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Council rejects amendment to divert $100,000 from U Street BID startup pot to main-street clean teams
Summary
An amendment from Councilmember Pinto to set aside roughly $50,000 each for U Street and Shaw main-street organizations from the performance parking zone fund failed on a 6–7 roll-call vote after members debated whether it would undercut a proposed $1,000,000 start-up pot for a new BID or place management entity.
Councilmember Pinto offered an amendment to the Budget Support Act that would set aside roughly $50,000 for each of the U Street and Shaw main-street groups from the greater U Street Performance Parking Zone (PPZ) revenues to support cleanliness and safety. Pinto argued the set-aside would ensure existing main-street organizations benefit directly from revenue generated in the zone.
Councilmember Nadeau opposed the amendment, saying the engrossed ANS already sets aside $1,000,000 to create a place-management entity (a BID or similar) and that diverting $100,000 would undermine the start-up funding that organizers had identified as necessary. After closing debate the council held a roll-call vote; the amendment failed 6–7 (six yeses, seven noes). The chair recorded the vote tally and announced the amendment failed.
