West Sacramento City Council
November 5, 2025

ability to enable secure data sharing between different jurisdictions, helping agencies collaborate on crimes or emergencies across city or county lines. All local jurisdictions receiving the UASI FY2024 will be purchasing this software.

The period of performance for the grant is July 8, 2025, through April 30, 2027, and funds for the purchase of the software will be subsequently reimbursed.

Environmental Considerations
This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is not an activity that may cause either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment. (Pub. Resources Code, 21065; CEQA Guidelines 15600(c), 15378(a).

Commission Recommendation
Not applicable.

Strategic Plan Integration
This action furthers the city’s strategic plan of ensuring our community is “Safe and Secure”.

Alternatives

1. The Council may choose not to authorize the acceptance of the grant award and related purchase of the equipment.

2. The Council may choose to purchase the Peregrine software with alternative City funds.

Coordination and Review
This report was coordinated and reviewed by Police Department, City Manager’s Office and Finance Staff.

Budget/Cost Impact
Resolution 25-118 requests amendments to the approved budget for FY2025/26 for the HSGP-UASI grant subaward of $52,000. The funding awarded through the HSGP-UASI grant will be reimbursed to the City of West Sacramento following the purchase of the Peregrine software.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Resolution 25-118

2. FY2024 HSGP - UASI Grant Award Agreement 110525
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RESOLUTION 25-118

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FY2024 HSGP-UASI SUBAWARD AND ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 FOR THE FY2024 HSSGPUASI GRANT SUBAWARD WHEREAS, the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) is a component of the Homeland Security Grant Program (Federal Assistance Listing #97.067), established under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide federal funding to the most populous metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) based on an assessment of terrorism risk and the purpose of the UASI Program is to assist high-threat, high-density urban areas in developing, sustaining, and enhancing capabilities to prevent, protect against, prepare for, and respond to acts of terrorism and other hazards; and WHEREAS, UASI funds are allocated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to State Administrative Agencies (SAAs), which in turn distribute subawards to eligible local jurisdictions. The California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) serves as the SAA for the State of California and has awarded a FY2024 UASI allocation in the amount of $2,820,672 to the Sacramento urban area, which includes Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties.

The UASI Program is locally administered by the Sacramento Police Department through its Regional Office of Homeland Security and is authorized to subaward UASI funding to regional stakeholders for the continued implementation of program goals and objectives; and WHEREAS, a pass-through grant process has allocated $52,000 to the West Sacramento Police Department for the purpose of enhancing data driven decision making via newly developed technology that provides a real-time data integration and visualization platform and will be used to centralize data from the Police Department’s various existing systems such as records management system, Computer Aided Dispatch, video feeds. Body-worn cameras and license plate readers while providing a single point of access to data that assists in the identification of potential or immediate threats and aids in resource management for more effective officer deployment and emergency response. The Department wishes to acquire this technology to enhance its capabilities to provide real-time data for addressing crime and terrorism threats and providing emergency services; and
WHEREAS, the identified software of choice, Peregrine was selected by the UASI reginal agencies based on its ability to enable secure data sharing between different jurisdictions, helping agencies collaborate on crimes or emergencies across city or county lines and all local jurisdictions receiving the UASI FY2024 will be purchasing this software; and WHEREAS, the period of performance for the grant is July 8, 2025, through April 30, 2027, and funds for the purchase of the software will be subsequently reimbursed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West Sacramento as follows:

1. The City Council hereby approves the acceptance of the grant subaward and the following associated amendments to the FY 2025/26 budget.

SOURCES
$52,000 250-9143-4640 FY2024 HSGP-UASI Grant Subaward
USES
$52,000 250-9143-5257 Peregrine Software Subscription
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2. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this resolution.

3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November 2025 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

Martha Guerrero, Mayor
ATTEST:

Jennifer Cusmir, City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 5, 2025 ITEM # 11
SUBJECT:

YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT PRESENTATION ON

RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SHORT-RANGE TRANSIT PLAN
INITIATED OR REQUESTED BY: REPORT COORDINATED OR PREPARED BY:
[ ] Council [X] Staff
[ ] Other
Stephanie Chhan, Senior Transportation Planner
Community Development Department
ATTACHMENT [X] Yes [ ] No [ ] Information [X] Direction [ ] Action

OBJECTIVE
This report's purpose is to request City Council to hear and provide input to Yolo County Transportation District staff on draft recommendations for the Short-Range Transit Plan.

RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff respectfully recommend that the City Council:

1. Receive the presentation and provide feedback on Yolo County Transportation District's draft recommendations for the Short-Range Transit Plan; and,

2. Provide feedback emphasizing West Sacramento’s expectations for:
a. Maintaining or improving local transit service coverage and frequency; b. Ensuring financial contributions from the City are proportionate to the service received; and, c. Preserving flexibility to tailor service models that best meet the community’s goals.

BACKGROUND
In 2024, Yolo County Transportation District (YoloTD) initiated an update to its Short-Range Transit Plan (SRTP).

A SRTP is a comprehensive document that outlines a transit agency's strategies, goals, and projects for a horizon typically ranging from five to seven years (this project assumes 2025-2031). It provides a detailed roadmap for the agency's operations, investments, and service improvements within this timeframe. The SRTP is a living document, subject to periodic updates and revisions.

Initial findings and recommended changes to service will be presented to the public for input in the coming weeks.

As part of this public outreach phase, staff and YoloTD are seeking West Sacramento’s City Council input on the proposed service and routing changes in the form of a preliminary recommendation that will be shared with the YoloTD Board.

YoloTD staff will present the Council with an overview of the SRTP process and draft recommendations.

The following is a summary provided by YoloTD staff and will be discussed in greater detail during the presentation. Presentation slides have also been prepared to help further describe these changes and will be presented by YoloTD staff.

The recommendations focus on three main tenets:

1. Modify route alignments to provide core 30-minute frequency service routes in Woodland, Davis, and West Sacramento

2. Create more “one-seat rides” to key shopping, healthcare, school, and work destinations in the region

3. Rely on microtransit service to provide transit coverage where fixed route service does not make sense Transit agencies are often pulled in two different directions when deciding whether to prioritize higher frequencies for service or covering a wider service area. Frequency, where buses come more often (meaning they have higher headways), has been shown to lead to higher ridership because they are typically concentrated in denser areas and require less waiting for passengers, making them more attractive. However, frequency routes do not cover as much of an area as coverage routes do. Coverage routes spread out bus stops so there is a stop near everyone. Historically, this has led to lower ridership. Serving all those bus stops requires more time and resources, meaning buses may not come as often.

Currently, YoloTD operates four local fixed routes in West Sacramento: Routes 37, 40, 41, and 240. All routes operate on an hourly schedule.
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YoloTD staff have shared preliminary concepts that would consolidate several West Sacramento routes into a streamlined, higher-frequency model. While staff acknowledge Yolo TD’s effort to modernize service and improve ridership productivity, these changes must be carefully evaluated to ensure that West Sacramento – one of the District’s largest funding partners and fastest-growing population centers – receives service levels commensurate with its investment and transit demand.

ANALYSIS
YoloTD’s current West Sacramento local routes are designed as coverage routes. This made sense when travelers had fewer options for short trips. With the advent of microtransit, ride hailing, shared micromobility and e-bikes/e-scooters, travelers today have many more options for short-distance trips than ever before. West Sacramento’s On-Demand Rideshare Program, more commonly known as Via, launched in May 2018. Based on best practices and the feedback we received during our community outreach phase, the recommendations in the SRTP are designed to shift to a frequent service model.

The recommendations in the SRTP are to combine Routes 40, 41, and 240 into one new Route 38 and to reconfigure Route 37. Both routes would operate at 30-minute frequencies and be timed to allow easy transfers with Route 42, an inter-city route that travels through West Sacramento. Attachment 1 shows a map of the existing routes as dashed lines and SRTP recommendations in solid lines.

The Route 37 reconfiguration is mainly in downtown Sacramento, and will be extended to the new State office buildings on Richards Boulevard. Route 37 would still travel into downtown Sacramento during peak periods, but remain in West Sacramento during off-peak times.

Right now, there is no convenient way to take Yolobus from the northern part of the City to the southern part of the City without having to transfer at the West Sacramento Transit Center. Furthermore, the fast-growing Bridge District is not served by transit. This new Route 38 will provide transit connections from the Bridge District to other major destinations in West Sacramento With this proposed service change, there will be a new north-south Yolobus route allowing a one-seat ride from River City High School, through the Bridge District, Sutter Health Park, Broderick-Bryte, all the way to the Walmart/Ikea shopping center in the northwest corner of the City. While these routes would provide a new one-seat ride connecting major businesses and facilities in West Sacramento, the plan also shifts several neighborhoods – including Bryte and Broderick – to longer walking distances or reliance on Via. For a number of travelers who use the existing routes, they will need to change their current route.

