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Santa Barbara council disestablishes downtown and Old Town business improvement districts, cites new CBID
Summary
The City Council voted Feb. 11 to disestablish the downtown and Old Town business improvement districts and repeal municipal code sections 4.39 and 4.43, citing the creation of a larger downtown community benefit improvement district that will take over services.
Brandon Bodette, acting library director speaking for the city administrator's office, told the council on Feb. 11 that staff recommended repealing Santa Barbara Municipal Code chapters 4.39 and 4.43 and disestablishing the downtown and Old Town Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).
"The item before you is the disestablishment of the Downtown And Old Town Business Improvement District," Bodette said, explaining that services traditionally funded by the two older BIDs — marketing and promotional…
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