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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 4, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO MODIFY <br />THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />PLAN <br />/ l` <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1 n Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a Resolution of Intention to modify the Management District Plan <br />for the Downtown Santa Ana Community Management District. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On December 15, 2008, the City Council adopted a resolution establishing <br />the Downtown Santa Ana Community Management District (CMD) and the levy <br />of an assessment of the property owners within the District to fund <br />various activities in the Downtown. The CMD plan provided that the <br />initial tax assessment was to be levied in FY 2008-09, and the operating <br />term of the CMD was January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013. <br />Downtown, Inc. is the newly created non-profit organization that will <br />oversee the expenditure of the assessments collected during the five year <br />term of the CMD. The Board of Downtown, Inc. recently took an action to <br />defer the assessment levy until FY 2009-10, with the first installment <br />being due in October 2009. The Board felt that the new assessment may <br />place an undue hardship on the property owners in the CMD due to current <br />challenging economic conditions. This change in assessment levy <br />necessitates a modification to the CMD plan approved by the City Council. <br />Further, the operating term of the CMD must also be modified to now <br />reflect January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2014. Prior to final <br />consideration by the City Council, a public hearing must also be <br />conducted which will be scheduled for a subsequent meeting after proper <br />publication. <br />The property owners were notified of this pending action before the City <br />Council, and the appropriate public notice of the meeting was published <br />in the newspaper as required by Section 13-112 of the Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code. <br />55A-1 <br />