Title
Public Hearing and Resolution to Approve the 2018 Downtown Enhanced Municipal Services District Assessments (Resolution 21585)
Description
Request to hold a public hearing for the approval of the 2018 Downtown Enhanced Municipal Services District (EMSD) assessments and adopt a resolution approving such assessments for the 2018 calendar year. The City of Phoenix estimated annual expenditure for this program is $1,255,074.
Report
Summary
Pursuant to State law, a public hearing must be held prior to the annual adoption of the assessments for the EMSD. City Council authorized the formation of the Downtown EMSD in 1990 to provide enhanced public services, above and beyond the level of services provided in the remainder of the City. The EMSD is generally bounded by a line 200 feet south of Jackson Street to Fillmore Street from 3rd Avenue to 7th Street. The City contracts directly with Downtown Phoenix, Inc. (DPI) to implement the work plan of the Downtown EMSD. The work plan and budget for 2018 provides a variety of enhanced services in the Downtown core, including the Ambassadors, streetscape improvements and maintenance, a Clean Team, marketing, events, economic and community development and transportation services.
The annual assessments for the Downtown EMSD will be levied for the 2018 calendar year after the required EMSD legal process has been completed. Assessments are determined in proportion to the benefits received by each parcel. There are approximately 768 parcels in the Downtown EMSD that the budget will be assessed on. This is based on the approved EMSD assessment diagram that indicates the properties to be assessed for enhanced municipal services. This diagram is on file in the office of the Director of the Street Transportation Department in the City of Phoenix and was posted online at the Community and Economic Development Department website.
The figures below represent the assessments for private property owners and public property owners based on the approved 2018 EMSD budget of $3,844,287. This includes $153,250.00 for streetscape maintenance expenses, which are paid only by property owners and tenants adjacent to the Streetscape Improvement District as shown below.
Downtown Enhanced Municipal Services District (EMSD) Calendar Year 2018 Assessments
Private Property Owners Assessments: $1,772,238
Public Property Assessments: $2,072,049
Total Assessments: $3,844,287
Streetscape Maintenance Expenses (expenses are included in the figures above)
Private Property Owners Assessment: $87,613
Public Property Assessments: $65,637
Total Streetscape Expenses: $153,250
Financial Impact
The City of Phoenix estimated annual expenditure for this program is $1,255,074, which includes $371,309 from the General Fund, $524,459 from the Convention Center, $124,871 from the Sports Facilities Fund, $8,501 from the Genomics Facilities Operations and Maintenance Fund, and $225,934 from collections from tenants on City-owned properties.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
On Oct. 4, 2017, the City Council approved the Downtown Enhanced Municipal Services District (EMSD) 2018 estimate of expenses, assessment of expenses, the Downtown Enhanced Municipal Services District (EMSD) assessment diagram, and set the date of Nov. 1, 2017 for the hearing on the estimated assessments. The work plan and budget were recommended for approval by the Downtown, Aviation, Economy and Innovation Subcommittee on Sept. 6, 2017.
Public Outreach
On Oct. 4, 2017 City Council set the date of Nov. 1, 2017 as the date for the public hearing on the EMSD assessments. On Oct. 6, 2017, 28 days prior to the hearing, which is greater than the legally required 20 days, all property owners were notified by mail of their annual assessment cost by the Community & Economic Development Department. The notice of the public hearing was also published in the Record Reporter as specified below.
Published:
The Record Reporter
- Oct. 11, 2017
- Oct. 13, 2017
Location
The EMSD is generally bounded by a line 200 feet south of Jackson Street to Fillmore Street from 3rd Avenue to 7th Street.
Council Districts: 7 and 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Mario Paniagua and Deanna Jonovich, and the Street Transportation and Community and Economic Development departments.