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ABIGAIL ALCALA
CITY OF SANTA ANA/CITY CLERK
20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA M-30
SANTA ANA, CA - 92701
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PH Notice - SATMD
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a newspaper published in the English language in the city of SANTA ANA, county of ORANGE, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of ORANGE, State of California, under date 06/20/1922, Case No. 13421. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
05/16/2025
05/16/2025
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND
PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE
renewal OF THE Santa Ana TOURISM
Marketing DISTRICT (SATMD) AND
Levy of AN ASSESSMENT ON
CERTAIN lodging BUSINESSES
WITHIN THE SATMD
The City of Santa Ana encourages the
public to participate in the decision-
making process. The following notice
is being provided so that you can ask
questions, make comments, and stay
informed about projects that might be
important to you. We encourage you to
contact us prior to the Public Hearing if
you have any questions.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April
15, 2025, the City Council (Council) of the
City of Santa Ana (City) adopted a
Resolution of Intention to renew the
SATMD and to levy an assessment on
certain lodging businesses within the
SATMD as set forth in the Resolution of
Intention.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN
that at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, June 3,
2025, at the City Council Chamber, 22
Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701,
a public meeting shall be held pursuant to
Government Code section 54954.6 to
allow public testimony regarding the
renewal of the SATMD and the levy of
assessments therein as set forth in the
Resolution of Intention and pursuant to
Government Code section 54954.6.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN
that 5:00 P.M ., or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard, on Tuesday,
July 1, 2025 , at the City Council
Chamber, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa
Ana, CA 92701, has been set as the time
and place for a public hearing at which
time the Council proposes to renew the
SATMD and to levy the proposed
assessment as set forth in the Resolution
of Intention.
Location: The renewed SATMD includes
all lodging businesses with seventy (70)
rooms or more, existing and in the future,
available for public occupancy located
within the boundaries of the City.
Services: The SATMD is designed to
provide specific benefits directly to payors
by increasing awareness and demand for
room night sales. Sales and Marketing
promotions programs will increase
demand for overnight tourism and market
payors as tourist, meeting, and event
destinations, thereby increasing demand
for room night sales.
Budget: The total SATMD annual
assessment budget for the initial year of
its ten (10) year operation is anticipated to
be approximately $1,600,000. A similar
assessment budget is expected to apply
to subsequent years, but this assessment
budget is expected to fluctuate as room
sales do, as businesses open and close,
and if the assessment rate is increased or
decreased pursuant to the Management
District Plan.
Cost: The annual assessment rate is two
percent (2%) of gross short-term sleeping
room rental revenue. Every two (2) years
during the operation of the SATMD, the
assessment rate may be increased by the
Travel Santa Ana (TSA) Board to a
maximum rate of four percent (4%) of
gross short-term sleeping room rental
revenue. If the assessment rate is
increased, it may subsequently be
decreased but shall not be decreased
below a minimum of two percent (2%) of
gross short -term sleeping room rental
revenue. The maximum increase or
decrease in any two-year period shall be
one-half of one percent (0.5%).
Based on the benefit received,
assessments will not be collected on:
stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive
days; stays by 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; stays by any
officer or employee of a foreign
government who is exempt by reason of
express provision of federal law or
international treaty; and stays by any
federal or state officer or employee while
on official business only and when
payment for such occupancy is made
directly to the operator by duly authorized
voucher payment from a governmental
accounting office. This exemption does
not exempt a transient who is employed
by the United States government or the
state or their respective instrumentalities
from payment of the assessment when
the payment is later to be reimbursed by
the United States government or the state
or their respective instrumentalities.
Collection: The City will be responsible
for collecting the assessment on a
monthly basis (including any
delinquencies, interest, and overdue
charges) from each assessed lodging
business located in the boundaries of the
SATMD. The City shall take all
reasonable efforts to collect the
assessments from each assessed lodging
business.
Duration: The renewed SATMD will have
a ten (10) year life, beginning January 1,
2026, or as soon as possible thereafter,
and ending ten (10) years from its start
date. After ten (10) years, the SATMD
may be renewed pursuant to the Property
and Business Improvement District Law of
1994, Streets and Highways Code section
36600 et seq. if assessed business
owners support continuing the SATMD
programs.
Management: TSA shall continue to
serve as the SATMD's Owners'
Association. The Owners' Association is
charged with managing funds and
implementing programs in accordance
with the Management District Plan, and
must provide annual reports to the City
Council.
Protest: Any owner of a lodging business
within the renewed SATMD that will be
subject to the assessment may protest the
renewal of the SATMD. If written protests
are received from the owners of lodging
businesses in the renewed SATMD who
represent fifty percent (50%) or more of
the estimated annual assessments to be
levied, the SATMD shall not be renewed
and the assessment shall not be imposed.
You may mail a written protest to:
Office of the City Clerk
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, M-30
Santa Ana, CA 92701
You may also appear at the public
meeting or hearing and submit a written
protest at that time.
Information: Should you desire additional
information about this proposed SATMD
or assessment contact:
Wendy Haase-Roberts
Travel Santa Ana
1631 W. Sunflower Ave, C-35
Santa Ana, CA 92704
714-242-4434
Meeting Details:
Members of the public
may attend this meeting in -person or
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join via Zoom. For the most up to date
information on how to participate virtually
in this meeting, please visit
https://www.santa-ana.org/agendas-and-
minutes/.
Written Comments:
If you are unable to
participate in the meeting, you may send
written comments by e-mail to
[email protected] (reference the
Agenda Item # in the subject line) or mail
to Jennifer L. Hall, City Clerk, City of
Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza – M30,
Santa Ana, CA 92701. Deadline to submit
written comments is two hours prior to
the start of the meeting. Comments
received after the deadline may not be
distributed to the City Council but will be
made part of the record.
Where To Get More Information
: All
staff reports regarding any item on this
agenda are available for public inspection
in the City Clerk's Office during regular
business hours and posted on the City's
website the Tuesday before a Council
meeting at: https://www.santa-
ana.org/agendas-and-minutes/.
Who To Contact For Questions:
Should
you have any questions, please contact
Marc Morley at (714) 647-5477 or
[email protected].
Note: If you challenge the decision on the
above matter in court, you may be limited
to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana at, or
prior to, the public hearing.
Si tiene preguntas en español, favor de
llamar a Julie Castro at (714) 647-5477;
N u cn liên lc bng ting Vit, xin
in thoi cho Kristie Ha (714) 565-
2627.
Jennifer L. Hall, CMC
City Clerk
Published: Orange County Reporter -
Legals Section
Date: May 16, 2025
5/16/25
OR-3918585#
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