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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: November 5, 2007 TO: John Jermanis, City Manager FROM: Luke A. Sims, Community Development Director VIA: Cynthia Battenberg, ssistant to the City Manager BY: Ryan Evans, Development Planner!~~ SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Jo . Jermanis C~ anager MATTER OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBER TO THE WEST SAN LEANDRO SHUTTLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff is recommending that Council, by motion, appoint Jay McMahon of Rolls Wood Group as a representative of business owners within the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (`BID") boundaries, to serve on the BID Advisory Board. Jay McMahon will join two other representatives of West San Leandro businesses as well as the Director of Finance and the Director of Engineering and Transportation (or their designees) on the five-member Advisory Board. The term of office will be until December 31, 2009. BACKGROUND Analysis On June 2I , 2004, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2004-013 establishing the BID for assessment of businesses located within the BID area for a portion of the cost to operate the San Leandro LINKS Shuttle. At its meeting on October 3, 2005, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2005-017 to extend the BID four additional years. Those ordinances and Sections 36530 and 36533 of the California Streets and Highways Code require that an advisory board be appointed to report and recommend to the City Council on the expenditure of revenues derived from the levy of assessments, and the method and basis of levying the assessments. On October 4, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 153 forming the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is composed of three (3) members who are representatives of business owners within the BID that are not otherwise exempt from paying the BID assessment. The Director of Finance and the Director of Engineering and Transportation (or their designees) are standing members of the Advisory Board making a total of five members. In 2006, the Council appointed John Dlugosh, Maria Elena Ross and Dora Wong as the three business representatives to serve for a term to expire on December 31, 2009. The board reviewed the performance of the '~G