HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 22-17 Continuing TBID FY 17-18RESOLUTION NO. 22-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA,
CONTINUING THE PROGRAM AND LEVYING THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
2017/18 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE MORRO BAY
TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (MBTBID)
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989, Sections 36500
et seq., of the California Streets and Highway Code, authorizes cities to establish and review
business improvement areas of the purpose of promoting tourism; and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2009, the City Council held a public hearing and first reading of
Ordinance 546 amending the Morro Bay Municipal Code (MBMC) to add a new Chapter 3.60 to
establish the Morro Bay Tourism Business Improvement District (MBTBID), and adopted
Ordinance 546 at its April 27, 2009 meeting, which set the MBTBID assessments at 3% from
June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, and 2% from June 1, 2010 and thereafter;
WHEREAS, Ordinance 546 added Chapter 3.60 to the Morro Bay Municipal Code
(MBMC); and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2010, the MBTBID assessments returned to the 2% level, as
established by then MBMC section 3.60.050; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2010, the City Council held a public hearing and first
reading of Ordinance 562 to amend MBMC section 3.60.050, changing the assessment
percentage to 3%, and adopted Ordinance 562 at its September 27, 2010 meeting; and
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2017, the advisory board requested the renewal of the TBID for
the 2017/18 fiscal year to continue its activities, and the City Council has approved this renewal
for the past five years; and
WHEREAS, all other findings of Ordinances 546 and 562 remain unchanged; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2017, staff presented the annual assessment report for Fiscal
Year 2017/18, which provides a full and detailed description of the activities to be provided
during the 2017/18 fiscal year, as established by the adopted 2017/18 Budget; and
WHEREAS, the budget plan generally describes the funded activities to be marketed,
which attracts and extends overnight stays in Morro Bay hotels, and are consistent with the
authorized uses for the assessment revenue set forth in MBMC, section 3.60.030; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect 3% assessments
from the hoteliers within the TBID for the 2017/18 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 18-17 declaring the intention to continue the program and
levy assessments from the hoteliers and notifying them of the May 23, 2017, public hearing was
adopted by the Council at the April 25, 2017, meeting and published in the Tribune on May 7,
2017; and
WHEREAS, that public hearing was held at the Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Hall
located at 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay, California for the final public hearing to consider
testimony for and against renewal of the TBID assessment, in accordance with the California
Streets and Highway Code sections 36534 and 36535; and
WHEREAS, at that public hearing regarding the renewal of the TBID for the 2017/18
fiscal year affected businesses had the opportunity to protest the TBID renewal, with the
following results:
FOR: None
AGAINST: None
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay as
follows:
1. The above recitations are true and correct, and incorporated herein by reference.
2. The City Council, having affirmed the annual report and proposed budgets at its regular
meeting held on April 25, 2017, and considered all testimony, reports and opinions
presented at the May 23, 2017, public hearing, hereby declares the renewal of the Morro
Bay Tourism Business Improvement District for the 2017/18 fiscal year, and instructs the
hoteliers to levy and collect 3% assessments for overnight stays of 30 days or less.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 23,d day of May 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Irons, Davis, Headding, Makowetski, McPherson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
JAMI,�' L. IRONS,
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SWANSON, City Clerk