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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2009-115RESOLUTION NO. 2009-115 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING A PETITION AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHULA VISTA TOURISM MARKETING DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVYING AND COLLECTING ASSESSMENTS ON LODGING BUSINESSES WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista has historically provided annual funding to the Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce (CVCC) for the operation of the Chula Vista Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVCVB); and WHEREAS, as part of the budget reduction actions undertaken in fiscal year 2007/2008, City funding for the CVCVB was reduced and then eliminated; and WHEREAS, the CVCC and the CVCVB, working in concert with lodging and business owners and members of the business community have prepared a plan for the formation of Chula Vista Tourism Mazketing District (CVTMD) which will levy aself-assessment on motel and hotel rooms; and WHEREAS, the CVTMD will create a source of funding for renewing operation of the CVCVB and for expanding the promotion of tourism opportunities in the City; and WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code § 36600 et seq., authorizes cities to establish property and business improvement districts for the purposes of promoting tourism; and WHEREAS, the CVCC and CVCVB composed of lodging business owners, members of the business community and representatives from the City of Chula Vista have met to consider the formation of the CVTMD; and WHEREAS, the CVCC and CVCVB have drafted a Management District Plan which sets forth the proposed boundary of the CVTMD, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance; and WHEREAS, a majority of the lodging business owners subject to assessment proposed in the Management District Plan, that will pay more than fifty (50) percent of the assessment have signed and submitted petitions to the City Council in support of the formation and establishment of the CVTMD. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby: Resolution No. 2009-115 Page 2 Presented by Accepts the petition requesting the initiation of proceedings to consider the establishment of the CVTMD to levy and collect assessments on lodging businesses within the proposed CVTMD boundaries pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994. Declazes its intention to initiate proceedings to establish the CVTMD and to levy and collect assessments on lodging businesses within the CVTMD boundaries pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994. Manager/Development Approved as to form by B C. Mies d Crty Atto ey Services Director Resolution No. 2009-115 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 12th day of May 2009 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, and Cox NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: McCann 0 Cheryl Cox, M yor ATTEST: O ~ onna R. Norri ,CMC, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2009-115 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 12th day of May 2009. Executed this 12th day of May 2009. ~~ ~ ~~A Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk