HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-089WHEREAS, the County ofButte created the Butte County Tourism Business Improvement District (BCTB0) on
November 1O,2O15bvResolution No. 15-l66;and
WHEREAS, Explore Butte Cmunty, lodging business owners, and representatives from the County ofButte have
met hoconsider the renewal nfthe 0CT00;and
WHEREAS, lodging business owners have drafted a Management District Plan (Plan) which sets forth the boundary
of the BCTBID, a service plan and budget, and a proposed means of governance; and
WHEREAS, the renewed district includes all lodging businesses with four rooms or more within the boundaries of
Butte County including the cities of Chico, C}roviUe, Gridley, and Biggs, the Town of Paradise, and all unincorporated
communities and areas; and
WHEREAS, consent to include lodging businesses in their respective jurisdictions will be requested from the cities
of Chico, Droville, Gridley, and Biggs, and the Town of Paradise; and
WHEREAS, lodging businesses that will pay more than 50% of the assessment under the BCTB|D have petitioned
2. The Board of Supervisors find that lodging businesses that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessment
proposed in the Plan have signed and submitted petitions in support of the renewal of the BCTBID. The Board of
Supervisors accepts the petitions and adopts this Resolution of Intention to renew the BCTBID and to levy an
assessment on certain lodging businesses within the BCTBID boundaries in accordance with the Property and
Business Improvement District Law of 1994.
4. The Board of Supervisors declares its intention to renew the BCTBID and to levy and collect assessments on lodging
businesses within the BCTBID boundaries pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of
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5. The BCTBID shall include all lodging businesses with four rooms or more located within the boundaries of Butte
County including the cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, and Biggs, the Town of Paradise, and all unincorporated
communities and areas, as shown in the map attached as Exhibit A.
6. The name of the district shall be Butte County Tourism Business Improvement District (BCTBID).
7. The annual assessment rate is 2% of gross short-term room rental revenue. Based on the benefit received,
assessments will not be collected on stays of more than 30 consecutive days, with the exception of Oroville,
whereby assessments will not be collected on stays of more than 60 consecutive days. During the 10 year term,
the assessment rate may be increased by the Owners' Association in maximum increments of one half of one
percent (0.5%), to a maximum of 4% of gross short-term room rental revenue as described in the Plan.
8. The assessments levied for the BCTBID shall be applied toward marketing, sales, destination product
development, and visitor service enhancements to market assessed lodging businesses in Butte County as tourist,
meeting, and event destinations, as described in the Plan. Funds remaining at the end of any year may be used in
subsequent years in which BCTBID assessments are levied as long as they are used consistent with the
requirements of this resolution and the Plan.
9. The proposed BCTBID will have a ten (10) year term, beginning December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2030,
unless renewed pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 36660.
10. Bonds shall not be issued.
11. The time and place for the public meeting to hear testimony on renewing the BCTBID and levying assessments is
set for September 15, 2020, at 9:30 AM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Board Chambers
located at 25 County Center Drive, Suite 205, Oroville, CA 95965.
12. The time and place for the public hearing to renew the BCTBID and the levy of assessments is set for September
29, 2020, at 9:30 AM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Board Chambers located at 25
County Center Drive, Suite 205, Oroville, CA 95965. The Clerk of the Board is directed to provide written notice
to the lodging businesses subject to assessment of the date and time of the meeting and hearing, and to provide
that notice as required by Streets and Highways Code § 36623, no later than August 12, 2020.
13. At the public meeting and hearing the testimony of all interested persons for or against the renewal of the BCTBID
may be received. If at the conclusion of the public hearing, there are of record written protests by the owners of
the lodging businesses within the renewed BCTBID that will pay more than fifty percent (50%) of the estimated
total assessment of the entire BCTBID, no further proceedings to renew the BCTBID shall occur for a period of one
year.
14. The complete Plan is on file with the Clerk of the Board and may be reviewed upon request.
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AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucero, Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk *oft e Board of Supervisors
By: 45
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Deputy
SteveLamb
,W, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
EXHIBIT A
District Boundaries