19E - DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA CMD ANNUAL RPT

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2011 TITLE: DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 15t Reading ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Approve the 2010-11 Downtown Santa Ana Community Management District annual report submitted by Downtown Inc. DISCUSSION On December 15, 2008, the City Council adopted a resolution establishing the Downtown Santa Ana Community Management District (CMD) and the levy of an assessment of the property owners within the District to fund various activities in the Downtown. The CMD plan provided that the initial tax assessment be levied in FY 2009-10 and that the operating term of the CMD be January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2014. The City entered into a management agreement with Downtown Inc. on June 9, 2009 to operate the Community Management District and to oversee the expenditure of the assessments collected during the five-year term of the CMD. The ordinance establishing the Community Management District and the management agreement with Downtown Inc. requires the submission of an annual report to the City Council containing the following information: 1) Any changes including, but not limited to, the boundaries of the CMD or any benefit zones within the district, the basis and method of levying the assessments, and any changes in the classification of property if a classification is used; 2) The improvements and activities to be provided for that upcoming fiscal year; 3) An estimate of the cost of providing the improvements and the activities for that upcoming fiscal year; 4) The method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each real property owner to estimate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his or her property for that fiscal year; 19E-1