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File Number: 14-529 <br /> to register a protest. <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 the Public Meeting scheduled for December 1, 2014 as well as a new date for <br /> this 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. Should the protest vote be 50% or less, the City Council <br /> may vote to form the BID at the conclusion of the public hearing. <br /> Protest Votes Received <br /> At the time this report was prepared, the City Clerk has received 33 protest cards for the BID, <br /> representing a protest vote of 3.7%, or 547 of the 14,768 employees in the BID. These cards, <br /> along with any cards submitted prior to the conclusion of the public hearing, shall constitute all <br /> protest votes against the BID. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Clerk will <br /> provide to the City Council a certified total of BID protest votes and percentage of the total <br /> assessment using the most current employee counts of BID paying businesses in the City's <br /> Business License records. <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 Shuttle <br /> Business 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 Shuttle <br /> Business 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 /> City of San Leandro Page 3 Printed on 12/9/2014 <br />