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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER JANANI RAMACHANDRAN
RESOLUTION AWARDING A GRANT AGREEMENT TO [Dimond
Improvement Association -DIA FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000) TO SUPPORT BID
FORMATION ACTIVITY PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION
88783 C.M.S.
WHEREAS, as part of the Adopted Policy Budget for Fiscal Years 2019 -2021 (Resolution No. 87759 C.M.S., 2019) the City Council appropriated funding for grant agreements with the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, Inc., the Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce, and the Dimond Improvement Association t o perform Business Improvement District (“BID”) feasibility studies to determine whether the Chinatown, Eastlake or Dimond districts would be justified in moving forward to continue BID formation efforts; and
WHEREAS, the grantee will be required to provide any additional funding needed to complete the BID feasibility studies and related work, and work with qualified full service BID consultants that have completed four or more BIDs within the State of California, provide all language translation services to the level required by the City of Oakland Equal Access Ordinance and follow all relevant state and local law related to BID formation allowing for a maximum 10 year term for any BIDs formed; and
WHEREAS, the General Purpose Fund grant funding allocat ion is separate from any other City of Oakland funding that the above -named organization and non -profit may be receiving, including funds allocated from other funding sources, through separate grant or contractual agreements, or through voter-approved measures; and
WHEREAS, the above grant funds are being held (until disbursed) in General Purpose Fund (1010)/Economic Development Org ( 85411)/Contract Contingencies Account (54011)/ Business Improvement District Project (1000147)/Business Attraction, Retention and Expansion Program (SC11); now therefore, be it
2 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Oakland enacted the City of Oakland Business Improvement Management District Ordinance (BIMD Ordinance) pursuant to Ordinance No. 12190 C.M.S.(1999), as codified in chapter 4.48 of the Oakland Municipal Code (O.M.C.), establishing the procedures for the formation of business improvement management districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved a Neighborhood Business Improvement District Program pursuant to Oakland City Council pursuant to Oakland City Council Resolution No. 75323 C.M.S., dated November 9, 1999, to provide technical and financial assistance to stakeholder groups of business and property owners in the City to assist in the formation of such districts; and
WHEREAS, the affected property owners in the Dimond area submitted a petition under the BIMD Ordinance (O.M.C. section 4.48.050A) to form the Dimond Business Improvement District of 2023 (Proposed District) and seek qualification as a Business Improvement Management District under Oakland’s BIMD Ordinance; an
WHEREAS, The City Council adopted Resolution 88783 Amending The Fiscal Year 2021 -23 Biennial Budget To Appropriate Additional Funding For Traffic Calming Projects, Infrastructure, And Public Art (Murals) and to pay for business improvement district (BID) feasibility studies to be conducted in the Chinatown, Eastlake and Dimond commercial neighborhoods
WHEREAS, on July 26, 2021, the City Council made a cumulative one-time appropriation of $25,000 in the Budget for fiscal years 2021-2023 to pay for BID feasibility studies in Dimond commercial districts (Resolution No. 88783 C.M.S., 2021).
RESOLVED: Council appropriated onetime funds via Reso lution. 88783 C.M.S. in FY 2021-2023 Biannual Budget payable to the Dimond Improvement Association
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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