Table 1 shows the ridership for West Sacramento routes and Route 42 since 2020, indicating that our ridership has not rebounded since COVID. As of 2023, ridership on the 42A/B, which has a 30-minute frequency during peak times, is at 92 percent of pre-pandemic levels, while ridership on West Sacramento routes is at 55 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

Table 1: YoloBus’s West Sacramento Routes 2020 vs 2024 Ridership, Revenue Hours and Productivity Annual Ridership Revenue Hours Productivity Service 2020 2024 2020 2024 2020 2024 Route 35* 22,255 4,893.2 4.5
Route 37 16,193 3,250.7 5.0
Route 39* 16,238 3,037.1 5.3
Route 40 41,937 16,969 5,493.0 4,498.4 7.6 3.8
Route 41 33,721 15,147 3,654.2 3,927.2 9.2 3.9
Route 240 47,987 26,104 5,061.8 4,419.8 9.5 5.9
Total 162,138 74,413 22,139 16,096 7.3 4.6
Route 42A/B 329,382 259,964 33,520.4 50,719.7 9.8 5.1
*Routes 35 and 39 were discontinued and replaced by Route 37 in January 2022.

YoloTD hopes that the proposed changes will increase ridership overtime. The SRTP draft recommendations public feedback period was from September 15 – October 15, 2025. YoloTD staff attended events throughout Yolo County to gather community input:
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 Davis Farmers Market on Saturday September 20, 2025
 Woodland Farmers Market on Saturday September 27, 2025  Yolo Food Bank on Saturday October 4, 2025
 Winters Farmers Market on Sunday October 5, 2025
With feedback from the draft service recommendations, YoloTD staff will return to YoloTD’s Board to consideration adoption of service recommendations in late 2025 and an implementation plan in early 2026.

YoloTD plans to implement the adopted service changes in late 2026/early 2027.

In parallel with the SRTP process, City staff will be preparing and presenting a broader analysis and visioning effort on the future of transportation and transit in West Sacramento for Council consideration and deliberation.

This partially grant-funded planning effort, referred to as the West Sac Forward Transit Priority Plan, will address the City’s long-term mobility needs and public transit priorities, including emerging technologies. The implementation of YoloTD’s SRTP will be an important component within that broader policy conversation, helping to define how regional and local services align with the City’s growth strategy and equitable access objectives.

Environmental Considerations
Not applicable.

Commission Recommendation
YoloTD’s outreach schedule included a finite number of presentations to local municipalities. City staff recommended a presentation to the City Council to receive direct feedback from both the public and City leadership. Future public transit coordination with the TMI Commission will take place through the West Sac Forward Transit Priority Plan.

Strategic Plan Integration
Not applicable.

Alternatives
The City Council primary alternatives to staff’s recommendation are:
1) Receive City and YoloTD staff’s presentation and provide feedback on YoloTD’s SRTP draft recommendations; or
2) Direct the presentation to be moved to a later meeting; or 3) Decline to hear the presentation.

Alternatives 2 and 3 will delay timely feedback or result in no feedback from City of West Sacramento on the YoloTD SRTP.

Coordination and Review
This report was prepared by the Transportation & Mobility Division of the Community Development Department.

Budget/Cost Impact
The City utilizes approximately $3 million of Transportation Development Act funds to support Yolobus fixed route, paratransit, and administrative costs. YoloTD has indicated that the proposed SRTP route recommendations will be “revenue-neutral.” YoloTD will prepare more detailed budget scenarios as the SRTP progresses.

Staff remains concerned that the SRTP’s “revenue-neutral” assumption will result in reduced local coverage or cost shifting without proportionate reinvestment in West Sacramento. Staff continue to advocate that the final SRTP maintain a minimum 30-minute core frequency on key corridors, restore pre-COVID coverage where warranted by demand, and demonstrate how West Sacramento’s funding translates to measurable service improvements over the life of the SRTP.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Map of Yolo County Transportation District’s Existing and Proposed Yolobus Routes 199
Attachment 1
Yolo County Transportation District
West Sacramento Yolobus Existing and Proposed Local Routes Map 200

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: November 5, 2025 ITEM # 12
SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING TO RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING FORMATION OF THE

WEST SACRAMENTO TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT
INITIATED OR REQUESTED BY: REPORT COORDINATED OR PREPARED BY:
[ ] Council [X ] Staff
[ ] Other
Meaghan Stiles, Economic Development Manager
Economic Development and Housing Department
ATTACHMENT [ X ] Yes [ ] No [ X ] Information [ ] Direction [ ] Action

OBJECTIVE
The objective of this item is to conduct a public meeting on the formation of the West Sacramento Tourism Marketing District and receive public comments.

RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff respectfully recommends the City Council hold a public meeting to receive public comment on the proposed West Sacramento Tourism Marketing District and its Management District Plan.

BACKGROUND
The West Sacramento Tourism Marketing District (WSTMD) is a benefit assessment district proposed to create a revenue source to help fund sales, marketing & destination development efforts for certain West Sacramento lodging businesses. This approach has been used successfully in other destination areas throughout the state to improve tourism and drive additional room nights to assessed businesses. The proposed WSTMD includes all lodging businesses with fifty (50) rooms or more, existing and in the future, available for public occupancy located within the boundaries of the City of West Sacramento (City).

Lodging business owners decided to pursue formation of the WSTMD in order to create a revenue source devoted to marketing West Sacramento as a tourist, meeting and event destination. If established, the WSTMD would generate approximately $482,000 on an annual basis for promotion of travel and tourism specific to West Sacramento. It is important to highlight that this would be a new tax paid by tourists who stay at one of the identified lodging businesses within West Sacramento and is not funded by any existing City revenue sources.

On October 15, 2025, Council adopted Resolution 25-107 declaring its intention to establish the WSTMD and fixing the time and place of a future public meeting and public hearing required for the WSTMD formation. This resolution set the public meeting for November 5, 2025, and the public hearing for December 3, 2025, at which point an additional resolution will be considered to form the district.

ANALYSIS
Tourism Marketing Districts (TMDs) utilize the efficiencies of private sector operation in the market-based promotion of tourism. These special assessment districts allow assessed business owners to organize their efforts to increase tourism. Business owners within the TMD fund the TMD, and those funds are used to provide services that are desired by and benefit the assessed businesses within the TMD.

TMD benefits:
 Funds cannot be diverted for other government programs;  They are customized to fit the needs of each destination;  They allow for a wide range of services, including: destination marketing, tourism promotion, and sales lead generation;
 They are designed, created and governed by those who will pay the assessment; and  They provide a stable funding source for tourism promotion.

In California, TMDs are primarily formed pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (94 Law). This law allows for the creation of special benefit assessment districts to raise funds within a specific geographic area. The key difference between TMDs and other special benefit assessment districts is that funds raised are returned to the private non-profit corporation governing the TMD.

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN
The Management District Plan (Attachment 1) includes the proposed boundary of the WSTMD, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance. The WSTMD will include all lodging businesses with fifty 201 WSTMD Public Meeting
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(50) rooms or more, existing and in the future, available for public occupancy located within the boundaries of the City.

The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue. During the WSTMD term, the assessment rate may be increased by the Owners’ Association to a maximum rate of four percent (4%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue for assessed lodging businesses. 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.

Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive days; stays for which it is beyond the power of the City to impose the assessment; stays by any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempted from transient occupancy tax by express provision of federal law or international treaty; and stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to January 1, 2026.

The proposed WSTMD will have a five (5) year term, beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, and ending five (5) years from its start date. The assessment will be implemented beginning January 1, 2026 or at the start date of the WSTMD. Once per year beginning on the anniversary of WSTMD formation there is a thirty (30) day period in which business owners paying fifty percent (50%) or more of the assessment may protest and begin proceedings to terminate the WSTMD.

The City will be responsible for collecting the assessment on a quarterly basis (including any delinquencies, interest and overdue charges) from each assessed lodging business. The City shall forward the assessments to the Owners' Association, which will have the responsibility of managing WSTMD programs as provided in the Management District Plan.

