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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2019 TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO LEVY 2020 ASSESSMENT FOR DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 4F} /s/ Kristine CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on I" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Approve the 2020 Assessment Report for the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District (BID), which is administered by two organizations - the Santa Ana Business Council and Downtown Incorporated. 2. Adopt a resolution of intention to levy an annual business license tax assessment for the 2020 calendar year and establish a time and place for a public hearing to be held by the City Council on December 3, 2019 to hear and consider all protests. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its meeting on October 23, 2019, by a vote of 5:0 (Garcia absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the following: 1. Find that the 2020 Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District (BID) Assessment Report complies with the California Streets and Highways Code 36533. 2. Recommend that the City Council direct the Executive Director of the Community Development Agency to file the 2020 BID Assessment Report with the Clerk of the Council for City Council approval or modification. BACKGROUND On February 6, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-1715 pursuant to state law, creating a Business Improvement District (BID) in Downtown Santa Ana. The BID was established as a means of providing the Downtown business community with the funding to promote events and create promotional materials, increase the security presence, enhance maintenance of the downtown shopping corridors, and implement streetscape improvements to 12A-1