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RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -062
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 DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR
2016
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. By Ordinance No. NS -1715, adopted February 6, 1984, 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
B. As provided in Ordinance No. NS -1715, the City Council is authorized to levy 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.
Section 2. The improvements and activities for which the assessment revenues
may be used in the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District 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.
(d) The general promotion of business activities.
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Section 3. The Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District is located as
shown on Attachment A, attached hereto and incorporated herein.
Section 4. An assessment 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 2016, the boundaries of the area, and the proposed
assessments to be levied upon the businesses within the area for the year 2016.
Section 5. A public hearing shall be held by the City Council at the City Council
Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California at its regular meeting of
December 15, 2015, at 5:45 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, for
the purpose of determining whether to impose the above said assessment for the year
2016 for the improvements and activities described in the report.
Section 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.
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
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. A written protest which does not comply with this
section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.
Section 7. 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.
ADOPTED this 17" day of November, 2(
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia "alrvq�ho, City Attorney
Attorney
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AYES: Councilmembers: Amezcua, Benavides, Pulido, Reyna,
Sarmiento, Tinaiero (6)
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: Martinez (1)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2015 -062 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on November 17, 2015.
Date: !) r
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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