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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993 063 CC RESO1993 063 CC RESO(Ìì¹ç RESOLUTION NO. 93-63 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993-94 WITHIN THE CITYWIDE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park has established within the City the Citywide Business Improvement Area the Area") in accordance with the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1979, superseded and replaced by the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 the Act") Str. & H.C. Sections 36500 et seq.); and WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the City to impose annual assessments upon all businesses located within the Area; WHEREAS, the City Council has appointed an advisory board to make recommendations to the Council on the expenditure of revenues derived from the levy of assessments and on the method and basis levying the assessments; and WHEREAS, the advisory board has caused to be prepared and filed with the City a report which, among other things, proposes certain activities and improvements for Fiscal Year 1993-94, estimates the cost of providing the improvements and activities, and proposes a method and basis of levying the assessment; WHEREAS, City staff has additionally proposed improvements and activities to be funded by revenues derived from the levy of assessments. NOW, THEREFORE, the city Council of the City of Baldwin Park does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the Area for Fiscal Year 1993-94. SECTION 2. The proposed improvements and activities to be funded by the revenues derived from the levy of assessments may include, but are not limited to, general civic promotion programs and community, cultural and musical special events, such as the annual Citizen of the Year Banquet, the annual Anniversary Parade, the annual Fourth of July fireworks program, holiday decorations for city streets and facilities, a carnival, the Be Part of Baldwin Park" celebration, community newsletters, local access cable television programming, promotion of the Business Crime Prevention program, city beautification programs, continuation of the Shop in Baldwin Park program, Newspaper in the Classroom program, participation in the San Gabriel Valley Commerce and Cities Consortium, as well as the development and maintenance of business promotions and aids directed at assisting existing businesses and locating new businesses within the City of Baldwin Park. SECTION 3. The Citywide Business Improvement Area includes all of the territory within the exterior boundaries of the City of Baldwin Park. SECTION 4. The report of the advisory board and city staff recommended modifications are on file with the Clerk of the City and provide a full and detailed descriptions of the improvements and activities to be provided for Fiscal Year 1993-94, and the proposed assessments to be levied upon the businesses within the Area for that fiscal year. The proposed basis of levying the assessments is the same as past years' levies; that is, it is a charge equal to a certain percentage 60%, 75% or 90% depending upon the classification of the business) of the ordinary business license tax applicable to each respective business. BIB] 37650-U01 1993-U02 063-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO1127-U03 DO1693-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 93-63-U05 JUN-U05 16-U05 1993-U05 1993 063 CC RESO(Ìì¹ç Resolution No. 93-63 Page Two SECTION 5. A public hearing regarding the proposed activities and improvements for Fiscal Year 1993-94 and on the levy of the proposed assessments for that fiscal year shall be held on June 23, 1993, at 7:00 o'clock p.m. at the City Hall of the City of Baldwin Park. At said public hearing, testimony of all interested persons regarding the proposed improvements and activities and the proposed method and basis of levying the assessments will be heard. At the public hearing, protest may be made, either orally or in writing, by any business owner against the furnishing of specified types of improvements or activities within the Area or against the levy of the proposed assessments. Any protest pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the irregularity or defect to which the objection is made. 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. A written protest which does not comply with this section shall not be counted in determining a majority protest. If written protests are received from the owners of businesses in the area which will pay 50% or more of the assessments proposed to be levied and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the protest to less than that 50%, no further proceedings to levy the proposed assessments shall be taken by the City Council for a period of one year from the date of the finding of the majority protest by the City Council. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall give notice of the public hearing by causing this Resolution of Intention to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City not less than seven days before the public hearing. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 1993. MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 93-63 was duly adopted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor of said City at the regular meeting held on the 16th day of June, 1993, and that the same was passed by the following roll call vote to-wit: AYES GALLEGOS. IZELL. MARTINEZ. MCNEILL. MAYOR VARGAS NOES NONE ABSENT NONE ABSTAIN: NONE LINDA L GAIR, CITY CLERK BIB] 37650-U01 1993-U02 063-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO1127-U03 DO1693-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 93-63-U05 JUN-U05 16-U05 1993-U05