The Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) is an area that includes the Riverfront, Broadway, Sprigg, Good Hope, and Morgan Oak. If successful, the CID would use a combination of property and sales tax to fund services for the area. The services would include:
- Clean & Attractive – activities such as trash and litter pick-up, streetscape maintenance, and holiday decorations
- Safety – activities such as security management and camera incentive fund
- Vibrant – activities such as marketing and special events. These services would NOT replace existing City services, but rather be an enhancement.
These would be in addition to existing City services such as street cleaning.
CURRENT STATUS: Interested property owners in the area are collecting signatures. They have 41% assessed value and 23% per capita. They need over 50% before submitting it to the City for review.
As of 11/23, they are at 42.58% of assessed valuation and 24.24% of property owners. They still have a ways to go but continue to contact property owners.
Additional taxation whether voluntary or involuntary in today’s economic environment is not a good idea.
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STATUS: 46.58% assessed, 30.45% per capita