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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
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TITLE:
APPROVED
❑ As Recommended
ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO
❑ Amended
❑ OOrrdinance on 1 Reading
ESTABLISH THE SANTA ANA TOURISM
❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading
MARKETING DISTRICT
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
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CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a Resolution of Intention to establish the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing District
(SATMD) and the levy of assessments on lodging businesses.
2. Establish a time and place for a public meeting to be held by the City Council on October 6,
2020 to hear and consider all public testimonies.
3. Establish a time and place for a public hearing to be held by the City Council on November
17, 2020 regarding the proposed formation of the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing District.
DISCUSSION
Since 2019, representatives from the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, Main Place Mall, City
staff, and members of the local hotel industry, have explored the merits of implementing a Tourism
Marketing District in Santa Ana. As City funding for promotion and marketing of the City has been
limited over the years, this proposed district will augment and enhance the City's current marketing
and promotional efforts by providing much needed revenue to develop the City as a tourism
destination. These efforts are anticipated to lead to an increase in overnight lodging stays and
more visitors to the City of Santa Ana. The City has received signed petitions from a majority of
hotels that pay 50 percent or more of the assessment indicating that they wish to initiate
proceedings to form the Tourism Marketing District (Exhibit 3).
Similar to the City's current Downtown Business Improvement District, the Santa Ana Tourism
Marketing District (SATMD) is a benefit assessment district proposed to create a revenue source
to help fund marketing and sales promotion efforts for Santa Ana lodging businesses. This
approach has been used successfully in other destination areas throughout the state to improve
tourism and drive additional room nights to assessed lodging businesses. The established SATMD
includes all lodging businesses with 70 rooms or more located within the boundaries of the City of
Santa Ana. There are a total of 18 such lodging businesses.
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Lodging business owners decided to pursue the establishment of the SATMD in order to create a
revenue source devoted to marketing Santa Ana as a tourism, meeting, and event destination. If
established, the SATMD would generate approximately $2,400,000 (Pre-COVID estimate) on an
annual basis to be used for promotion of travel and tourism specific to Santa Ana. These funds
would be solely controlled by the Travel Santa Ana Board of Directors, a non-profit that will be
established to administer this new marketing district.
TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT BACKGROUND
Tourism Marketing Districts (TMDs) utilize the efficiencies of private sector operation in the market -
based promotion of tourism. These special assessment districts allow lodging business owners to
organize their efforts to increase tourism. Funding for the TMD is providing by member lodging
business owners, and those funds are used to provide services that are desired by and benefit the
lodging businesses in return.
TMD Benefits
• Funds cannot be diverted to other City government programs
• Customized to fit the needs of each destination
• Allow for a wide range of services including: destination marketing, tourism promotion, and
sales lead generation
• Designed, created, and governed by those who will pay for the assessment
• Provide a stable funding source for tourism promotion
In California, TMDs are primarily formed pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement
District Law of 1994 (94 Law). This law allows for the creation of a special benefit assessment
district to raise funds within a specific geographic area. The key difference between TMDs and
other special benefit assessment districts is that funds raised are returned to the private non-profit
corporation governing the TMD.
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN
The Management District Plan (Exhibit 2) includes the proposed boundary of the SATMD, a service
plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance. The SATMD will include all lodging
businesses with 70 rooms or more, existing and in the future, available for public occupancy within
the boundaries of the City of Santa Ana.
The established SATMD will have a five-year term, from January 1, 2021 through December 31,
2025. The assessment will be implemented beginning January 1, 2021. Once per year beginning
on the anniversary of SATMD establishment, there is a 30-day period in which business owners
paying 50 percent or more of the assessment may protest and begin proceedings to terminate the
SATMD. The annual assessment rate is two percent of gross short-term room rental revenue.
The City of Santa Ana will be responsible for collecting the assessment on a monthly basis
(including any delinquencies, penalties, and interest) from each assessed lodging business located
in the boundaries of the SATMD. The City shall take all reasonable efforts to collect the
assessments from each assessed lodging business. The City will then disburse the assessment
amounts to the Travel Santa Ana non-profit organization, which will have the responsibility of
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managing the SATMD as provided in the Management District Plan. The City will have one City
Manager designated director position on the Travel Santa Ana Board of Directors.
Each year, Travel Santa Ana will present an annual report to City Council identifying the activities
of the Tourism Marketing District. The City Council will not be required to take further action on
the Tourism Marketing District after the final Public Hearing in November 2020, unless the City
receives written petitions from lodging businesses that pay 50% or more of the assessment to
disestablish the district. Lodging businesses will have this opportunity to petition each year (for a
period of 30 days) after the establishment of the SATMD.
SATMD ESTABLISHMENT SCHEDULE
September 15, 2020 RESOLUTION OF INTENTION HEARING
Upon the submission of a written petition, signed by the business owners in
the established district who will pay more than 50 percent of the
assessments proposed to be levied, the City Council may initiate
proceedings to establish a district by the adoption of a resolution expressing
its intention to establish a district.
Petition Status: Petitions in favor of SATMD establishment were submitted
by seven lodging businesses, which represent 58 percent of the total
SATMD assessment. This majority petition allows the Council to initiate
proceedings for SATMD establishment at the September 15, 2020 City
Council meeting.
September 16, 2020 NOTICE
The 94 Law requires the City to mail written notice to the owners of all
businesses proposed to be within the SATMD. Mailing the notice begins a
mandatory 45-day period in which owners may protest SATMD
establishment.
October 6, 2020 PUBLIC MEETING
Allow public testimony on the establishment of the SATMD and levy of
assessments. No City Council action is required.
November 17, 2020 FINAL PUBLIC HEARING
If written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the
established SATMD who will pay more than 50 percent of the assessments
proposed to be levied, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the
protests to less than 50 percent, no further proceedings to levy the
proposed assessment against such businesses shall be taken for a period
of one year from the date of the finding of a majority protest by the City
Council.
At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish the SATMD, the City
Council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed
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assessment or the type(s) of improvements and activities to be funded with
the revenues from the assessments. Proposed assessments may only be
revised by reducing any or all of them.
If the City Council, following the public hearing, decides to establish the
SATMD, the City Council shall adopt a resolution of formation.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive a fee of two percent of the amount collected to cover its costs of administration.
As the SATMD programs are intended to increase visitation to the City, there may be an increase
in transient occupancy tax and sales tax collections. Additional account information and estimates
will be provided at the future public hearing meetings.
Submitted By: Steven A. Mendoza, Executive Director — Community Development Agency
Exhibits: 1. Resolution of Intention to Establish SATMD
2. Santa Ana Tourism Management District Plan
3. Signed Hotel petitions
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EXHIBIT I EXHIBIT 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH
THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
("SATMD") AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A
PUBLIC MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON
AND GIVING NOTICE THEREOF
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and
declares as follows:
A. The Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and
Highways Code §36600, et seq., authorizes the City to establish business
improvement districts for the purposes of promoting tourism; and
B. Lodging business owners and representatives from the City of Santa Ana
have met to consider the formation of the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing
District ("SATMD"); and
C. Travel Santa Ana, a new non-profit entity formed to manage the proposed
SATMD, has drafted a Management District Plan ("Plan"), which sets forth
the proposed boundary of the SATMD, a service plan and budget, and a
proposed means of governance; and
D. Lodging businesses that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the
assessment under the SATMD have petitioned the City Council to establish
the SATMD.
Section 2. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
Section 3. The City Council finds that lodging businesses that will pay more than
fifty percent (50%) of the assessment proposed in the Plan have signed and submitted
petitions in support of the formation of the SATMD, per Streets and Highways Code
§36621. The City Council accepts the petitions and adopts this Resolution of Intention to
establish the SATMD and to levy an assessment on certain lodging businesses within the
SATMD boundaries in accordance with the Property and Business Improvement District
Law of 1994.
