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REPORT - SANTA ROSA RAILROAD SQUARE COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT RESOLUTION OF INTENTION
BACKGROUND: Ordinance No. 2018-004 enabling the establishment of Community Benefit Districts (CBD) by adding Article V to Chapter 6-56 of the Santa Rosa City Code, was introduced at the March 13, 2018, Council meeting by a unanimous vote, and adopted on March 20, 2018. Subsequently, the Santa Rosa Downtown CBD was established on July 17, 2018, and an effort to establish a Railroad Square area CBD was launched. Related to the latter effort, a petition, cover letter, summary Management District Plan (MDP) and return envelope was mailed in August to Railroad Square area property owners within a pre-determined area roughly encompassing 18 square blocks between Third Street to Eighth Street and Davis Street to the rail tracks, and consisting of 92 parcels owned by 58 property owners, including the City of Santa Rosa. Per the local enabling ordinance, property owners representing at least 30% of the tota...
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