Title
Authorize and direct the Resource Management Agency Director or his designee to vote in favor of the formation of the Downtown City of Salinas Community Benefit District. (ADDED VIA ADDENDUM)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize and direct the Resource Management Agency Director or his designee to vote in favor of the formation of the Downtown City of Salinas Community Benefit District.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
During the summer of 2014, the City of Salinas began working with a group of property owners in Downtown Salinas to gauge property-owner support for the concept of a Community Benefit District (District) for the downtown 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?t district in Downtown. On May 19, 2015, the Board directed the Resource Management Agency Director to sign a petition supporting the creation of the District.
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 proposed District boundaries. The City and 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. Alisal Street and 230 Church Street)
* Parking Lot (142 W. Alisal Street/Capitol Street)
* Probation facility (20 E. Alisal Street)
The Community Benefit ...
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