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Section 4. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of
Streets and Highways Code §36622.
Section 5. The City Council declares its intention to establish the SATMD and to
levy and collect assessments on lodging businesses with seventy (70) rooms or more
within the SATMD boundaries pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District
Law of 1994.
Section 6. The SATMD shall include all lodging businesses with seventy (70)
rooms or more, existing and in the future, located within the boundaries of City of Santa
Ana, as shown in the District Boundaries map attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 7. The name of the district shall be the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing
District ("SATMD").
Section 8. The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term
room rental revenue, which is estimated to be approximately $2,400,000 annually. Based
on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of more than thirty (30)
consecutive days; stays of any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt
by reason of express provision of federal law or international treaty; stays pursuant to
contracts executed prior to January 1, 2021; and stays by any federal or state officer or
employee while on official business only and when payment for such occupancy is made
directly to the operator by duly authorized voucher payment from a governmental
accounting office. This exemption does not exempt a transient who is employed by the
United States government or the state or their respective instrumentalities from payment of
the assessment when the payment is later to be reimbursed by the United States
government or the state or their respective instrumentalities.
Section 9. The assessments levied for the SATMD shall be applied toward
marketing and sales programs to market assessed lodging businesses in Santa Ana as
tourist, meeting, and event destinations, as described in the Plan. Funds remaining at the
end of any year may be used in subsequent years in which SATMD assessments are
levied as long as they are used consistent with the requirements of this resolution and the
Plan.
Section 10. The established SATMD will have a five (5) year term, beginning
January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless renewed pursuant to Streets and
Highways Code §36660, or disestablished per Streets and Highways Code §36670.
Section 11. Bonds shall not be issued.
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Section 12. The time and place for the public meeting to hear testimony on
establishing the SATMD and levying assessments are set for October 6, 2020, at 5:45 PM,
or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at 22
Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701, or online due to the declaration of state and
local emergency, as detailed in the public meeting notice issued by the Clerk of the
Council.
Section 13. The time and place for the public hearing to establish the SATMD
and the levy of assessments are set for November 17, 2020, at 5:45 PM, or as soon
thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at 22 Civic Center
Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701, or online due to the declaration of state and local
emergency, as detailed in the public meeting notice issued by the Clerk of the Council.
The Clerk of the Council is directed to provide written notice to the lodging businesses
subject to assessment of the date and time of the meeting and hearing, and to provide that
notice as required by Streets and Highways Code §36623.
Section 14. At the public meeting and the public hearing, the testimony of all
interested persons for or against the formation of the SATMD may be received. If at the
conclusion of the public hearing, there are of record written protests by the owners of the
lodging businesses within the established SATMD that will pay more than fifty percent
(50%) of the estimated total assessment of the entire SATMD, no further proceedings to
establish the SATMD shall occur for a period of one (1) year.
Section 15. The complete Plan is on file with the Clerk of the Council and may be
reviewed upon request.
Section 16. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
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ADOPTED this day of
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By
Ryan C). H'cdge
Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
NOT PRESENT
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
2020.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2020-XXX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on
Date:
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Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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EXHIBIT 2
SANTA ANA
TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN
Prepared pursuant to the Propertv and Business ImprovernentDistrict Law of
1994, Streets and Highways Code sect"3A60q seq.
CONTENTS
I.
OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................3
II.
BACKGROUND................................................................................................................................4
III.
BOUNDARY.......................................................................................................................................5
IV.
BUDGET AND SERVICES.............................................................................................................6
A.
Annual Service Plan............................................................................................................
6
B.
Annual Budget....................................................................................................................
8
C.
California Constitutional Compliance................................................................................
8
D.
Assessment..........................................................................................................................9
E.
Penalties and Interest........................................................................................................
10
F.
Time and Manner for Collecting Assessments.................................................................
11
V.
GOVERNANCE...............................................................................................................................12
A.
Owners' Association.........................................................................................................
12
B.
Brown Act and California Public Records Act Compliance ............................................
12
C.
Annual Report ...................................................................................................................
12
APPENDIX1 — LAW....................................................................................................................................13
APPENDIX 2 — ASSESSED BUSINESSES.............................................................................................24
Prepared by
Civitas
CIVITAS
PARTNERSHIPS • PROGRESS • PROSPERITY
(800)999-7781
www.eivitasadvisors.com
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I. OVERVIEW
Developed by Travel Santa Ana (TSA), a non profit organization, the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing
District (SATMD) is an assessment district proposed to provide specific benefits to payors, by funding
marketing and sales promotion efforts for assessed businesses. This approach has been used
successfully in other destination areas throughout the country to provide the benefit of additional
room night sales directly to payors.
Location: The proposed SATMD includes all lodging businesses with seventy (70) rooms or
more located within the boundaries of City of Santa Ana, as shown on the map in
Section III.
Services: The SATMD is designed to provide specific benefits directly to payors by increasing
room night sales. Marketing and sales promotions will increase overnight tourism and
market payors as tourist, meeting and event destinations, thereby increasing room
night sales.
Budget: The total SATMD annual budget for the initial year of its five (5) year operation is
anticipated to be approximately $2,400,000.
Cost: The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term room rental
revenue. Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of
more than thirty (30) consecutive days; stays of any officer or employee of a foreign
government who is exempt by reason of express provision of federal law or
international treaty; stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to January 1, 2021; and
stays by any federal or state officer or employee while on official business only and
when payment for such occupancy is made directly to the operator by duly authorized
voucher payment from a governmental accounting office. This exemption does not
exempt a transient who is employed by the United States government or the state or
their respective instrumentalities from payment of the assessment when the payment
is later to be reimbursed by the United States government or the state or their
respective instrumentalities.
Collection: The City will be responsible for collecting the assessment on a monthly basis (including
any delinquencies, penalties and interest) from each lodging business located in the
boundaries of the SATMD. The City shall take all reasonable efforts to collect the
assessments from each lodging business and remit collections to the Owners'
Association.
Duration: The SATMD will have a five (5) year life, beginning January 1, 2021 through December
31, 2025. Once per year, beginning on the anniversary of SATMD renwal, there is a
thirty (30) day period in which owners jointly paying fifty percent (50%) or more of
the total assessment may protest and initiate a City Council hearing on SATMD
termination.
Management: Travel Santa Ana will serve as the SATMD's Owners' Association. The Owners'
Association is charged with managing funds and implementing programs in
accordance with this Plan, and must provide annual reports to the City Council.
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II. BACKGROUND
TMDs are an evolution of the traditional Business Improvement District. The first TMD was formed
in West Hollywood, California in 1989. Since then, over 100 California destinations have followed
suit. In recent years, other states have begun adopting the California model — Montana, South Dakota,
Washington, Colorado, Texas and Louisiana have adopted TMD laws. Several other states are in the
process of adopting their own legislation. The cities of Wichita, Kansas and Newark, New Jersey used
an existing business improvement district law to form a TBID. And, some cities, like Portland,
Oregon and Memphis, Tennessee have utilized their home rule powers to create TMDs without a
state law.
Number of TIDs Operating
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over $275 million annually for local
destination marketing. With
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districts. TMDs allow lodging business owners to organize their efforts to increase room night sales
and overall tourism. Lodging business owners within the TMD pay an assessment and those funds
are used to provide services that increase room night sales.
In California, TMDs are formed pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of
1994. This law allows for the creation of a benefit assessment district to raise funds within a specific
geographic area. The key difference between TMDs and other bent assessment districts is that funds raised are
returned to the brivate non ro zt co42oration governing the district.
There are many benefits to TMDs:
• Funds must be spent on services and improvements that provide a specific benefit only to those
who pay;
• Funds cannot be diverted to general government programs;
• They are customized to fit the needs of payors in each destination;
• They allow for a wide range of services;
• They are designed, created and governed by those who will paythe assessment; and
• They provide a stable, long-term funding source for tourism promotion.