WSTMD FORMATION PROCESS
October 15, 2025 RESOLUTION OF INTENTION HEARING (Completed) Upon the submission of a written petition signed by the business owners in the proposed WSTMD who will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessments proposed to be levied, the City Council (Council) may initiate proceedings to establish the WSTMD by the adoption of a resolution expressing its intention to establish the WSTMD.

Petition Status: Petitions in favor of WSTMD formation were submitted by assessed businesses, which represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the total WSTMD assessment. With this majority petition, Council adopted Resolution 25-107 on October 15, 2025, initiating proceedings for WSTMD formation.

No later than
October 19, 2025 NOTICE (Completed)
The 94 Law requires the City to mail written notice to the owners of all businesses proposed to be assessed within the WSTMD. Mailing the notice begins a mandatory fortyfive (45) day period in which assessed business owners may protest WSTMD formation.

November 5, 2025 PUBLIC MEETING (In Process)
Allow public testimony on the formation of the WSTMD and levy of assessments. No Council action required.

December 3, 2025 FINAL PUBLIC HEARING
If written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the proposed WSTMD which will pay fifty percent (50%) or more of the assessments proposed to be levied, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than fifty percent (50%), no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment against such businesses shall be taken for a period of one (1) year from the date of the finding of a majority protest by the Council.

If the Council, following the public hearing, decides to establish the proposed WSTMD, the Council shall adopt a resolution of formation.
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Environmental Considerations
N/A
Commission Recommendation
Since the 2023 City Council Strategic Plan adoption, staff has provided periodic updates on the TID Formation effort to the Economic Development and Housing Commission.

Strategic Plan Integration
Tourism Improvement District formation has been included in City Council’s 2023, 2024 and 2025 Strategic Plans.

Alternatives
In addition to the recommended action, Council’s primary alternatives include:
1) Delay the public meeting to receive public comment on the proposed WSTMD until a later date; or 2) Elect not to move forward with the public meeting or WSTMD formation.

These alternatives are not recommended as WSTMD formation has been a priority for City Council for the past three years and lodging business owners representing over 50% of the total WSTMD assessment have submitted petitions in favor of WSTMD formation.

Coordination and Review
This report was prepared by the Economic Development and Housing Department in coordination with the Finance Department and City Manager’s Office.

Budget/Cost Impact
If formed, the WSTMD would generate approximately $482,000 annually for promotion of travel and tourism specific to West Sacramento, which will be managed by the District. The City will be responsible for collecting the assessments and may retain up to two percent (2%) of total assessments collected ($9,640) to cover its costs for collecting the assessment, transmitting the funds to the Owners’ Association, and conducting audits.

Additionally, because the WSTMD programs are intended to increase visitation to the City, there may be an increase in transient occupancy tax and sales tax collections.

ATTACHMENT
1) West Sacramento Tourism Marketing District: District Management Plan 203
2025-2030

WEST SACRAMENTO

TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN
Prepared pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 36600 et seq.

October 15, 2025
Attachment 1
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Table of Contents
I. Overview.......................................................................................................................... 3 II. Background .................................................................................................................... 5 III. Boundary....................................................................................................................... 6 IV. Assessment Budget and Services................................................................................... 7 A. Annual Service Plan .................................................................................................................................. 7 B. Annual Budget ............................................................................................................................................ 9 C. California Constitutional Compliance .................................................................................................... 9 D. Assessment................................................................................................................................................11 E. Interest and Overdue Charges ...............................................................................................................12 F. Time and Manner for Collecting Assessments ....................................................................................12 V. Governance ....................................................................................................................13 A. Owners’ Association ................................................................................................................................13 B. Brown Act and California Public Records Act Compliance .............................................................13 C. Annual Report...........................................................................................................................................13 Appendix 1 – Law..................................................................................................................14 Appendix 2 – Assessed Business...........................................................................................26 Prepared by
Civitas
(800)999-7781
www.civitasadvisors.com
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I. OVERVIEW
Developed by West Sacramento lodging businesses and the City of West Sacramento, the West Sacramento Tourism Marketing District (WSTMD) is an assessment district proposed to provide specific benefits to payors, by funding sales, marketing & destination development programs for assessed businesses. This approach has been used successfully in other destination areas throughout the country to provide the benefit of additional room night sales directly to payors.

Location: The proposed WSTMD includes all lodging businesses with fifty (50) rooms or more, existing and in the future, available for public occupancy located within the boundaries of the City of West Sacramento (City), as shown on the map in Section III.

Services: The WSTMD is designed to provide specific benefits directly to payors by increasing awareness and demand for room night sales. Sales, marketing & destination development 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 WSTMD annual assessment budget for the initial year of its five (5) year operation is anticipated to be approximately $482,000. A similar budget is expected to apply to subsequent years, but this budget is expected to fluctuate as room sales do, as businesses open and close, and if the assessment rate is increased or decreased as detailed in this Management District Plan (Plan).

Cost: The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue. During the WSTMD term, the assessment rate may be increased by the Owners’ Association to a maximum rate of four percent (4%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue for assessed lodging businesses. 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.

Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive days; stays for which it is beyond the power of the City to impose the assessment; stays by any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempted from transient occupancy tax by express provision of federal law or international treaty; and stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to January 1, 2026.

Collection: The City will be responsible for collecting the assessment on a quarterly basis (including any delinquencies, interest and overdue charges) from each assessed lodging business located in the boundaries of the WSTMD. The City shall take all reasonable efforts to collect the assessments from each assessed lodging business.

Duration: The proposed WSTMD will have a five (5) year life, beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, and ending December 31, 2030 or five (5) years from its start date. After five (5) years, the WSTMD may be renewed pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code section 206
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36600 et seq. (94 Law) if assessed business owners support continuing the WSTMD programs.

Management: The City may enter into a contract with a non-profit corporation to serve as the WSTMD’s Owners’ Association. The Owners’ Association is charged with managing funds and implementing programs in accordance with this Plan, and must provide annual reports to the City Council.
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II. BACKGROUND
TMDs are an evolution of the traditional Business Improvement District. The first TMD was formed in West Hollywood, California in 1989. Since then, over 100 California destinations have followed suit. In recent years, other states have begun adopting the California model – Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, Colorado, Texas and Louisiana have adopted TMD laws. Several other states are in the process of adopting their own legislation. The cities of Wichita, Kansas and Newark, New Jersey used an existing business improvement district law to form a TMD . Additionally, some cities, like Portland, Oregon and Memphis, Tennessee have utilized their home rule powers to create TMDs without a state law.

California’s TMDs collectively
raise over $300 million annually
for local destination
marketing. With competitors
raising their budgets, and
increasing rivalry for visitor
dollars, it is important that West
Sacramento lodging businesses
continue to invest in stable,
commerce-specific marketing
programs.

TMDs utilize the efficiencies of
private sector operation in the
market-based promotion of
tourism districts. TMDs allow
tourism business owners to
organize their efforts to increase commerce. Tourism business owners within the TMD pay an assessment and those funds are used to provide services that increase commerce.

In California, most TMDs are formed pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994. This law allows for the creation of a benefit assessment district to raise funds within a specific geographic area. The key difference between TMDs and other benefit assessment districts is that funds raised are returned to the private non-profit corporation governing the district.

There are many benefits to TMDs:
• Funds must be spent on services and improvements that provide a specific benefit only to those who pay;
• Funds cannot be diverted to general government programs; • They are customized to fit the needs of payors in each destination; • They allow for a wide range of services;
• They are designed, created and governed by those who will pay the assessment; and • They provide a stable, long-term funding source for tourism promotion. 0 20
40 60
80 100
120
Number of Districts Operating in
California
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III. BOUNDARY
The WSTMD will include all lodging businesses with fifty (50) rooms or more, existing and in the future, available for public occupancy within the boundaries of the City of West Sacramento, as shown in the map below.

Lodging business means: any structure or any portion of any structure, which is occupied, or intended or designed for occupancy, lodging or sleeping purposes. This definition includes, but is not limited to, any hotel, inn, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, or other similar structure or portion thereof.

A complete listing of assessed lodging businesses within the proposed WSTMD can be found in Appendix 2.
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IV. ASSESSMENT BUDGET AND SERVICES
A. Annual Service Plan
Assessment funds will be spent to provide specific benefits conferred or privileges granted directly to the payors that are not provided to those not charged, and which do not exceed the reasonable cost to the City of conferring the benefits or granting the privileges. The privileges and services provided with the WSTMD funds are sales, marketing & destination development programs available only to assessed businesses.

