To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Tony Valadez, Parking Programs Manager
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Downtown Parking Assessment Area - 2021 Annual Report and Budget
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution approving the 2021 Annual Report, budget and Advisory Board for the Downtown Parking Assessment Area, authorizing the City Clerk to schedule a public hearing on June 16, 2020 to levy assessments in accordance with Napa Municipal Code Chapter 3.30; and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
In 2004, the business owners in the Downtown Parking Assessment Area ("DPAA") authorized the City to levy assessments in an amount equal to 70% of each business license fee to raise revenue to offset the City's costs associated with the acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance of parking facilities to serve those businesses. The DPAA assessment was established to be equivalent to a tax levied on business owners in the adjacent Parking and Business Improvement Area 1, Benefit Zone 1 ("PBIA"), which was established in 1972 for the same purposes; in other words, the PBIA tax is set at 70% of each business license fee to raise revenue to offset the City's costs associated with the acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance of parking facilities to serve those businesses. The geographical boundaries of the DPAA and the PBIA are shown on Exhibit "B" to the attached resolution.
This report is the annual review of the estimated revenue generated from the assessments in the DPAA, along with the identification of planned expenditures to benefit the businesses, pursuant to the requirements of State law (California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36500, et seq. TAs of today, there are 41 businesses operating within the DPAA.
The business owners in the DPAA and the PBIA are not required to provide on-site parkin...
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