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Resolution No. 10041
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Its Intention to Not
Levy Assessments Against Businesses Within the Downtown Palo Alto Business
Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2023; and Setting a Time and Place for a
Public Hearing on the Proposed Decision Not to Levy Assessments on June 6,
2022 at 5:00 PM or Thereafter, in the Council Chambers
R E C I T A L S
A. The Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 (the "Law"), California
Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500 et seq., authorizes the City Council to levy an
assessment against businesses within a parking and business improvement area which is in
addition to any assessments, fees, charges, or taxes imposed in the City.
B. Pursuant to the Law, in 2004 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 4819
establishing the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District (the "District") in the City
of Palo Alto.
C. The City Council, by Resolution No. 8416, appointed the Board of Directors of the Palo
Alto Downtown Business & Professional Association (“PADBPA”), a California nonprofit mutual
benefit corporation, to serve as the Advisory Board for the District (the "Advisory Board").
D. Beginning in March of 2020 and continuing through the present, Downtown
businesses have substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health measures
taken to reduce the spread of the virus, and the resulting statewide economic contraction. In
recognition of these impacts, the City Council refunded fiscal year 2020 BID assessments and
declined to levy assessments in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
E. As California emerges from the pandemic, local businesses are experiencing
additional impacts from changes in on-site and remote work patterns and other developments
in the local economy. In addition, PADBPA is experiencing organizational changes.
F. In recognition of the challenges continuing to effect downtown businesses and
understanding the need for a new direction on BID management, the City Council has
determined not to levy BID assessments for fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022 through June 30,
2023).
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby adopts the above Recitals as findings of the Council.
SECTION 2. Based on the findings herein, the Council intends not to levy or collect
assessments for the District for fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023). The
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District shall remain in effect and the Council will consider the levy of assessments for following
fiscal years.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby fixes the time and place for a public hearing on the
proposed determination not to levy assessments against any businesses within the District for
fiscal year 2023 as follows:
DATE: June 6, 2022
PLACE: Conducted simultaneously in person at City Hall and via Zoom
TIME: 5:00 p.m. or soon thereafter
At the public hearing, the testimony of all interested persons regarding the determination not
to levy assessments against any businesses within the District for fiscal year 2023 shall be
heard.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to provide notice of the
public hearing in accordance with law.
SECTION 5. The Council finds that the adoption of this Resolution does not meet the
definition of a project under Section 21065 of the Califo rnia Environmental Quality Act and,
therefore, no environmental impact assessment is necessary.
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