A service plan assessment budget has been developed to deliver services that benefit the assessed businesses. A detailed annual assessment budget will be developed and approved by the Owners’ Association. The chart below illustrates the initial annual assessment budget allocations. These activities and allocations will also apply in subsequent years. The total initial assessment budget is estimated to be $482,000.

Although actual revenues will fluctuate due to market conditions, the proportional allocations of the budget shall remain the same. However, the City and the Owners’ Association Board shall have the authority to adjust budget allocations between the categories by no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total budget per year. A description of the proposed improvements and activities for the initial year of operation is below. The same activities are proposed for subsequent years. In the event of a legal challenge against the WSTMD, any and all assessment funds may be used for the costs of defending the WSTMD.

Each budget category includes all costs related to providing that service. For example, the sales, marketing & destination development budget includes the cost of staff time dedicated to overseeing and implementing the sales, marketing & destination development program. Staff time dedicated purely to administrative tasks is allocated to the administration portion of the budget. The costs of an individual staff member may be allocated to multiple budget categories. The staffing levels necessary to provide the services below will be determined by the Owners’ Association on an as-needed basis.

WSTMD Management District Plan
Sales, Marketing, &
Destination
Development,
$409,700 , 85%
Administration,
$48,200 , 10%
Contingency/Reserve,
$24,100 , 5%
Initial Annual Assessment Budget - $482,000
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Sales, Marketing & Destination Development
A sales, marketing & destination development program will promote assessed lodging businesses as tourist, meeting, and event destinations. The sales, marketing & destination development program will have a central theme of promoting West Sacramento as a desirable place for overnight visits and will have the goal of increasing overnight visitation and room night sales at assessed lodging businesses, and may include but not limited to:
• Regional and national leisure marketing and convention trade marketing programs designed to increase awareness of and drive overnight traffic to the destination – in turn, benefitting the assessed lodging businesses through increased consumer demand; • Public Relations programs that enhance the profile of West Sacramento as a tourist, meetings and event destination – in turn, benefitting the assessed lodging businesses through increased consumer demand;
• Sales, marketing and PR initiatives driving in-bound meetings and leisure travel to West Sacramento – in turn, benefitting the assessed lodging businesses through increased consumer demand and increased room night bookings;
• Partnership with both local and state tourism organizations to target key international markets to increase overnight visitation at assessed lodging businesses. • Strategic partnerships, sponsorships, or other alliances that reinforce West Sacramento as a destination of choice within the travel marketplace for meetings, events and leisure travel – in turn, generating greater room night sales to the assessed lodging businesses; • Attendance at tradeshows, conferences, and professional industry/partner events to promote the destination and the assessed lodging businesses;
• Sales missions, site inspections and familiarization tours showcasing the destination and the assessed lodging businesses;
• Preparation, production, mailing, and distribution of collateral promotional materials such as brochures, flyers, maps, and videos featuring assessed lodging businesses; • Research on current and new markets that would result in additional room night sales to assessed lodging businesses;
• Development and maintenance of the equipment, website, digital design, and technology designed to promote the WSTMD; and
• Destination development projects and activities, including security and beautification programs such as litter abatement and power washing, which aim to enhance the assessed lodging businesses’ image and reputation and improve the overall destination experience, thereby increasing demand for overnight stays and encouraging repeat visitation.

Administration
The administration portion of the budget shall be utilized for administrative staffing costs, office costs, and other general administrative costs such as insurance, legal, and accounting fees. The City of West Sacramento may retain up to two percent (2%) of total assessments collected to cover its actual costs for collecting the assessment and conducting audits.

Contingency/Reserve
The budget includes a contingency line item to account for uncollected assessments, if any. If there are contingency funds collected, they may be held in a reserve fund or utilized for other program, administration or renewal costs. The reserve fund may be used for the costs of renewing the WSTMD.

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B. Annual Budget
The total five (5) year assessment budget is projected at approximately $482,000 annually, or $2,410,000 through 2030, if the assessment rate is not adjusted. A similar budget is expected to apply to subsequent years, but this 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 this Plan.

The table below demonstrates the estimated maximum budget with the assumption that the assessment rate will be increased to the maximum allowable rate at the earliest opportunity; as it is a required disclosure, it is not the anticipated course of action. Alternate courses of action may be taken in regard to implementing the assessment rate increase other than what is demonstrated in the chart below, within the parameters of this Plan.

Year Sales, Marketing &
Destination Development
Administration Contingency/
Reserve
Total
2026 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
2027 $819,400 $96,400 $48,200 $964,000
2028 $819,400 $96,400 $48,200 $964,000
2029 $819,400 $96,400 $48,200 $964,000
2030 $819,400 $96,400 $48,200 $964,000
Total $3,687,300 $433,800 $216,900 $4,338,000
The table below demonstrates the annual improvement and service plan budget with the assumption that the rates will not be increased during the WSTMD’s term.

Year Sales, Marketing &
Destination Development
Administration Contingency/
Reserve
Total
2026 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
2027 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
2028 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
2029 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
2030 $409,700 $48,200 $24,100 $482,000
Total $2,048,500 $241,000 $120,500 $2,410,000
C. California Constitutional Compliance
The WSTMD assessment is not a property-based assessment subject to the requirements of Proposition 218. Courts have found Proposition 218 limited the term ‘assessments’ to levies on real property.1 Rather, the WSTMD assessment is a business-based assessment, and is subject to Proposition 26. Pursuant to Proposition 26 all levies are a tax unless they fit one of seven exceptions.

Two of these exceptions apply to the WSTMD, a “specific benefit” and a “specific government service.” Both require that the costs of benefits or services do not exceed the reasonable costs to the City of conferring the benefits or providing the services.

1. Specific Benefit
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Proposition 26 requires that assessment funds be expended on, “a specific benefit conferred or privilege granted directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of conferring the benefit or granting the privilege.”2
The services in this Plan are designed to provide targeted benefits directly to assessed businesses, and are intended only to provide benefits and services directly to those businesses paying the assessment. These services are tailored not to serve the general public, businesses in general, or parcels of land, but rather to serve the specific businesses within the WSTMD. The activities described in this Plan are specifically targeted to increase demand for room night sales for assessed lodging businesses within the boundaries of the WSTMD, and are narrowly tailored. WSTMD funds will be used exclusively to provide the specific benefit of increased demand for room night sales directly to the assessees. Assessment funds shall not be used to feature non-assessed lodging businesses in WSTMD programs, or to directly generate sales for non-assessed lodging businesses. The activities paid for from assessment revenues are business services constituting and providing specific benefits to the assessed businesses. Nothing in this Plan limits the ability of the Owners’ Association to enter into private contracts with non-assessed lodging businesses for the provision of services to those businesses.

The assessment imposed by this WSTMD is for a specific benefit conferred directly to the payors that is not provided to those not charged. The specific benefit conferred directly to the payors is an increase in demand for room night sales. The specific benefit of an increase in demand for room night sales for assessed lodging businesses will be provided only to lodging businesses paying the district assessment, with sales, marketing & destination development programs promoting lodging businesses paying the WSTMD assessment. The sales, marketing & destination development programs will be designed to increase room night sales at each assessed lodging businesses. Because they are necessary to provide the sales, marketing & destination development programs that specifically benefit the assessed lodging businesses, the administration services also provide the specific benefit of increased demand for room night sales to the assessed lodging businesses.

Although the WSTMD, in providing specific benefits to payors, may produce incidental benefits to non-paying businesses, the incidental benefit does not preclude the services from being considered a specific benefit. The legislature has found that, “A specific benefit is not excluded from classification as a ‘specific benefit’ merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without cost to the payor as a consequence of providing the specific benefit to the payor.”3

2. Specific Government Service
The assessment may also be utilized to provide, “a specific government service or product provided directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or product.”4 The legislature has recognized that marketing and promotions services like those to be provided by the WSTMD are government services within the meaning of Proposition 265. Further, the legislature has determined that “a specific government service is not excluded from classification as a ‘specific government service’ merely because an indirect benefit to a nonpayor occurs incidentally and without cost to the payor as a consequence of providing the specific government service to the payor.”6 2 Cal. Const. art XIII C § 1(e)(1)
3 Government Code § 53758(a)
4 Cal. Const. art XIII C § 1(e)(2)
5 Government Code § 53758(b)
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3. Reasonable Cost
WSTMD services will be implemented carefully to ensure they do not exceed the reasonable cost of such services. The full amount assessed will be used to provide the services described herein. Funds will be managed by the Owners’ Association, and reports submitted on an annual basis to the City.

