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WEST SAN LEANDRO SHUTTLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT FY 2011 -12 Business Improvement District Overview In FY 2008 -09, the City Council re- established the BID for another five year period, as previously explained in this report. The BID is a levied benefit assessment on businesses within the BID Area, the proceeds of which shall be used for the public purposes benefits the businesses in the BID, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 Section 36500 et seq. of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code. All of the assessments imposed by the BID Ordinance shall be reviewed by the City Council annually based upon the annual reports prepared by the advisory board appointed pursuant to Sections 36530 and 36533 of the California Streets and Highways Code. Pursuant to Section 36533(c), the City Council may approve the report as filed by the advisory board or may modify any particular contained in the report and approve it as modified. In previous years prior to the economic recession the BID typically generated between $135,000 to $145,000 for LINKS operations and administrative costs. This amount has been reduced the last two years to approximately $120,000. The decline in revenue has made it necessary to raise the BID rates. As part of the BID process, the City Council has appointed two City staff designees and three to five business representatives to serve on the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District Advisory Board (Advisory Board) to review the performance of the LINKS, the specific program supported by the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District. The five- to seven - member Advisory Board appointed by the San Leandro City Council includes the City's Engineering and Transportation Director and the Director of Finance (or their designees) along with three to five business representatives of businesses within the BID and paying the BID assessment. The business members appointed to the Advisory Board are Dora Wong of Coca Cola Bottling Company, Geza Paulovitz of Eric F. Anderson, Inc., Joyce Lee, The North Face, and Alexandra Munoz, Peterson Companies. The Advisory Board's duties include a review of the performance of LINKS for FY 2010 -11, and a review of the budget and a recommendation for BID assessments for FY 2011 -12. Business Improvement District Fiscal Year 2011 -12 Assessment With respect to the BID assessment for FY 2011 -12, the Advisory Board recommends that the San Leandro City Council adopt a BID assessment which is adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), 1.4 percent. This would result in the BID Base Rate increasing to $25.35 from $25.00, and the BID Rate Per Employee increasing to $11.03 from $10.88. Businesses with five or fewer employees, landlords, and non - profits would remain exempt from the BID. EXHIBIT A — Ridership Statistics EXHIBIT B — Route Map 71Page