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III. BOUNDARY
The SATMD will include all lodging businesses with seventy (70) rooms or more, existing and in the
future, available for public occupancy within the boundaries of City of Santa Ana.
Lodging business means: any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended
or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any
hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house,
apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed location,
or other similar structure or portion thereof.
The boundary, as shown in the map below, currently includes eighteen (18) lodging businesses. A
complete listing of lodging businesses within the SATMD can be found in Appendix 2.
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IV. BUDGET AND SERVICES
A. Annual Service Plan
Assessment funds will be spent to provide specific benefits conferred or privileges granted directly to
the assessed lodging businesses. These specific benefits or privileges granted to assessed lodging
businesses are not provided to non -assessed businesses and do not exceed the reasonable cost to the
City of conferring the specific benefits or granting the privileges. The privileges and services provided
with the SATMD funds are sales and marketing programs available only to assessed businesses.
A service plan budget has been developed to deliver services that benefit the assessed businesses. A
detailed annual budget will be developed and approved by TSA. The table below illustrates the initial
annual budget allocations. The total initial budget is $2,400,000.
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Although actual revenues will fluctuate due to market conditions, the proportional allocations of the
budget shall remain the same. However, the City and the TSA board shall have the authority to adjust
budget allocations between the categories by no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total budget
per year. For example, the City and TSA may fluctuate the SATMD's budget allocation for the Sales
and Marketing category from its current seventy percent (70%) to a maximum budget allocation of
eighty-five percent (85%) or down to a minimum budget allocation of fifty-five percent (55%). A
description of the proposed improvements and activities for the initial year of operation is below. The
same activities are proposed for subsequent years. In the event of a legal challenge against the
SATMD, any and all assessment funds may be used for the costs of defending the SATMD. In the
first year of operation, the costs of creating the SATMD may be repaid by deducting repayment funds
proportionally from budget categories.
Each budget category includes all costs related to providing that service, in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP). For example, the sales and marketing budget includes the
cost of staff time dedicated to overseeing and implementing the sales and marketing program. Staff
time dedicated purely to administrative tasks is allocated to the administrative portion of the budget.
The costs of an individual staff member may be allocated to multiple budget categories, as appropriate.
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The staffing levels necessary to provide the services below will be determined by TSA on an as -needed
basis.
Sales and Marketing
A sales and marketing program will promote assessed businesses and Santa Ana as tourist, meeting,
and event destinations. The sales and marketing program will have a central theme of promoting
Santa Ana as a desirable place for overnight visits. The program will have the goal of increasing
overnight visitation and room night sales at assessed businesses, and may include the following
activities:
• Internet marketing efforts to increase awareness and optimize internet presence to drive
overnight visitation and room sales to assessed businesses;
• Print ads in magazines and newspapers, television ads, and radio ads targeted at potential
visitors to drive overnight visitation and room sales to assessed businesses;
• Attendance of trade shows to promote overnight visitation to assessed businesses;
• Sales blitzes for assessed businesses;
• Familiarization tours of assessed businesses;
• Preparation and production of collateral promotional materials such as brochures, flyers and
maps featuring assessed businesses as well as all events, attractions, and reasons to visit (Stay,
Shop, Dine, Play);
• Attendance of professional industry conferences and affiliation events to promote assessed
businesses;
• Lead generation activities designed to attract tourists and group events to assessed businesses;
• Director of Sales and General Manager meetings to plan and coordinate tourism promotion
efforts for assessed businesses; and
• Development and maintenance of a website designed to promote overnight visitation to the
city and promote Santa Ana as a tourism destination highlighting the assessed businesses, as
well as all events, attractions, and reasons to visit (Stay, Shop, Dine, Play) to increase overnight
visitation at assessed lodging businesses.
Administration and Operations
The administration and operations portion of the budget shall be utilized for administrative staffing
costs, office costs, advocacy, and other general administrative costs such as insurance, legal, and
accounting fees.
City Administration Fee
The City of Santa Ana shall be paid a fee equal to two percent (2%o) of the amount of assessment
collected, to cover its costs of collection and administration.
Contingency/Reserve
The budget includes a contingency line item to account for uncollected assessments, if any. If there
are contingency funds collected, they may be held in a reserve fund or utilized for other program,
administration or renewal costs at the discretion of the TSA Board. Policies relating to contributions
to the reserve fund, the target amount of the reserve fund, and expenditure of monies from the reserve
fund shall be set by the TSA Board. Contingency/reserve funds may be spent on District programs
or administrative and renewal costs in such proportions as determined by the TSA Board. The reserve
fund may be used for the costs of renewing the SATMD.
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B. Annual Budget
The total five (5) year improvement and service plan budget is projected at approximately $2,400,000
annually, or $12,000,000 through 2025. This amount may fluctuate as sales and revenue increase at
assessed businesses, but is not expected to change significantly over the term.
C. California Constitutional Compliance
The SATMD assessment is not a property -based assessment subject to the requirements of
Proposition 218. Courts have found Proposition 218 limited the term `assessments' to levies on real
property.' Rather, the SATMD assessment is a business -based assessment, and is subject to
Proposition 26. Pursuant to Proposition 26 all levies are a tax unless they fit one of seven exceptions.
Two of these exceptions apply to the SATMD, a "specific benefit' and a "specific government
service." Both require that the costs of benefits or services do not exceed the reasonable costs to the
City of conferring the benefits or providing the services.
1. Specific Benefit
Proposition 26 requires that assessment funds be expended on, "a specific benefit conferred or
privilege granted directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not
exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of conferring the benefit or granting the
privilege." z The services in this Plan are designed to provide targeted benefits directly to assessed
businesses, and are intended only to provide benefits and services directly to those businesses paying
the assessment. These services are tailored not to serve the general public, businesses in general, or
parcels of land, but rather to serve the specific businesses within the SATMD. The activities described
in this Plan are specifically targeted to increase room night sales for assessed lodging businesses within
the boundaries of the SATMD, and are narrowly tailored. SATMD funds will be used exclusively to
provide the specific benefit of increased room night sales directly to the assessees. Assessment funds
shall not be used to feature non -assessed lodging businesses in SATMD programs, or to directly
generate sales for non -assessed businesses. The activities paid for from assessment revenues are
business services constituting and providing specific benefits to the assessed businesses.
The assessment imposed by this SATMD is for a specific benefit conferred directly to the payors that
is not provided to those not charged. The specific benefit conferred directly to the payors is an
increase in room night sales. The specific benefit of an increase in room night sales for assessed
lodging businesses will be provided only to lodging businesses paying the district assessment, with
marketing and sales programs promoting lodging businesses paying the SATMD assessment. The
marketing and sales programs will be designed to increase room night sales at each assessed lodging
businesses. Because they are necessary to provide the marketing and sales programs that specifically
benefit the assessed lodging businesses, the administration and contingency services also provide the
specific benefit of increased room night sales to the assessed lodging businesses.
Although the SATMD, in providing specific benefits to payors, may produce incidental benefits to
non-paying businesses, the incidental benefit does not preclude the services from being considered a
specific benefit. The legislature has found that, "A specific benefit is not excluded from classification
as a `specific benefit merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without
cost to the payor as a consequence of providing the specific benefit to the payor."'
'Jarvis v. the City of San Diego 72 Cal App. 4' 230
z Cal. Const. art7GIII C § 1(e)(1)
'Government Code § 53758(a)
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2. Specific Government Service
The assessment may also be utilized to provide, "a specific government service or product provided
directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the
reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or product."' The legislature has
recognized that marketing and promotions services like those to be provided by the SATMD are
government services within the meaning of Proposition 26'. Further, the legislature has determined
that "a specific government service is not excluded from classification as a `specific government
service' merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without cost to the
payor as a consequence of providing the specific government service to the payor.116
3. Reasonable Cost
SATMD services will be implemented carefully to ensure they do not exceed the reasonable cost of
such services. The full amount assessed will be used to provide the services described herein. Funds
will be managed by TSA, and reports submitted on an annual basis to the City. Only assessed lodging
businesses will be featured in marketing materials, receive sales leads generated from SATMD-funded
activities, be featured in advertising campaigns, and benefit from other SATMD-funded services.
