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Downtown PBID moves toward petitions; city highlights Save Mart groundbreaking, TASTE program
Summary
Staff reported new PBID boundaries and service levels (safety patrols, cleaning, maintenance) and said petitions will be mailed after the engineer's report; economic development staff also highlighted Save Mart groundbreaking, TASTE small-business grants and an RFP for a downtown public market.
Economic development staff reported progress on a revived downtown property-based improvement district (PBID) and a range of development initiatives in the city.
Jennifer Gomez described PBID outreach (surveys and two stakeholder meetings) and presented proposed boundaries with two zones (Zone A core; Zone B outer). She said Tower Square property owners were removed after feedback because they already participate in an existing PBID, and highlighted proposed service levels focused on safety/homeless mitigation (private security vehicle patrols five hours nightly, seven days a week), cleaning/maintenance (landscape maintenance, street sweeping, pressure washing, graffiti removal), storm-drain and sidewalk maintenance and periodic risk/ADA assessments.
Staff said NBS will calculate assessments and finalize the engineer—s report, after which petitions will be mailed to property owners; the process requires petition support of at least 51% to proceed to balloting. Jennifer also highlighted private-investment news (Save Mart groundbreaking and other openings), the city—s new TASTE grant program (a $1 million package of forgivable loans and reimbursable grants for downtown small eateries), and an RFP for a downtown public market to be issued.
Council asked for a public report on TASTE awardees and discussed potential incentives and the program—s structure; staff said additional public meetings and petition steps will follow.
