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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to sign the petition, and subsequent ballot, relating to City-owned properties located within the boundaries of the Downtown Long Beach Property and Business Improvement District. (Districts 1,2)
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 be assessed for various services beyond those provided by the City, including enhanced maintenance, public safety, beautification, marketing, and economic development programs.
The Downtown Long Beach Property and Business Improvement District (DLBPBID) was established by the City Council in 1998 for a term of five years. The DLBPBID was renewed in 2003 for a term of ten years, and, again in 2012 for an additional ten-year term. Property owners of record in Downtown Long Beach (Downtown) and the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) are circulating a petition to initiate special assessment proceedings to renew the DLBPBID for a third ten-year term. The DLBPBID renewal is required to build on the successes accomplished in Downtown due in part to the special assessment revenue generated by the DLBPBID. Since 2012 when the DLBPBID was last renewed, the DLBA has leveraged DLBPBID special assessment revenue to host over 130 signature events, beautify public space by removing approximately 51,000 stickers and instances of graffiti, updating wayfinding signage, and providing routine power washing, create 27 temporary parklet spaces and support 11 sidewalk dining permits, expand support for people experiencing homelessness, and provide over $700,000 in grant funding to support small businesses and advance placemaking.
Upon the submission of a written petition signed by the property ...
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