2017/11/15 Council Agenda Packet

• EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET 10 PROJECT TITLE: A Resolution setting a public Briefing COUNCIL BILL# hearing before the City Council Proposed Action Originating Department Administration on December 13, 2017, at 6:30 Consent Contact Person Lanie McMullin p.m.to receive comments on Action Phone Number 425-257-7100 the City's intent to establish an First Reading FOR AGENDA OF November 15,2017 expanded Business Second Reading Improvement Area(BIA), Third Reading provide for the levy of a Public Hearing special assessment for three Initialed by: years, approve a three year budget, and to disestablish, Department Head terminate, and dissolve the Com' jfy. , current smaller BIA, repealing Council President Ordinance 2842-05. Location Preceding Action Attachments . Department(s)Approval Resolution Legal,Administration Amount Budgeted Expenditure Required Budget Remaining Additional Required DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: Since 1995,the City's Business Improvement Area(BIA) assessment has provided funds,which are managed by the Downtown Everett Association(DEA),to maintain the BIA in a manner that benefits the BIA's entities. The BIA funds are used primarily for cleaning and maintenance of the BIA,including cleaning sidewalks and alleys,weeding, emptying trash containers and removing graffiti. The DEA Board of Directors has requested that the City consider expanding the geographic area of the BIA. Due to the size of the expansion,this would necessitate simultaneously disestablishing the current smaller BIA by repealing Ordinance No. 2842-05, and replacing that BIA with the new expanded BIA. The same rate of assessment and methods of calculating the assessment as the current BIA is proposed, where assessments would be$0.08 per land square foot and$0.14 per$1,000 of assessed value. The public hearing will provide the Council the opportunity to hear from the public and from BIA members and decide whether to expand the BIA by replacing the current BIA with the expanded one, approve the special assessment levy for a period of three years, and approve a three-year budget for the BIA. RECOMMENDATION (Exact action requested of Council): Adopt a Resolution setting a public hearing before the City Council on December 13, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. to receive comments on the City's intent to establish an expanded Business Improvement Area(BIA),provide for the levy of a special assessment for three years, approve a three year budget, and to disestablish, terminate, and dissolve the current smaller BIA,repeng Ordinance 2842-05.