account for the margin of error and to ensure the district can meet its burden of proof in these cases.

I move the declaration.

We have the declaration before us.

Is there a discussion?

The vote will be on PR 26-775.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Chairman Court means voted no.

Um the ayes have it.

Councilmember Tramway will be recorded as voting no.

We have the underlying bill, Bill 26-747.

Councilmember Allen.

So move, Mr.

Chair.

Discussion.

The vote will be on 26-747.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

That was anemic.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed?

Chairman will call me to vote no, please.

The ayes have it.

Councilmember Tram White will be recorded as voting no.

We will turn to uh first reading and vote on temporary legislation.

If there's no objection, I'll move them all in block.

That would be Bill 26-729, private vehicle for higher operator clarification temporary amendment act.

Bill 26-760, medical cannabis licensing and unlicensed establishment enforcement clarification temporary.

Bill 26-764, Omnibus Berry Farm Redevelopment Clarification Temporary.

Bill 26-766, restoration of covenant at the roads and alleys by the district government clarification temporary.

Bill 26-768.

Conforming to the emergency since there was an amendment.

Bill 26-735.

The special education for young adults in the custody of the Department of Corrections temporary.

Bill 26-733, pre-arrest aversion, task force recommendations temporary.

Bill 26-752, Health and Human Service Programs and Benefits Eligibility and Delivery Data Sharing Clarifications Temporary.

And Bill 26-722, language access rulemaking authority temporary.

I believe that is nine measures, if I'm counting correctly.

So moved is there discussion.

The vote will be on all of them.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Are there any posed?

The ayes have it unanimously.

Yes.

And that last group was PR 26-775 and 747 included in that.

745 and 747 are different.

775.

I'm not sure I understand your question.

Um we just voted in block.

I'm going to see if PR 26 days 775.

And bill 26 days 747 was included in that on that.

775 was a PR.

That was a declaration in 747.

Yeah.

I I think Councilmember White's asking about a temporary for the D dot, and there actually we only moved emergencies, not a temporary.

Yeah.

So I just want to clarify that.

Thank you.

Um, next legislative meeting is September 22nd.

Uh, there's a little piece of other business.

Um sometimes I get a little choked up and I shouldn't.

Um sometimes I get a little choked up and I shouldn't, I don't want to, but I think we all know this is uh Donnie Crawford's.

Well, don't you get choked up too?

Let's not first.

Um no, I should go first.

That's our her last meeting, and uh unfortunately uh so I do have a few remarks, not to encourage everyone to give remarks, but um I just remember that um let's see Donnie Crawford came to us twice, first as a staff person, then as a council member.

And when she came to us as a council member, it was because uh our former colleague had stepped down, Kenny McDuffie, and there were as I recall about 40 people who expressed an interest.

And uh some of those folks talked to different members, and I had a process where I was listening to other members and getting a sense of who they liked, and ultimately um I uh as I recall asked members uh to indicate who they thought were their top three candidates, something like that.

I think some members in the firm long strong honorable tradition of this council when they're asked to name three priorities to give seven or fifteen or twenty-five at any event.

Donnie rose to the top, and um there was um compared to all the other members overwhelming support and we will miss the yes, we will miss her, and I remember that one of the adjectives that was um expressed by a number of members was that uh Donnie is authentic.

Um when it came to the council voting, it was unanimous to appoint her to fill the vacancy.

Uh I would say that my own view, uh people are welcome to express their disagreement, and I think nobody will that she's been an excellent council member.

Um participating, not uh being um shy, bashful, and non-present, but actually being quite present and participating.

And I remember that when we were struggling a few months ago with the issue of the uh curfew, that uh Donnie came up with an amendment that enabled us to get the votes to get that bill through.

Um more recently, and many members may not know this, but as we were working on the budget support act and we had uh subtitle dealing with the RFK Stadium, that I relied heavily on Donnie to work that out with the commanders uh so that we could go forward with that subtitle to solve some problems around that.

