Item 30 - Ordinance to Disestablish the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 1 of 3 ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO DISESTABLISH THE DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHEREAS, on February 6, 1984, in accordance with California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq., the City of Santa Ana adopted Ordinance No. NS- 1715, by which the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement Area was established (“Downtown BID”) as a means of providing the Downtown business community with funding to promote and market the Downtown area; and WHEREAS, the City Council appointed the Community Development Commission to serve as the BID Advisory Board to make recommendations to the City Council on the expenditure of revenues derived from the levy of assessments, on the classification of businesses, as applicable, and on the method and basis of levying the assessments; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on October 26, 2022, by a majority vote, the Community Development Commission recommended that the City Council dissolve the Downtown BID; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on November 15, 2022, by a majority vote, the City Council approved the recommendation to dissolve the Downtown BID; and WHEREAS, Section 36550 of the California Streets and Highways Code authorizes the City Council to disestablish a business improvement area by ordinance after adopting a resolution of intention prior to conducting a public hearing on the ordinance; and WHEREAS, on December 20, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-___ (“Resolution”) declaring its intention to disestablish the Downtown BID and setting a public hearing to consider such an ordinance for January 17, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter, in the Santa Ana City Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California; and WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Council provided notice of the above-referenced hearing in accordance with Section 36523 of the California Streets and Highways Code, by publishing the Resolution in a newspaper of general circulation in the City once, for at least seven days before the public hearing, and by mailing a complete copy of the Resolution by first-class mail to each business owner assessed in the Downtown BID within seven days of the City Council’s adoption of the Resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Council, at the time and place set for public hearing, heard any and all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed ordinance dissolving the Downtown BID. EXHIBIT 1