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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-011 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO RENEW THE <br /> SANTA ANA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT ("SATMD") <br /> AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC <br /> MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND <br /> GIVING NOTICE THEREOF <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana (City) created the Santa Ana Tourism Marketing <br /> District(SATMD) on November 17, 2020 by Resolution No. 2020-191; and <br /> WHEREAS, the SATMD was created for a five (5) year term which ends on <br /> December 31, 2025; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and <br /> Highways Code § 36600 et seq., authorizes the City to renew business improvement <br /> districts for the purposes of promoting tourism; and <br /> WHEREAS, Travel Santa Ana (TSA), lodging business owners, and <br /> representatives from the City have met to consider the renewal of the SATMD; and <br /> WHEREAS, TSA has drafted a Management District Plan (Plan) which sets forth <br /> the proposed boundary of the SATMD, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means <br /> of governance; and <br /> WHEREAS, lodging businesses who will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the <br /> assessment under the SATMD have petitioned the City Council to renew the SATMD. <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br /> FOLLOWS: <br /> Section 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct. <br /> Section 2. The City Council finds that assessed businesses that will pay more <br /> than fifty percent (50%) of the assessment proposed in the Plan have signed and <br /> submitted petitions in support of the renewal of the SATMD. The City Council accepts the <br /> petitions and adopts this Resolution of intention to renew the SATMD and to levy an <br /> assessment on certain lodging businesses within the SATMD boundaries in accordance <br /> with the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, <br /> Section 3. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of <br /> Streets and Highways Code §36622. <br /> Resolution No. 2025-011 <br /> Page 1 of 5 <br />