Title
Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) Advisory Board Update and Recommended 2018 Budget
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Receive the PBIA Advisory Board update. Briefing only. No action necessary.
Report
Issue:
Whether to receive anupdate about PBIA advisory board and discuss their recommended 2018 budget.
Staff Contact:
Amy Buckler, Senior Planner, PBIA Staff Liaison, 360.570.5847
Presenter(s):
Amy Buckler, PBIA Staff Liaison
Background and Analysis:
The Parking & Business Improvement Area (PBIA) is a valuable resource for implementing Olympia's Downtown Strategy and specifically the retail strategy vision: A vibrant, dynamic business environment that attracts people, activity and investment.
The PBIA advisory board's stated mission is to assist in creating a vibrant business environment in the Downtown and to enhance the reality and perception of Downtown by visitors, residents and business owners. The PBIA exercises its mission through six program areas guided by the PBIA ordinance (OMC 3.62): parking, clean and safe, beautification, marketing downtown, business retention/training, and communications with member businesses.
A primary responsibility of the PBIA Advisory Board is to develop a recommended annual work plan with specific projects and budgets, including how PBIA assessed funds will be used. The City Council has a role to review and adopt the PBIA's annual work plan and budget. The PBIA's typical annual budget totals about $110,000.
The PBIA board will finalize its recommended 2018 budget at their regular business meeting on November 9. As of the date of this staff report, this meeting has not yet occurred. A working draft of the PBIA's 2018 recommended budget is attached, and staff will provide an update at the General Government meeting. A description of 2017 expenditures to date is attached.
PBIA's recommended work plan will be submitted in early 2018...
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