Only assessed lodging businesses will be featured in marketing materials, receive sales leads generated from WSTMD-funded activities, be featured in advertising campaigns, and benefit from other WSTMD-funded services. The assessed lodging business list was compiled from records provided by the jurisdiction and complies with the requirements of the 94 Law. Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 36615, the City Council's determination of ownership is final and conclusive, with no obligation to obtain other information. Non-assessed lodging businesses will not receive these, nor any other, WSTMD-funded services and benefits.

The WSTMD-funded programs are targeted directly to benefit assessed businesses. WSTMD funds shall only be spent to benefit the assessed businesses, and shall not be spent on that portion of any program which directly generates incidental room nights for non-assessed businesses.

D. Assessment
The annual assessment rate is two percent (2%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue.

During the WSTMD term, the assessment rate may be increased annually by the Owners’ Association to a maximum rate of four percent (4%) of gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue for assessed lodging businesses. 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.

Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on: stays of more than thirty (30) consecutive days; stays for which it is beyond the power of the City to impose the assessment; stays by any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempted from transient occupancy tax by express provision of federal law or international treaty; and stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to January 1, 2026.

The assessment was calculated based on the total cost of the activities to be provided for the benefit of the assessed businesses within the WSTMD, with costs allocated based on the proportional benefit conferred to each business. Activities funded by the WSTMD, are specifically targeted to increase room nights at assessed businesses. All room night sales do not represent the same benefit to the payors. For example, a higher priced room night is of greater benefit than a lower priced room night because the assessee derives greater revenue. To account for this benefit differential and to make sure the benefits are proportional, an assessment formula based on a percentage of revenue has been selected. The proposed formula accurately reflects greater benefit to assessed businesses with higher priced room nights.

The term “gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue” as used herein means: the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy of space in a lodging business, valued in money, whether to be received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits, property and services of any kind or nature, without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.

Gross short-term sleeping room rental revenue shall not include, and therefore the assessment shall not be charged upon, any federal, state or local taxes collected, including but not limited to transient occupancy taxes.

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The assessment is levied upon and a direct obligation of the assessed lodging business. However, the assessed lodging business may, at its discretion, pass the assessment on to transients. The amount of assessment, if passed on to each transient, shall be disclosed in advance and separately stated from the amount of rent charged and any other applicable taxes, and each transient shall receive a receipt for payment from the business. If the WSTMD assessment is identified separately it shall be disclosed as the “WSTMD Assessment.” As an alternative, the disclosure may include the amount of the WSTMD assessment and the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to the California Tourism Marketing Act, Government Code §13995 et seq. and shall be disclosed as the “Tourism Assessment.” The assessment is imposed solely upon, and is the sole obligation of the assessed lodging business even if it is passed on to transients. The assessment shall not be considered revenue for calculation of transient occupancy taxes.

Bonds shall not be issued.

E. Interest and Overdue Charges
The WSTMD shall reimburse the City for any costs associated with collecting unpaid assessments. If sums in excess of the delinquent WSTMD assessment are sought to be recovered in the same collection action by the City, the WSTMD shall bear its pro rata share of such collection costs.

Assessed businesses which are delinquent in paying the assessment shall be responsible for paying:

1. Original Delinquency: Any assessed lodging business owner who fails to remit any assessment within the time required shall pay an overdue charge in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the assessment, in addition to the amount of the assessment.

2. Continued Delinquency: Any assessed lodging business owner who fails to remit any delinquent remittance on or before a period of thirty (30) days following the date on which the remittance first became delinquent shall pay a second delinquency overdue charge in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the assessment, in addition to the amount of the assessment and the ten percent (10%) overdue charge first imposed.

3. Fraud: If the City determines that the nonpayment of any remittance due is due to fraud, an overdue charge in the amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the assessment shall be added thereto, in addition to the overdue charges set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section). The assessed lodging business shall also be responsible for their proportionate share of audit costs incurred by the City.

4. Interest: In addition to the overdue charges imposed, any assessed lodging business who fails to remit any assessment imposed shall pay interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month, or fraction thereof, on the amount of the assessment, exclusive of overdue charges, from the date on which the remittance first became delinquent until paid.

5. Overdue Charges and Interest Merged with Assessment: Every overdue charge imposed, and such interest as accrues, pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall become a part of the assessment required to be paid.

F. Time and Manner for Collecting Assessments
The WSTMD assessment will be implemented beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, and ending December 31, 2030 or five (5) years from its start date and will continue for five (5) years. The City will be responsible for collecting the assessment on a quarterly basis (including any delinquencies, interest and overdue charges) from each lodging business. The City shall take all reasonable efforts to collect the assessments from each lodging business. If the City contracts with a non-profit corporation to serve as the Owners’ Association, the City shall forward the assessments collected to the Owners’ Association.

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V. GOVERNANCE
A. Owners’ Association
The City Council, through adoption of this Plan, has the right, pursuant to Streets and Highways Code §36651, to identify the body that shall implement the proposed program, which shall be the Owners’ Association of the WSTMD as defined in Streets and Highways Code §36612. The City may enter into a contract with a non-profit organization to serve as the Owners’ Association for the WSTMD.

B. Brown Act and California Public Records Act Compliance An Owners’ Association is a private entity and may not be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board members or staff be considered to be public officials for any purpose. The Owners’ Association is, however, subject to government regulations relating to transparency, namely the Ralph M. Brown Act and the California Public Records Act. These regulations are designed to promote public accountability. The Owners’ Association acts as a legislative body under the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code §54950 et seq.). Thus, meetings of the Owners’ Association Board and certain committees must be held in compliance with the public notice and other requirements of the Brown Act. Accordingly, the Owners’ Association shall publicly report any action taken and the vote or abstention on that action of each member present for the action. The Owners’ Association is also subject to the record keeping and disclosure requirements of the California Public Records Act.

C. Annual Report
The Owners’ Association shall present an annual report at the end of each year of operation to the City Council pursuant to Streets and Highways Code §36650 (see Appendix 1). The annual report shall include:
• Any proposed changes in the boundaries of the improvement district or in any benefit zones or classification of businesses within the district.
• The improvements and activities to be provided for that fiscal year. • An estimate of the cost of providing the improvements and the activities for that fiscal year. • The method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each business owner to estimate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his or her business for that fiscal year.
• The estimated amount of any surplus or deficit revenues to be carried over from a previous fiscal year.
• The estimated amount of any contributions to be made from sources other than assessments levied pursuant to this part.
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APPENDIX 1 – LAW
CURRENT THROUGH ALL LEGISLATION OF THE 2024 REGULAR AND SPECIAL SESSIONS

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
DIVISION 18. PARKING
PART 7. PROPERTY AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW OF 1994 CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
ARTICLE 1. Declarations
36600. Citation of part
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994.” 36601. Legislative findings and declarations; Legislative guidance The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Businesses located and operating within business districts in some of this state’s communities are economically disadvantaged, are underutilized, and are unable to attract customers due to inadequate facilities, services, and activities in the business districts. (b) It is in the public interest to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of business districts in order to create jobs, attract new businesses, and prevent the erosion of the business districts. (c) It is of particular local benefit to allow business districts to fund business related improvements, maintenance, and activities through the levy of assessments upon the businesses or real property that receive benefits from those improvements.
(d) Assessments levied for the purpose of conferring special benefit upon the real property or a specific benefit upon the businesses in a business district are not taxes for the general benefit of a city, even if property, businesses, or persons not assessed receive incidental or collateral effects that benefit them. (e) Property and business improvement districts formed throughout this state have conferred special benefits upon properties and businesses within their districts and have made those properties and businesses more useful by providing the following benefits:
(1) Crime reduction. A study by the Rand Corporation has confirmed a 12-percent reduction in the incidence of robbery and an 8-percent reduction in the total incidence of violent crimes within the 30 districts studied.
(2) Job creation.
(3) Business attraction.
(4) Business retention.
(5) Economic growth.
(6) New investments.
(f) With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies throughout the state, property and business improvement districts have become even more important tools with which communities can combat blight, promote economic opportunities, and create a clean and safe environment. (g) Since the enactment of this act, the people of California have adopted Proposition 218, which added Article XIII D to the Constitution in order to place certain requirements and restrictions on the formation of, and activities, expenditures, and assessments by property-based districts. Article XIII D of the Constitution provides that property-based districts may only levy assessments for special benefits. (h) The act amending this section is intended to provide the Legislature’s guidance with regard to this act, its interaction with the provisions of Article XIII D of the Constitution, and the determination of special benefits in property-based districts.
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benefits, the incidental or collateral effects of those special benefits are inherently part of those special benefits. The mere fact that special benefits produce incidental or collateral effects that benefit property or persons not assessed does not convert any portion of those special benefits or their incidental or collateral effects into general benefits. (3) It is of the utmost importance that property-based districts created under this act have clarity regarding restrictions on assessments they may levy and the proper determination of special benefits. Legislative clarity with regard to this act will provide districts with clear instructions and courts with legislative intent regarding restrictions on property-based assessments, and the manner in which special benefits should be determined.
36602. Purpose of part
The purpose of this part is to supplement previously enacted provisions of law that authorize cities to levy assessments within property and business improvement districts, to ensure that those assessments conform to all constitutional requirements and are determined and assessed in accordance with the guidance set forth in this act.

