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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2004-054 N.C.S. 04/19/2004 resolution No.2004-054N.C.S. of the City of Petaluma, California APPROVING THE 2004 DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AND RELATED BUDGET, DECLARING THE INTENTION TO LEVY THE 2004 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DISTRICT, AND FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2004 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WHEREAS, in November 20, 2000, in accordance with California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq. ("the Act"), the Petaluma City Council adopted Ordinance 2104 N.C.S., later codified as Chapter 6.04 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, establishing the. Downtown Petaluma Business Improvement District ("DPBID"), within the area described in Exhibit 1, which is attached to and made a part of this resolution; and, WHEREAS, Section 6.04.050 of the Petaluma Municipal Code lists the types of improvements and activities that maybe funded by the levy of assessments on businesses within the DPBID as follows: A. 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 improvements: 1. Benches 2. Trash receptacles 3. Decorations 4. Facade improvements 5. Permanent landscaping B. Activities including but not limited to the following: 1. Promotion of public events which benefit businesses in the area and which take place on or in public places within the area. 2. Furnishing of music in any public place in the area. 3. Activities which benefit businesses located and operating in the area, including but not limited to, commercial shopping and promotional programs; and WHEREAS, under section 6.04..100 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, the Board of Directors established to govern the affairs of the DPBID must present the City Council with an annual report and budget for review and approval prior to City Council consideration of levying a benefit assessment for the following fiscal year; and, Resolution No. 2004-054 IV,C.S. << WHEREAS, the requirements of Petaluma Municipal Code Section 6.04.100 are in accordance with the Act, which establishes annual procedures governing the levy of assessments pursuant to the Act, including preparation of an annual report, adoption of a resolution of intent giving notice of a public hearing at which written and oral protests maybe made concerning levy of an annual assessment, and adoption of a resolution approving the annual report and levying the assessment; and, WHEREAS, Section 36535 of the Act provides that public hearings on levy of annual assessments pursuant to the Act must be conducted in accordance with Sections 36524 and 36525 of the Act, which provide as follows: A. The City Council shall hear and consider all protests against the establishment of the area, the extent of the area, or the furnishing of specified types of improvements or activities within the 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. B. Every written protest shall be filed with the City 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 and at the public hearing may correct minor defects in the proceedings. A written protest maybe withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. C. Each written protest shall contain a description of the business in which. the person subscribing the protest is interested sufficientto 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. D. If written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the proposed area which will pay 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 that 50 percent, no further proceedings to create the specified parking and business improvement area or to levy the proposed assessment, 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. E. If the majority protest is only against the furnishing of a specified type or types of improvement or activity within the area, those types of improvements or activities shall be eliminated; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and discussed the 2004 DPBID Annual Report and Budget at a duly noticed public meeting in accordance with State law; and, Resolution 2004-054 N.C.S. Page 2 WHEREAS, the 2004 DPBID Annual Report proposes no changes in the boundaries, method of assessment, or rate of assessment related to the DPBID; and, WHEREAS, the proposed PDBID 2004 Budget establishes the following budgetary priorities with estimated revenues and expenditures, as specified in the 2004 PDBID Annual Report: ¦ 32% Beautification $23,040 ¦ 32% Marketing $23,040 ¦ 20% Administration $14,400 ¦ 16% Security $11,520 Total: $72,000 WHEREAS, the 2004 Annual Report of the DPBID is on file at the City Clerk's Office for public review and contains a full and detailed description of the DPBID improvements and activities to be provided for the 2004 fiscal year, the boundaries of the DPBID and any benefit zones within the DPBID, and the proposed assessments to be levied on businesses in the DPBID for the 2004 fiscal year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Petaluma City Council as follows: 1. The above recitals are true and correct and hereby declared to be findings of the Petaluma City Council. 2. The Downtown Petaluma Business Improvement District ("DPBID") 2004 Annual Report and related budget, which is attached to and made a part of this resolution as Exhibit 2, is hereby preliminarily approved. 3. The billing improvements recommended in the staff report are hereby preliminarily approved. 4. Subject to California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq. (the "Act") and a public hearing held pursuant to the Act, the Petaluma City Council intends to levy the assessment described in the DPBID Annual Report and Budget for Fiscal Year 2004 to pay for improvements and activities within the DPBID in accordance with Chapter 6.04 of the Petaluma Municipal Code and the Act. 5. A public hearing will occur on May 3, 2004, at 3 p.m., at the Petaluma City Council Chambers, 11 English Street, Petaluma, California, concerning levy of the assessment proposed for the DPBID for fiscal year 2004. At the hearing, written and oral protests may be made in accordance with California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36524 and 36525. 6. The Petaluma City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this resolution in accordance with California Streets and Highways Code Section 36534 in Resolution 2004-054 N.C.S. Page 3 a newspaper of general. circulation in the City of Petaluma at least 7 days before the public hearing on levy of the proposed 2004 DPBID assessment. Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City. REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approved as to Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (Adjourned) (Special) meeting on the .........l.gth........... day of .......Apri~• 20.pq., by the following vote: • City Attorney AYES: Mayor Glass, Harris, O'Brien, Thompson, Torliatt NOES: None ABSENT: None RECUSED: Heal ,Vice ayor Moy ihan ATTEST: ' 1 City Clerk Mayor Council File Res. No....._2004^054.........N.C.S.