HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 26-15RESOLUTION NO.26-15
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA,
CONTINUING THE PROGRAM AND LEVYING THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
2015/16 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 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 May 11, 2015, the advisory board requested the renewal of the TBID for
the 2015/16 fiscal year (the seventh year of operation) 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 28 and May 12, 2015, staff presented the annual report for the
fiscal year 2013/14 (the fifth year of the TBID), the adopted budget for 2014/15, and the budget
plan for 2015/16, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the budget plan generally describes the activities to be marketing activities,
which attract and extend overnight stays in Mono Bay hotels, as well as the operation of the
Visitors Center, whose outreach to potential visitors is key; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to levy and collect 3% assessments
from the hoteliers within the TBID for the 2015/16 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, at the public meeting held on April 28, 2015, City Council additionally set
the public hearing for the intent to levy the TBID assessment for May 12, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., to
be held at the Morro Bay Veterans Memorial Hall located at 209 Surf Street, Morro Bay,
California, in accordance with the California Streets and Highway Code sections 36534 and
36535; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 22-15 declaring the intention to continue the program and
levy assessments from the hoteliers and notifying them of the May 26, 2015 public hearing was
published in the Tribune on May 17, 2015; and
WHEREAS, at the May 12, 2015 hearing, City Council scheduled May 26, 2015, 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 26, 2015, the City Council conducted the public hearing regarding
the renewal of the TBID for the 2015/16 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 on April 28 and May
12, 2015, at regular meetings, declares the renewal of the Morro Bay Tourism Business
Improvement District for the 2015/16 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 26`h day of May, 2015 by the following vote:
AYES:
Irons, Headding, Johnson, Makowetski, Smukler
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
J L. IRONS, Mayor
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