TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to sign the petition on behalf of the City of Long Beach as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach which owns certain properties located within the boundaries of the proposed Uptown Property and Business Improvement District (UPBID); and
Authorize City Manager to sign the subsequent ballot in support of establishing the Uptown Property and Business Improvement (UPBID). (Districts 8,9)
DISCUSSION
The State of California Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (Section 33600 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code), and Article XIIID of the California Constitution (Proposition 218), enables the City to create a property-based assessment district allowing property owners to voluntarily assess themselves for various services beyond those provided by the City, including enhanced maintenance, public safety, beautification, marketing, and economic development programs.
Property owners of record along Atlantic Avenue between Market Street and Artesia Boulevard, and Artesia Boulevard between Atlantic Avenue and Gundry Avenue, have petitioned the City for creation of a business improvement district, i.e., the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District (UPBID). The new property and business improvement district shall be comprised of property owners within the proposed boundaries, as described later in this report. The attached UPBID Management District Plan (MOP) (Exhibit A) details the boundaries of the UPBID, the amount and method of assessment for each parcel, and the improvements and activities for which the assessment funds will be used.
If established, the UPBID shall commence on January 1, 2014, for the initial period January 1,2014 through December 31,2014, and the City Council will annually review and consider approving renewal of the levy, budgets and reports as submitted by the UPBID, for a period of five years. The assessment methodology w...
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