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Resolution No. 10163
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 2025
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 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, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
E. The Advisory Board for the District is currently defunct, and therefore the Council has
not had the opportunity to review or approve the annual report on the District’s improvements
and activities, as well as the proposed assessments.
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 2025 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025).
G. Because no assessment is proposed for fiscal year 2025, a public hearing on the
assessment is not required under the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989.
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, no assessments shall be levied for the
District for fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025). The District
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shall remain in effect and the Council will consider the levy of assessments for following fiscal
years.
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 review is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 20, 2024
AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, TANAKA, VEENKER
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City Clerk Mayor
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Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Director of Administrative Services
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