HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 39-16 Continuing TBID Assess FY 16-17! ! I 1 ! 1 1
OF OF 1'' • 1 BAY, CALIFORNIA,
ONTINUING THE PROGRAM AND LEVYING THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
2016/17 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE MORRO BAY TOURISM BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT 1 1 i 1i
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EDEAS, 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
E AS, 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;
AS, on June 1, 2010, the MBTBID assessments returned to the 2% level, as
established by then MBMC section 3.60.050; and
E AS, 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
E AS, on April 14, 2016, the advisory board requested the renewal of the TBID
foI the 2016/17 fiscal year to continue its activities, and the City Council has approved this
renewal for the past five years; and
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all other findings of Ordinances 546 and 562 remain unchanged; and
EREAS, on April 26, 2016, staff presented the annual assessment report
and sales
plan for Fiscal Year 2016/17, which provides a full and detailed description of the activities to be
provided during the 2016/17 fiscal year, as provided in the proposed budget for that Fiscal Year,
which are attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A; and
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EREAS, 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
E AS, it is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect 3% assessments
from the hoteliers within the TBID for the 2016/17 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 29-16 declaring the intention to continue the program and
levy assessments from the hoteliers and notifying them of the May 24, 2016 public hearing was
published in the Tribune on May 12, 2016; and
WHEREAS, at the Apri126, 2016 hearing, City Council scheduled May I 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, on May 24, 2016, the City Council conducted the public hearing regarding
the renewal of the TBID for the 2016/17 fiscal year, where 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 budgets at its regular meeting
held on April 12, 2016, and considered all testimony, reports and opinions presented at
the May 24, 2016, public hearing, hereby declares the renewal of the Morro Bay Tourism
Business Improvement District for the 2016/17 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 24th day of May, 2016 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler
None
None
ON, City Clerk
JAMIE L. IRONS,