Um I would add that um uh Donnie has uh once again proved my theory, which is did former staff members of the council make the best council members.

Uh you're in trouble now.

I'm hearing some people say it's true, it is true.

Um, and I will miss you.

Anyone else?

Councilmember Allen.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um service looks and comes differently at all of us.

Uh and Donnie you've had an unflinching ability to just jump right in, and we're better for it.

Um I remember when our very first breakfast meeting, and you moved from the chair on the side up to the table, and I was watching to see how's Donnie gonna handle this.

At least she's gonna jump right in uh or kind of hang back a little bit, and you jumped right in.

Um and it said everyone everyone sat up, but you did it in such a wonderful way that you knew you belonged at that table in that seat, helping make and guide decisions.

Um I am biased as well, and and if you say it from the microphone, it becomes fact.

Uh staff do make the best council members.

Um, and so I think that um uh you've continued to prove that point, but um I know Phil doesn't want us to go on for a long time, but I just gotta say I think you have your call to service to this body, and there will be many more calls to service that will come.

But the call to service for this body, you have led with distinction, with thought, with collaboration, and with a power to get things done for your city.

And so I'm grateful for it.

Um thank you very much, and I'm proud to serve with you.

Councilmember Parker who will be brief.

Yes.

Councilmember Crawford, it is bitter sweet to see you go, although I don't think you're gonna go far in the sense of uh leaving the policy making space.

I've really enjoyed your thought partnership, your engagement, actually coming to committees and leaning in, making changes and proposing things.

Because I thought uh you had a lot to add, and you proved uh me and so many others right.

So I will just leave it there, and I look to see everything that you accomplish um and just know as a fellow Ward 5 neighbor if there's anything you need.

We are here at your service.

But thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Fruman.

Thank you very much, Chairman Mendelson.

Uh I echo almost everything that's been said.

I'm not buying the best council members situation, but uh councilmember Crawford, it's been such a pleasure to work with you in every different dimension.

And I do think that this theme of that you jumped in and did just a great job.

And I do think that the juvenile curfew issue is one where your signature of how you operated uh really came across.

We were on different sides of that issue, and I at one point I asked folks in the mayor's office where you stood, and they said she was in a meeting for an hour and a half with the mayor, where the mayor pounded on her on this issue, and she didn't move.

Like you we were on different sides, but I did think props to her, like brand new in the position, and you held your ground, you took the time, you found a solution that worked for everyone, or almost everyone, or enough of a majority to get it through.

And what an accomplishment and what a great way to have done it.

I am sure you are gonna bring that same skill and tenacity and grace to everything you do next, and I am really excited to see what that will be.

Congratulations and good luck.

Councilmember Pentel.

Um, Councilmember Crawford, thank you so much to everything that you have offered to this body, to our city.

Um I have learned so much from you, both as your time uh as a staffer and as a council member.

And I won't disclose the all the conversation itself as you were um seeking to join the council.

But one of the things that really stood out to me was you were not shy about being honest and areas of disagreement, even though you were trying to get everybody's votes.

Um and I think that that really speaks to your character and your integrity that you know what your principles are, you know what your values are, and you're not gonna let those um be sidelined or undermined for a goal as ambitious as it may be, and it ended up turning out in your favor because that exact um way of operating led to your unanimous support by this body because we had all seen how you operated, seen how much a hard worker you are, um, and knew that you could substantively do the job.

But I think over the last seven months and getting to work with you as a council colleague has opened my eyes even further to your strengths and your intellect.

Um you have a really impressive duality of being firm with what you know you're fighting for and having so much grace in negotiation.

And you know, the public sees us debate things up here, but a lot of work happens behind the scenes when we're all debating each other and trying to get to a compromise and to the right place.

Um I have so appreciated the issues that we've worked on together, um, whether that be the juvenile curfew language, um, other business issues around RFK.

Um, you have just been so thoughtful and such a joy to work with, and I love you.

So I'm always in your corner.

Um, thank you for your service to the District of Columbia, and we we have your back, whatever you do next.

