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File Number: 14-461 <br />Year 2014-15 to support LINKS. <br />Resolution of Intention <br />Staff and the SLTMO request that the City Council continue the process of re-establishing the <br />BID by adopting a Resolution of Intention (ROI). By adopting the ROI, the City Council <br />declares its intention to re-establish the BID and sets a Public Meeting for December 1, 2014 <br />and a Public Hearing for December 15, 2014. The ROI also defines the boundaries of the <br />proposed BID and specifies the amount to be levied on businesses within the BID’s <br />boundaries. Approval of the ROI does not obligate the City Council to approve the formation <br />of the BID. <br />This agenda item will set a public meeting date as required by law, update the public hearing <br />date, require that those businesses within the assessment area be notified of the intention to <br />re-establish the BID, and provide a written protest process for business owners in the <br />proposed BID area. Protest votes are weighted by the number of employees according to the <br />City’s Business License records. For example, a protest vote from the owner of a company <br />with 20 employees will count as 20 votes against the BID. If, at the conclusion of the public <br />hearing, there are written protests by business owners amounting to more than fifty percent <br />(50%) of the total assessment, the BID will fail and cannot be formed; thus the current BID will <br />lapse. Furthermore, no other attempt may be made to form the BID in the stated area for a <br />period of one year. In the event that re-establishment of the BID fails, the original BID area will <br />sunset. Also, should the protest vote be 50% or less, the City Council may vote to form, or <br />may vote to not form the BID at the conclusion of the public hearing. <br />Following the City Council’s adoption of the ROI to re-establish the BID, a new packet of <br />information will be sent to all businesses in the proposed BID area. This packet will include <br />the following information: <br />·Notice of the December 1, 2014 Public Meeting <br />·Notice of the December 15, 2014 Public Hearing <br />·Map showing the shuttle route and the boundaries of the proposed BID <br />·Copy of the ROI, as required by law <br />·Information on how to register a protest vote. <br />A self-addressed protest card was mailed on September 17, 2014 as a convenience to <br />those business owners that choose to register a protest. All protest ballots received to-date <br />will count, as will all protests received prior to the close of the public hearing. <br />Previous Actions <br />·Resolution No. 2003-185 was adopted by the City Council on September 2, 2003 <br />approving a Resolution of Intention to form the West San Leandro Shuttle Business <br />Improvement District. <br />·Ordinance No. 2004-013, adopted June 21, 2004, amending Title 2 of the San Leandro <br />Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 15 establishing the West San Leandro Business <br />Improvement District. <br />·Ordinance No. 2005-017, adopted October 3, 2005, amending Title 2 of the San Leandro <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/14/2014