This part does not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of improvements or activities or the raising of revenue for these purposes. 36603. Preemption of authority or charter city to adopt ordinances levying assessments Nothing in this part is intended to preempt the authority of a charter city to adopt ordinances providing for a different method of levying assessments for similar or additional purposes from those set forth in this part. A property and business improvement district created pursuant to this part is expressly exempt from the provisions of the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 (Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800)).
36603.5. Part prevails over conflicting provisions
Any provision of this part that conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law, as to districts created under this part.
36604. Severability
This part is intended to be construed liberally and, if any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Assessments levied under this part are not special taxes.

ARTICLE 2. Definitions
36606. “Activities”
“Activities” means, but is not limited to, all of the following that benefit businesses or real property in the district:
(a) Promotion of public events.
(b) Furnishing of music in any public place.
(c) Promotion of tourism within the district.
(d) Marketing and economic development, including retail retention and recruitment. (e) Providing security, sanitation, graffiti removal, street and sidewalk cleaning, and other municipal services supplemental to those normally provided by the municipality. (f) Other services provided for the purpose of conferring special benefit upon assessed real property or specific benefits upon assessed businesses located in the district. 36606.5. “Assessment”
“Assessment” means a levy for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, installing, or maintaining improvements and providing activities that will provide certain benefits to properties or businesses located within a property and business improvement district.
36607. “Business”
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“Business” means all types of businesses and includes financial institutions and professions. 36608. “City”
“City” means a city, county, city and county, or an agency or entity created pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the public member agencies of which includes only cities, counties, or a city and county, or the State of California. 36609. “City council”
“City council” means the city council of a city or the board of supervisors of a county, or the agency, commission, or board created pursuant to a joint powers agreement and which is a city within the meaning of this part. 36609.4. “Clerk”
“Clerk” means the clerk of the legislative body.
36609.5. “General benefit”
“General benefit” means, for purposes of a property-based district, any benefit that is not a “special benefit” as defined in Section 36615.5.
36610. “Improvement”
“Improvement” means the acquisition, construction, installation, or maintenance of any tangible property with an estimated useful life of five years or more including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Parking facilities.
(b) Benches, booths, kiosks, display cases, pedestrian shelters and signs. (c) Trash receptacles and public restrooms.
(d) Lighting and heating facilities.
(e) Decorations.
(f) Parks.
(g) Fountains.
(h) Planting areas.
(i) Closing, opening, widening, or narrowing of existing streets. (j) Facilities or equipment, or both, to enhance security of persons and property within the district. (k) Ramps, sidewalks, plazas, and pedestrian malls.
(l) Rehabilitation or removal of existing structures.
36611. “Management district plan”; “Plan”
“Management district plan” or “plan” means a proposal as defined in Section 36622. 36612. “Owners’ association”
“Owners’ association” means a private nonprofit entity that is under contract with a city to administer or implement improvements, maintenance, and activities specified in the management district plan. An owners’ association may be an existing nonprofit entity or a newly formed nonprofit entity. An owners’ association is a private entity and may not be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board members or staff be considered to be public officials for any purpose. Notwithstanding this section, an owners’ association shall comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), at all times when matters within the subject matter of the district are heard, discussed, or deliberated, and with the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), for all records relating to activities of the district. 36614. “Property”
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“Property” means real property situated within a district. 36614.5. “Property and business improvement district”; “District” “Property and business improvement district,” or “district,” means a property and business improvement district established pursuant to this part.
36614.6. “Property-based assessment”
“Property-based assessment” means any assessment made pursuant to this part upon real property. 36614.7. “Property-based district”
“Property-based district” means any district in which a city levies a property-based assessment. 36615. “Property owner”; “Business owner”; “Owner”
“Property owner” means any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll or otherwise known to be the owner of land by the city council. “Business owner” means any person recognized by the city as the owner of the business. “Owner” means either a business owner or a property owner. The city council has no obligation to obtain other information as to the ownership of land or businesses, and its determination of ownership shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this part. Wherever this part requires the signature of the property owner, the signature of the authorized agent of the property owner shall be sufficient. Wherever this part requires the signature of the business owner, the signature of the authorized agent of the business owner shall be sufficient. 36615.5. “Special benefit”
(a) “Special benefit” means, for purposes of a property-based district, a particular and distinct benefit over and above general benefits conferred on real property located in a district or to the public at large. Special benefit includes incidental or collateral effects that arise from the improvements, maintenance, or activities of property-based districts even if those incidental or collateral effects benefit property or persons not assessed. Special benefit excludes general enhancement of property value. (b) “Special benefit” also includes, for purposes of a property-based district, a particular and distinct benefit provided directly to each assessed parcel within the district. Merely because parcels throughout an assessment district share the same special benefits does not make the benefits general. 36616. “Tenant”
“Tenant” means an occupant pursuant to a lease of commercial space or a dwelling unit, other than an owner.

ARTICLE 3. Prior Law
36617. Alternate method of financing certain improvements and activities; Effect on other provisions This part provides an alternative method of financing certain improvements and activities. The provisions of this part shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of improvements or activities or the raising of revenue for these purposes. Every improvement area established pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500) of this division) is valid and effective and is unaffected by this part.

CHAPTER 2. Establishment
36620. Establishment of property and business improvement district A property and business improvement district may be established as provided in this chapter.

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36620.5. Requirement of consent of city council
A county may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of a city without the consent of the city council of that city. A city may not form a district within the unincorporated territory of a county without the consent of the board of supervisors of that county. A city may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of another city without the consent of the city council of the other city. 36621. Initiation of proceedings; Petition of property or business owners in proposed district (a) Upon the submission of a written petition, signed by the property or business owners in the proposed district who will pay more than 50 percent of the assessments proposed to be levied, the city council may initiate proceedings to form a district by the adoption of a resolution expressing its intention to form a district. The amount of assessment attributable to property or a business owned by the same property or business owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all assessments proposed to be levied, shall not be included in determining whether the petition is signed by property or business owners who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of assessments proposed to be levied. (b) The petition of property or business owners required under subdivision (a) shall include a summary of the management district plan. That summary shall include all of the following:
(1) A map showing the boundaries of the district.
(2) Information specifying where the complete management district plan can be obtained. (3) Information specifying that the complete management district plan shall be furnished upon request.
(c) The resolution of intention described in subdivision (a) shall contain all of the following:
(1) A brief description of the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, the amount of the proposed assessment, a statement as to whether the assessment will be levied on property or businesses within the district, a statement as to whether bonds will be issued, and a description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, which may be made by reference to any plan or map that is on file with the clerk. The descriptions and statements do not need to be detailed and shall be sufficient if they enable an owner to generally identify the nature and extent of the improvements, maintenance, and activities, and the location and extent of the proposed district. (2) A time and place for a public hearing on the establishment of the property and business improvement district and the levy of assessments, which shall be consistent with the requirements of Section 36623.
36622. Contents of management district plan
The management district plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) If the assessment will be levied on property, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property and, if businesses are to be assessed, each business within the district. If the assessment will be levied on businesses, a map that identifies the district boundaries in sufficient detail to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district boundaries. If the assessment will be levied on property and businesses, a map of the district in sufficient detail to locate each parcel of property and to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the district boundaries.
(b) The name of the proposed district.
(c) A description of the boundaries of the district, including the boundaries of benefit zones, proposed for establishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the affected property and businesses included, which may be made by reference to any plan or map that is on file with the clerk. The boundaries of a proposed property assessment district shall not overlap with the boundaries of another existing property assessment district created pursuant to this part. This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a district created pursuant to this part to overlap with other assessment districts established pursuant to other provisions of law, including, but not limited to, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (Part 6 (commencing with Section 36500)). This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created pursuant to this part to overlap with another business assessment district created pursuant to this part. This part does not prohibit the boundaries of a business assessment district created pursuant to this part to overlap with a property assessment district created pursuant to this part. 221
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(d) The improvements, maintenance, and activities proposed for each year of operation of the district and the estimated cost thereof. If the improvements, maintenance, and activities proposed for each year of operation are the same, a description of the first year’s proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities and a statement that the same improvements, maintenance, and activities are proposed for subsequent years shall satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.
(e) The total annual amount proposed to be expended for improvements, maintenance, or activities, and debt service in each year of operation of the district. If the assessment is levied on businesses, this amount may be estimated based upon the assessment rate. If the total annual amount proposed to be expended in each year of operation of the district is not significantly different, the amount proposed to be expended in the initial year and a statement that a similar amount applies to subsequent years shall satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.
(f) The proposed source or sources of financing, including the proposed method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each property or business owner to calculate the amount of the assessment to be levied against their property or business. The plan also shall state whether bonds will be issued to finance improvements.
(g) The time and manner of collecting the assessments.
(h) The specific number of years in which assessments will be levied. In a new district, the maximum number of years shall be five. Upon renewal, a district shall have a term not to exceed 10 years.