And we we have your back, whatever you do next.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Councilmember Henderson.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Oh, Donnie.

I want to first say thank you so much for raising your hand and being willing to serve.

There are not a lot of people who would have.

And then do it all so quickly.

All so quickly.

But we felt that you were ready and you you proved us correct in terms of being able to work through the budget and do all those things.

But I love that we sort of uh share a very love of nerdy things in the details.

Um and especially when I got funeral directors, and um you didn't laugh.

You like were like actually offering up additional uh thoughts and advice around how we sort of navigate some of these things.

And so I just appreciate that because you always have this just insatiable love of learning that I also share and admire as well.

I know this isn't the end of your public service.

It might look differently in the future, but I want to say on behalf of district residents and behalf of all of us, like thank you, because um it would have been a rough bind.

Um, but um you did it smoothly and and and with a lot of strong dignity.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Councilmember Pottins.

Well, Donnie.

I guess I have to do this.

All right.

Donnie, it has been um a wonderful experience having you at this level on the dais.

I recall when we were deciding who might be best.

Um there were thoughts that many others would be best, I'm sure.

And um, but I was one of those that held the line.

Every time I was asked, it was Donnie.

It was Donnie, it was Donnie.

And I think that what impelled me to take that approach and to not sort of scatter my votes all over the place was the fact that you were here, which many of my colleagues have already spoken to.

You knew the work, and you had a history of delivering, and that's what's so important to us as we were going into the budget process.

What I have learned from you is your humanity, the way in which you feel about the community, and about young people and their opportunity to provide um service to the community, and that's one of the big takeaways that I have.

Um, there's no question about your skill set, you know, intellect, any of that.

We we all know you have it, but the way in which you manage your feelings and your interests and your energy that you give to the community has been really wonderful to see.

And as one of the older people on the council, everyone else is so young, you know.

I know they are.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Including the chair.

But seriously, thinking about that, it's a joy too to see you in operation, and to know that our world is in a really good place with young, younger people like you, younger leaders like you, and younger committed individuals, public servants like you.

I know you're not going very far, so I don't even have to venture and think about that.

We would be crazy to lose you entirely.

Thank you very much for your service and for being here with us on the dais.

But we'll we know we're gonna see you around, and we know that you're gonna continue to contribute.

And we'll be sad.

But as Pento said, we love you.

Can't get away from that.

Thank you.

Uh Councilmember Tran White.

But thank you.

Uh, first, I want to say to you, Donnie, we appreciate your leadership.

I have to admit, um I didn't know you very well before you came.

And uh speaking to you several times, you rose to one of my top three.

And uh that was important to me that you came in ready to do a great job to represent the people of DC on short notice, and we appreciate that.

Um I always say that you can't conquer anything that you're not committed to.

So if this is something you really want to do, don't give up.

And I say that because many of us sitting up here uh didn't give up.

I worked on Robert White's first campaign that he lost, and then he's here going in, you know, a Democratic nominee for Congress.

Man, I remember when Janice Louis George ran in 2016, she lost.

And um she's the nominate Democratic nominee for mayor for Washington, D.C.

Phil Ministry, he made a wanna talk about 1998.

He lost.

And there's probably Matt Freuman right beside you, so you can lean on him.

Treyon White in the Great World Eight on World A is As It Come.

And I my first race I lost.

And so if there's something you really have a heart to do, pray about it, come back and fight for uh, you know, whatever it is you want to do, but we support you.

We believe in you.

I want to thank you and your commitment to DC and being not just here quiet, but active on the council.

So we appreciate you and thank you for your service.

God bless.

Uh thank you, Councilmember.

Um Del Felder.

Uh thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

Um I want to echo some of the sentiments that our colleagues have uh already expressed.

Uh Donnie, I feel like I um privileged to sit next to you.

I remember uh just throughout this entirety, this selection process and the conversations that we had uh in terms of well, I don't know, it's a lot of people, you know, how would I rise to the top?

