CITY OF SEATTLE

Resolution _________________

A RESOLUTION of intention to establish a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon, and superseding Resolution 31473.

WHEREAS, the operators of businesses, or mixed-use properties that are subject to sixty percent or more of the special assessments that would be assessed upon the establishment of a Business Improvement Area filed a petition with The City of Seattle pursuant to Chapter 35.87A RCW, and said petition is filed in C.F. 313180; and

WHEREAS, upon reviewing the petition, the City Council determined it is in the best interests of the City to proceed, as permitted by Section 35.87A.030, under the Resolution method of creating a new and expanded Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area (PSBIA) instead of the petition method; and

WHEREAS, the City Council introduced Resolution 31472 on August 5, 2013, initiating the PSBIA; and

WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to declare its intent to establish the PSBIA, and to set a public hearing for the public and all affected persons to consider its establishment; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 31473, adopted on August 12, 2013, stated the intention to establish the PSBIA and set a public hearing date of September 4, 2013, but that resolution was inadvertently not published in accordance with state law; therefore the City Council will take testimony on the previously-publicized date of September 4, 2013, and this new resolution sets a date for an additional public hearing on September 18, 2013; and

WHEREAS, the boundary described in Resolution 31473 included Port of Seattle property even though there was no intent to impose PSBIA assessments on that property; therefore this new resolution revises the boundary to exclude the Port of Seattle property; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:

Section 1. The City Council of The City of Seattle declares its intention to establish a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area in accordance with Chapter 35.87A RCW to be known as the Pioneer Square Business Improvement Area (PSBIA).

Section 2. The PSBIA shall be within the following boundaries as shown on the map attached as Exhibit A (when a street or alley is named, the area boundary is the centerline of the right-of-way including vacated portions unless otherwise specified in the description): Beginning at the intersection of Occidental Avenue South and Railroad Way South, then south along Occidental Avenue South to South Royal Brougham Way, then west along South Royal Brougham Way to the east line of King County Parcel Number 7666207695 known as the Port of Seattle Terminal, then north along the east lines of King County Parcel Numbers 7666207695, 7667800005, 7666207697, 7666202631, and 7666202630 to the Inner Harbor line of Elliott Bay, then north along the Inner Harbor line to Columbia Street, then northeast along Columbia Street to the alley between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue, then southeast along the alley to Cherry Street, then northeast along Cherry Street to the alley between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, then southeast along the alley to James Street, then northeast along James Street to 3rd Avenue, then southeast along 3rd Avenue to Jefferson Street, then northeast along Jefferson Street to 4th Avenue, then southeast along 4th Avenue to Terrace Street, then northeast along Terrace Street to 5th Avenue, then southeast and south along 5th Avenue to Yesler Way, then west along Yesler Way to 4th Avenue South, then south along 4th Avenue South to South Jackson Street, then east along South Jackson Street to 5th Avenue South, then south along 5th Avenue South to South King Street, then west along South King Street to 4th Avenue South, then west along the south edge of the historic Union Station building, then south and northwest along the east and south edges of the properties adjoining the historic King Street Station (King County parcel numbers 5247801190, 7666202635, 7666204886), then west along the south line of the properties on the south side of South King Street (King County parcel numbers 7666204878, 7953000000) to Occidental Avenue South, and then south along Occidental Avenue South to the point of beginning.

In case of a conflict between the description of the area and the map, the description shall control.

Section 3. Programs. Special Assessment revenues shall be used for the following component programs:

1. Neighborhood and business advocacy

2. Economic development and retail recruitment

3. Marketing and promotion

4. Improving the built environment and pedestrian realm

5. Street civility, and public safety

6. Building neighborhood and organizational capacity

The listing of services is illustrative and not exclusive. All such activities are supplemental to street maintenance and law enforcement provided by the City and are not intended to displace any services regularly provided by municipal government.

Section 4. Ratepayers Advisory Board. There shall be an advisory board whose membership is comprised of Ratepayers representative of the variety of locations, sizes and classifications of Ratepayers in the Area.

Section 5. Levy of Special Assessments. To finance the programs authorized in Section 3, there is levied upon and shall be collected from the operators of business property and mixed-use property (multi-family residential and commercial) located within the boundaries of the Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area described in Section 2, a special assessment. Ratepayers will be assessed by the City in annual installments beginning with the base year of the authorization (2014), by applying an annual assessment rate to each ratepayer as described below:

A. Data for the assessment calculation are reported by the ratepayer at the time of collection and are subject to verification by the City of Seattle. These rates are called the "Base Year Rates."

B. Except as provided below, all uses will initially be assessed at $0.20 x Occupied Square Footage.

C. Warehouse/Industrial uses will be assessed at $0.02 x Occupied Square Footage.

D. Parking uses will be assessed at $30 per stall.

E. Group homes/day shelters will be assessed at $0.01 x Occupied Square Footage.

F. Residential uses (other than group homes/day shelters) will not be assessed.

G. Governmental uses, public utilities, Union Station, and King Street Station and related parcels (King County parcel numbers 5247801190, 7666202635, 7666204886), will not be assessed.

H. Ratepayers will be assessed by the City in annual installments beginning with the Base Year Rates (2014). Beginning in January 2015, and each January thereafter, the assessment rate will increase by the lesser of 3% or the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton (CPI-U-Seattle) in the previous year, to maintain approximately the same level of services and benefits as in the base year.

Section 6. A hearing shall be held on this matter before the Government Performance and Finance Committee in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Seattle, Washington 98104 on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the same may be heard. The City Council will hear all protests and receive all evidence for or against the proposed action.

Section 7. The City Clerk is requested to publish this Resolution of Intention in a newspaper of general circulation in Seattle and mail a complete copy of this Resolution to each prospective Ratepayer within the proposed area, at least ten days prior to the hearing. The notice shall include a statement that a copy of the proposed ordinance, with attachments, may be examined electronically at http://www.seattle.gov/leg/clerk/ on the Internet, or in paper form at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, 3rd Floor, Seattle, Washington 98104, or will be mailed upon request. .

Section 8. Resolution 31473 is superseded.

Adopted by the City Council the ____ day of ____________________, 2013, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this________ day

of ______________________, 2013.

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President ___________of the City Council

THE MAYOR CONCURRING:

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Michael McGinn, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of ________________________, 2013.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

Attachment:

Exhibit A: Pioneer Square BIA Map

Teri Allen / Martha Lester FAS PSBIA Intention New RES September 1, 2013 Version #8 Text