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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record; conclude the hearing; and adopt a resolution approving the Bixby Knolls Parking and Business Improvement Area program and assessment for the period of October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006; and authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association for a one-year term. (Districts 7,8)
DISCUSSION
The Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA) uses assessment funds
to promote and market the Bixby Knolls commercial area on behalf of businesses
located in the Bixby Knolls Parking and Business Improvement Area (BKPBIA). The
City contracts with the BKBIA annually using assessment revenue collected from
BKPBIA members to govern the assessment to be collected and the activities to be
funded by the assessment. To continue the assessment levy, State law requires that a
public hearing be held on the proposed program and assessment. A copy of the
Assessment Report describing proposed activities and allocations is provided as
"Attachment A . City Council reviewed these items and approved Resolution 05-0098
setting an October 4, 2005 hearing date at its meeting of September 13, 2005.
Following the public hearing, the City Council may adopt the attached resolution
confirming the Assessment Report as filed, or as amended by the City Council during
these proceedings. The adoption of the Resolution sets the levy of the assessment
from October 1 , 2005 through September 30, 2006.
State law further provides that the City Council shall hear and consider all protests
against the assessment, program, boundaries of the area, and/or any benefit zone as
proposed in the Assessment Report. The Assessment Report transmitting the
recommendations of the BKPBIA Advisory Commission proposes the following:
0 Continue the current year assessment at the following rates:
Type A
Contractors, Manufacturing, Professions, Wholesale, Unique, Insurance
$ 135.00 + $ 2.50/employee
Tvpe B
Services, Vending Operations
$ 165.00 + $ 3.25/employee
Tvpe C
Recreation & Entertainment, Retailing
$ 185.00 + $4.00/employee
Tvpe D
Financial Institutions
$ 500.00
0 Make no significant changes in the activities program.
0 Make no changes in the existing boundaries.
The law provides that protests may be made orally or in writing. Protests regarding the
regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing. If written protests are
received from area business owners representing 50 percent or more of the proposed
assessments, the City Council shall not levy the assessment. If protests in such quantity
are against a specific portion of the program, the City Council shall eliminate that
portion.
Should the Assessment Report be approved, the City Council is requested to authorize
the execution of an agreement with the BKBIA for the use of assessment funds for
marketing and promotion activities within the business improvement area.
This letter was reviewed by Assistant City Attorney Heather Mahood on August 19,
2005, Budget Management Officer David Wodynski on September 21, 2005, and the
City Treasurer's Office on September 23, 2005.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
The BKBlA contract year begins October 1, 2005. City Council action is requested
following public hearing on October 4, 2005, to allow timely contract renewal.
FISCAL IMPACT
FISCAL IMPACT
The recommended contract amount for Fiscal Year 2006 (FY 06) is $150,000.
Estimated assessment revenue is $150,000 which will be deposited in the Parking and
Business Area Improvement Fund (SR 132) in the Department of Community
Development (CD). There is no impact on the General Fund.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
BODY
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LONG BEACH CONFIRMING, FOLLOWING
HEARING, THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIXBY
KNOLLS PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION, CONTINUING THE
LEVY OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AS SET FORTH IN
SAID REPORT AND SETTING FORTH OTHER RELATED
MATTERS
Respectfully Submitted,
[Respectfully Submitted,]