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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 21, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-642 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.G. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Resolution Accepting the Annual Report of the West San <br />Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID) for Fiscal Year 2015-16 <br />and Directing the City Manager to Impose the BID Assessment Rates <br />Increased by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution accepting the Annual Report of <br />the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID) for Fiscal Year 2015-16 <br />and direct the City Manager to impose the BID assessment at the increased rates, as <br />recommended by the BID Advisory Board. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Business Improvement District and Annual Report <br />In December 2014, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 2014-023 expanding the BID <br />service area and re-establishing the West San Leandro Business Improvement District (BID) <br />for a period of 15-years. BID fees are collected through the City’s business license process. <br />The ordinance defines the boundaries of the BID, the amount of the annual assessment, the <br />approved use of the assessment funds, and the effective period of the assessment. The <br />Ordinance requires that an Advisory Board annually review the performance of LINKS for <br />submission to the City Council. In addition, the Ordinance provides that the City Council may <br />increase the annual assessment in an amount not to exceed the increase of the Consumer <br />Price Index (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose), as part of its review of the annual report. <br />The five to seven member Advisory Board includes the City’s Engineering and Transportation <br />Director and the Director of Finance (or their designees). The business members appointed to <br />the Advisory Board are Dora Wong of Coca Cola Bottling Company, Kristin Anderson, Eric F. <br />Anderson, Inc., Alexandra Vasquez, Peterson Companies, Mike Adelson, Mr. Plastics and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/15/2015