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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing to consider the establishment of the Midtown Business Improvement District (MBID); direct the City Clerk to tabulate the ballots and report the results of the tabulation to the Mayor and City Council during the August 11, 2015 meeting; and, if a majority of ballots received are in favor of the establishment of the MBID, adopt resolution to establish the MBID for an initial term of five (5) years, effective January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020. (Districts 4,6)
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. These services include enhanced maintenance, public safety, beautification, marketing, and economic development programs.
Property owners of record along East Anaheim Street, between Raymond Avenue and Alamitos Avenue, who will pay more than 50 percent of the proposed assessment, have submitted petitions to the City for the establishment of a business improvement district to be identified as the Midtown Business Improvement District (MBID). The new Business Improvement District shall be comprised of property owners within its proposed boundaries. The MBID Management District Plan (MDP) (Attachment A to this Council Letter and Exhibit A to the Resolution) details the boundaries of the MBID, and the improvements and activities for which the assessment funds will be used, and the MBID Engineer’s report (Attachment B) details the amount and method of assessment for each parcel.
If established, the MBID shall commence on January 1, 2016, for the initial five-year period of January 1, 2016 through December 31...
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