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Adopt Ordinance to Disestablish the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District <br />February 7, 2023 <br />Page 2 <br />3 <br />2 <br />2 <br />5 <br />At a regular meeting of the CDC on October 26, 2022, by a vote of 6:0 (with one <br />recusal), the CDC recommended to the City Council to dissolve the BID. <br />Over the course of 2022, downtown businesses held several town hall meetings to <br />express their dissent for the BID. Several protest forms were submitted to the Clerk of <br />the Council and many merchants expressed their dissention for the BID and its <br />operations at the CDC and City Council meetings. <br />On December 20, 2022, the City Council adopted a resolution of intention to <br />disestablish the BID and set a public hearing for January 17, 2023. At the January 17th <br />Public Hearing City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance, and the two <br />operating agreements with the business associations were terminated. <br />BID levy assessments also terminated as of January 1, 2023. All businesses in the BID <br />have been notified and their BID assessment has been removed from their business <br />license tax bill for 2023 and thereafter. <br />Any remaining revenues derived from the levy assessments shall be refunded to the <br />tenants based on the method that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the <br />fiscal year in which the area is disestablished. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this action <br />EXHIBIT(S) <br />1. Ordinance <br />Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development <br />Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager