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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2022-199 N.C.S. 12/19/2022 DocuSign Envelope ID: B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A Resolution No. 2022-199 N.C.S. of the City of Petaluma, California ESTABLISHING THE LEVY FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHEREAS, on 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 Business Improvement District ("DBID"), within the area described in Exhibit A, 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 may be funded by the levy of assessments on businesses within the DBID 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. Farade 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 DBID must present the City Council with an annual report and budget for review and approval prior to the City Council consideration of levying a benefit assessment for the following fiscal year; and 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 may be 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. Resolution No. 2022-199 N.C.S. Page 1 DocuSign Envelope ID:B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A 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 may be 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 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. 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, in accordance with Section 36533 of the Act, the City Council has reviewed and approved the 2023 DBID Annual Report and Budget submitted by the DBID Board of Directors at the regularly scheduled and duly noticed December 5, 2022, City Council meeting; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 36534 of the Act, at the regularly scheduled and duly noticed December 5, 2022, City Council meeting, the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention to levy the 2023 annual assessment for the DBID; and WHEREAS, the Resolution of Intention was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least seven(7) days prior to the hearing; and WHEREAS, the proposed DBID 2022 Budget establishes the following budgetary priorities with estimated revenues and expenditures: 27% Security $20,250 23% Marketing $17,250 30% Beautification $22,500 20% Administration $15,000 Total: $75,000 WHEREAS,the Annual Report of the DBID is on file at the City Clerk's office for public review and contains a full and detailed description of the DBID improvements and activities to be provided for the 2023 fiscal year, the boundaries of the DBID and any benefit zones within the DBID, and the proposed assessments to be levied on businesses in the DBID for the 2023 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 36524 of the Act, on December 19, 2022, the City Council held the public hearing on the 2023 DBID annual levy and heard and considered all protests against the annual levy, the DBID area, the extent of the area, or the furnishing of specified types of improvements or activities within the area; and Resolution No. 2022-199 N.C.S. Page 2 DocuSign Envelope ID:B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 36525 of the Act, following the public hearing on December 19, 2022, all written protests received and not withdrawn were tallied and the City Council determined that written protests concerning the assessment, or particular improvements or activities to be funded by the assessment,were not received from the owners of the businesses in the DBID area that will pay 50 percent or more of the proposed annual assessment; and WHEREAS, administration of assessment districts does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) because it involves continuing administrative or maintenance activities and organizational or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. [14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(b)(2) & (5); and WHEREAS, if the proposed action did constitute a project under CEQA the proposed action is statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a) (Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges) and categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) as the resulting funds will be used to maintain downtown. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows: 1. The above recitals are hereby declared to be true and correct and are incorporated into findings of the City Council. 2. Finds that the administration of assessment districts does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves continuing administrative or maintenance activities and organizational or administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. [14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(b)(2) & (5). And if the proposed action did constitute a project under CEQA the proposed action is statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a) (Rates, Tolls, Fares, and Charges) and categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) as the resulting funds will be used to maintain downtown. 3. The DBID 2022 Annual Report and Budget is hereby approved. 3. Levies the assessment described in the DBID Annual Report and Budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which is attached and made a part of this Resolution as Exhibit B, to pay for improvements and activities within the DBID in accordance with Chapter 6.04 of the Petaluma Municipal Code and the Act. 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 meeting on the 191 day of December Docusigned kform: 2022,by the following vote: �Q 5EF85AFef fg0APRorney AYES: Barrett,Barnacle,Fischer,McDonnell,Pocekay NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None RECUSED: Hea�,King ocuSigned by: DocuSigned�Qby: ll ATTEST: gq�gggp fit, sou ba YUl , 1 t4ferK429E4492... Mayor 60'D2EGB48F42E... Resolution No. 2022-199 N.C.S. Page 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A Exhibit A Petaluma Downtown Business Improvement District Boundary Map W Q a ¢ D i F n g W F YSIf d Zin IL F yy W 1 O Ca m r o G c ®® ® a ' DocuSign Envelope ID: B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A EXHIBIT B DOWNTOWN PETALUMA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT, BUDGET AND MAP FOR 2023 1. Changes in Boundaries: None are proposed. 2. Changes in the Basis or Method of Assessment: None are proposed. 3. Changes in Classification of Businesses: None are proposed. 4. Improvements/Activities to be Undertaken & Related Budget: As proposed in the budget below and detailed in Staff Report Attachment 2. 5. Surplus/Deficit Carried Over from Prior Year: None 6. Contributions from Other Sources: None Downtown Petaluma Business Improvement District 2023 Budget Allocations Percentage Activity Type Amount 27% Security $20,250 23% Marketing $17,250 30% Beautification $22,500 20% Administration $15,000 Security- 27% - The Petaluma Downtown Association(PDA) contracts for coverage of the general downtown area to be performed on a regular nightly schedule. (The administration of this contract is not to be confused with a separate contract not paid for with BID funds for the Keller Street Garage.) Marketing-23% -These funds are used to supplement additional funds paid by individual merchants for the combined marketing efforts to create public awareness of events occurring in the downtown, e.g., Sidewalk Sale, Trick-or-Treat Trail, and other downtown events such as those listed under "administration." PDA develops joint marketing agreements with the merchants using these funds and utilizes the combined buying power of the PDA and merchant community to obtain favorable prices for advertising that would not ordinarily be available to the individual merchant. Beautification -30% -A volunteer committee meets to consider requests for investing in beautification projects downtown. Directional signage, holiday decorations, seasonal banner placements, and graffiti cleanup are among the beautification projects funded by the BID. Administration - 20% - Collected funds go to the day-to-day operations of the PDA office. Cost centers include rent, salary expense, and event coordination. DocuSign Envelope ID: B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A Types of Businesses Assessed • Retail, Restaurant and Antique Collectives: Businesses that buy and resell goods or comestibles. Examples are clothing stores, shoe stores, office supplies and antiques shops as well as businesses that sell prepared foods and drinks. • Service Businesses: Businesses that sell services. Examples are beauty and barbershops, repair shops, most automotive-orientated businesses, entertainment businesses such as theaters, etc. • Lodging: Includes renting rooms by the day or week to community visitors. • Professional Businesses: Includes: Architects, Engineers, Attorneys, Dentists, Doctors, Accountants, Optometrists, Realtors, Insurance Offices, Mortgage Brokers and most other businesses that require advanced and/or specialized licenses and/or advanced academic degrees. • Financial Institutions: Includes Banking, Savings, Loan and Credit Unions. Assessment by Type of Business Within Zones Business Type Zone A Zone B Zone C Restaurants&Retailers 1 -3 Employees 150 100 50 4-6 Employees 250 166 83 7+Employees 350 232 116 Antique Collectives 1-3 Dealers 150 100 50 4-6 Dealers 250 166 83 7+Dealers 350 232 116 Service Operators 1-3 Emp/Operators 150 100 50 4-6 Emp/Operators 250 166 83 7+Emp/Operators 350 232 116 Professional Businesses 125 82 41 Financial Institutions 500 500 500 Lodging 1-10 Rooms 150 150 150 11-25 Room 250 250 250 26+Rooms 350 350 350 Note:Retail,restaurant and service businesses will be charged on size which will be determined by number of employees,either full-time or the equivalent made up of multiples of part-time employees while Antique Collectives will be charged by number of business licenses active within one location. DocuSign Envelope ID: B57F995A-EEEF-4108-B8C5-971AD15C410A Petaluma Downtown Business Improvement District Boundary Map W Q a ¢ D i F n g W F YSIf d Zin IL F yy W 1 O Ca m r o G c ®® ® a '