HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-078 - Maintenance Thereby Reducing the Annual Bid Assessment by 50%RESOLUTION NO. 2003-078
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPOINTING THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION AS THE
DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT (BID) ADVISORY BOARD; AUTHORIZING THE
CREATION OF A BID ADVISORY COMMITTEE RELATED
TO SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE IN THE BID AREA;
AND DECLARING THE CITY COUNCIL'S INTENT TO
LIMIT BID ACTIVITIES TO SECURITY AND
MAINTENANCE THEREBY REDUCING THE ANNUAL BID
ASSESSMENT BY 50 PERCENT
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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:
On February 6, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-1715 pursuant
to Section 36500 of the 1979 State of California Street and Highway Code,
creating a Business Improvement District (BID) in Downtown Santa Ana.
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The BID was formed to provide business in the BID area of Downtown Santa Ana
with the resources to help develop maintenance, security, and marketing
programs as well as providing physical improvements to the Downtown.
City Council with the assistance of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce,
created the Downtown Santa Aha Business Association (DSABA) to act as the
BID advisory board to advise Council regarding expenditures of BID funds.
In 2003, DSABA considered restructuring itself in order better facilitate its BID
advisory duties; a nd by resolution, requested t hat City Council approve a new
organizational structure to act as the BID advisory board.
E. A number of alternative organizational structures have been presented to staff
that do not follow the structure as set forth by the DSABA resolution.
Section 2. The City Council hereby:
A. Appoints the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission
(CRHC) to act as the BID Advisory Board in place of the DSABA.
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B. Directs CRHC to immediately assume the obligation to prepare an Annual
Report and recommend an annual budget to the City Council for approval in December
2003.
C. Advises CRHC of its intent to reduce the function of the BID in 2004 to only
provide security and maintenance and thereby reduce the annual BID assessment by
50 percent for all assesses for 2004.
D. Establishes a Downtown Security and Maintenance Committee (DSMC) to
recommend an annual budget to the Community Redevelopment and Housing
Commission to be made up of an eight-member Committee to be elected by all
assessed businesses, with two representatives from each of the four BiD sub-areas
elected to two-year terms and that this Committee will be elected after this years budget
is presented to Council.
E. Authorize staff to prepare the 2004 BID budget to present to the CRHC in
November 2003.
F. Directs the Community Development Agency staff to provide technical
assistance, similar to that rendered to Neighborhood Associations, to those groups
wanting to organize their interests in the Downtown area and approved by the Executive
Director.
G. Directs the Executive Director the Community Development Agency or his
designee as agent to take any and all actions necessary to carry out the intent of this
resolution.
Section 3. 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.
Section 4. If this resolution or any provisions thereof are held to be invalid in whole or
in part, the assessments shall be reimposed in an identical amount and upon the same
businesses as a matter of law and no lapse in the levy of any assessment shall be
deemed to have occurred.
ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2003.
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Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By: , ~ .~
Michael Vigliott~ - ~r - "~
Deputy City Attorney
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Alvarez, Bist, Garcia, Solorio (4)
Franklin (1)
None (0)
Christy, Pulido (2)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Resolution No. 2003-078 to be the original resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Aha on October 6, 2003.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2003-078
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