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City Manager Bell made some clarifications before the Council discussion. He said that the City is not excluded from paying into the CBID, the City is a voting member, and it will be included in the assessment. Furthermore, this will not replace any of the current services being provided by the City and the CBID will not replace the current police with private security. He also mentioned that there is a process by which the residential property owner could ask to be excluded from the assessment area. Mayor Gee noted that the City Council is not voting on this item this evening. One Council Member asked if the private residence of Mr. McKeever could be excluded. Mr. Brooks explained that the property could either be reassessed or that there is another way for reassessment through the Board from commercial to residential use which could be easy to do. Mayor Gee closed the public hearing and announced a recess of the City Council meeting to allow for the counting of the ballots. CITY COUNCIL RECESS FOR COUNTING OF BALLOTS City Clerk Vonderlinden, City Manager Dr. Bell, City Attorney Thompson, and Economic Development Manager Brooks counted the ballots in the Council Chambers. RESUME CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mayor Gee reconvened the City Council meeting at 8:47 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VOTE BY THE CITY CLERK City Clerk Vonderlinden provided the State of Vote: There were 73 ballots returned, which represented $463,763.56 which represents 58 percent of overall weight. Out of the returned ballots, $349,851.22 or 75 percent voted in favor of establishing the Downtown Redwood City Community Benefits Improvement District and $113,912.34 and or 25 percent voted in opposition of establishing the Downtown Redwood City Community Benefits Improvement District. Based on the voting results, the District passed by a margin of 75 to 25 percent. 2. If the assessment balloting does not result in a majority protest, then waive first reading and introduce an Ordinance Forming the Downtown Redwood City Community Benefit Improvement District and Levying the Assessment in Connection Therewith. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FORMING THE DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY COMMUNITY BENEFIT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND LEVYING THE ASSESSMENT IN CONNECTION THEREWITH The Mayor thanked all those who participated in the entire process. JOINT CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOARD July 28, 2014 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8 MINUTE BOOK NO. 65 Page No. 204