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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 15, 2013 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-357 PUBLIC HEARINGS – CITY <br />COUNCIL <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:ADOPT: Resolution Forming the Downtown San Leandro Community Benefit <br />District (authorizes the levy of assessments on properties located within the <br />Downtown Community Benefit District boundaries to fund improvements and <br />activities within the District as detailed in the 2013 Management District Plan, <br />with the FY 2013-14 assessment of $41,190 for City-owned properties to be <br />paid from the General Fund) <br />WHEREAS, Title 2, Chapter 2-20 of the San Leandro Municipal Code authorized the <br />City to establish a Community Benefit District (“CBD”) in the City based on the Property and <br />Business Improvement Law of 1994 (California Streets and Highway Code sections 36600 et <br />seq) which sets forth the regulations for establishing a property-based benefit assessment <br />district; and <br />WHEREAS, the Downtown San Leandro Community Benefit District Steering <br />Committee requested the City Council establish such a community benefit area in Downtown <br />San Leandro; and <br />WHEREAS, on May 20, 2013 the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention <br />(Resolution No. 2013-067) to establish the Downtown CBD as a result of the Steering <br />Committee having received petitions representing over 30% of the weighted assessment <br />within the proposed boundaries of the District and further directed staff to proceed to the <br />balloting process necessary to determine whether the requisite 50% of the weighted ballots of <br />property owners within the proposed CBD support its establishment; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a duly noticed (in The Daily Review) public <br />hearing on July 15, 2013 on the formation of the Downtown San Leandro CBD at which it <br />heard testimony and considered any protests against the CBD’s formation ; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council received ballots up to the close of the public hearing and <br />thereafter directed the City Clerk to unseal and tally the ballots in the designated location <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/9/2013