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RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council Accepting the Annual Report for the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (BID) Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and Directing the City Manager to Impose the 2022 BID Assessment Rates Increased by the June 2020 - June 2021 Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the LINKS Shuttle Program
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2014-023, adopted December 1, 2014, the City of San Leandro City Council established a Business Improvement Area known as the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District (the “BID”) to levy a benefit assessment on businesses within the BID, the proceeds of which would be used for the public purposes therein described to benefit the businesses in the BID, to include management and funding of the LINKS Shuttle Program, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 Section 36500 et seq. of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, as required by the Act, the City Council established an Advisory Board to prepare and submit an annual report on assessments levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements and activities of the BID; and
WHEREAS, the Advisory Board has met and reviewed the activities of the BID and the proposed assessment for 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Advisory Board has caused the preparation of the Annual Report of the West San Leandro Shuttle Business Improvement District Fiscal Year 2021-2022, a copy of which is attached, and hereby presents same to this Council; and
WHEREAS, the Council is familiar with the contents thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends acceptance of said Annual Report which includes a recommendation to increase the BID fee rate equal to the June 2020 - June 2021 increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is equivalent to 3.2 percent.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council RESOLVES as follows:
That said Annual Report is hereby accepted and the City Manager is hereby directed to impose the BID Assessment with an increase to the BID per owner/employee assessment rate by the CPI factor of 3.2 percent to $25.87 per owner/employee for businesses in the BID Area. Businesses with three or fewer owner/employees, landlords, and non-profits will continue to be exempt from the BID assessment, as recommended by the Advisory Board.