RESOLUTION _________________

A RESOLUTION adopting updated policies regarding the establishment and management of Parking and Business Improvement Areas for The City of Seattle; and superseding Resolution 30389.

WHEREAS, chapter 35.87A RCW authorizes the establishment of Parking and Business Improvement Areas, commonly referred to as business improvement areas or BIAs, to aid general economic development and neighborhood revitalization, and to facilitate cooperation of merchants, businesses, and residential property owners in order to assist trade, economic viability, and livability; and

WHEREAS, Parking and Business Improvement Area assessments can provide clean and safe services, marketing and promotion, business and economic development planning, appearance and pedestrian environment/urban design, advocacy, and organizational development/administration associated with the management of the BIA for the benefit of the area; and

WHEREAS, as of the date of this resolution The City of Seattle has established, and currently administers, nine BIAs, and may be petitioned to establish additional BIAs; and

WHEREAS, the increase in the complexity, number, and size of BIAs, combined with a desire for a wider variety of ratepayers and services, requires additional analysis during the development of BIAs and expanded policies to govern the quality of proposals, the efficiency of the establishment, and administrative processes; and

WHEREAS, BIAs have been very beneficial to the areas in which they have been established; and

WHEREAS, The City of Seattle is responsible for administering the BIA assessments; NOW, THEREFORE,

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

Section 1. Resolution 30389 is superseded in its entirety, and the attached Citywide Business Improvement Area (BIA) Policies (Attachment 1) are adopted. In so doing, The City of Seattle reaffirms its support of the use of BIAs as effective tools for economic development and neighborhood revitalization.

Adopted by the City Council the ____ day of ____________________, 2016, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day

of ______________________, 2016.

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President ___________ of the City Council

The Mayor concurred the _____ day of _______________________, 2016.

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     Edward B. Murray, Mayor

  Filed by me this ____ day of ________________________, 2016.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

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