TITLE
Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the hearing to consider the establishment of the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District (UPBID); direct City Clerk to tabulate the ballots and report the results of the tabulation to the Mayor and City Council during the October 8, 2013 City Council meeting; and, if a majority of ballots received are in favor of the establishment of the UPBID, adopt resolution to establish the UPBID for an initial term of five (5) years, effective January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. (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, 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; 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 UPBID Management District Plan (MDP) (attached to the Resolution as 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. It should be noted that the Successor Agency took action on April 2, 2013 to authorize the ...
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