Park land purchase needs a cost report first

(a) No funds for the acquisition of 5 acres or more of land for a park or expansion of a park shall be included, by either the council or the mayor, in the executive capital budget or any amendment thereto, unless the director of parks and recreation, after consultation with the department of design and construction, department of enterprise services, or other applicable departments, has transmitted to the council a report which sets forth the anticipated cost of operating and maintaining the proposed park and states the major assumptions underlying the report, including assumptions relating to anticipated uses of the park, particularly the anticipated uses of the land to be acquired. In lieu of the report, the information on the anticipated cost of operating and maintaining the proposed park, including the assumptions relating to anticipated park uses, may be provided by the department of planning and permitting when a proposal to amend a public infrastructure map to add a park symbol is submitted to the council. For the purposes of this section, a “park” includes the areas and facilities listed in the definition of a “public park” in § 10-1.1 , including a city golf course, regardless of the city department or agency that will control, maintain, and manage the areas and facilities. (b) Notwithstanding the requirement established in subsection (a), in the event there is an urgent need to acquire park land or there is a time-sensitive opportunity to acquire park land at a cost significantly below the market value of the land, at any time the council, by resolution, may waive the requirement for the report if the council makes a finding that the waiver of the requirement is necessary.