HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-072 - Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area for the Year 2000RESOLUTIONNO. 1999- 072
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY
AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA FOR THE YEAR 2000
WHEREAS, by its Ordinance No. NS-1715, adopted February 6, 1994, the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana established the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area pursuant
to sections 36500 et seq. of the California Streets and Highways Code; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the said ordinance, the City Council has levied an
assessment in the following amounts for the improvements and activities of the Downtown Santa
Ana Business Improvement Area:
(a)
(b)
For amusement services, pawnbrokers, service stations, retail sales of goods, hotels,
motels, theaters, food establishments: an assessment in an amount equal to one and
one-half(1.5) the annual business license fee.
For commercial and residential rental property: an assessment in an amount equal to
one-fourth (0.25) the annual business license fee.
(c) For all other businesses: an assessment in an amount equal to the annual business fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council presently intends to continue said assessment in the same amounts
during the year 2000.
2. The improvements and activities for which the assessment revenues may be used in
the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area pursuant to Ordinance No. NS- 1715 are as
follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Decoration of any public place.
Promotion of public events.
Furnishing of music in any public place.
The general promotion of business activities.
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3. The Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area is located as shown on
Attachment A, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
4. A report is on file with the Clerk of the Council to which reference may be made for
a full and detailed description of the improvements and activities to be provided for the year 2000,
the boundaries of the area, and the proposed assessments to be levied upon the businesses within
the area for the year 2000.
5. A pUblic heating shall be held by the City Council at the Council Chambers, 22 Civic
Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California at its regular meeting of December 6, 1999 at 6:00 p.m. or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, for the purpose of determining whether to impose the
abovesaid assessment for the year 2000 for the improvements and activities described in the report.
6. At the public hearing, written and oral protests may be made in accordance with
sections 36524 and 36525 of the California Streets and Highways Code. The City Council shall
hear and consider all protests against the furnishing of specified types of improvements or activities
within the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area. A protest may be made orally or in
writing by any interested person. Any protest pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the
proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the irregularity or defect to which the
objection is made. Every written protest shall be filed with the Clerk of the Council at or before
the time fixed for the public heating. Each written protest shall contain a description of the
business in which the person subscribing the protest is interested sufficient to identify the business.
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.
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ADOPTED this 15thday of
November
., 1999__.
ATTEST:
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COUNCILMEMBERS:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Pulido Aye
Lutz Aye
Bist Aye
Christy Absent
Franklin Aye
McOuigan Absent
Moreno Not Voting
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
Cristine L. Shaw
Deputy City Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached ResolutionNo./~
to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Aha on
.
Date: .
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~City of Santa Ana
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Downtown Santa Ana
Business Improvement Area
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SECOND ST.
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ATTACHMENT A