ATTACHMENT A
Resolution
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH
THE PALM SPRINGS TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT
AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND GIVING NOTICE
THEREOF
WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code § 36600 et seq. (the “94 Law”), authorizes the City of Palm Springs (the “City”) to establish business improvement districts for the purposes of promoting tourism; and
WHEREAS, on February 11, 2026, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2124 (the “Ordinance”), adding Chapter 3.29 to the Palm Springs Municipal Code, which establishes the “City of Palm Springs Tourism Improvement District Law” and authorizes the City Council to enact provisions different than, supplemental to, or in addition to the 94 Law, including the authority to pledge assessment revenues to bonds and other obligations until their maturity, but in no case for a term exceeding forty (40) years;
WHEREAS, lodging businesses, industry stakeholders, and representatives from the City have met to consider the formation of the Palm Springs Tourism Infrastructure District (the “PSTID”); and
WHEREAS, assessed businesses worked with industry stakeholders to develop a Management District Plan (the “Plan”) which sets forth the proposed boundary of the PSTID, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance, the assessment of the lodging business within the PSTID to finance improvements and services described in the Plan, and that the Plan was prepared in accordance with the 94 Law and the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the PSTID will be to fund services that benefit the assessed businesses, to fund capital improvements including expansion and modernization to the Palm Springs Convention Center’s, and to pay debt service on any bonds of the PSTID issued for the purpose of funding the capital improvements as more specifically described in the Plan;
WHEREAS, lodging businesses who will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessment under the PSTID have petitioned the City Council to establish the PSTID.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the assessment will be on lodging businesses in the City and that the assessed businesses that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessment proposed in the Plan have signed and submitted petitions in support of the Resolution No.
formation of the PSTID. The City Council accepts the petitions and adopts this Resolution of Intention to establish the PSTID and to levy an assessment on certain lodging businesses within the PSTID boundaries in accordance with the 94 Law and the Ordinance.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of Streets and Highways Code §36622.
SECTION 4. The City Council declares its intention to establish the PSTID and to levy and collect assessments on assessed businesses within the PSTID boundaries pursuant to the 94 Law and the Ordinance.
SECTION 5. The PSTID shall include all lodging businesses available for public occupancy, existing and in the future, located within the boundaries of the City, as shown in the map attached as Exhibit A.
SECTION 6. The annual assessment rate is one percent (1%) of gross short -term sleeping room rental revenue. Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: a) stays of more than twenty-eight (28) consecutive days; b) any person as to whom or any occupancy as to which it is beyond the power of the City to impose the assessment herein provided; c) any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express provision of federal law or international treaty; and d) stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to July 1, 2026.
SECTION 7. The assessments levied for the PSTID shall be applied toward capital improvements and debt service programs, specifically the construction of an expansion and modernization of the Palm Springs Convention Center, and marketing activities (if funds allow), as described in the Plan. Funds remaining at the end of any year may be used in subsequent years in which PSTID assessments are levied as long as they are used consistent with the requirements of this Resolution, the Ordinance, and the Plan.
SECTION 8. The proposed PSTID will have a term equal to the number of years necessary to pay debt service on the bonds of the PSTID, which is expected to occur thirty (30) after the effective date of the assessment, but in no event will occur beyond forty (40) years from the date of issuance of the first series of bonds, beginning July 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The PSTID may be renewed pursuant to Streets and Highways Code § 36660.
SECTION 9. Bonds, notes, loans, interim certificates, debentures, installment purchase agreement and other evidence of indebtedness of the PSTID may be issued to finance the cost to construct an expansion and modernization of the Palm Springs Convention Center, in an amount and for the term described in the Plan. Assessments to pay the principal and interest on any bond or other evidence of indebtedness shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with the timely repayment of the debt.
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SECTION 10. The time and place for the public meeting to hear testimony on establishing the PSTID and levying assessments are set for May 12, 2026, at 5:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at 3200 E.
Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
SECTION 11. The time and place for the public hearing to establish the PSTID and the levy of assessments are set for May 27, 2026, at 5:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262. The City Clerk is directed to provide written notice to the lodging businesses subject to assessment of the date and time of the meeting and hearing, and to provide that notice as required by Streets and Highways Code § 36623, no later than April 12, 2026.
SECTION 12. At the public meeting and hearing the testimony of all interested persons for or against the establishment of the PSTID may be received. If at the conclusion of the public hearing, there are of record written protests by the owners of the assessed businesses within the proposed PSTID that will pay fifty percent (50%) or more of the estimated total assessment of the entire PSTID, no further proceedings to establish the PSTID shall occur for a period of one (1) year.
SECTION 13. The complete Plan is on file with the City Clerk and may be reviewed upon request.
SECTION 14. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption by the City Council.
ADOPTED THIS 8TH DAY OF APRIL 2026.
Scott Stiles, City Manager
ATTEST:
Brenda Pree, MMC, CERA
City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 8th day of April 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this day of April, 2026.
Brenda Pree, MMC, CERA
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
District Boundaries
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