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Resolution No. 10046
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Providing that No Levy of
Assessments be Made Against Businesses Within the Downtown Palo Alto
Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2023
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, 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 been 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). As a result of not making assessments, no BID-
funded activities will occur in fiscal year 2023.
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G. On May 23, 2022 the City Council by Resolution No. 10041, declared
its intention not to levy assessments against Downtown businesses for Fiscal Year
2023 and scheduled a public hearing for June 6, 2022 on the proposed decision to
refrain from making assessments.
H. On June 6, 2022 the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing at which
all interested persons were afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard.
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. The City Council does hereby determine not to levy assessments
against businesses within the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District for Fiscal
Year 2023.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the adoption of this Resolution does not meet
the definition of a project under Section 21065 of the California Environmental Quality
Act and, therefore, no environmental impact assessment is necessary.
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