HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-093 - Levy an Assessment for the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area for the Year 2003RESOLUTION NO. 2002-093
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 2003
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and
declares as follows:
By Ordinance No. NS-1715, adopted February 6, 1989, 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 Califomia
Streets and Highways Code; and
Since the adoption of 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) 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.
(b) 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.
2. The City Council presently intends to continue said assessment in the same
amounts during the year 2003.
3. 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) Decoration of any public place.
(b) Promotion of public events.
(c) Furnishing of music in any public place.
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(d) The general promotion of business activities. -.
4. The Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area is located as shown
on Attachment A, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
5. 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 2003, the boundaries of the area, and the proposed assessments to be levied
upon the businesses within the area for the year 2003.
6. A public hearing shall be held by the City Council at the Police Community
Room, Santa Aha Police Department, 60 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California at its
regular meeting of January 21, 2003 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 2003 for the improvements and activities described in the report.
7. At the public hearing, written and oral protests may be made in accordance
with sections 36524 and 36525 of the Califomia 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 wdting and shall
clearly set forth the irregularity or defect to which the objection is made. Every wdtten
protest shall be filed with the Clerk of the Council at or before the time fixed for the public
headng. Each written protest shall contain a description of the business in which the
person subscribing the protest is interested sufficient to identi~ 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 wdtten evidence that the person
subscribing is the owner of the business.
ADOPTED this 16th
day of December, 2002.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
Lisa Storck
Assistant City Attorney
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers:
Alvamz, Bist. Chdstv. Franklin. Garcia.
Solodo
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None (0)
Councilmembers: None
Pulido.
CERTIFICATION OF ATFESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2002-093 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
16. 2002.
City of Santa Ana on December ~-~-'~-~
Date: /**~' ~ ~ ~" '~ ~
Clerk of Council
City of Santa Ana
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