Notwithstanding these limitations, a district created pursuant to this part to finance capital improvements with bonds may levy assessments until the maximum maturity of the bonds. The management district plan may set forth specific increases in assessments for each year of operation of the district. (i) The proposed time for implementation and completion of the management district plan. (j) Any proposed rules and regulations to be applicable to the district. (k)
(1) A list of the properties or businesses to be assessed, including the assessor’s parcel numbers for properties to be assessed, and a statement of the method or methods by which the expenses of a district will be imposed upon benefited real property or businesses, in proportion to the benefit received by the property or business, to defray the cost thereof. (2) In a property-based district, the proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel shall be determined exclusively in relationship to the entirety of the capital cost of a public improvement, the maintenance and operation expenses of a public improvement, or the cost of the activities. An assessment shall not be imposed on any parcel that exceeds the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel. Only special benefits are assessable, and a property-based district shall separate the general benefits, if any, from the special benefits conferred on a parcel. Parcels within a property-based district that are owned or used by any city, public agency, the State of California, or the United States shall not be exempt from assessment unless the governmental entity can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that those publicly owned parcels in fact receive no special benefit. The value of any incidental, secondary, or collateral effects that arise from the improvements, maintenance, or activities of a propertybased district and that benefit property or persons not assessed shall not be deducted from the entirety of the cost of any special benefit or affect the proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel.
(3) In a property-based district, properties throughout the district may share the same special benefits. In a district with boundaries that define which parcels are to receive improvements, maintenance, or activities over and above those services provided by the city, the improvements, maintenance, or activities themselves may constitute a special benefit. The city may impose assessments that are less than the proportional special benefit conferred, but shall not impose assessments that exceed the reasonable costs of the proportional special benefit conferred. Because one or more parcels pay less than the special benefit conferred does not necessarily mean that other parcels are assessed more than the reasonable cost of their special benefit. (l) In a property-based district, a detailed engineer’s report prepared by a registered professional engineer certified by the State of California supporting all assessments contemplated by the management district plan.
(m) Any other item or matter required to be incorporated therein by the city council. 36623. Procedure to levy assessment
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(a) If a city council proposes to levy a new or increased property assessment, the notice and protest and hearing procedure shall comply with Section 53753 of the Government Code. (b) If a city council proposes to levy a new or increased business assessment, the notice and protest and hearing procedure shall comply with Section 54954.6 of the Government Code, except that notice shall be mailed to the owners of the businesses proposed to be assessed. A protest may be made orally or in writing by any interested person. Every written protest shall be filed with the clerk at or before the time fixed for the public hearing. The city council may waive any irregularity in the form or content of any written protest. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the public hearing. Each written protest shall contain a description of the business in which the person subscribing the protest is interested sufficient to identify the business and, if a person subscribing is not shown on the official records of the city as the owner of the business, the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person subscribing is the owner of the business or the authorized representative. A written protest that does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest.

If written protests are received from the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the proposed district that will pay 50 percent or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protests to less than 50 percent, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessment against such businesses, as contained in the resolution of intention, shall be taken for a period of one year from the date of the finding of a majority protest by the city council. (c) If a city council proposes to conduct a single proceeding to levy both a new or increased property assessment and a new or increased business assessment, the notice and protest and hearing procedure for the property assessment shall comply with subdivision (a), and the notice and protest and hearing procedure for the business assessment shall comply with subdivision (b). If a majority protest is received from either the property or business owners, that respective portion of the assessment shall not be levied. The remaining portion of the assessment may be levied unless the improvement or other special benefit was proposed to be funded by assessing both property and business owners. 36624. Changes to proposed assessments
At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish the district, the city council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed assessment or the type or types of improvements, maintenance, and activities to be funded with the revenues from the assessments. Proposed assessments may only be revised by reducing any or all of them. At the public hearing, the city council may only make changes in, to, or from the boundaries of the proposed property and business improvement district that will exclude territory that will not benefit from the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities. Any modifications, revisions, reductions, or changes to the proposed assessment district shall be reflected in the notice and map recorded pursuant to Section 36627. 36625. Resolution of formation
(a) If the city council, following the public hearing, decides to establish a proposed property and business improvement district, the city council shall adopt a resolution of formation that shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) A brief description of the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, the amount of the proposed assessment, a statement as to whether the assessment will be levied on property, businesses, or both within the district, a statement on whether bonds will be issued, and a description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, which may be made by reference to any plan or map that is on file with the clerk. The descriptions and statements need not be detailed and shall be sufficient if they enable an owner to generally identify the nature and extent of the improvements, maintenance, and activities and the location and extent of the proposed district. (2) The number, date of adoption, and title of the resolution of intention. (3) The time and place where the public hearing was held concerning the establishment of the district.
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levy of assessments within a district shall not be used to provide improvements, maintenance, or activities outside the district or for any purpose other than the purposes specified in the resolution of intention, as modified by the city council at the hearing concerning establishment of the district.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, improvements and activities that must be provided outside the district boundaries to create a special or specific benefit to the assessed parcels or businesses may be provided, but shall be limited to marketing or signage pointing to the district. (7) A finding that the property or businesses within the area of the property and business improvement district will be benefited by the improvements, maintenance, and activities funded by the proposed assessments, and, for a property-based district, that property within the district will receive a special benefit.
(8) In a property-based district, the total amount of all special benefits to be conferred on the properties within the property-based district.
(b) The adoption of the resolution of formation and, if required, recordation of the notice and map pursuant to Section 36627 shall constitute the levy of an assessment in each of the fiscal years referred to in the management district plan.
36627. Notice and assessment diagram
Following adoption of the resolution establishing district assessments on properties pursuant to Section 36625, the clerk shall record a notice and an assessment diagram pursuant to Section 3114. No other provision of Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) applies to an assessment district created pursuant to this part. 36628. Establishment of separate benefit zones within district; Categories of businesses The city council may establish one or more separate benefit zones within the district based upon the degree of benefit derived from the improvements or activities to be provided within the benefit zone and may impose a different assessment within each benefit zone. If the assessment is to be levied on businesses, the city council may also define categories of businesses based upon the degree of benefit that each will derive from the improvements or activities to be provided within the district and may impose a different assessment or rate of assessment on each category of business, or on each category of business within each zone. 36628.5. Assessments on businesses or property owners
The city council may levy assessments on businesses or on property owners, or a combination of the two, pursuant to this part. The city council shall structure the assessments in whatever manner it determines corresponds with the distribution of benefits from the proposed improvements, maintenance, and activities, provided that any propertybased assessment conforms with the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (k) of Section 36622. 36629. Provisions and procedures applicable to benefit zones and business categories All provisions of this part applicable to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of a property and business improvement district apply to the establishment, modification, or disestablishment of benefit zones or categories of business. The city council shall, to establish, modify, or disestablish a benefit zone or category of business, follow the procedure to establish, modify, or disestablish a property and business improvement district. 36630. Expiration of district; Creation of new district If a property and business improvement district expires due to the time limit set pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 36622, a new management district plan may be created and the district may be renewed pursuant to this part.

