Title
Resolution of Intention: Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Business Improvement Areas (BIA) Annual Report
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FileID
File ID: 2024-00987
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Location
Location: District 2, Represented by Councilmember Thao; District 3, Represented by Mayor Pro Tem Talamantes; District 4, Represented by Councilmember Valenzuela; District 5, Represented by Vice Mayor Maple; District 6, Represented by Councilmember Guerra
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt: 1) a Resolution approving the Del Paso Boulevard BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25, and setting the time and place of
the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024; 2) a Resolution approving the Downtown Plaza BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25, and setting the time and
place of the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024; 3) a Resolution approving the Franklin
Boulevard BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25, and setting
the time and place of the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024; 4) a Resolution approving the Old
Sacramento BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25, and
setting the time and place of the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024; 5) a Resolution approving the Stockton Boulevard BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25, and setting the time and place of the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024; and 6) a Resolution approving the Sutter BIA Annual Report, noticing intent to levy assessments for FY2024/25,
and setting the time and place of the Public Hearing for June 18, 2024.
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Contact
Contact: Susanne Tam, Development Project Manager, stam@cityofsacramento.org, (916)
808-7535; Eric Frederick, Special Districts Manager, efrederick@cityofsacramento.org
(916) 808-5129; Department of Finance
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Presenter
Presenter: None.
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Attachments
Attachments:
01-Description Analysis
02-Schedule of Proceedings
03-BIA Fee Schedule
04-Resolution of Intention, Del Paso Blvd BIA
05-Exhibit A, Annual Report Del Paso Blvd BIA
06-Resolution of Intention, Downtown Plaza BIA
07-Exhibit A, Annual Report Downtown Plaza BIA
08-Resolution of Intention, Franklin Blvd BIA
09-Exhibit A, Annual Report Franklin Blvd BIA
10-Resolution of Intention, Old Sacramento BIA
11-Exhibit A, Annual Report Old Sacramento BIA
12-Resolution of Intention, Stockton Blvd BIA
13-Exhibit A, Annual Report Stockton Blvd BIA
14-Resolution of Intention, Sutter BIA
15-Exhibit A, Annual Report Sutter BIA
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: Established under the authority of the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 and City Code chapters 3.96 through 3.112, the purpose of the BIA districts is to provide enhanced economic revitalization and physical maintenance services to specific business districts. The funding of these services and activities are provided by an assessment imposed on the individual businesses.
Annually, each BIA is required to submit an Annual Report (Report) for Council approval as a prerequisite to Council levying the annual assessment. The BIA Advisory Boards, which are appointed by Council and generally made up of business owners within the BIA districts, have prepared the required Reports for FY2024/25, detailing the proposed assessments and expenditure budgets. The Reports are attached to each resolution. The BIA Fee Schedule provides a summary of the proposed assessments for each BIA and is attached to this staff report.
The individual Reports are attached as Exhibit A to each Resolution. City staff recommends that Council approve the Del Paso Boulevard, Downtown Plaza, Franklin Boulevard, Old Sacramento, Stockton Boulevard, and Sutter BIA Reports.
Adoption of the six resolutions will approve the associated Report, set the time and place for the public hearing on the proposed assessment, and authorize the City Clerk to publish the resolutions in the City’s official newspaper pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 36534(b).
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: The recommended actions will establish the budget for assessment expenditures, ensuring that funds collected for each BIA via business-based assessments are used for the intended purpose, which is to promote the economic revitalization and physical maintenance of the BIAs in an effort to create jobs, attract new businesses, and prevent erosion of existing businesses.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: None.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: Under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, the continuing administrative activities of BIAs and creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment do not constitute a project and are therefore exempt from review [14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(b)(2), (b)(4)].
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Not applicable.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: None.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: The actions in the recommended resolutions are required by the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 and Sacramento City Code chapters 3.96 - 3.112.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: The proposed expenditures are supported by fees assessed against each business within the BIA. Pursuant to the applicable City Code section for each BIA describing the charges imposed, an automatic annual increase to BIA fees is authorized to account for inflation (except within the Sutter BIA). The automatic increase is based on the most current Consumer Price Index (CPI) - San Francisco All Urban Consumers data. The percentage increase in the CPI between February 2023 and February 2024 was 2.4%. Accordingly, fees for Del Paso Boulevard, Downtown Plaza, Franklin Boulevard, Old Sacramento, and Stockton Boulevard BIAs will increase by 2.4% effective July 1, 2024, as shown in the attached BIA Fee Schedule. The Sutter BIA fees do not increase annually because City Code chapter 3.106 does not provide an annual increase for inflation. The Del Paso Boulevard, Franklin Boulevard, Stockton Boulevard, and Old Sacramento BIA fees cannot exceed more than 10% annually while the Downtown Plaza BIA fees cannot exceed more than 5% annually.
The City collects the BIA fees at the time the Business Operations Tax is paid. The fees are then forwarded to the respective BIA Advisory Board authorized by Council to conduct activities and services for the BIA. The proposed BIA expenditures are fully fee supported. Collection costs are supported by the City.
Detailed budgets for services and programs are included in the Report submitted by each of the Advisory Boards.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
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