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Home My WebLink About11/15/2011 11 Parking and Business Improvement Area - Set Hearing Date • BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT ITEM NO. * For Meeting of: November 15, 2011 ITEM TITLE: Consideration of a resolution to initiate the process to re -form a parking and business improvement area (hereinafter "PBIA "); and setting December 6, 2011, as the date for a public hearing on reformation of said PBIA for the North Front Street area of downtown Yakima. SUBMITTED BY: Michael Morales, Assistant City Manager CONTACT PERSON /TELEPHONE: Joan Davenport, 576 -6417 SUMMARY EXPLANATION: The North Front Street Improvement Association is requesting adoption of a resolution to initiate the reformation of the Parking and Business Improvement Association designation granted August 7, 2001, and reformed on December 24, 2006. In accordance with RCW 35.87A.010, a petition, signed by operators of businesses that would be required to pay more • than sixty percent of the proposed special assessment, has been presented (see attached petition). By this resolution, Council will initiate the process to reform an expanded Front Street PBIA, and sets the time, date and place for a public hearing on the matter for Tuesday, December 6; 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Yakima City Hall City Council Chambers, all in accord with RCW 35.87A.040. Resolution X Ordinance_ Contract _ Other (Specify) Funding Source APPROVAL FOR SUBMITTAL: City M ager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution. BOARD RECOMMENDATION: COUNCIL ACTION: • RESOLUTION NO. R -2011- A RESOLUTION expressing the Yakima City Council's intent to re -form a parking and business improvement area (hereinafter "PBIA "); and setting December 6, 2011, as the date for a public hearing on reformation of said PBIA in the North Front Street area of downtown Yakima. WHEREAS, the business owners located within the North Front Street Business Improvement Area (NFSBIA), have filed a petition with the City Clerk, as authorized by RCW Chapter 35.87A, requesting the reformation of a PBIA, (the Initiating Petition, attached hereto and incorporated herein with this resolution as Exhibit "A "); and WHEREAS, said initiating petition has been signed by the business owners within the proposed PBIA that would be required to pay more than sixty percent of the total proposed special assessment for said PBIA area, in accordance with RCW 35.87A.010; and WHEREAS, the proposed uses to which the special assessments shall be applied are identified by reference in the Initiating Petition (Exhibit "A ") and are restated here, as follows: The uses and projects to which the special assessments shall be put are set forth on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The special assessments shall be applied among the various uses and projects set forth on Exhibit "B" so as to accomplish, as nearly as may be, all such uses and projects within the estimated assessments that are available. If the City determines in consultation with the North Front Street Business Improvement Association (the "Association ") that it has become impractical or undesirable to accomplish any of such uses or projects by reason of increased costs, changed conditions or needs, alternative uses or projects may be substituted; provided, however, that such alternative uses or projects must include any one or more of the following: (a) The acquisition, construction or maintenance of parking facilities for the benefit of the area; (b) Decoration of any public place in the area; (c) Promotion of public events that are to take place on or in public places in the area; (d) Furnishing of music in any public place in the area; (e) Providing professional management, planning and promotion for the area, including the management and promotion of retail trade activities in the area; (f) Providing maintenance and security for common, public area; and (g) Any other purposes that may hereafter be permitted under Chapter 35.87A RCW, as amended, or its successor statute, if any; And provided further that the City, in consultation with the Association, may not substitute any such alternative use or project for those set forth on Exhibit "B" if, within 30 days of the City's mailing notice of such proposed substitution to all businesses within the PBIA subject to assessments, objections in writing are received from operators of businesses that would be required to pay more than fifty percent (50 %) of the proposed special assessments within such PBIA. 1 All such uses and projects shall be supplemental to regular street maintenance provided by the City and shall not displace any services regularly provided by the City; and WHEREAS, the rate of assessment to be levied, by agreement of the initiating parties, shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00) per year for first floor businesses, and one hundred thirty five dollars ($135.00) per year for upper floor businesses located within the PBIA identified herein; and WHEREAS, the Initiating Petition (Exhibit "A ") includes the signatures of business and residential operators within the proposed PBIA that would be paying at least sixty percent (60 %) of the proposed special assessments; and WHEREAS, The North Front Street PBIA assessment area shall be as shown on the map attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "C "; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to set a public hearing for consideration of this proposed PBIA, said hearing to be held in the Yakima City Council Chambers, 129 North 2n Street, Yakima, WA, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:00 pm; Now Therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 is the date set for a public hearing concerning reformation of the North Front Street Business Improvement Association, said public hearing to commence at 7:00 pm in the Yakima City Council Chambers, 129 North 2nd Street, Yakima, WA ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 15 day of November, 2011. Micah Cawley, Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk 2 i North Front Street PBIA Boundaries North Boundary: East Martin Luther King Boulevard from the BNSF mainline tracks to South First Street. East Boundary:. South First Street from East Martin Luther King Boulevard to the first public alley south of Yakima Avenue. South Boundary: Along the first public alley south of Yakima Avenue to the BNSF mainline tracks. West Boundary: North along the BNSF mainline tracks to East Martin Luther King Boulevard. • Nev, . Petition 'i)@. ( I -pb Exhibi+ A RECEIVED a PETITION 1 NOU 9 Pf 3 56 For the reformaa tiffig CLERK NORTH FRONT STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA November 2, 2011 In the City of Yakima We the business owners located within the North Front Street Business Improvement Area (NFSBIA), hereby petition the City of Yakima to reform the North Front Street Business Improvement Area as authorized by RCW Chapter 35.87A within the boundaries established in Ordinance 2001 -36 and as described in Exhibit "A" attached to this petition. Special assessments shall be levied upon the following classes of business and at the rates indicated below. Special assessments will be collected from the business owners within the PBIA boundaries and will be deposited in a PBIA fund; collected funds will only be expended for actives that benefit the PBIA, as outlined in Ordinance 2001 -36 • passed July 17, 2001. Category Assessment First Floor Business $200/ year Upper Floor Business $135/ year Cafe Melange '`? 1-� - - -- ' 1 / /4 ,,/ Barrell House - - - -- -- Carousel French Cuisine / l `74 Aaron Stewart f ` Aaron Stewart Key Bank Drive Thru - -- - -- -- g j-c Wells Fargo 0 A J-e V1 Vt Y. G(. 114AC _ lift,„,11sfa/ittr.- Garden Girl -_ -- _- -- - • Garden Girls Kitchen • Petition for North Front Street Business Improvement Area lad lea �c► ►- % Garden Dance / Rain Dance Yakima Yoga ►. fl L4 S � Gilbert Cellars i 7 ° ►� Burlington Northern Railroad North Town Coffee Cti Gti C�STt�DrD I(oSf�C.ov P' ' Studio 16 Hair DesignSi Egleys Bail Bonds Iron Horse Development Salon T' Zerr's - 1\; Bobs Keg and Cork - "— _ 5 North Restaurant ii - 0 / f_f s China Town Cafe --=- �=�- -- • . Exhibit B • • Program Options as Suggested by the NFSBIA Proposed Budget • Evening Event(s): Annual North Front Street Evening Event with the primary function of promoting the area to potential customers, shoppers, and diners. Festivals could include: theme programs, music, or arts related activities. • North Front Street Pamphlet: Promotional material including: an area map including business identification, history or area, etc. To be distributed by Visitor Information Center, Chamber of Commerce, and area businesses. 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