HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997 043 CC RESO1997 043 CC RESO (Ìì ³ ™ RESOLUTION NO. 97-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 WITHIN ThE CITYWIDE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
AREA OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park has established within the accordance with the Parking and Business
Improvement Area Law of 1979, superseded and rep]aced by the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 the
Act") Str. & H. Code Sections 36500 et seq.);
WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the City Council 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 of levying the assessments;
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 1997-98, estimates the cost of providing the
improvements and activities, and proposes a method and basis of levying the assessment; and
WHEREAS, the City shall has additionally proposed improvements and activities to be funded by revenues derived
from the levy of assessments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council the City of Baldwin Park does hereby resolve as follows.
SEC TION 1. It is the intent of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the Area for Fiscal Year
1997-98, but to do so at rates approximately one-half of previous years' levies.
SECTION 2. The proposed improvements and activities to be Landed 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 holiday decorations for city streets and facilities, community newsletters, local access
cable television programming, promotion of the Business Crime Prevention program, city beautification programs,
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 is on file with the Clerk of the City and provides a full
deZiled description of the improvements and activities to be provided for Fiscal Year 1997-98, and the proposed
assessments to be levied upon businesses within the Area for that fiscal year. The proposed basis of levying the assessments
is equal of past years' levies; that is, it is a charge equal to a certain percentage 30%, 38%, and 45%) of the ordinary
business license tax applicable to each respective business, depending upon the classification of the business.
SECTION 5. A public hearing regarding the proposed activities and improvements for Fiscal Year
1997-98 and on the levy of the proposed assessments for that fiscal year shall be held on July 2, 1997, 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, protests may be made, either orally or in writing, by any business owner against the furnishing of specified
t;ypes of improvements or activities within the Area or against the levy of the proposed assessments. Any protest pertaining
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to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the irregularity of defect to
which the objection is male Bach 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 18th day of June, 1997
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.97-43
was duly adopted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor of said City at the regular meeting held on the 18th day of
June, 1997 and that the same was passed by the following roll call vote to-wit:
AYES: VAN CLEAVE. MUSE. LOZANO. AND MAYOR LOWES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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