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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APRIL 7, 2008 TITLE: cY REPORT tJAIZ CITY MANAGER APPROVED o As Recommended o As Amended o Ordinance on 151 Reading o Ordinance on 2nd Reading o Implementing Resolution D Set Public Hearing For APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT - DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 2008 ANNUAL CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve the 2008 annual report. 2 . Approve an appropriation Downtown Santa Ana Business to reimburse funds 407 and and utility costs. adjustment to allocate funds to the Improvement District budget for 2008 and 27 for the holiday lighting decorations 3. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement in the amount of $136,000 for a one-year term, subject to non substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION ACTION At its Special Meeting of March 11, 2008, by a vote of 4 -0 (Villasenor absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the 2008 annual report, directed the Deputy City Manager for Development Services to file the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District 2008 annual report with the Clerk for City Council approval or modification, and recommended that the City Council approve the 2008 annual report. DISCUSSION On February 6, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-1715 pursuant to Section 36500 et seq of the California Streets and Highways Code, creating a Business Improvement District (BID) in Downtown Santa Ana. The BID allows the businesses to assess themselves in order to raise funds for the promotion and improvement of the Downtown area. The enabling statute calls for an advisory board to make recommendations to 20A-1