Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, adopt resolution continuing the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area assessment levy for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020; and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to extend the agreement with the Belmont Shore Business Association for a one-year term.  (District 3)
Congratulations, Tom. Next item, please do hearing item one. Report from Economic Development Recommendation, receive supporting documentation into the record and conclude the public hearing. Adopt a resolution continuing the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area Assessment Levy and authorize the city manager to extend the agreement with the Belmont Shore Business Association District three. Thank you. There's a motion in a second, Mr. Goodhue. Public comment? No. Okay. Do we have a report on this, Mr. Moti? We need to hear a report in order for this hearing. Mr. City Attorney, do we have to have a report on this or can we just. We do need a brief hearing. Okay. Let's go ahead and do that. There is an oath required on this. So if you're going to be, can you please stand and raise your hand? Do you and each of you solemnly state that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this body shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Yes. All right. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Economic development director John Keisler and Eric Romero, economic development project manager, will do the presentation today. Honorable Mayor and members of the City Council. The Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Area, also known as a bid, was established by the City Council in 1983, allowing for the levy of an annual business license assessment to be paid by businesses located in the bid city of Long Beach. Long Beach contracts with the Belmont Shore Business Association to manage the bid and the Belmont Shore Business Association Board of Directors serves as an advisory board to the City Council on matters related to the bid. State law governing parking and business improvement areas requires an annual report be submitted to the City Council by the Advisory Board for the bid. The annual report describes boundaries, proposed activities and budgetary information as well as well as the method and basis for the continuation of the assessment. The 2019 2020 Annual Report proposes no changes to the boundaries or the method of living assessment. The proposed activities will focus on marketing and promoting the district, businesses, special events and community and business outreach to continue the assessment levy. State law requires that a public hearing be held on the proposed program and the annual assessment. At its September three, 2019 meeting, the City Council approved a resolution granting approval of the annual report, declaring the intention of the City Council to levy the assessment and set today as the date for public hearing. The City Council shall here and consider all protests against the assessment program and boundaries as proposed in the annual report. The recommended action on this item receives supporting documentation and to the record, concludes the hearing, adopts the resolution, continuing the assessment and authorizes the staff to extend the agreement with the Belmont Shore Business Association for one additional year. That concludes my staff report and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you. I think there's no other comment from any anyone here from the from the assessment district. So we're gonna go ahead and take a vote.