Non -assessed lodging businesses will not receive these, nor any other, SATMD-funded services and
benefits.
The SATMD-funded programs are all targeted directly at and feature assessed businesses. It is,
however, possible that there will be a spill over benefit to non -assessed businesses. If non -assessed
lodging businesses receive incremental room nights, that portion of the promotion or program
generating those room nights shall be paid with non-SATMD funds. SATMD funds shall only be
spent to benefit the assessed businesses, and shall not be spent on that portion of any program which
directly generates incidental room nights for non -assessed businesses.
D. Assessment
The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term room rental revenue. Based on
the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive
days; stays of any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express
provision of federal law or international treaty; stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to January
1, 2021; and stays by any federal or state officer or employee while on official business only and when
payment for such occupancy is made directly to the operator by duly authorized voucher payment
from a governmental accounting office. This exemption does not exempt a transient who is employed
by the United States government or the state or their respective instrumentalities from payment of the
assessment when the payment is later to be reimbursed by the United States government or the state
or their respective instnunentalities
The term "gross room rental revenue" as used herein means: the total consideration charged to
transients as shown on the guest receipt for the occupancy of space in a hotel, including charges for
equipment (such as rollaway beds, cribs and television set, etc.), and in -room services (such as movies
and other services not subject to state taxes), valued in money, whether received or to be received in
money, goods, labor or otherwise. It shall include all receipts, cash, credit, property and services of
any kind or nature without any deduction therefrom whatsoever. The costs of additional goods and
services, which are not "rent," but which may be sold as a package with the room (such as meals,
excursions, and recreational services), must be accounted for in accordance with the rules and
Cal. Const. artXIII C § 1(e)(2)
s Government Code § 53758(b)
'Government Code § 53758(b)
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regulations promulgated by the City. Gross room rental revenue shall not include any federal, state
or local taxes collected, including but not limited to transient occupancy taxes.
The assessment is levied upon and a direct obligation of the assessed lodging business. However, the
assessed lodging business may, at its discretion, pass the assessment on to transients. The amount of
assessment, if passed on to each transient, shall be disclosed in advance and separately stated from the
amount of rent charged and any other applicable taxes, and each transient shall receive a receipt for
payment from the business. If the SATMD assessment is identified separately it shall be disclosed as
the "Tourism Marketing Assessment" As an alternative, the disclosure may include the amount of
the SATMD assessment and the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to the California
Tourism Marketing Act, Government Code §13995 et seq. and shall be disclosed as the "Tourism
Assessment" The assessment is imposed solely upon, and is the sole obligation of the assessed
lodging business even if it is passed on to transients. The assessment shall not be considered revenue
for any purpose, including calculation of transient occupancy taxes.
TSA shall not issue debt of any kind; and shall only fund expenses with recurring assessment revenue
collected or the reserve balance.
E. Penalties and Interest
The SATMD shall reimburse the City of Santa Ana for any costs associated with collecting unpaid
assessments. If sums in excess of the delinquent SATMD assessment are sought to be recovered in
the same collection action by the City, the SATMD shall bear its pro rata share of such collection
costs. Assessed businesses which are delinquent in paying the assessment shall be responsible for
paying:
1. Original De§nquency Penally: Any lodging business which fails to remit any assessment within
the time required shall pay a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the assessment in
addition to the amount of the assessment.
2. Continued Delinquency Compounding Penalty: Any lodging business which fails to remit any
delinquent remittance on or before a period of thirty (30) days following the date on which
the remittance first became delinquent shall pay an additional delinquency penalty of ten
percent (10%) of the amount of the assessment and the ten percent (10%) penalty first
imposed. Any lodging business which fails to remit any delinquent remittance on or before a
period of sixty (60) days following the date on which the remittance first became delinquent
shall pay an additional delinquency penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the
assessment and the ten percent (10%) penalty first imposed together with the additional ten
percent (10%) penalty imposed.
3. Audit Deficiency Compounding Penalty: If, upon audit by the City, a lodging business is found to
be deficient in either its return or its remittance or both, the City shall immediately assess the
lodging business the amount of the net deficiency plus an audit deficiency penalty of ten
percent (10%) of the amount of the net deficiency. If said lodging business's remittance was
deficient for a period of greater than thirty (30) days following the date on which remittance
was first delinquent, said lodging business shall pay an additional audit deficiency penalty of
ten percent (10%) of the net deficiency and the ten percent (10%) penalty first imposed. If
said lodging business's remittance was deficient for a period of greater than sixty (60) days
following the date on which the remittance first became delinquent, said lodging business shall
pay an additional audit deficiency penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the
assessment and the ten percent (10%) penalty first imposed together with the additional ten
percent (10%) penalty imposed
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4. Fraud: If the City determines that the nonpayment of any remittance due under this article is
due to fraud, a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the assessment shall be
added thereto in addition to the penalties stated in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of this section.
5. Interest: In addition to the penalties imposed, any lodging business who fails to remit any
assessment imposed by this article shall pay interest at the rate of one and one-half percent
(1.50%) per month or fraction thereof on the amount of the assessment, exclusive of penalties,
from the date on which the remittance first became delinquent until paid.
6. Penalties Merged nith Assessment: Every penalty imposed and such interest as accrues under the
provisions of this section shall become a part of the assessment herein required to be paid.
F. Time and Manner for Collecting Assessments
The SATMD assessment will be implemented beginning January 1, 2021 and will continue for five (5)
years through December 31, 2025. The City shall be responsible for collecting the assessment on a
monthly basis (including any delinquencies, penalties and interest) from each lodging business. The
City shall take all reasonable efforts to collect the assessments from each lodging business. The City
shall forward the assessments collected to the Owners' Association.
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V. GOVERNANCE
A. Owners' Association
The City Council, through adoption of this Plan, has the right, pursuant to Streets and Highways
Code 536651, to identify the body that shall implement the proposed program, which shall be the
Owners' Association of the SATMD as defined in Streets and Highways Code 536612. By adoption
of this Plan, the City Council has determined that the non-profit organization Travel Santa Ana
(TSA) will serve as the Owners' Association for the SATMD and the City will contract with TSA for
providing the SATMD improvements and services.
B. Brown Act and California Public Records Act Compliance
An Owners' Association is a private entity and may not be considered a public entity for any purpose,
nor may its board members or staff be considered to be public officials for any purpose. The Owners'
Association is, however, subject to government regulations relating to transparency, namely the Ralph
M. Brown Act and the California Public Records Act. These regulations are designed to promote
public accountability. The Owners' Association acts as a legislative body under the Ralph M. Brown
Act (Government Code �54950 et seq.). Thus, meetings of the TSA board and certain committees
must be held in compliance with the public notice and other requirements of the Brown Act. The
Owners' Association is also subject to the record keeping and disclosure requirements of the California
Public Records Act. Accordingly, the Owners' Association shall publicly report any action taken and
the vote or abstention on that action of each member present for the action.
C. Annual Report
TSA shall present an annual report at the end of each year of operation to the City Council pursuant
to Streets and Highways Code �36650 (see Appendix 1). The annual report shall include:
• Any proposed changes in the boundaries of the improvement district or in any benefit zones
or classification of businesses within the district.
• The improvements and activities to be provided for that fiscal year.
• An estimate of the cost of providing the improvements and the activities for that fiscal year.
• The method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each business
owner to estimate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his or her business for
that fiscal year.
• The estimated amount of any surplus or deficit revenues to be carried over from a previous
fiscal year.
• The estimated amount of any contributions to be made from sources other than assessments
levied pursuant to this part.
