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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 3, 2019 <br />TITLE <br />PUBLIC HEARING — INTENT TO LEVY 2020 <br />DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT <br />DISTRICT ASSESSMENT <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 4F} <br />/s/Kristine <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on I" Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />�1��►1�1�1:3q:7 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Conduct a public hearing to consider all protests regarding the intention to levy an <br />assessment for 2020 for the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District. <br />2. Review any written protests filed prior to the close of the public hearing and determine <br />whether they constitute a majority protest. <br />3. If the City Council determines that no valid majority protest was lodged, adopt a resolution <br />confirming the Assessment Report and levying the assessment for 2020. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On November 5, 2019, the City Council approved the 2020 Assessment Report and budget for <br />the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District (BID). Additionally, the City Council <br />adopted a resolution of Intention to Levy the 2020 assessment pursuant to California Streets and <br />Highways Code section 35600 et seq. and scheduled the public hearing to consider protests to <br />this action for its regular meeting of December 3, 2019. <br />Business owners affected by the 2020 annual BID assessment may present written and/or oral <br />protests during this public hearing. If written protests are received from business owners within <br />the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District, which will pay 50 percent or more of <br />the proposed assessments and the protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the number to <br />less than 50 percent, the Council will be precluded from taking any action to levy the 2020 <br />assessment. The Intent to Levy BID Assessment List (Exhibit 2) provides a listing of businesses <br />within the BID and the weighted protest value. <br />Any written protests filed and not withdrawn must be reviewed to determine if they meet certain <br />qualifications. This review will include a comparison of names and business owners with official <br />City records. If it is determined that less than a majority protest is filed, the adoption of the subject <br />resolution (Exhibit 3) will confirm the 2020 Assessment Report (Exhibit 2) for the BID and levy the <br />assessments for 2020. The 2020 Assessment Report contains the basis and method of levying <br />the assessment, estimated activities and budgets from the two business associations - the Santa <br />Ana Business Council and Downtown Inc., and a map of the BID boundaries. <br />75B-1 <br />