TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Acting City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Assistant to the City Manager
Patricia Matson, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Update on the Revised North Manhattan Beach Business Improvement District Advisory Board Bylaws (Acting City Manager Mirzakhanian).
RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the revised North Manhattan Beach Business Improvement District (North MB BID) Advisory Board bylaws, as approved by their Advisory Board.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The North MB BID was formed in 1969 under the State's Parking and Business Improvement District Act of 1965. At the time, the North MB BID was limited in scope and was mainly responsible for addressing parking acquisition and construction. Because the opportunity for acquiring additional parking in North MB is limited, business district members wanted to use the funds for other types of activities, such as physical improvements, beautification, signage, marketing, and promotion. To accommodate this request, in January 2004, the City Council dissolved the 1969 Business Improvement District and created the current Business Improvement District using the broader 1989 BID Act.
Since 2004, City staff has taken an active role in managing North MB BID activities by: drafting and publishing agendas/minutes, liaising North MB BID activities between City departments, executing agreements on behalf of the North MB BID, and managing expenditures and revenues of the North MB BID. The City's responsibilities for the North MB BID contrast significantly with those of the City's other BID, the Downtown Business Improvement District (Downtown BID). The Downtown BID is managed by a non-profit, the Downtown Manhattan Beach Business & Professional Associ...
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