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Recommendation to adopt resolution establishing an annual special tax of $0.12 per square foot for Community Facilities District No. 1 for commercial properties in Belmont Shore for Fiscal Year 2008.
(District 3)
DISCUSSION
In 1988, the City Council approved the formation of Community Facilities District No.1 (District) under the guidelines of the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act. The District provided for a levy against commercial properties along Second Street in Belmont Shore for the purpose of funding additional public parking. The Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area Commission (BSPBIA) recommends to the City Council the annual levy for the District. The City Council annually adopts a resolution establishing the special tax levy.
A levy was adopted for the three-year period beginning in Fiscal Year 1990 (FY 90) thru FY 92 at $0.12 per square foot. The levy was suspended for one year in FY 93 and it was reestablished in FY 94. From FY 94 through FY 02, the rate was set at $0.06 per square foot. The City Council authorized the expenditure of funds collected from the levy to acquire and make improvements to a parking lot within the district in FY 95 and FY 96.
From FY 03 through FY 05, the levy was set at $0.00.
During FY 05, the District's Map of Facilities and Description of Facilities were modified.
These changes allowed the District to include all parking lots, alleys within the district, and expanded the district boundaries to allow district funds to be used with the Belmont Shore Parking Meter Revenue Area for parking improvements. For FY 06 and FY07, the levy was set at $0.12.
At its meeting of June 21, 2007, the BSPBIA recommended that the levy again be set at $0.12 per square foot of commercial property.
This matter was reviewed by Assistant City Attorney Heather Mahood on June 26, 2007 and Budget and Performance Management Bureau Manager David Wodynski on June 28, 2007.
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