RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2027 PURSUANT TO SECTION 36534 OF THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE, GENERALLY DESCRIBING THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE ON THE LEVY OF THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT.
WHEREAS, the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area (the “Area”) was established by Ordinance No. 5303 on June 25, 1985, to engage in or provide for: (a) parking improvements; (b) beautification; (c) promotion of public events; (d) furnishing of music to public places in the area; and (e) general promotion of business activities, all of which provide specific benefits directly to the businesses within the Area at a cost which does not exceed the reasonable cost in conferring the benefit; and WHEREAS, the Area is located in the downtown business area of the City of Riverside, and is described as generally between First Street on the north, Prospect and Tequesquite Avenues on the south, past the Riverside/91 Freeway to the railroad tracks on the east, and the first tier of lots on the west side of Brockton Avenue on the west, except that between Ninth Street and Sixth Street the westerly boundary shall be Pine Street, and also includes both sides of Market Street from First Street to the 60 Freeway. The Area was approved for expansion by Resolution No. 20054, on December 4, 2001, and by Resolution No. 21076, on November 22, 2005, and is more fully described in the legal description and plat titled “Business Improvement District” which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Riverside has previously ordained that each business entity within the Parking and Business Improvement Area shall pay an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the non-discounted business tax charge, as stated in Riverside Municipal Code 3.46.060, without regard to any incentive programs or early payment discounts that may be offered at any given time; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Riverside has received and approved the Annual Report of the Riverside Downtown Partnership (the “Report”), acting as the Advisory Board of the Area; and WHEREAS, the Report more fully details the improvements and activities which shall be provided, as well as the proposed assessments to be levied, for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2027. The Report is on file with the City Clerk.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, pursuant to Section 36534 of the California Streets & Highways Code as follows:
1. It is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect an annual assessment within the Area for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2027, at a rate not to exceed the current rate of one hundred percent (100%) of the non-discounted business tax charge, without regard to any incentive programs or early payment discounts that may be offered at any given time, to be paid by each business within the Area.
2. Notice of Public Hearing. Notice is hereby given that the City Council will hold a public hearing regarding the levy of the proposed assessment for the calendar year of 2027, on November 10, 2026, at 3 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council to be held at the regular place of meeting at said time in the Art Pick Council Chamber at the Riverside City Hall at 3900 Main Street in the City of Riverside, California.
Any protests or objections to the proposed levy of assessment may be made orally or in writing by any interested person. However, the form and manner of such protests or objections shall comply with Sections 36524 and 36525 of the California Streets and Highways Code.
Mail written statements to City Clerk, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522, or email [email protected]. Comments can also be submitted until two hours before the start of meeting via the eComment feature at www.riversideca.gov/meeting. Interested persons will be afforded the opportunity to speak and be heard at 3 p.m. on November 10, 2026, by appearing in person at the public hearing at the Art Pick Council Chamber at 3900 Main Street, Riverside, California, calling (951) 826-8686 or joining via Zoom with Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265.
3. Publication of Notice. The City Clerk shall give notice of the public hearing by causing the Resolution of Intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City not less than seven days before the public hearing.
Further, the City shall provide notice of the public hearing to each holder of a business license tax certificate within the designated District by mail, postage prepaid.
ADOPTED by the City Council this ______ day of ________________, 2026. ______________________________
Patricia Lock Dawson Mayor of the City of Riverside Attest:
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Donesia Gause
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the ______ day of ________________, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ______ day of ________________, 2026. ______________________________
Donesia Gause
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
315204 SBM 09/3/26
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