TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to sign the petition relating to City-owned properties located within the district to re-establish the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District. (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 of Long Beach (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. All properties located within the boundaries of a property-based assessment district that receive special benefits, as determined by the Engineer’s Report, must be allocated a proportional share of the assessment.
The Uptown Property and Business Improvement District (UPBID) was initially established by the City Council on January 1, 2014. The contract set forth the duties of the parties under an annual Budget and Management Plan with respect to the use of property owner assessment funds within the UPBID area. The current UPBID contract terminates on December 31, 2018, and the property owners are now seeking to re-establish the UPBID for a term of ten years.
Re-establishment of the UPBID requires a majority vote of the property owners in favor of the proposed assessment for the new term. For the UPBID to be re-established and the contract renewed, petitions in support of re-establishment must first be signed by property owners within the UPBID boundaries who will pay more than 50 percent (based on assessment value) of the proposed assessments. Petitions have been delivered to each individual parcel owner within the UPBID. After the signed petitions representing more than 50 percent of the assessment propose...
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