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File Number: 14-511 <br />The public hearing notice and informational sheet provides the following information: the type <br />and purpose of assessment, who the fees affect, how the assessment is collected and the <br />amount, and the time and place for the public hearing. The information sheet also clearly <br />explains how to register a protest vote. <br />A revised public hearing notice was sent to all businesses on October 21, 2014 and included <br />notification of this Public Meeting scheduled for December 1, 2014 as well as a new date for <br />the public hearing, scheduled for December 15, 2014. <br />Protest votes are weighted by the number of employees according to the City’s Business <br />License records. For example, a protest vote from the owner of a company with 20 <br />employees will count as 20 votes against the BID. If, at the conclusion of the public hearing on <br />December 15, 2014, there are written protests by business owners amounting to more than <br />fifty percent (50%) of the total number of employees, the BID will fail and cannot be formed; <br />thus the current BID will lapse. Furthermore, no other attempt may be made to form the BID <br />in the stated area for a period of one year. In the event that re-establishment of the BID fails, <br />the original BID area will sunset. Also, should the protest vote be 50% or less, the City <br />Council may vote to form the BID at the conclusion of the public hearing. <br />Previous Actions <br />·Resolution 2003-185, adopted by the City Council on September 2, 2003 approving a <br />Resolution of Intention to form the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement <br />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 />Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 15 re-establishing the West San Leandro Business <br />Improvement District and to sunset June 30, 2009. <br />·Motion, December 15, 2008, accepting the SLTMO and the BID Advisory Board’s <br />recommendation to direct staff to prepare a Resolution of Intention to re-establish the BID <br />at current rates for a five-year term. <br />·Resolution No. 2009-014 declaring the City Council’s intention to establish the West San <br />Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID) and setting a Public Hearing for <br />March 16, 2009. <br />·Ordinance No. 2009-002 amending Title 2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to delete <br />Chapter 15 and to add a new Chapter 15 establishing the West San Leandro Shuttle <br />Business Improvement District. <br />·Resolution of Intention (Resolution No. 2014-115), adopted by the City Council on October <br />20, 2014 to establish the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID) <br />and Setting a Public Hearing Relating Thereto for December 15, 2014 (starts the 45-day <br />process to re-establish the BID, which would levy an annual $21 per employee <br />assessment on the approximately 600 businesses in the BID to fund approximately 50% of <br />an enhanced LINKS shuttle service. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/25/2014