GARDEN GROVE CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING AN AMENDEDMENT TO THE 2025-26 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
GARDEN GROVE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD,
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO APPROVE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ACTIVITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 FOR THE GARDEN GROVE TOURISM IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT, FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND
GIVING NOTICE THEREOF
WHEREAS, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, California Streets and Highways Code Section 36500 et seq., (the “Law”) authorizes cities to establish parking and business improvement areas for the purpose of funding certain improvements and activities, including the promotion of tourism, through assessments upon the businesses that benefit from those improvements and activities and to levy an assessment upon businesses within a parking and business improvement area, which is in addition to any assessments, fees, charges, or taxes imposed in the City;
WHEREAS, the Garden Grove Tourism Improvement District (GGTID) was established October 26, 2010, by City Council adoption of Ordinance No. 2782; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 36533 of the Law, the GGTID Advisory Board has prepared and filed with the City Clerk, and the City Clerk has presented to the City Council, a proposed amendment to the report in connection with modifications of the activities to be funded with the revenues from the levy of the assessments of the GGTID (the “Amendment to the Annual Report”).
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE HEREBY RESOLVES, DETERMINES, AND FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council has examined and reviewed the Amendment to the Annual Report, and such Amendment is hereby approved and filed.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby declares its intention to approve the modifications of the activities to be funded with the revenues from the levy of assessments from those visitor accommodation facilities within the boundaries of the Garden Grove Tourism Improvement District (“GGTID”) for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year, commencing July 1, 2025, and continuing through June 30, 2026.
SECTION 4. The Amendment to the Annual Report is on file with the Garden Grove City Clerk and contains a full and detailed description of the modifications to the activities to be provided to the visitor accommodation facilities in the area.
Garden Grove City Council
Resolution No.
SECTION 5. The boundaries of the GGTID generally include certain real property within that area of Garden Grove fronting, bordering, or near Harbor Boulevard from the City of Anaheim to Garden Grove Boulevard. The GGTID is divided into two (2) separate zones: (i) Tier I, which includes that real property within the GGTID north of Lampson Avenue, and (ii) Tier II, which includes that real property within the GGTID south of Lampson Avenue. A map showing the precise area and boundaries of the GGTID and the two benefit zones is on file with the Garden Grove City Clerk.
SECTION 6. The time and place for a public hearing on the levy of assessments for the GGTID is hereby set for March 10, 2026 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the Garden Grove Community Meeting Center, 11300 Stanford Avenue, Garden Grove, California.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give proper notice of the above- described public meeting and public hearing in accordance with law.
SECTION 8. At the public hearing, the testimony of all interested persons for or against the modification to the activities of the GGTID for fiscal year 2025-26. A protest may be made orally or in writing by any interested person. Any protest pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and clearly state the irregularity or defect to which objection is made. To count in the majority protest against the GGTID, a protest must be written. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain a written description of the business in which the person signing the protest is interested, sufficient to identify the business and its address. If the person signing the protest is not shown on the official records of the City of Garden Grove as the owner of the business, then the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person is the owner of the business. If the owner of the business is a corporation, LLC, partnership or other legal entity, the authorized representative for the entity shall be authorized to sign the protest.
Garden Grove City Council
Resolution No.
Written protests must be received by the City Clerk of the City of Garden Grove before the close of the public hearing scheduled herein and may be mailed to the City Clerk, City of Garden Grove, P.O. Box 3070, Garden Grove, California 92842, or delivered in person to the City Clerk at 11222 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove, California 92840.
SECTION 9. Pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 36525, if at the conclusion of the public hearing, there are of record, valid written protests by the owners of the businesses within the GGTID that will pay fifty percent (50%) or more of the total assessments of the entire GGTID, no modifications in the activities for Fiscal Year 2025-26 will be approved or implemented. In order to determine the projected assessments for purposes of establishing voting percentages, the City shall make projections based on the prior three-year average of gross rental revenues for the applicable visitor accommodation facilities. Since such information is proprietary, the City, alone, will determine the total percentage protest and provide such percentage at the public hearing.
SECTION 11. This Resolution is effective upon its adoption.
Adopted this 24
th day of February 2026.