HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2019-034RESOLUTION NO. 2019-034
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ATASCADERO DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AN ANNUAL
ASSESSMENT ON LODGING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE ATASCADERO
TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO
STREETS & HIGHWAYS CODE SECTION 36500 ET.SEQ.
WHEREAS, the City Atascadero ("City") has formed the Atascadero Tourism Business
Improvement District ("ATBID"), pursuant to Section 26500 of the Streets & Highways Code of
the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has received an annual report pursuant to Section 36533 of
said Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved said report and is required to adopt a
resolution of intention pursuant to Section 36534.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City'Couijcil gf the- City of
Atascadero:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby declares its intent to levy 4Rld colleaassessments
within the Atascadero Tourism Business Improvement District for Fiscal N!§ar 201:9-20.
SECTION 2. The ATBID includes all of the lodging businesses, iacluding hotels, motels,
bed and breakfasts, and each business defined as a "hotel" in Section -3-:r.02' of Chapter 3
(Transient Occupancy Tax) of the Atascadero Municipal Code ("Lodging Businesses") within the
corporate boundaries of the City.
SECTION 3. The activities to be funded by the levy of assessments against Lodging
Businesses within the ATBID are tourism promotions and marketing programs to promote the City
as a tourism destination and projects, programs, and activities that benefit Lodging Businesses
located and operating within the boundaries of the ATBID. The proposed activities will primarily
be targeted at increasing transient stays at Lodging Businesses.
SECTION 4. The City Council sets June 11, 2019, as the date of the public hearing on the
levy of assessments. The public hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as practicable,
in the City of Atascadero Council Chambers, 6500 Palma Ave., Atascadero, California 93422.
SECTION 5. A protest may be made orally or in writing by any owner of a Lodging
Business that is within the ATBID boundaries and subject to the ATBID assessment. Written
protests must be received by the City Clerk, City of Atascadero, before the close of the public
hearing and may be delivered or mailed to the City Clark, Atascadero, 6500 Palma Ave.,
Atascadero, California 93422. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before
n the conclusion of the public hearing.
SECTION 6. Further information regarding the proposed ATBID may be obtained from
the City Manager's Office, City of Atascadero, 6500 Palma Ave., Atascadero, CA 93422.
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SECTION 7. The City Clerk is directed to provide notice of the public hearing on the n
proposed ATBID by causing this resolution to be published once in a newspaper of general I I
circulation in the City not less than seven days before said hearing.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 28th day of
May, 2019.
On motion by Council Member Fonzi and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Bourbeau the
foregoing Resolution is hereby adopted in its entirety on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Bourbeau, Fonzi, Funk, Newsom and Mayor Moreno
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CIITTY OF ATASCADERO
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