It is recommended that the City Council:

1.  Conduct a public benefit hearing to receive comments on the proposed budget, Five-Year Service Plan and proposed method of assessment for Fort Worth Public Improvement District No. 1, Downtown, for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, which has been prepared by the Downtown Public Improvement District Advisory Board;

2.  Approve the filing of the proposed 2016 Assessment Roll for the Downtown Public Improvement District with the City Secretary for public inspection; and

3.  Set a public benefit hearing for September 13, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., for final approval of the Downtown Public Improvement District's Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Budget and Five-Year Service Plan and 2016 Assessment Roll.

On June 23, 2009, (M&C C-23627) the City Council adopted Resolution No. 3756-06-2009 re-establishing the Downtown Public Improvement District (PID).

State law requires an annual report on the proposed budget and Five-Year Service Plan for the PID, which is attached.  The general nature of the proposed improvements and/or services to be provided in the Downtown PID shall include:

• A Maintenance Program consisting of landscaping, street sweeping, sidewalk sweeping, sidewalk cleaning and supplemental trash receptacle pickup;
  
  
• A Promotions Program consisting of recreational and cultural activities and the staging or monitoring of special recreational and cultural events;  
  
  
• A Marketing, Communications and Advertising Program consisting of marketing events and cooperative merchandizing with other Fort Worth organizations and non-profits;  
  
  
• A Security Program consisting of funding tack, vet supplies and feed for the mounted patrol, monitoring crime activity to ensure adequate coverage by the bicycle, cruiser and mounted police officer of the proposed district; a public relations crime prevention campaign, when necessary; a public/private security force coordination program; and other security related projects on an as-needed basis, when funds are available;
  
  
• A Transportation and Parking Planning Program consisting of a transportation management organization, parking coordination and management where feasible, way-finding planning and projects, interface planning between various transportation modes and land uses and the use of grants to leverage the development and implementation of transportation and parking related programs which solve identified problems in the PID, a circulator system between the major developments in the west area of downtown and the core retail area; and
  
  
• A Management Program to provide for the administration and operation of the PID.

Two line items listed on the Five-Year Service Plan require a transfer of City funds:  (1) the City Payment In-Lieu of Services and (2) the City of Fort Worth Assessment.  The City Payment In-Lieu of Services is a supplement to the PID budget funding the level of improvements or services that would ordinarily be provided by the City of Fort Worth to the taxpayers in the PID.  The City of Fort Worth Assessment is an allocation to the PID budget for assessments the City would pay on City-owned properties in the PID, if the City was not a tax-exempt entity.

On February 3, 2009, (M&C G-16451) the City Council adopted guidelines for setting an administration fee structure for all PIDs.  The City assesses an annual administration fee equal to two percent of a district's annual assessments or in the amount of $2,000.00, whichever is greater.

The proposed 2016 Assessment Rate on property subject to assessment in the Downtown PID is $0.10 per $100.00 of valuation.  The proposed 2016 Assessment Roll for the Downtown PID will be filed with the City Secretary and available for public inspection during normal business hours at any time prior to the September 13, 2016 Public Benefit Hearing.

The Downtown PID is located in COUNCIL DISTRICT 9.