Title
Initiating action to continue a business improvement district encompassing certain existing and future hotel properties within the boundaries of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"), known as the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District (the "District"), and to continue the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District Corporation as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association (the "NIDMA") of the District; approving a preliminary plan and report for the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act (the "Act"), prior to adoption of an ordinance that would formally continue the District.
Body
WHEREAS, Bill No. 170468 (signed September 26, 2017) established a business improvement district encompassing the City of Philadelphia, known as the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District (the "District"); designated the Philadelphia Hospitality Improvement Levy District Corporation, a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("PHiL DC"), as the neighborhood improvement district management association (the "NIDMA") for the District; and approved a final plan for programs and services within the District and designated PHiL DC to impose special assessment fees and administer programs and services within the District in order "to promote and enhance more attractive and safer commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use neighborhoods; economic growth; increased employment opportunities; and improved commercial, industrial, business districts and business climates"; and
WHEREAS, Bill No. 190717 (signed December 30, 2019) continued the term of the District until December 31, 2039; and
WHEREAS, The purpose of this Ordinance is to increase the special assessment fees imposed on hotels within the District by the NIDMA to fund i) supplemental ...
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