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Summary Title: Approving Annual Work Plan and Setting a Public Hearing to Continue Assessing Merchants within Park Street Business District
Recommendation to Approve the Park Street Business Improvement Area (BIA) Annual Assessment Report; and Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Levy an Annual Assessment on the Park Street BIA of the City of Alameda for Fiscal Year 2015-16 and Set a Public Hearing for May 5, 2015. (Community Development 227)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Approve the Park Street Business Improvement Area (BIA) Annual Assessment Report; Adoption of Resolution of Intention to Levy an Annual Assessment on the Park Street BIA of the City of Alameda for Fiscal Year 2015-16; Set a Public Hearing for May 5, 2015 to Levy an Annual Assessment on the Park Street BIA.
BACKGROUND
In 1989, following the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law in the California Streets and Highways Code, the City Council established regulations for Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) in the Park Street and Webster Street commercial areas. This staff report is for the Park Street BIA, which is managed by the Park Street Business Association (PSBA).
The BIA is funded from fees collected by the City from all businesses within the business district. The pooling of resources improves the business district as a whole and directly benefits business owners through the general promotion of business activities and public events, beautification and ambiance, construction and maintenance of parking facilities, and special projects benefitting the business area.
State law and the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) require the City Council to work in collaboration with a BIA Advisory Board (Board). The Board prepares an annual report and provides recommendations to the City Council on the proposed expenditure of BIA revenues for its geographic area. State law and the AMC ...
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