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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 for Fiscal Year 2020-21, and
Recommendation to Set a Public Hearing for May 19, 2020 to Levy an Annual Assessment on the Park Street Business Improvement Area. (Community Development)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
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 the district. Every year, DABA presents a report to the City Council on the activities and expenditures that have occurred during the past fiscal year. The annual report also provides recommendations on the proposed expenditure of BIA revenues for the next fiscal year.
This fiscal year is ending with the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting Shelter-in-Place (SIP) order, which have led to an unprecedented situation for the Park Street district. In an addendum to its annual report, DABA has requested:
1. That there not be an annual CPI adjustment to the assessment fees; and
2. The invoices for the BIA assessment fees and City business license renewal be mailed 90 days after the State's SIP order has been lifted. As of the time of this writing, the Bay Area SIP order has been extended to May 3, 2020.
Staff is requesting that the City Council adopt a resolution setting a public hearing on May 19, 2020 to levy the annual BIA assessment for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21.
BACKGROUND
In 1989, following the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1979 in the California Streets and Highways Code, the City Council established regulations for BIAs in the Park Street and Webster Street commercial areas. This staff report is for the Park Street BIA, which is managed by ...
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