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. ..__..._"."40' CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Fax:714-637-6~15 t._ ,n, _.......'..'..._"~ ~. .:.~:,',_,...,."'_..,'..'~ ~ . Jan 18 '05 15:19 P.03 ." '.,' .' .. ,:.;,' :~.:;:;:'~~';:.-~:. ~~'...( ".~": ..:. ~; -~~~'~ ,;~>;,,:~;":~.~.~1~~;)~~~~ff~~.:':'.>': .. ~. I,~. "~,. ~~~ ~. CITY OF SANTA ANA OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM To: Patricia C. 'WhitRker. Executive Director of Community Developme>>t From; Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney Date: January 18, :200S Re: R.eview of PetiUons Filed on December 20, 2004 Cc: City Managu, Assistant City Manager, Clerk of the Council My staff assisted the Treasury Division of the Finance and Management Services Agency in very carefully evaluating the petitions lodged with the Clerk of the Council on December 20. 2004. These all are related to either the Downtown Santa Ana Business Impro'VOID.ent Area (BID) or the Downtown Santa Ana Business Association (DSABA) which used to serve as the advisory board for the BID. Our review determined that they fall into one or more of 3 categories: (1) those which in some way object to or prote51: the assessments in general. (2) those calli11g for dissolution of the BID, and (3) thOSe requesting to withdraw from membership in DSABA. We advisro City Stat! that none of the dOcuments qualify as a valid protest to the 200S Annual BID Assessment because they are not addressed to the specific annual, aisessment in que&t:i.on as called for in City Couneil Resolution 2005-093. In most cases, the petitions addressing the assessments arc not dated. Those that are dated were executed in February through April of 2004. It was impossible, therefore, for the Signer to be considering the proposed assessment ~d budget for 2005 which was delivered. to the City Council on December 20, 2004.