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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 076-2002RESOLUTION NO. 76-2002 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING ABATEMENT OF ASSESSMENTS FOR PARK PLAZA HOTEL UNDER THE SAN MATEO COUNTY TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame: WHEREAS, the Park Plaza Hotel began an extensive renovation project pursuant to City planning approvals and construction permits in the summer of 2001; and WHEREAS, the Park Plaza Hotel is subject to assessment under the San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District; and WHEREAS, the Hotel had only about 100 of its over 300 guest rooms available for occupancy from August 2001 to June 2002 due to this construction; and WHEREAS, the Hotel has requested the City Council to consider relieving the Hotel of some of its obligations to pay assessments on the full room count for some of this period of time; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1648 does not directly address this issue during the District's normal operating year; and WHEREAS, the it is only fair to the Hotel to allow some reduction in its obligation under the BID because of the direct correlation between room count and assessment basis, WHEREAS, the BID Advisory Board has recommended that the assessment on the Hotel for April, May, and June of 2002 be waived for this year in recognition of this circumstance; and WHEREAS, this appears to be a fair resolution of the matter and will not cause any other hotel's assessment to increase, NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Burlingame does herebyresolve, determine, and find as follows: The assessments under the San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District imposed on the Park Plaza Hotel in the amount of $16,524 representing the assessments attributed to April, May, and June of 2002 are hereby excused and abated. MAYOR 6/24/2002 I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City ofBurlingame do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1stday of July, 2002, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'NAHONY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE (W4/L, CIT LERK C:\FU-Es\HotelBid\parkplazaabatement.ms.wpd 6/24/2002 2