CHAPTER 3. Assessments
36631. Time and manner of collection of assessments; Delinquent payments The collection of the assessments levied pursuant to this part shall be made at the time and in the manner set forth by the city council in the resolution levying the assessment. Assessments levied on real property may be collected at the
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same time and in the same manner as for the ad valorem property tax, and may provide for the same lien priority and penalties for delinquent payment. All delinquent payments for assessments levied pursuant to this part may be charged interest and penalties.
36632. Assessments to be based on estimated benefit; Classification of real property and businesses; Exclusion of residential and agricultural property
(a) The assessments levied on real property pursuant to this part shall be levied on the basis of the estimated benefit to the real property within the property and business improvement district. The city council may classify properties for purposes of determining the benefit to property of the improvements and activities provided pursuant to this part.
(b) Assessments levied on businesses pursuant to this part shall be levied on the basis of the estimated benefit to the businesses within the property and business improvement district. The city council may classify businesses for purposes of determining the benefit to the businesses of the improvements and activities provided pursuant to this part.
(c) Properties zoned solely for residential use, or that are zoned for agricultural use, are conclusively presumed not to benefit from the improvements and service funded through these assessments, and shall not be subject to any assessment pursuant to this part. 36633. Time for contesting validity of assessment
The validity of an assessment levied under this part shall not be contested in an action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the resolution levying the assessment is adopted pursuant to Section 36625. An appeal from a final judgment in an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after the entry of judgment.
36634. Service contracts authorized to establish levels of city services The city council may execute baseline service contracts that would establish levels of city services that would continue after a property and business improvement district has been formed. 36635. Request to modify management district plan
The owners’ association may, at any time, request that the city council modify the management district plan. Any modification of the management district plan shall be made pursuant to this chapter. 36636. Modification of plan by resolution after public hearing; Adoption of resolution of intention (a) Upon the written request of the owners’ association, the city council may modify the management district plan after conducting one public hearing on the proposed modifications. The city council may modify the improvements and activities to be funded with the revenue derived from the levy of the assessments by adopting a resolution determining to make the modifications after holding a public hearing on the proposed modifications. If the modification includes the levy of a new or increased assessment, the city council shall comply with Section 36623. Notice of all other public hearings pursuant to this section shall comply with both of the following:
(1) The resolution of intention shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once at least seven days before the public hearing.
(2) A complete copy of the resolution of intention shall be mailed by first class mail, at least 10 days before the public hearing, to each business owner or property owner affected by the proposed modification.
(b) The city council shall adopt a resolution of intention which states the proposed modification prior to the public hearing required by this section. The public hearing shall be held not more than 90 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.
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Any subsequent modification of the resolution shall be reflected in subsequent notices and maps recorded pursuant to Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100), in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 36627. 36638. Assessment as government imposed fee on Civ C § 1770 transaction [Operative July 1, 2024] (a) A business assessment pursuant to this part is a fee imposed by a government on the transaction for purposes of paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 1770 of the Civil Code. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.

CHAPTER 3.5. Financing
36640. Bonds authorized; Procedure; Restriction on reduction or termination of assessments (a) The city council may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of some or all of the proposed improvements described in the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to Section 36625, if the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to that section provides for the issuance of bonds, under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500)) or in conjunction with Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). Either act, as the case may be, shall govern the proceedings relating to the issuance of bonds, although proceedings under the Bond Act of 1915 may be modified by the city council as necessary to accommodate assessments levied upon business pursuant to this part. (b) The resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall generally describe the proposed improvements specified in the resolution of formation adopted pursuant to Section 36625, set forth the estimated cost of those improvements, specify the number of annual installments and the fiscal years during which they are to be collected. The amount of debt service to retire the bonds shall not exceed the amount of revenue estimated to be raised from assessments over 30 years.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, assessments levied to pay the principal and interest on any bond issued pursuant to this section shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with the timely retirement of the debt.

CHAPTER 4. Governance
36650. Report by owners’ association; Approval or modification by city council (a) The owners’ association shall cause to be prepared a report for each fiscal year, except the first year, for which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements, maintenance, and activities described in the report. The owners’ association’s first report shall be due after the first year of operation of the district. The report may propose changes, including, but not limited to, the boundaries of the property and business improvement district or any benefit zones within the district, the basis and method of levying the assessments, and any changes in the classification of property, including any categories of business, if a classification is used.
(b) The report shall be filed with the clerk and shall refer to the property and business improvement district by name, specify the fiscal year to which the report applies, and, with respect to that fiscal year, shall contain all of the following information:
(1) Any proposed changes in the boundaries of the property and business improvement district or in any benefit zones or classification of property or businesses within the district. (2) The improvements, maintenance, and activities to be provided for that fiscal year. (3) An estimate of the cost of providing the improvements, maintenance, and activities for that fiscal year.
(4) The method and basis of levying the assessment in sufficient detail to allow each real property or business owner, as appropriate, to estimate the amount of the assessment to be levied against his or her property or business for that fiscal year.
(5) The estimated amount of any surplus or deficit revenues to be carried over from a previous fiscal year.
(6) The estimated amount of any contributions to be made from sources other than assessments levied pursuant to this part.
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(c) The city council may approve the report as filed by the owners’ association or may modify any particular contained in the report and approve it as modified. Any modification shall be made pursuant to Sections 36635 and 36636.

The city council shall not approve a change in the basis and method of levying assessments that would impair an authorized or executed contract to be paid from the revenues derived from the levy of assessments, including any commitment to pay principal and interest on any bonds issued on behalf of the district.
36651. Designation of owners’ association to provide improvements, maintenance, and activities The management district plan may, but is not required to, state that an owners’ association will provide the improvements, maintenance, and activities described in the management district plan. If the management district plan designates an owners’ association, the city shall contract with the designated nonprofit corporation to provide services.

CHAPTER 5. Renewal
36660. Renewal of district; Transfer or refund of remaining revenues; District term limit (a) Any district previously established whose term has expired, or will expire, may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this chapter. (b) Upon renewal, any remaining revenues derived from the levy of assessments, or any revenues derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be transferred to the renewed district. If the renewed district includes additional parcels or businesses not included in the prior district, the remaining revenues shall be spent to benefit only the parcels or businesses in the prior district. If the renewed district does not include parcels or businesses included in the prior district, the remaining revenues attributable to these parcels shall be refunded to the owners of these parcels or businesses. (c) Upon renewal, a district shall have a term not to exceed 10 years, or, if the district is authorized to issue bonds, until the maximum maturity of those bonds. There is no requirement that the boundaries, assessments, improvements, or activities of a renewed district be the same as the original or prior district.

CHAPTER 6. Disestablishment
36670. Circumstances permitting disestablishment of district; Procedure (a) Any district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this part, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the purposes of the district, may be disestablished by resolution by the city council in either of the following circumstances:
(1) If the city council finds there has been misappropriation of funds, malfeasance, or a violation of law in connection with the management of the district, it shall notice a hearing on disestablishment.
(2) During the operation of the district, there shall be a 30-day period each year in which assessees may request disestablishment of the district. The first such period shall begin one year after the date of establishment of the district and shall continue for 30 days. The next such 30-day period shall begin two years after the date of the establishment of the district. Each successive year of operation of the district shall have such a 30-day period. Upon the written petition of the owners or authorized representatives of real property or the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the district who pay 50 percent or more of the assessments levied, the city council shall pass a resolution of intention to disestablish the district. The city council shall notice a hearing on disestablishment.
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owners. The public hearing shall be held not more than 60 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention.
36671. Refund of remaining revenues upon disestablishment or expiration without renewal of district; Calculation of refund; Use of outstanding revenue collected after disestablishment of district (a) Upon the disestablishment or expiration without renewal of a district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of assessments, or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, or from bond reserve or construction funds, shall be refunded to the owners of the property or businesses then located and operating within the district in which assessments were levied by applying the same method and basis that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the fiscal year in which the district is disestablished or expires. All outstanding assessment revenue collected after disestablishment shall be spent on improvements and activities specified in the management district plan. (b) If the disestablishment occurs before an assessment is levied for the fiscal year, the method and basis that was used to calculate the assessments levied in the immediate prior fiscal year shall be used to calculate the amount of any refund.
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APPENDIX 2 – ASSESSED BUSINESSES
Jurisdiction list as of June 10, 2025
Lodging Business Site Address
Extended Stay America 795 Stillwater Rd.

Granada Inn 4751 West Capitol Ave.

Hampton Inn & Suites 800 Stillwater Rd.

Holiday Inn Express 2761 Evergreen Ave.

Home2 Suites 1020 West Capitol Ave.

Motel 6 1254 Halyard Dr.

Springhill Suites 3455 Reed Ave.
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