HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2015-120RESOLUTION NO. 2015-120
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH THE LODI
TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (LTBID)
AND FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE OF A PUBLIC
MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON AND
GIVING NOTICE THEREOF
WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and
Highways Code Section 36600 et seq., authorizes the City to establish business improvement
districts for the purposes of promoting tourism; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Conference and Visitors Bureau, lodging business owners, and
representatives from the City of Lodi have met to consider the formation of the Lodi Tourism
Business Improvement District (LTBID); and
WHEREAS, the Lodi Conference and Visitors Bureau has drafted a Management District
Plan (Plan) which sets forth the proposed boundary of the LTBID, a service plan and budget,
and a proposed means of governance; and
WHEREAS, the proposed district includes lodging businesses in the County of
San Joaquin; and
WHEREAS, consent to include lodging businesses in its jurisdiction will be requested
from the County of San Joaquin; and
WHEREAS, lodging business that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the
assessment under the LTBID have petitioned the City Council to establish the LTBID.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LODI CITY COUNCIL THAT:
1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.
2. The City Council finds that lodging businesses that will pay more than fifty percent (50%)
of the assessment proposed in the Plan have signed and submitted petitions in support
of the formation of the LTBID. The City Council accepts the petitions and adopts this
Resolution of Intention to establish the LTBID and to levy an assessment on certain
lodging businesses within the LTBID boundaries in accordance with the Property and
Business Improvement District Law of 1994.
3. The City Council finds that the Plan satisfies all requirements of Streets and Highways
Code §36622.
4. The City Council declares its intention to establish the LTBID and to levy and collect
assessments on lodging businesses within the LTBID boundaries pursuant to the
Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994.
5. The LTBID shall include all lodging businesses located within the boundaries of the City
of Lodi and a portion of the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County, as shown in the
map attached as Exhibit A.
6. The -name of the -district shall -be the Lodi Tourism Business Improvement -District
(LTBID).
7. The annual assessment rate is four and one half percent (4.5%) for lodging businesses
in the City of Lodi and three percent (3%) for lodging businesses in the unincorporated
area of San Joaquin County of gross short-term (stays less than 31 days) room rental
revenue. Based on the benefit received, assessments will not be collected on stays of
more than thirty (30) consecutive days. Assessments pursuant to the LTBID shall not
include room rental revenue from stays pursuant to contracts executed prior to
October 1, 2015.
8. The assessments levied for the LTBID shall be applied toward sales promotion and
marketing programs to market assessed lodging businesses within the LTBID as tourist,
meeting, and event destinations, as described in the Plan. Funds remaining at the end
of any year may be used in subsequent years in which LTBID assessments are levied as
long as they are used consistent with the requirements of this resolution and the Plan.
9. The proposed LTBID will have a five-year term, beginning October 1, 2015 through
September 30, 2020, unless renewed pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section
36660.
10. Bonds shall not be issued.
11. The time and place for the public meeting to hear testimony on establishing the LTBID
and levying assessments are set for August 5, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter
as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at Carnegie Forum,
305 W. Pine Street, Lodi, California, 95240.
12. The time and place for the public hearing to establish the LTBID and the levy of
assessments are set for September 2, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the
matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers located at Carnegie Forum,
305 W. Pine Street, Lodi, California, 95240. The City Clerk is directed to provide written
notice to the lodging businesses subject to assessment of the date and time of the
August 5, 2015 meeting and September 2, 2015 hearing, and to provide that notice as
required by Streets and Highways Code Section 36623, no later than July 17, 2015.
13. At the public meeting and hearing, the testimony of all interested persons for or against
the establishment of the LTBID may be received. If at the conclusion of the public
hearing, there are of record written protests by the owners of the lodging businesses
within the proposed LTBID that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the estimated
total assessment of the entire LTBID, no further proceedings to establish the LTBID shall
occur for a period of one year.
14. The complete Plan is on file with the City Clerk and may be reviewed upon request.
15. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council.
Dated: July 15, 2015
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2015-120 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held July 15, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Johnson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ATTEST:
BOB JO
Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
District Boundaries