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APPENDIX 1— LAW
*** THIS DOCUMENT IS CURRENT THROUGH THE 2018 SUPPLEMENT ***
(ALL 2017 LEGISLATION)
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
DIVISION 18. PARKING
PART 7. PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
ARTICLE 1. Declarations
36600. Citation of part
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994."
36601. Legislative findings and declarations; Legislative guidance
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Businesses located and operating within business districts in some of this state's communities are
economically disadvantaged, are underutilized, and are unable to attract customers due to inadequate
facilities, services, and activities in the business districts.
(b) It is in the public interest to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of business
districts in order to create jobs, attract new businesses, and prevent the erosion of the business districts.
(c) It is of particular local benefit to allow business districts to fund business related improvements,
maintenance, and activities through the levy of assessments upon the businesses or real property that receive
benefits from those improvements.
(d) Assessments levied for the purpose of conferring special benefit upon the real property or a specific
benefit upon the businesses in abusiness district are not taxes for the general benefit of a city, even ifproperty,
businesses, or persons not assessed receive incidental or collateral effects that benefit them.
(e) Property and business improvement districts formed throughout this state have conferred special benefits
upon properties and businesses within their districts and have made those properties and businesses more
useful by providing the following benefits:
(1) Crime reduction. A study by the Rand Corporation has confirmed a 12-percent reduction in the
incidence of robbery and an 8-percent reduction in the total incidence of violent crimes within the
30 districts studied.
(2) Job creation.
(3) Business attraction.
(4) Business retention.
(5) Economic growth.
(6) New investments.
(t) With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies throughout the state, property and business improvement
districts have become even more important tools with which communities can combat blight, promote
economic opportunities, and create a clean and safe environment
(g) Since the enactment of this act the people of California have adopted Proposition 218, which added
Article XIII D to the Constitution in order to place certain requirements and restrictions on the formation of,
and activities, expenditures, and assessments by property -based districts. Article XIII D of the Constitution
provides that property -based districts may only levy assessments for special benefits.
(h) The act amending this section is intended to provide the Legislature's guidance with regard to this act its
interaction with the provisions of Article XIII D of the Constitution, and the determination of special benefits
in property -based districts.
(1) The lack of legislative guidance has resulted in uncertainty and inconsistent application of this
act which discourages the use of assessments to fund needed improvements, maintenance, and
activities in property -based districts, contributing to blight and other underutilization of property.
(2) Activities undertaken for the purpose of conferring special benefits upon property to be assessed
inherently produce incidental or collateral effects that benefit property or persons not assessed.
Therefore, for special benefits to exist as a separate and distinct category from general benefits, the
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incidental or collateral effects of those special benefits are inherently part of those special benefits.
The mere fact that special benefits produce incidental or collateral effects that benefit property or
persons not assessed does not convert any portion of those special benefits or their incidental or
collateral effects into general benefits.
(3) It is of the utmost importance that property -based districts created under this act have clarity
regarding restrictions on assessments they may levy and the proper determination of special benefits.
Legislative clarity with regard to this act will provide districts with clear instructions and courts with
legislative intent regarding restrictions on property -based assessments, and the manner in which
special benefits should be determined.
36602. Purpose of part
The purpose of this part is to supplement previously enacted provisions of law that authorize cities to levy assessments
within property and business improvement districts, to ensure that those assessments conform to all constitutional
requirements and are determined and assessed in accordance with the guidance set forth in this act. This part does not
affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of improvements or activities or
the raising of revenue for these purposes.
36603. Preemption of authority or charter city to adopt ordinances levying assessments
Nothing in this part is intended to preempt the authority of a charter city to adopt ordinances providing for a different
method of levying assessments for similar or additional purposes from those set forth in this part A property and
business improvement district created pursuant to this part is expressly exempt from the provisions of the Special
Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 (Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800)).
36603.5. Part prevails over conflicting provisions
Any provision of this part that conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law,
as to districts created under this part
36604. Severability
This part is intended to be construed liberally and, if any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall
remain in full force and effect. Assessments levied under this part are not special taxes.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions
36606. "Activities"
"Activities" means, but is not limited to, all of the following that benefit businesses or real property in the district:
(a) Promotion of public events.
(b) Furnishing of music in any public place.
(c) Promotion of tourism within the district.
(d) Marketing and economic development, including retail retention and recruitment.
(e) Providing security, sanitation, graffiti removal, street and sidewalk cleaning, and other municipal services
supplemental to those normally provided by the municipality.
(0 Other services provided for the purpose of conferring special benefit upon assessed real property or
specific benefits upon assessed businesses located in the district.
36606.5. "Assessment'
"Assessment" means a levy for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining improvements and
providing activities that will provide certain benefits to properties or businesses located within a property and business
improvement district.
36607. "Business"
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"Business" means all types of businesses and includes financial institutions and professions.
36608. "City"
"City" means a city, county, city and county, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the public member agencies of which
includes only cities, counties, or a city and county, or the State of California.
36609. "City council"
"City council" means the city council of a city or the board of supervisors of a county, or the agency, commission, or
board created pursuant to a joint powers agreement and which is a city within the meaning of this part.
36609.4. "Clerk"
"Clerk" means the clerk of the legislative body.
36609.5. "General benefit"
"General benefit" means, for purposes of a property -based district any benefit that is not a "special benefit" as defined
in Section 36615.5.
36610. "Improvement"
"Improvement" means the acquisition, construction, installation, or maintenance of any tangible property with an
estimated useful life of five years or more including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Parking facilities.
(b) Benches, booths, kiosks, display cases, pedestrian shelters and signs.
(c) Trash receptacles and public restrooms.
(d) Lighting and heating facilities.
(e) Decorations.
(t) Parks.
(g) Fountains.
(h) Planting areas.
(i) Closing, opening, widening, or narrowing of existing streets.
0) Facilities or equipment, or both, to enhance security of persons and property within the district.
(k) Ramps, sidewalks, plazas, and pedestrian malls.
(1) Rehabilitation or removal of existing structures.
36611. "Management district plan"; "Plan"
"Management district plan" or "plan" means a proposal as defined in Section 36622.
36612. "Owners' association"
"Owners' association" means a private nonprofit entity that is under contract with a city to administer or implement
improvements, maintenance, and activities specified in the management district plan. An owners' association may be
an existing nonprofit entity or a newly formed nonprofit entity. An owners' association is a private entity and may not
be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board members or staff be considered to be public officials
for any purpose. Notwithstanding this section, an owners' association shall comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act
(Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), at all times
when matters within the subject matter of the district are heard, discussed, or deliberated, and with the California
Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title I of the Government Code),
for all records relating to activities of the district
36614. "Property"
"Property" means real property situated within a district.
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36614.5. "Property and business improvement district"; "District'
"Property and business improvement district," or "district," means a property and business improvement district
established pursuant to this part.
36614.6. "Property -based assessment'
"Property -based assessment" means any assessment made pursuant to this part upon real property.
36614.7. "Property -based district'
"Property -based district" means any district in which a city levies a property -based assessment.
36615. "Property owner"; "Business owner"; "Owner"
"Property owner" means any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll or otherwise
known to be the owner of land by the city council. `Business owner" means any person recognized by the city as the
owner of the business. "Owner" means either a business owner or a property owner. The city council has no obligation
to obtain other information as to the ownership of land or businesses, and its determination of ownership shall be final
and conclusive for the purposes of this part. Wherever this part requires the signature of the property owner, the
signature of the authorized agent of the property owner shall be sufficient Wherever this part requires the signature
of the business owner, the signature of the authorized agent of the business owner shall be sufficient.
36615.5. "Special benefit'
"Special benefit" means, for purposes of a property -based district, a particular and distinct benefit over and above
general benefits conferred on real property located in a district or to the public at large. Special benefit includes
incidental or collateral effects that arise from the improvements, maintenance, or activities of property -based districts
even if those incidental or collateral effects benefit property or persons not assessed. Special benefit excludes general
enhancement of property value.
