City of Albuquerque - File #: R-14-34

• File #: R-14-34
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/3/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/19/2014
• Enactment date: 6/13/2014
• Enactment #: R-2014-026
• Title: F/S Establishing That The City Council Intends To Review The Downtown Albuquerque Business Improvement District At Its Next Opportunity To Consider Changes To Its Structure And Management Committee (Lewis)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/13/2014	City Clerk	Published
6/13/2014	Mayor	Not Signed by the Mayor
6/3/2014	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
5/19/2014	City Council	Passed as Substituted, as Amended	Pass
5/19/2014	City Council	Amended	Pass
5/19/2014	City Council	Substituted	Pass
4/21/2014	City Council	Postponed	Pass
4/7/2014	City Council	Postponed	Pass
3/17/2014	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
3/10/2014	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
3/3/2014	City Council	Introduced and Referred
3/3/2014	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-FIRST COUNCIL



COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S R-14-34 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis


RESOLUTION
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F/S Establishing That The City Council Intends To Review The Downtown Albuquerque Business Improvement District At Its Next Opportunity To Consider Changes To Its Structure And Management Committee (Lewis)
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ESTABLISHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTENDS TO REVIEW THE DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT ITS NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO ITS STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, the Downtown Albuquerque Business Improvement District (the "Downtown BID") was initiated on January 1, 2001; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, the Downtown Action Team (the "DAT") has continuously served as the management committee for the Downtown BID and has been charged with administering the obligations of the Downtown BID for the benefited properties; and
WHEREAS, over the past several years certain property owners within the Downtown BID have expressed dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of DAT management in fulfilling the Downtown BID's purpose; and
WHEREAS, this dissatisfaction has resulted in lawsuits and in the City's defense of those suits including its ongoing efforts to compel back payments for large portions of the Downtown BID assessments currently being withheld each year by the Plaintiffs in these suits; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown BID has the potential to provide great value to benefited properties and, in turn, to the persons living downtown, visiting downtown, or seeking to do business downtown; and
WHEREAS, in light of the current challenges facing the Downtown BID, including disagreements within the Downtown BID membership, upon the next five year review it will be critical for the City Council to consider whether after thirteen years in existence the original purpose for which the district was created has been served and whether it is ...