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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2013 TITLE: DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT — INTENT TO LEVY ASSESSMENT FOR 2014 CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve the 2014 Assessment Report and budget for the Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District. 2. Adopt a resolution of intention to levy an annual assessment for 2014 and establish a time and place for a public hearing to be held by the City Council on January 7, 2014 to hear and consider all protests. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its regular meeting on December 3, 2013, by a vote 5:0 (Bist, Morfin absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission: 1) found that the 2014 Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District Assessment Report complies with the California Streets and Highways Code §36533; and 2) directed that the Interim Executive Director of the Community Development Agency file the 2014 Downtown Santa Ana Business Improvement District Assessment Report with the Clerk of the Council for City Council approval or modification. DISCUSSION Background On February 6, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS -1715 pursuant to state law, creating a Business Improvement District (BID) in Downtown Santa Ana. The BID was established as a means of providing the Downtown business community with the funding to promote events and advertising pieces, increase the security presence, enhance maintenance of the downtown shopping corridors, and implement street improvements to the area. The BID is funded through an additional charge on the business license tax for those businesses within the BID boundary (Exhibit 1). 12A -1