HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2024-044 - Redding Tourism Marketing Business Marketing Business Improvement District (RTMBID) and Fixing the Time and Place of a Public Meeting and Public HEaringRESOLUTION NO. 2024-044
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO RENEW THE REDDING TOURISM
MARKETING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (RTMBID) AND
FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC MEETING AND A PUBLIC
HEARING THEREON AND GIVING NOTICE THEREOF
WHEREAS, the City of Redding (City) created the RTMBID for a five (5) year term on June
3, 2008, by Resolution No. 2008-56; and
WHEREAS, the RTMBID was subsequently renewed in 2011 and again in 2015 for an
additional ten (10) year term, by Resolution No. 2015-038, which ends on December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code
§ 36600 et seq., authorizes the City to renew business improvement districts for the purposes of
promoting tourism; and
WHEREAS, Redding Tourism Marketing Group, Inc. (RTMG), lodging business owners, and
representatives from the City have met to consider the renewal of the RTMBID; and
WHEREAS, RTMG has drafted a Management District Plan (Plan) which sets forth the
proposed boundary of the RTMBID, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance;
and
WHEREAS, lodging business owners who will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the
assessment under the RTMBID have petitioned the City Council to renew the RTMBID;
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1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
2. The City Council finds that lodging businesses that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the
assessment proposed in the Plan have signed and submitted petitions in support of the renewal
of the RTMBID. The City Council accepts the petitions and adopts this Resolution of Intention
to renew the RTMBID and to levy an assessment on lodging businesses within the RTMBID
boundaries in accordance with the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994.
3. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of Streets and Highways Code §
36622.
4. The City Council declares its intention to renew the RTMBID and to levy and collect assessments
on lodging businesses within the RTMBID boundaries pursuant to the Property and Business
Improvement District Law of 1994.
5. The RTMBID shall include all lodging businesses, existing and in the future, availible for public
occupancy located within the boundaries of the City of Redding, as shown in the map attached
herein as Exhibit A.
6. The name of the district shall be Redding Tourism Marketing Business Improvement District
(RTMBID).
7. The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue.
During the ten (10) year term, the assessment rate may be increased annually by the RTMG by
a maximum of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental
revenue per year. The total assessment rate shall not exceed three percent (3%). Based on the
benefit received, assessments will not be collected on stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive
days, counting portions of calendar days as full days, nor on stays by any officer or employee of
a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express provision of federal law or
international treaty. The assessment shall be collected on stays until the period of thirty (30) days
has expired unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator and the occupant
providing for a longer period of occupancy.
8. The assessments levied for the RTMBID shall be applied toward sales and marketing programs
to market assessed lodging businesses in Redding as tourist, meeting, and event destinations, as
described in the Plan. Funds remaining at the end of any year may be used in subsequent years
in which RTMBID assessments are levied, as long as they are used consistent with the
requirements of this resolution, the ordinance, and the Plan.
9. The renewed RTMBID will have a ten (10) year term, beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as
possible thereafter, and ending ten (10) years from its start date, unless renewed pursuant to
Streets and Highways Code §36660.
10. Bonds shall not be issued.
11. The time and place for the public meeting to hear testimony on renewing the RTMBID and
levying assessments are set for June 18, 2024, at 6:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter
may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA 96001.
12. The time and place for the public hearing to renew the RTMBID and the levy of assessments are
set for July 16, 2024, at 6:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council
Chambers located at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA 96001. The City Clerk is directed to
provide written notice to the lodging businesses subject to assessment of the date and time of the
meeting and hearing, and to provide that notice as required by Streets and Highways Code §
36623, no later than June 1, 2024.
13. At the public meeting and hearing the testimony of all interested persons for or against the
renewal of the RTMBID may be received. If, at the conclusion of the public hearing, there are
of record written protests by the owners of the lodging businesses within the renewed RTMBID
that will pay fifty percent (50%) or more of the estimated total assessment of the entire RTMBID,
no further proceedings to renew the RTMBID shall occur for a period of one (1) year.
15. The complete Plan is on file with the City Clerk and may be reviewed upon request.
16. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution of Intention was introduced and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 21 st day of May, 2024, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - Dacquisto, Mezzano, Munns, Winter, and Audette
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - None
SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk
TENESSA AIJDETTE, Mayor
FORM APPROVED:
CHRISTIAN M. CURTIS, City Attorney
EXHIBIT A
District Boundaries