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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2004-030 - Downtown Business improvement DistrictRESOLUTION NO. 2004-30 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005 IN THE DOWNTOWN REDDING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 16, 2004. WHEREAS, on December 12, 1996, the City Council of the City of Redding adopted Resolution 96-225 declaring its intention to establish a Parking and Business Improvement Area and to levy an assessment on all businesses, trades, professions, and vendors within the District, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500) of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the "Act"); and~ WHEREAS, on January 21, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2167 adding Chapter 6.39 to the Redding Municipal Code, which became effective on February 20, 1997; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act and Section 6.39.020 of Chapter 6.39 of the Redding Municipal Code, the City Council established a certain described parking and business improvement area named the Downtown Redding Business Improvement District ("District"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.39.030 of Chapter 6.39 of the Redding Municipal Code, the City appointed the elected officers of the Downtown Redding Business Association (DRBA) to serve as an advisory board to the City Council (the "Advisory Board") and authorized the City to enter into an agreement with DRBA to carry out the purposes of the Act and Chapter 6.39 of the Redding Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.39.080 of Chapter 6.39 of the Redding Municipal Code, the Advisory Board shall prepare and file with the City Clerk, a report ("Annual Report") for each fiscal year for which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements and activities described in the report; and WHEREAS, the Advisory Board has filed the Annual Report for fiscal year 2003-2004 with the City Clerk for consideration by the Redding City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND FIND AS FOLLOWS: 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct. The City Council does, at the request of the Advisory Board, and pursuant to the Act, declare its intention to levy and collect assessments within the District in fiscal year 2004-2005. The types of improvements proposed to be funded by the levy of assessments on businesses in the District generally include parking facilities, benches, trash receptacles, street lighting, decorations, parks, and fountains. The types of activities proposed to be funded include promotion of public events in the District, promotion of tourism within the District, and activities which benefit businesses located and operating in the District. The Annual Report contains a full and detailed description of the improvements and activities to be provided for in fiscal year 2004-2005, the boundaries of the District and the boundaries of each separate benefit zone within the District, and the proposed assessments to be levied upon the businesses within the area. A true and correct copy of the Annual Report is on file with the City Clerk of the City of Redding. A public hearing to levy the annual assessment is hereby set for Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 7:00 p.m., before the City Council of the City of Redding, at the City Council Chambers located at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California. At the public hearing, the testimony of all interested persons, for or against the levying of the proposed assessment will be heard. A protest against the levying of the proposed assessment may be made orally or in writing. An oral protest shall be made at the public hearing. The form and manner of protests must comply with Sections 36524 and 36525 of the Act. If at the conclusion of the public hearing there are of record valid written protests by the owners of the businesses within the District that will pay fifty percent (50 percent) or more of the total assessments of the entire District, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment shall be taken for a period of at least one (1) year from the date of the finding of the majority written protest by the City Council. Further information regarding the Downtown Redding Business Improvement District may be obtained from the City Clerk of the City of Redding, at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California, and from the President of the Downtown Redding Business Association, Jay Thompson, at PMB 370, P.O. Box 496007, Redding, California, 96049. The City Clerk is instructed to provide notice of the public hearing by publishing this Resolution of Intention in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Redding once ten (10) days before the hearing. 10. This Resolution is effective on its adoption. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 2nd day of March 2004 and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ._¢±bula, COUNCIL MEMBERS: None COUNCIL MEMBERS: None COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Kight, Mathena, Stegall and Pohlmeyer Brad L. Fuller, City Attomey ~