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a. Authorize and direct the Resource Management Agency Director to sign the County owned property petition supporting the creation of a downtown City of Salinas Community Benefit District if a majority of property owners, excluding County and City held lands, support the petition.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize and direct the Resource Management Agency Director to sign the County owned property petition supporting the creation of a downtown City of Salinas Community Benefit District if a majority of property owners, excluding County and City held lands, support the petition.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
During the summer of 2014, a new group of property owners in Downtown Salinas was created to gauge property-owner support for the concept of a new special-bene?ts district for the Downtown Salinas business community. In support of this effort, the City of Salinas hired New City America, a ?rm which specializes in special bene?t district formation and management, to work with the property owners to investigate the viability of a bene?ts district in Downtown.
Through their Redevelopment Agency, the City of Salinas (City) has assisted the downtown area with redevelopment funding through the Central City Redevelopment Project. With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies, the City can no longer provide the same level of enhanced services to the downtown. To continue funding for these services, the City is pursuing creation of a Community Benefits District (CBD) in the downtown area. County staff participated with drafting the proposed District boundaries (outlined on the map at the end of the attached Downtown Salinas Community Benefit District Newsletter). The City and Monterey County are the largest property owners in the proposed CBD area with 23 percent and 9 percent of the total area, respectively. County lands within the District boundary include:
- Government Center campus (168 W...
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