Council creates Cimarron public improvement district and appoints five-member board

The Mission City Council voted to establish the Cimarron Public Improvement District (PID) and to appoint a five-member board to manage it.

Attorney David Earl explained the resolution implements the council—s prior findings and sets the PID—s statutory parameters. The PID board will develop a service and assessment plan, prepare budgets and, if the council approves assessments later, oversee improvements and maintenance paid by the PID. Earl said the board will report to the council and that the board will engage consultants or advisers to develop the assessment and service plan.

The council passed the resolution creating the Cimarron PID (resolution number 19 68 on the agenda) after a public hearing earlier in the process; the vote to create the district recorded four votes in favor and one abstention. The council then appointed a five-member board: the mayor (as the required elected official), the chair of the Mission EDC (as the major property owner representative), and three property-owner representatives from the PID area. The motion to appoint those individuals carried as recorded (four in favor, one abstention noted in the record). The board will work with staff and advisors to return to council with a budget, service plan and any proposed assessments.

The council—s resolution and the subsequent appointments start the PID process under state law; further council approvals will be required for any assessment plan and for levy of assessments. David Earl said the PID could use a public-private partnership or consultant (the city—s counsel or another firm) to prepare the assessment methodology and oversee implementation.

Vote record on the enabling resolution: 4 in favor, 1 abstention (Mayor Pro Tem Rubin Plata). The appointments followed and the council instructed staff to proceed with next steps to establish the PID board—s working process.