TITLE
Recommendation to adopt Resolution of Intention to form the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District, setting the date of hearing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. for public hearing, receive petitions, authorize City Manager to sign in favor and return the City’s Ballot, and designate the Owners’ Association. (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. All properties located within the boundaries of the Uptown Property and Business Improvement District (UPBID) that receive special benefits, as determined by the engineer’s report, must be allocated a proportional share of the assessment.
The UPBID was initially established by the City Council on January 1, 2014. On February 18, 2014, the City Council executed an Agreement for Funding (Contract) with the Uptown Property and Community Association (UPCA). 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 UPBID area property owners are seeking to re-establish the UPBID for a term of ten years. On May 22, 2018, the City Council authorized the City Manager to sign the petition in favor of the UPBID re-establishment. If re-established, the properties within the UPBID area would be levied an assessment beginning in January 2019, in accordance with the methodology detailed in the Management Plan and Engineer’s Report.
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