1 RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. _______
A RESOLUTION OF THE RICHMOND C ITY COUNCIL
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO RENEW THE
DOWNTOWN RICHMOND PRO PERTY & BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code §36600 et seq., authorizes cities to renew property and business improvement districts to provide improvements and activities which specially benefit assessed properties; and
WHEREAS, incorporated herein by this reference is the Downtown Richmond Property and Business Improvement District (“DRPBID”) Management District Plan (hereafter “Plan”), which provides for improvements and activities which will specially benefit assessed properties; and
WHEREAS, owners of properties within the proposed DRPBID have submitted petitions asking that the City Council renew the DRPBID. Included with each petition was a Plan summary including a map showing the boundaries of the DRPBID. The petitions, the boundary map, and the Plan are on file wit h the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Plan provides for the following improvements and services within the DRPBID, all of which are intended to provide and constitute special benefits to assessed properties: Maintenance, Safety and Nuisance Abatement; Marketing, Promotions and Business Development; Capital Improvements; and related administration. The Plan proposes to fund these improvements and services through the levy of a benefit assessment on real property within the DRPBID.
BASED ON THE FOREGOING REC ITALS, THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RICHMOND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council finds that property owners who will pay more than 50% of the assessment proposed in the Plan h ave signed petitions. The City Council accepts the petitions and intends to renew the DRPBID and to levy an assessment on real property within the DRPBID boundaries in accordance with the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994. In the ini tial year of the seven (7) year term, the total proposed assessment budget is approximately $239,990.60.
2 Section 3. The assessment will be imposed on real property at the following rates:
Parcel type Assessment rate (per square foot)
Commercial $0.15
Non-profit Housing $0.08
Section 4. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of Streets and Highway Code section 36622.
Section 5. The exterior boundaries of the DRPBID are shown on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 6. Bonds shall not be issued for the DRPBID.
Section 7. The time and place for the public hearing on the renewal of the DRPBID and the levy of the proposed assessment are set for 6:30 PM on July 5, 2022, at 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804. The City Council may continue the public hearing from time to time.
Section 8. The City Clerk is directed to give notice of the time and place of the public hearing in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 36623.
The City Clerk is to do this by mailing (or causing to be mailed) written notices and assessment ballots in t he time, form, and manner provided by Government Code section 53753 to all persons who own real property within the renewed DRPBID and will be subject to the proposed assessment, no later than May 18, 2022. The City Clerk is further directed to file an af fidavit with the City Council when all notices and ballots have been mailed, setting forth the time and manner of his or her compliance with the requirements of law for mailing the notices and ballots.
Section 9. At the public hearing, the City Council will consider all objections or protests to the proposed assessment, and any interested person will be permitted to present written or oral testimony. At the conclusion of the public hearing, all ballots submitted and not withdrawn will be tabulated in ac cordance with Government Code section 53753.
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3 I certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Richmond City Council at a regular meeting held on , 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
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City Clerk
Approved:
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Mayor
Approved as to Form:
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City Attorney
4 EXHIBIT A: Renewed DRPBID Boundary Map