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Recommendation to Approve the Park Street Business Improvement Area Annual Assessment Report;
Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Levy an Annual Assessment on the Park Street Business Improvement Area of the City of Alameda for Fiscal Year 2026-27, and to Set a Public Hearing for May 5, 2026. (Base Reuse and Economic Development 10061810)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Adam W. Politzer, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Park Street Business Improvement Area (BIA), which is managed by the Downtown Alameda Business Association (DABA), is funded in part from an assessment collected by the City of Alameda (City) from all businesses within that business district. Every year, DABA presents a report to the City Council on the activities and expenditures that occurred during the past fiscal year. The annual report also provides recommendations on the proposed expenditure of BIA revenues for the next fiscal year.
Per the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC), each year the BIA assessment has an automatic Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase based on the San Francisco Area CPI. This year's CPI of 3.0 percent would raise the minimum retail business annual fee by $11.00, to $381.00, in Zone A and by $6.00, to $195, in Zone B.
Staff requests that City Council adopt a resolution setting a public hearing on May 5, 2026 to levy the annual BIA assessment for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27.
BACKGROUND
The BIAs are an important element of the City, DABA and the West Alameda Business Association (WABA) efforts to maintain vital Park and Webster Street districts, with other critical activities including the City's Landscape, Lighting and Maintenance Districts (LLMDs), direct allocation of funds to DABA and WABA, the Facade Improvement Grant Program, the Special Events Grant Program, the Cultural Arts Grants and the Vacancy Strategy. Staff will be returning to Council with an update on the Vacancy Strategy later this year.
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