36616. "Tenant'
"Tenant" means an occupant pursuant to a lease of commercial space or a dwelling unit, other than an owner
ARTICLE 3. Prior Law
36617. Alternate method of financing certain improvements and activities; Effect on other provisions
This part provides an alternative method of financing certain improvements and activities. The provisions of this part
shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of improvements or
activities or the raising of revenue for these purposes. Every improvement area established pursuant to the Parking
and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500) of this division) is valid and
effective and is unaffected by this part
CHAPTER 2. Establishment
36620. Establishment of property and business improvement district
A property and business improvement district may be established as provided in this chapter.
36620.5. Requirement of consent of city council
A county may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of a city without the consent of the city council of
that city. A city may not form a district within the unincorporated territory of a county without the consent of the board
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of supervisors of that county. A city may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of another city without
the consent of the city council of the other city.
36621. Initiation of proceedings; Petition of property or business owners in proposed district
(a) Upon the submission of a written petition, signed by the property or business owners in the proposed
district who will pay more than 50 percent of the assessments proposed to be levied, the city council may
initiate proceedings to form a district by the adoption of a resolution expressing its intention to form a district.
The amount of assessment attributable to property or a business owned by the same property or business
owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all assessments proposed to be levied, shall not be
included in determining whether the petition is signed by property or business owners who will pay more
than 50 percent of the total amount of assessments proposed to be levied.
(b) The petition of property or business owners required under subdivision (a) shall include a summary of
the management district plan. That summary shall include all of the following:
(1) A map showing the boundaries of the district.
(2) Information specifying where the complete management district plan can be obtained.
(3) Information specifying that the complete management district plan shall be furnished upon
request.
(c) The resolution of intention described in subdivision (a) shall contain all of the following:
(1) A brief description of the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, the amount of
the proposed assessment, a statement as to whether the assessment will be levied on property or
businesses within the district, a statement as to whether bonds will be issued, and a description of
the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, which may be made by reference to any plan or map
that is on file with the clerk. The descriptions and statements do not need to be detailed and shall be
sufficient if they enable an owner to generally identify the nature and extent of the improvements,
maintenance, and activities, and the location and extent of the proposed district.
(2) A time and place for a public hearing on the establishment of the property and business
improvement district and the levy of assessments, which shall be consistent with the requirements
of Section 36623.
36622. Contents of management district plan
The management district plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) If the assessment will be levied on property, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel
of property and, if businesses are to be assessed, each business within the district. If the assessment will be
levied on businesses, a map that identifies the district boundaries in sufficient detail to allow a business owner
to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district boundaries. If the assessment will
be levied on property and businesses, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property
and to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district
boundaries.
(b) The name of the proposed district.
(c) A description of the boundaries of the district, including the boundaries of benefit zones, proposed for
establishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the affected property and businesses included,
which may be made by reference to any plan or map that is on file with the clerk. The boundaries of a
proposed property assessment district shall not overlap with the boundaries of another existing property
assessment district created pursuant to this part. This part does not prohibitthe boundaries of a district created
pursuant to this part to overlap with other assessment districts established pursuant to other provisions of law,
including, but not limited to, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (Part 6 (commencing
with Section 36500)). This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created
pursuant to this part to overlap with another business assessment district created pursuant to this part. This
part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created pursuant to this part to overlap
with a property assessment district created pursuant to this part.
(d) The improvements, maintenance, and activities proposed for each year of operation of the district and the
maximum cost thereof If the improvements, maintenance, and activities proposed for each year of operation
are the same, a description of the first year's proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities and a
statement that the same improvements, maintenance, and activities are proposed for subsequent years shall
satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.
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(e) The total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements, maintenance, or activities, and debt
service in each year of operation of the district. If the assessment is levied on businesses, this amount may
be estimated based upon the assessment rate. If the total annual amount proposed to be expended in each year
of operation of the district is not significantly different the amount proposed to be expended in the initial
year and a statement that a similar amount applies to subsequent years shall satisfy the requirements of this
subdivision.
(0 The proposed source or sources of financing, including the proposed method and basis of levying the
assessment in sufficient detail to allow each property or business owner to calculate the amount of the
assessment to be levied against his or her property or business. The plan also shall state whether bonds will
be issued to finance improvements.
(g) The time and manner of collecting the assessments.
(h) The specific number of years in which assessments will be levied. In a new district, the maximum number
of years shall be five. Upon renewal, a district shall have a term not to exceed 10 years. Notwithstanding
these limitations, a district created pursuant to this part to finance capital improvements with bonds may levy
assessments until the maximum maturity of the bonds. The management district plan may set forth specific
increases in assessments for each year of operation of the district.
(i) The proposed time for implementation and completion of the management district plan.
0) Any proposed rules and regulations to be applicable to the district.
(k) (1) A list of the properties or businesses to be assessed, including the assessor's parcel numbers for
properties to be assessed, and a statement of the method or methods by which the expenses of a
district will be imposed upon benefited real property or businesses, in proportion to the benefit
received by the property or business, to defray the cost thereof.
(2) In a property -based district, the proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel
shall be determined exclusively in relationship to the entirety of the capital cost of a public
improvement, the maintenance and operation expenses of a public improvement, or the cost of the
activities. An assessment shall not be imposed on any parcel that exceeds the reasonable cost of the
proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel. Only special benefits are assessable, and a
property -based district shall separate the general benefits, if any, from the special benefits conferred
on a parcel. Parcels within a property -based district that are owned or used by any city, public
agency, the State of California, or the United States shall not be exempt from assessment unless the
governmental entity can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that those publicly owned
parcels in fact receive no special benefit. The value of any incidental, secondary, or collateral effects
that arise from the improvements, maintenance, or activities of a property -based district and that
benefit property or persons not assessed shall not be deducted from the entirety of the cost of any
special benefit or affect the proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel.
(1) In a property -based district, the total amount of all special benefits to be conferred upon the properties
located within the property -based district.
(m) In a property -based district, the total amount of general benefits, if any.
(n) In a property -based district, a detailed engineer's report prepared by a registered professional engineer
certified by the State of California supporting all assessments contemplated by the management district plan.
(o) Any other item or matter required to be incorporated therein by the city council.
36623. Procedure to levy assessment
(a) If a city council proposes to levy a new or increased property assessment, the notice and protest and
hearing procedure shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(b) If a city council proposes to levy a new or increased business assessment, the notice and protest and
hearing procedure shall comply with Section 54954.6 of the Government Code, except that notice shall be
mailed to the owners of the businesses proposed to be assessed. A protest may be made orally or in writing
by any interested person. Every written protest shall be filed with the clerk at or before the time fixed for the
public hearing. The city council may waive any irregularity in the form or content of any written protest A
written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each
written protest shall contain a description of the business in which the person subscribing the protest is
interested sufficient to identify the business and, if a person subscribing is not shown on the official records
of the city as the owner of the business, the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that
the person subscribing is the owner of the business or the authorized representative. A written protest that
does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest. If written protests
are received from the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the proposed district that will pay
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50 percent or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce
the protests to less than 50 percent, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment against such
businesses, as contained in the resolution of intention, shall be taken for a period of one year from the date
of the finding of a majority protest by the city council.
(c) If a city council proposes to conduct a single proceeding to levy both a new or increased property
assessment and a new or increased business assessment, the notice and protest and hearing procedure for the
property assessment shall comply with subdivision (a), and the notice and protest and hearing procedure for
the business assessment shall comply with subdivision (b). If a majority protest is received from either the
property or business owners, that respective portion of the assessment shall not be levied. The remaining
portion of the assessment may be levied unless the improvement or other special benefit was proposed to be
funded by assessing both property and business owners.
36624. Changes to proposed assessments
At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish the district, the city council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or
modify the proposed assessment or the type or types of improvements, maintenance, and activities to be funded with
the revenues from the assessments. Proposed assessments may only be revised by reducing any or all of them. At the
public hearing, the city council may only make changes in, to, or from the boundaries of the proposed property and
business improvement district that will exclude territory that will not benefit from the proposed improvements,
maintenance, and activities. Any modifications, revisions, reductions, or changes to the proposed assessment district
shall be reflected in the notice and map recorded pursuant to Section 36627.
36625. Resolution of formation
(a) If the city council, following the public hearing decides to establish a proposed property and business
improvement district, the city council shall adopt a resolution of formation that shall include, but is not limited
to, all of the following:
(1) A brief description of the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, the amount of
the proposed assessment, a statement as to whether the assessment will be levied on property,
businesses, or both within the district, a statement on whether bonds will be issued, and a description
of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, which may be made by reference to any plan or
map that is on file with the clerk. The descriptions and statements need not be detailed and shall be
sufficient if they enable an owner to generally identify the nature and extent of the improvements,
maintenance, and activities and the location and extent of the proposed district.
(2) The number, date of adoption, and title of the resolution of intention.
(3) The time and place where the public hearing was held concerning the establishment of the
district.
(4) A determination regarding any protests received. The city shall not establish the district or levy
assessments if a majority protest was received.
(5) A statement that the properties, businesses, or properties and businesses in the district established
by the resolution shall be subject to any amendments to this part
(6) A statement that the improvements, maintenance, and activities to be conferred on businesses
and properties in the district will be funded by the levy of the assessments. The revenue from the
levy of assessments within a district shall not be used to provide improvements, maintenance, or
activities outside the district or for any purpose other than the purposes specified in the resolution
of intention, as modified by the city council at the hearing concerning establishment of the district.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, improvements and activities that must be provided outside the
district boundaries to create a special or specific benefit to the assessed parcels or businesses may
be provided, but shall be limited to marketing or signage pointing to the district
(7) A finding that the property or businesses within the area of the property and business
improvement district will be benefited by the improvements, maintenance, and activities funded by
the proposed assessments, and, for a property -based district, that property within the district will
receive a special benefit.
(8) In a property -based district, the total amount of all special benefits to be conferred on the
properties within the property -based district.
(b) The adoption of the resolution of formation and, if required, recordation of the notice and map pursuant
to Section 36627 shall constitute the levy of an assessment in each of the fiscal years referred to in the
management district plan.
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36626. Resolution establishing district
If the city council, following the public hearing, desires to establish the proposed property and business improvement
district, and the city council has not made changes pursuant to Section 36624, or has made changes that do not
substantially change the proposed assessment, the city council shall adopt a resolution establishing the district. The
resolution shall contain all of the information specified in Section 36625.
36627. Notice and assessment diagram
Following adoption of the resolution establishing district assessments on properties pursuant to Section 36625 or
Section 36626, the clerk shall record a notice and an assessment diagram pursuant to Section 3114. No other provision
of Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) applies to an assessment district created pursuant to this part.
36628. Establishment of separate benefit zones within district; Categories of businesses
The city council may establish one or more separate benefit zones within the district based upon the degree of benefit
derived from the improvements or activities to be provided within the benefit zone and may impose a different
assessment within each benefit zone. If the assessment is to be levied on businesses, the city council may also define
categories of businesses based upon the degree of benefit that each will derive from the improvements or activities to
be provided within the district and may impose a different assessment or rate of assessment on each category of
business, or on each category of business within each zone.
36628.5. Assessments on businesses or property owners
The city council may levy assessments on businesses or on property owners, or a combination of the two, pursuant to
this part. The city council shall structure the assessments in whatever manner it determines corresponds with the
distribution of benefits from the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, provided that any property -
based assessment conforms with the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (k) of Section 36622.
36629. Provisions and procedures applicable to benefit zones and business categories
All provisions of this part applicable to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of a property and business
improvement district apply to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of benefit zones or categories of
business. The city council shall, to establish, modify, or disestablish a benefit zone or category of business, follow the
procedure to establish, modify, or disestablish a property and business improvement district.
36630. Expiration of district; Creation of new district
If a property and business improvement district expires due to the time limit set pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section
36622, a new management district plan may be created and the district may be renewed pursuant to this part.
CHAPTER 3. Assessments
36631. Time and manner of collection of assessments; Delinquent payments
The collection of the assessments levied pursuant to this part shall be made at the time and in the manner set forth by
the city council in the resolution levying the assessment. Assessments levied on real property may be collected at the
same time and in the same manner as for the ad valorem property tax, and may provide for the same lien priority and
penalties for delinquent payment. All delinquent payments for assessments levied pursuant to this part may be charged
interest and penalties.
36632. Assessments to be based on estimated benefit; Classification of real property and businesses; Exclusion
of residential and agricultural property
(a) The assessments levied on real property pursuant to this part shall be levied on the basis of the estimated
benefit to the real property within the property and business improvement district. The city council may
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classify properties for purposes of determining the benefit to property of the improvements and activities
provided pursuant to this part.
(b) Assessments levied on businesses pursuant to this part shall be levied on the basis of the estimated benefit
to the businesses within the property and business improvement district. The city council may classify
businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to the businesses of the improvements and activities
provided pursuant to this part.
(c) Properties zoned solely for residential use, or that are zoned for agricultural use, are conclusively
presumed not to benefit from the improvements and service funded through these assessments, and shall not
be subject to any assessment pursuant to this part
36633. Time for contesting validity of assessment
The validity of an assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action
or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the resolution levying the assessment is adopted pursuant to Section
36626. Any appeal from a final judgment in an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after the entry
of judgment.
36634. Service contracts authorized to establish levels of city services
The city council may execute baseline service contracts that would establish levels of city services that would continue
after a property and business improvement district has been formed.
36635. Request to modify management district plan
The owners' association may, at any time, request that the city council modify the management district plan. Any
modification of the management district plan shall be made pursuant to this chapter.
36636. Modification of plan by resolution after public hearing; Adoption of resolution of intention
(a) Upon the written request of the owners' association, the city council may modify the management district
plan after conducting one public hearing on the proposed modifications. The city council may modify the
improvements and activities to be funded with the revenue derived from the levy of the assessments by
adopting a resolution determining to make the modifications after holding a public hearing on the proposed
modifications. If the modification includes the levy of a new or increased assessment, the city council shall
comply with Section 36623. Notice of all other public hearings pursuant to this section shall comply with
both of the following:
(1) The resolution of intention shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city
once at least seven days before the public hearing.
(2) A complete copy of the resolution of intention shall be mailed by first class mail, at least 10 days
before the public hearing, to each business owner or property owner affected by the proposed
modification.
(b) The city council shall adopt a resolution of intention which states the proposed modification prior to the
public hearing required by this section. The public hearing shall be held not more than 90 days after the
adoption of the resolution of intention.
36637. Reflection of modification in notices recorded and maps
Any subsequent modification of the resolution shall be reflected in subsequent notices and maps recorded pursuant to
Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100), in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 36627.
CHAPTER 3.5. Financing
36640. Bonds authorized; Procedure; Restriction on reduction or termination of assessments
(a)The city council may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the
estimated cost of some or all of the proposed improvements described in the resolution of formation adopted
pursuant to Section 36625, if the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to that section provides for the
issuance of bonds, under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500))
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or in conjunction with Marks -Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section
6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). Either act, as the case may be, shall
govern the proceedings relating to the issuance of bonds, although proceedings under the Bond Act of 1915
maybe modified by the city council as necessary to accommodate assessments levied upon business pursuant
to this part.
