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City Attorney |
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☒ Resolution |
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☐ Ordinance - Adoption |
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☒ Public Hearing |
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Expansion of the Main Street Mall and Off Street Parking Maintenance District No. 1
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SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION:
Summary Recommendation
Following a public hearing, approve the expansion of the Main Street Mall and Off Street Parking Maintenance District No. 1 (MMD) to include parcels owned by the City of Yuma. (City Attorney) (Richard W. Files)
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STRATEGIC OUTCOME:
Inclusion of the parcels within the MMD advances the City’s Safe and Prosperous strategic outcome by facilitating a thriving Downtown Yuma. Inclusion of the parcels within the MMD will ensure they are assessed and pay into the MMD to help finance and pay for shared parking and landscaping within the MMD as the parcels are developed.
REPORT:
In 1968/1969, the Yuma City Council created the MMD to provide revenue for maintenance, repair and improvements of the pedestrian mall, parking facilities and parkways in the historic downtown area. Property owners within the MMD pay into the MMD through an assessment on their property tax bill and in exchange receive the benefit of shared parking and landscaping within the MMD. The City’s financial support of the MMD is approximately 50-55% of the total MMD cost with the balance currently paid from property owners within the district.
The City owns several parcels, described as Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 below, that City staff proposes to include in the MMD. (See map attached to the proposed resolution).
Parcel 1 (Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 633-36-240) is located on 1st Street and includes the Yuma North End Community Center at 160 E 1st Street, Yuma, AZ. Parcel 1 is contiguous to the Northeast boundary of the MMD and owned by the City.
Parcel 2 includes all of Block 18, as described in White’s 1894 Survey Map, that is not currently included within the MMD.
Parcel 2, as defined above, includes APN 633-44-148, APN 633-44-149, APN 633-44-150, APN 633-44-151 (each of which is owned by the City of Yuma) and any other portions of Block 18 (if any) that are not already included in the MMD. Inclusion of Parcel 2 will result in all the land bounded by 3rd Street to the north, Gila Street to the east, Giss Parkway to the south, and Maiden Lane to the west being in the MMD.
Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 are both adjacent to the MMD.
Municipal improvement districts, like the MMD, are regulated by A.R.S. § 48-571. If the governing body (city or town council) opines that an adjacent property would benefit from being part of the municipal improvement district, A.R.S. § 48-574(J) sets forth the following criteria for adding an adjacent property into a municipal improvement district:
J. If, in the opinion of the governing body, territory adjacent to a district formed under this section would benefit from being a part of the district, the governing body, by resolution, may include the territory in the district formed under this section if the following conditions are met:
1. Improvements that meet the standards and specifications established by the governing body have been constructed in the territory and will be used for the purposes of the district.
2. Any required public dedications of property have been made or will be made before the inclusion of the territory in the district.
3. Including the territory in the district will not adversely affect the district.
4. Notice of the proposed inclusion of the territory in the district has been published in five consecutive issues of a daily newspaper or two consecutive issues of a weekly or semiweekly newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality and a public hearing has been held to consider the inclusion of the territory in the district.
5. Notice has been sent by first class mail at least ten days prior to the hearing specified in paragraph 4 of this subsection with an accurate map of the territory proposed for inclusion in the district to each owner of real and personal property within the district and in the proposed area of inclusion as shown on the statement furnished pursuant to subsection K of this section that is now or would be subject to taxation by the district in the event of inclusion of the proposed area.
With the exception of holding a public hearing and making the finding required by subsection J(3), all criteria have been met.
City Staff recommends opening a public hearing for expanding the MMD, and provided that City Council concludes that the expansion will not adversely affect the district, adopting a Resolution to include Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 within the MMD.
FISCAL REQUIREMENTS:
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CITY FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
BUDGETED: |
$ 0.00 |
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STATE FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER: |
$ 0.00 |
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FEDERAL FUNDS: |
$ 0.00 |
IN CONTINGENCY: |
$ 0.00 |
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OTHER SOURCES: |
$ 0.00 |
FUNDING: ACCOUNT/FUND #/CIP |
TOTAL $ 0.00
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FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:
None
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ACTION FORM THAT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK:
Names and addresses of property owners receiving the notice required by A.R.S. § 48-571(J)(5).
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Acting City Administrator: |
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John D. Simonton |
01/28/2024 |
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Reviewed by City Attorney: |
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Richard W. Files |
01/28/2024 |