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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 1, 2014 <br />Ordinance <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-510 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:ORDINANCE of the City Council of San Leandro Amending Title 2 of the San <br />Leandro Municipal Code to Delete Chapter 15 and to Add a New Chapter 15 <br />Establishing the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District <br />(BID) in the City of San Leandro (re-establishes the BID for a period of 15 <br />years, until December 2029, and imposes an annual per-employee <br />assessment on businesses within the district) <br />WHEREAS, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (California <br />Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500 et seq.) authorizes cities to establish a business <br />improvement area for the purpose of improving the economic activity within the area; and <br />WHEREAS, cities may fund these improvements through assessments on businesses <br />for certain purposes; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2004-013 on June 21, 2004, <br />amending Title 2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 15 establishing <br />the West San Leandro Business Improvement District (BID) and setting an assessment to be <br />levied on businesses within the BID; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2005-017, on October 3, 2005, <br />amending Title 2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code to add a new Chapter 15 re-establishing <br />the West San Leandro Business Improvement District and to sunset June 30, 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2009-002 on April 6, 2009 <br />re-establishing the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID), and <br />setting an assessment to be levied on businesses within the BID; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2009-002 included a term for the BID assessment to <br />sunset after five years and expire on June 30, 2014; and <br />WHEREAS, the BID funds approximately fifty percent of West San Leandro Shuttle <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/25/2014