City Council

Item S502:\nOperating and Management Agreement Between the City of San Diego and\nDowntown San Diego Partnership, Inc. for the Renewed Downtown Property and\nBusiness Improvement District. (Added 6/13/25)\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:\nIf the City enters into the new Operating and Management Agreement with the\nPartnership, then the estimated $14,513,152.56 in FY26 property assessments will be\nmade available to the Partnership to implement the PBID program as outlined in the\nDowntown PBID Management District Plan and Engineers Report. These assessments\nmay only be used to provide an enhanced level of services to assessment payers and may\nnot be used for other City priorities.\nCouncil District(s) Affected: 3.\nProposed Actions:\nSubitem-A: (R-2025-636)\nResolution determining that the Operating and Management Agreement is exempt from\nthe California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA\nGuidelines.\nSubitem-B: (O-2025-140)\nIntroduction of an Ordinance authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to enter into a tenyear Agreement with San Diego Downtown Partnership, to provide above-baseline\nservices in the Downtown PBID.\nSubitem-B: 6 votes required pursuant to Charter Section 99.\nCommittee Actions Taken:\nThis item was heard at the Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations\nCommittee meeting on May 11, 2025.\nACTION: Motion by Chair Campillo, second by Committee Member Lee, to recommend\nCouncil approval of staff’s proposed actions.\nVOTE: 4-0; Campillo-yea, Foster III-yea, Campbell-yea, Lee-yea.\nEconomic Development: Christina Bibler, (619) 236-6421\nCity Attorney Contact: Daphne Z. Skogen