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CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
' City Council Interoffice Communication
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Mike Posey, Mayor Pro Tern A
Erik Peterson, City Council Member
Date: January 27, 2017
Subject: City Council Member Item for the February 6, 2017, City Council
Meeting — Recommended Changes to the Downtown Business
Improvement District to include the Three (3) Council Member
Liaisons as Voting Members of the Designated Advisory Board
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
In September 2004, the City Council approved the formation of the Downtown Business
Improvement District (DBID), at the request of the Downtown Merchants. Starting in
2016, the City Council apppointed three (3) Council Members as liaisons to the DBID.
As liaisons, the Council Members are not voting members of the Huntington Beach
Downtown Business Improvement District, a not -for -profit designated as the Advisory
Board for the DBID. In this capacity, the appointed Council Members cannot fully
participate in the various discussions of items on the DBID Agendas.
To better assist the DBID in furthering their goals and to ensure that the DBID is
efficient, transparent, and operating in the best interest of all Downtown businesses, it is
recommended that the City Council liaisons be designated as part of the Advisory Board
and gain voting status. The DBID was formed by Ordinance 3661 and amended by
Ordinance 3797. In 2008, through Resolution 2008-04, the City Council recognized the
not -for -profit Huntington Beach Downtown Business Improvement District as the
designated Downtown BID Advisory Board and provided that the City Council can
appoint or modify the Advisory Board by Resolution.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Direct the City Attorney to prepare a new Resolution to designate the three City Council
liaisons as additional voting members of the BID Advisory Board.
xc: Fred Wilson, City Manager
Ken Domer, Assistant City Manager
Robin Estanislau, City Clerk
Michael Gates, City Attorney
Kellee Fritzal, Deputy Director
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