Council approves Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Act of 2025 in special meeting

Phil Mendelson, Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, presided over a special legislative meeting on Aug. 1, 2025, at Room 500 of the Johnny Wilson Building and announced that the Council would consider Bill 20 six-two 88, the Robert F. Kennedy Campus Redevelopment Act of 2025. The bill had been reported out of the Committee on Business and Economic Development and earlier by the Committee of the Whole.

The Council moved to consider the committee print and heard brief remarks before voting. Councilmember McDuffie spoke to thank his staff and several offices for their work advancing the measure, naming multiple staffers and citing support from the General Counsel's Office and the Budget Office.

Chair Mendelson called the question and the Clerk recorded the vote. Three councilmembers asked to be recorded as voting no; the Clerk named Councilmembers White, Fruman and Nadeau as the members who asked to be recorded as voting no. The Chair announced, "The bill is approved." The meeting record shows the motion to adopt the bill passed and the Chair declared the measure approved by the Council at that session.

The meeting also included the formal roll call establishing a quorum before business, and Mendelson publicly thanked support services and cable television staff for enabling extended public testimony during the committee process. Mendelson noted the Council's next meeting would be Sept. 17 and adjourned the special session at approximately 3:33 p.m.

The transcript records a brief post-vote remark by Chair Mendelson attributing audience noise to "the mayor's people over there," with no rebuttal in the record. The transcript does not record additional debate on the bill's substantive provisions, any amendments, or an itemized roll-call listing of every yes vote. The record shows the bill was presented, moved, and approved in the special meeting.