And I remember telling you, champions adjust, trust the process, and regardless of your journey, it makes no difference when you become one of the 13 members.

Uh so you should feel exceptionally proud of yourself to council member uh Treyon's white point.

I too ran.

I ran 10 years ago or 12 years ago now.

I was unsuccessful.

I learned from my mistakes.

Uh and I kept I you know I kept the fight going.

I have no doubt that you will continue to be a leader for the District of Columbia.

Uh you've made your city proud, you made your family proud, you made this council proud.

Uh so you know it this is a lesson, and you can go wherever you choose to go.

So I'm expecting good things, and as always, uh, you know, you've I've been one of your biggest supporters coming out the gate that will not change.

And um God bless.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Uh Councilmember Good Study.

Thank you.

Donnie, I just want to say I just think you're so brilliant.

I think I've told you that before.

You're you are incredibly smart.

You are incredibly gifted in negotiations, in um, as we deliberate things, you are so thoughtful um and just so caring.

Um and so it has been an honor to see you be work as a policy advocate and analyst, then to be a legislative staffer, and then to be a council member.

You did that.

How many people can say they've done what you have done and what you have accomplished in your at your young age, right?

And so I want you to continue to stand in that brilliance of who you are and to know that what God has for you, it is for you.

And I'm excited to see all that God is going to do with you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember.

Uh Councilmember Robert White.

Uh thank you, Chairman.

Uh Donnie, uh, I want to first thank you for your service to this city.

Uh there are only 13 of us, and the size of the budget, the magnitude of the government, um, is massive, even for folks who have been on this dice for years.

Even for folks who start at the beginning of a term when things are moderately slow, but you were able to jump in in the budget um and get right to work.

And it is because of your brilliance and talent.

Um, and as colleagues have said, um, not that I doubt that you have any doubt about it, but it is always important to to remember it.

Um and then to try to mount from uh uh you know a full campaign in the middle of that is just about as impossible as something could be.

Uh but you stepped up to all of that.

And um uh unlike many of us who uh lost races before we won races, um you you gotta you got a time to to serve in the seat and um and to gain the respect of people across the dais and people across the city.

Um you have so much of uh my respect and admiration for what you've done but also that of many people uh in this city who got a glimpse of your talent and ability and I guarantee you it is not going to be lost on them or on us so uh we love you too continue to support you um and thank you for again for your service uh councilmember thank you councilmember council Nodeau thank you chairman councilmember Crawford I just I want to say that uh I have been so impressed by the way that you just stepped right in um right into budget season and had such a huge impact you know when I was first council member one of the big worries that I had was that I wouldn't have an impact on the budget and you had a huge impact in in just a few short months um you have always stuck to your convictions and you have spoken um just you've given a tremendous input into all the things that we have done during your tenure and I I want to thank you for your contributions to the body and for your service and I hope you'll continue serving thank you thank you council members so um Phil Hi sorry um we don't have a bowl but we thought you should walk away with something so uh we got you some flowers thank you uh thank you all I've experienced a lot of emotional growth because I hate crying and usually in a year I can count on one hand how many times I cry in this year I've cried so many times especially throughout the campaign and of course tears of joy I have enjoyed this so much um first I want to thank my team Rania Matthew hi Daniel um to Kelly for holding me down we've done such a great job in this time at the council I'm never gonna forget this and I want to thank all of you and your teams um this has been a really long budget season but this was my first as a member and I truly enjoyed every single moment of it I am going to miss this job this has been my favorite job thus far I've enjoyed it as a staffer and now I've had the pleasure of doing it as a member I don't want it to stop but unfortunately has to end this week um and I thank you all for your words and I will keep your words close to my heart um when I'm reflecting on this time as a member in the District of Columbia representing 7000 people um let me see if there's anything else I wanted to say honestly again this has been the honor of my life so thank you for this opportunity each of you thank you I treasure it I will continue to do so as well thank you thank you it's easy to say thank you in your class act thank you so that's going to conclude the business of this meeting and the time is 359 p.m this meetings adjourned