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9.B. - Page 4 <br /> Support Opposition No Response <br /> Building Sq. Ft. 22.1% 5.2% 72.7% <br /> Lot Sq. Ft. 58.1% 1.2% 40.7% <br /> Linear Frontage 45.4% 2.1% 52.5% <br /> Notes: Support includes private, County, and City parcels <br /> See attachment #3: Survey Results and Building, Lot and Frontage for details <br /> The Property Owner Steering Committee reviewed the survey results at their <br /> December 12, 2013 and January 9, 2013 meetings and recommended the City <br /> proceed with this initiative and move to the stage in which a plan for the new <br /> Downtown CBID is written and presented to the Steering Committee. The next step for <br /> the City Council is to adopt an enabling ordinance which would allow for the creation <br /> of a Downtown Redwood City Community Benefit Improvement District. This will <br /> complete phase 1 of the project as outlined above. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> Community Benefit Improvement Districts <br /> There are a number of state laws that authorize cities to establish and operate business <br /> improvement districts. Each of these state laws sets forth a procedure for establishing <br /> business improvement districts, as well as rules for the operation of such districts once <br /> they are established. When a general law city wishes to create a business improvement <br /> district, it must choose one of these state laws, and then establish and operate the <br /> district in the manner set forth in the chosen law. Redwood City, as a charter city, can <br /> choose to create its own procedures and rules for business improvement districts. <br /> The Ordinance being presented to the City Council is a local procedural ordinance for <br /> the creation and operation of business improvement districts. If the City Council adopts <br /> this Ordinance, the City will be able to form districts pursuant to the Ordinance. These <br /> districts will then be subject to the rules set forth in the Ordinance, rather than the rules <br /> that apply under the laws applicable on a statewide basis. The proposed Ordinance <br /> incorporates the procedures and requirements of the Property and Business <br /> Improvement District Law of 1994 (the "PBID Law "), which is the most commonly used <br /> state law authorizing business improvement districts that levy assessments against real <br /> property. If the City Council adopts this Ordinance, and then later decides to establish <br /> a district pursuant to the Ordinance, it will, in most respects, need to follow the <br /> requirements of the PID Law. <br /> However, the proposed ordinance changes the requirements of the PBID law in several <br /> important ways: <br /> Page 4 of 9 <br />