(b) The resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall generally describe the proposed improvements
specified in the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to Section 36625, set forth the estimated cost of
those improvements, specify the number of annual installments and the fiscal years during which they are to
be collected. The amount of debt service to retire the bonds shall not exceed the amount of revenue estimated
to be raised from assessments over 30 years.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, assessments levied to pay the principal and interest on
any bond issued pursuant to this section shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with
the timely retirement of the debt
CHAPTER 4. Governance
36650. Report by owners' association; Approval or modification by city council
(a) The owners' association shall cause to be prepared a report for each fiscal year, except the first year, for
which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements, maintenance, and
activities described in the report. The owners' association's first report shall be due after the first year of
operation of the district. The report may propose changes, including, but not limited to, the boundaries of the
property and business improvement district or any benefit zones within the district the basis and method of
levying the assessments, and any changes in the classification of property, including any categories of
business, if a classification is used.
(b) The report shall be filed with the clerk and shall refer to the property and business improvement district
by name, specify the fiscal year to which the report applies, and, with respect to that fiscal year, shall contain
all of the following information:
(1) Any proposed changes in the boundaries of the property and business improvement district or in
any benefit zones or classification of property or businesses within the district.
(2) The improvements, maintenance, and activities to be provided for that fiscal year.
(3) An estimate of the cost of providing the improvements, maintenance, and activities for that fiscal
year.
(4) The method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each real property
or business owner, as appropriate, to estimate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his
or her property or business for that fiscal year.
(5) The estimated amount of any surplus or deficit revenues to be carried over from a previous fiscal
year.
(6) The estimated amount of any contributions to be made from sources other than assessments
levied pursuant to this part.
(c) The city council may approve the report as filed by the owners' association or may modify any particular
contained in the report and approve it as modified. Any modification shall be made pursuant to Sections
36635 and 36636.
The city council shall not approve a change in the basis and method of levying assessments that would impair
an authorized or executed contract to be paid from the revenues derived from the levy of assessments,
including any commitment to pay principal and interest on any bonds issued on behalf of the district.
36651. Designation of owners' association to provide improvements, maintenance, and activities
The management district plan may, but is not required to, state that an owners' association will provide the
improvements, maintenance, and activities described in the management district plan. If the management district plan
designates an owners' association, the city shall contract with the designated nonprofit corporation to provide services.
CHAPTER 5. Renewal
36660. Renewal of district; Transfer or refund of remaining revenues; District term limit
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(a) Any district previously established whose term has expired, or will expire, may be renewed by following
the procedures for establishment as provided in this chapter.
(b) Upon renewal, any remaining revenues derived from the levy of assessments, or any revenues derived
from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be transferred to the renewed district. If the renewed
district includes additional parcels or businesses not included in the prior district, the remaining revenues
shall be spent to benefit only the parcels or businesses in the prior district. If the renewed district does not
include parcels or businesses included in the prior district, the remaining revenues attributable to these parcels
shall be refunded to the owners of these parcels or businesses.
(c) Upon renewal, a district shall have a term not to exceed 10 years, or, if the district is authorized to issue
bonds, until the maximum maturity of those bonds. There is no requirement that the boundaries, assessments,
improvements, or activities of a renewed district be the same as the original or prior district.
CHAPTER 6. Disestablishment
36670. Circumstances permitting disestablishment of district; Procedure
(a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions ofthis part, where there is no indebtedness,
outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the purposes of the district, may be disestablished by
resolution by the city council in either of the following circumstances-
(1) If the city council finds there has been misappropriation of funds, malfeasance, or a violation of
law in connection with the management of the district, it shall notice a hearing on disestablishment.
(2) During the operation of the district there shall be a 30-day period each year in which assessees
may request disestablishment of the district. The first such period shall begin one year after the date
of establishment of the district and shall continue for 30 days. The next such 30-day period shall
begin two years after the date of the establishment of the district Each successive year of operation
of the district shall have such a 30-day period. Upon the written petition of the owners or authorized
representatives of real property or the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the
district who pay 50 percent or more of the assessments levied, the city council shall pass a resolution
of intention to disestablish the district. The city council shall notice a hearing on disestablishment.
(b) The city council shall adopt a resolution of intention to disestablish the district prior to the public hearing
required by this section. The resolution shall state the reason for the disestablishment, shall state the time and
place of the public hearing, and shall contain a proposal to dispose of any assets acquired with the revenues
of the assessments levied within the property and business improvement district. The notice of the hearing
on disestablishment required by this section shall be given by mail to the property owner of each parcel or to
the owner of each business subject to assessment in the district as appropriate. The city shall conduct the
public hearing not less than 30 days after mailing the notice to the property or business owners. The public
hearing shall be held not more than 60 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.
36671. Refund of remaining revenues upon disestablishment or expiration without renewal of district;
Calculation of refund; Use of outstanding revenue collected after disestablishment of district
(a) Upon the disestablishment or expiration without renewal of a district any remaining revenues, after all
outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of assessments, or derived from the sale of assets acquired
with the revenues, or from bond reserve or construction funds, shall be refunded to the owners of the property
or businesses then located and operating within the district in which assessments were levied by applying the
same method and basis that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the fiscal year in which the district
is disestablished or expires. All outstanding assessment revenue collected after disestablishment shall be
spent on improvements and activities specified in the management district plan.
(b) If the disestablishment occurs before an assessment is levied for the fiscal year, the method and basis that
was used to calculate the assessments levied in the immediate prior fiscal year shall be used to calculate the
amount of any refund.
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APPENDIX 2 - ASSESSED BUSINESSES
ASSESSED BUSINESS NAME
ADDRESS
Embassy Suites
1325 E Dyer Rd Santa Ana, CA 92705-5615
Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana
201 E Macarthur Blvd Santa Ana, CA 92707
La Quinta Inn #2006
2721 S Hotel Terrace Dr Santa Ana, CA 92705-5603
Santa Ana California Lodge
2909 S Bristol St Santa Ana, CA 92704-6206
Country Inn and Suites John Wayne Airport
2701 S Hotel Terrace Dr Santa Ana, CA 92705
Holiday Inn
2726 S Grand Ave Santa Ana, CA 92705-5404
Doubletree Club Hotel
7 Hutton Centre Dr Santa Ana, CA 92707-5794
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Santa Ana
1600 E 1St St Santa Ana, CA 92701-6316
Courtyard by Marriott Santa Ana
8 E Macarthur PI Santa Ana, CA 92707
South Coast Metro Courtyard
3002 S Harbor Blvd Santa Ana, CA 92704-6430
Motel 6 #1256
1717 E Dyer Rd Santa Ana, CA 92705
Best Western OC Airport North
2700 S. Hotel Terrace Dr., Sana Ana, CA 92705
Comfort Inn & Suites OC John Wayne Airport
2620 S Hotel Terrace Dr Santa Ana, CA 92705
Red Roof Inn
2600 N Main St Santa Ana, CA 92705-6601
Candlewood Suites
2600 S Red Hill Ave Santa Ana, CA 92705
Hampton Inn & Suites
2720 S Hotel Terrace Dr Santa Ana, CA 92705
Budget Inn & Suites of Santa Ana
1108 N. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92703-1605
Motel 6 #738
1623 E 1St St Santa Ana, CA 92701-6316
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EXHIBIT 3
EXHIBIT 3
PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., for the purpose of providing services as described in the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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seq., for the purpose of providing services as described in the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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EXHIBIT 3
PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., for the purpose of providing services as described in the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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EXHIBIT 3
PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., for the purpose of providing services as described In the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chambe r of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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EXHIBIT 3
PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., for the purpose of providing services as described in the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Owner Representative/Owner Name (printed)
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copy of the Management District Plan should be made to:
Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE. SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., for the purpose of providing services as described in the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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copy of the Management District Plan should be made to:
Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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PETITION TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
TO FORM THE SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
We petition you to initiate proceedings to form a Tourism Marketing District in accordance with the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et
seq., forthe purpose of providing services as described In the summary of the Management District Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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copy of the Management District Plan should be made to:
Dave Elliott
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
1631 W. Sunflower Ave., Suite C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
(714) 541-5353 ext. 121
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