Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on January 19, 2027. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) All parking-meter revenue collected within the Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone established by § 50-2538 that exceeds baseline revenue from metered spaces within the zone as of October 1, 2023, as determined by the Director of the Department of Transportation, shall be deposited in the Fund. (c) Money in the Fund shall be used for the following purposes: (1) Up to 5% may be used to pay for maintenance of parking meters, signage and other costs related to operation of the Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone; (2) In Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027, up to $2,550,000 may be used support the Automated Curbside Management Program as established in § 50-2653, passed on emergency basis on July 7, 2026 (Enrolled version of Bill 26-724); provided, that any funds used pursuant to this paragraph shall be replenished by excess loading zone management program revenue as set forth in § 50-921.13(b-2). (3) The remaining balance shall be used solely for the following purposes within and immediately adjacent to the Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone: (A) Place management initiatives; (B) Public space maintenance; (C) Public safety initiatives; (D) Transportation safety and public space improvements; and, (E) Support for businesses. (4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection, within the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2027, the Department of Small and Local Business Development shall award a grant in the amount of $1 million from the Fund to support the Duke Business Improvement District Corporation, d/b/a Duke District BID, to improve conditions for property owners, businesses, residents, and visitors within the Greater Shaw/U Street area. (B) Starting in Fiscal Year 2028, up to $800,000 of revenue from the Fund shall be distributed annually to support place management activities in the area covered by the Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone in the form of a matching grant to the organization performing those activities for every dollar raised from other sources, including BID taxes as defined in § 2-1215.02(8). (5) Notwithstanding part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1, beginning in Fiscal Year 2028, up to $250,000 annually may be awarded as a grant to support the operations of the African American Civil War Museum, located at 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW. (d)(1) The money deposited into the Fund but not expended in a fiscal year shall not revert to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time. (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.