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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to sign the petition, and subsequent ballot, relating to City-owned properties located within the boundaries of the proposed Midtown Business Improvement District. (District 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, including enhanced maintenance, public safety, beautification, marketing and economic development programs.
Property owners of record along Anaheim Street, between Raymond Avenue and Alamitos Avenue, are circulating a petition to initiate special assessment proceedings to form a property and business improvement district, to be known as the Midtown Business Improvement District (MBID). Upon the submission of a written petition signed by the property owners in the proposed district who pay more than 50 percent of the assessments proposed to be levied, the City Council may initiate proceedings to form the district by the adoption of a Resolution of Intention (ROI) to establish the district, and to set public hearings and issue ballots to each individual parcel owner. As a part of this effort, the City has been requested to sign the petition for the parcels owned by the City of Long Beach located within the proposed MBID boundaries.
The attached MBID Management District Plan (MDP) details the boundaries of the MBID, 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 MBID shall commence on January 1, 2016, for an initial 5-year period from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020, and the City Council will annually review and consider approvi...
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