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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2004 - 98RESOLUTION NO. 2004 — 98 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY STATING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH THE DOWNTOWN NATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994, PART 7 OF DIVISION 18 OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE AND APPOINTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING OBJECTIONS THERETO WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Part 7 of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code, commencing with Section 36600, (the "Law") authorizes cities and counties to establish, for up to five years initially, property and business improvement districts ("PBID") to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of business districts; and WHEREAS, the Law authorizes cities to levy and collect assessments on real property within such districts for the purpose of providing improvements and promoting activities that specially benefit real property within such districts; and WHEREAS, Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the California Constitution and Section 53753 of the California Government Code impose certain procedural and substantive requirements relating to the levy of new or increased assessments; and WHEREAS, a written petition has been submitted by property owners within Downtown National City requesting the City Council to initiate proceedings pursuant to the Law to establish the Downtown National City Management District for a five (5) year period; and WHEREAS, such petition was signed by property owners in the proposed district who will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessments proposed to be levied; and WHEREAS, a Management District Plan entitled the "Downtown National City Management District Plan" (the "Management District Plan") and a District Assessment Engineer's Report has been prepared and submitted to the City Clerk, containing all of the information required by Section 36622 of the Law, including a description of the boundaries of the district, the improvements and activities proposed for the district, and the cost of such improvements and activities. Said documents are on file in the office of the City Clerk. follows: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council declares as Resolution No. 2004 — 98 June 15, 2004 Page 2 Section 1. Pursuant to Section 36621(a) of the Law, the National City Council Members declares its intention to establish for five years, "The Downtown National City Management District" (the "District") and to levy and collect assessments against lots and parcels of real property within the District, commencing with fiscal year 2004-05. Section 2. The Council Members hereby approves the Management District Plan, on file in the office of the City Clerk. Section 3. The City Clerk shall make the Management District Plan and other documents related to the District available to the public for review during normal business hours. Section 4. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council Members shall conduct a public hearing to establish the District and to levy and collect assessments for fiscal year 2004-05 on August 3, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the National City Council Chambers located at 1243 National City Boulevard. At the public hearing, the Board will consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed establishment of the District and the proposed assessment. Any interested person may present written or oral testimony at the public hearing. Section 5. The boundaries of the proposed District are included in the Management District Plan. See Plan for description. Section 6. The proposed activities for the District include streetscape, sidewalk, parkway and street fumiture maintenance, repair and replacement including but not limited to trees, sidewalk pavement, sidewalk bollards, street fumiture, trash receptacles and street lights as well as periodic landscape maintenance and steam cleaning services which benefit businesses and real property located in the District. Section 7. The assessment proposed to be levied and collected for fiscal year 2004-05 is $240,772.01. The amount to be levied and collected for subsequent years may be increased, by an amount not to exceed five percent (5%) per year in accordance with increases in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. Section 8. The City Clerk or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of the public hearing as provided in Section 53753 of the Government Code and Article XIIID, Section 4 of the California Constitution. --- Signature Page to Follow --- Resolution No. 2004 — 98 June 15, 2004 Page 3 PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 2004. ATTEST: if c aelDt� Mi alla, Ci Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney