Business improvement districts: ranked by 2002 budget. (The List).EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ALTHOUGH budgets remained steady at the 25 largest business improvement districts in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County for 2002, there was plenty of movement behind the scenes. The Westwood Westwood. 1 Residential town (1990 pop. 12,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., in the greater Boston area; settled 1640, inc. 1897. It has several early 18th-century buildings. 2 Residential borough (1990 pop. 10,446), Bergen co., NE N.J. Village BID, last year's No. 5, was disbanded in September September: see month. after 5th District Councilman Jack Weiss Jack Weiss, is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district. Weiss was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005. The 5th district includes parts of the Westside and the San Fernando Valley. opposed op·pose v. op·posed, op·pos·ing, op·pos·es v.tr. 1. To be in contention or conflict with: oppose the enemy force. 2. renewing re·new v. re·newed, re·new·ing, re·news v.tr. 1. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair. 2. the contract. The audit of the BID found shoddy shod·dy adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est 1. Made of or containing inferior material. 2. a. Of poor quality or craft. b. Rundown; shabby. 3. accounting practices. The No. 10 Historic Core saw Kenneth Asian, its executive director resign last month in the wake of criticism over supervision of maintenance contractors and security guards. Management of Historic Core was taken over by the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Downtown Downtown (called a "city centre" in British English) is a term used in North America when referring to a city's core, usually both in a geographical and commercial / community sense. Center BID, No. 1 on the list. The No. 2 Fashion District BID, also up for renewal this year, faces the prospect of a competing BID proposed by unhappy property owners. The new BID would encompass about 90 percent of the Fashion District's existing area. No. 6 L.A. Downtown Industrial District is currently going through its first renewal. The property-based BID has plans to roughly double its coverage area, from 34 blocks to 67 blocks, expanding to the north and south of its current location. THE PACESETTER DOWNTOWN CENTER BID CALL it a four-peat for the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. The 64-block district is again L.A.'s largest, with its budget holding steady at $4.5 million from the previous year. Established in 1997, Downtown Center had a busy year in 2002. The district was renewed re·new v. re·newed, re·new·ing, re·news v.tr. 1. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair. 2. for a second five-year term in July July: see month. , with a 65 percent approval rating from property owners, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Carol Schatz Schatz is a German surname meaning "treasure" and may refer to:
"We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are trying to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the upswing Upswing An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices. in investor activity and really focus our effort on informing lenders and investors about what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. in downtown," said Schatz, noting that 2,000 new downtown housing units will be completed in the next two years. Early in the summer, Downtown Center will be launching a collaborative col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. marketing effort for downtown housing, highlighting the various housing options available. Developers will be paying for most of the progmm, with an amount not yet determined. Downtown Center continues to operate its "Purple purple color worn by persons of high rank. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority Patrol," which maintains safety and cleans the district. It also operates an outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. program for the homeless. [GRAPH graph, figure that shows relationships between quantities. The graph of a function y=f (x) is the set of points with coordinates [x, f (x)] in the xy-plane, when x and y are numbers. OMITTED]
Safety Concern
Where Downtown Center BID funds went in 2002
Community Service 2%
Special Projects 7%
Economic Development 8%
Maintenance 13%
Public Safety 34%
Marketing 22%
Administration 14%
Source: Downtown Center BID Annual Report
Note: Table made from pie chart
Rank BID Name (Ranking in 2002) Annual Profile
* street Budget (1) * year
* city (thousands) established
* type
1 Downtown Center BID (1) $4,500 1997
606 S. Olive St., Suite 1000 Property
Los Angeles 90014
2 Fashion District BID (2) 3,000 1996
110 E. 9th St., Suite A-1175 Property
Los Angeles 90079
3 Hollywood Entertainment 2,298 1996
District (3) Property
6425 Hollywood Blvd.,
Suite 401
Los Angeles 90028
4 Downtown Long Beach 1,250 1998
Associates (6) Property
One World Trade Center,
Suite 300
Long Beach 90831
5 Old Pasadena Management 1,100 2000
District (7) Property
88 N. Fair Oaks, Suite 104
Pasadena 91103
6 L.A. Downtown Industrial 1,096.6 1999
District (8) Property
744 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles 90014
7 Hollywood Media District (10) 1,026 1999
1304 N. Highland Ave, Property
Suite 200
Los Angeles 90012
8 Chinatown BID (9) 1,000.2 2001
727 N. Broadway, Suite 208 Property
Los Angeles 90012
9 Sunset & Vine BID 1,000 2002
1330 Vine St. Property
Los Angeles 90028
10 Historic Core (4) 980 1999
707 S. Broadway, Suite 1234 Property
Los Angeles 90014
11 Third Street Promenade (11) 897 1984
1351 3rd St. Promenade, Merchant/
Suite 201 Tenant
Santa Monica 90401
12 Figueroa Corridor Partnership 887.4 1997
BID (5) Property
3982 S. Figueroa St.,
Suite 207
Los Angeles 90037
13 Downtown Long Beach (13) 700 1973
One World Trade Center, Merchant/
Suite 300 Tenant
Long Beach 90831
14 Century Corridor - Gateway 690 1998
to L.A. Inc. (12) Property
6151 Century Blvd., Suite 121
Los Angeles 90045
15 Wilshire Center BID (14) 600 1995
3600 Whilshire Blvd., Merchant/
Suite 1032 Tenant
Los Angeles 90010
16 Huntington Park BID (17) $470 1995
6550 Miles Ave. Merchant/
Huntington Park 90255 Tenant
17 Toy District (18) 331.6 1999
744 S. San Pedro St. Property
Los Angeles 90014
18 Whittier Uptown 300 1954
Association (16) Merchant/
7028 Greenleaf Ave., Tenant
Suite J,
Whittier 90602
19 Studio City Improvement 274 1999
Association (19) Property
4024 Radford Ave.,
Bldg., 2, Suite 208,
Studio City 91604
20 Jefferson Park (21) 250 1999
2040 W. Jefferson Blvd. Merchant/
Los Angeles 90018 Tenant
21 Canoga Park Improvement 235.1 1999
Assoc. (22) Property
21500 Wyandotte St.,
Suite 120,
Canoga Park 91303
22 Belmont Shore Business 212.6 1948
Association Merchant/
200 Nieto Ave., Tenant
Suite 208,
Long Beach 90803
23 Montrose Shopping 204 1968
Park Assoc. Merchant/
P.O. Box 782 Tenant
Montrose 91021
24 Central Business 175 1966
District Merchant/
1351 3rd St. Promenade, Tenant
Suite 201
Santa Monica 90401
25 Bixby Knolls BID (25) 171.1 1989
4313 Atlantic Ave. Merchant/
Long Beach 90807 Tenant
Rank Term No. of Boundaries
* length Members (2) Major Thoroughfares Covered
* renewal date
1 5 years 430 3rd Street to the North, 110
Jan. 2007 Fwy to the West, Broadway and
Hill streets to the East,
Olympic and 9th streets to the
South
2 5 years 550 Main, Spring, Los Angeles,
Dec. 2003 Santee streets, Maple Avenue,
Wall, San Julian, San Pedro
streets, 7th, 8th, 9th
3 2 years 210 Hollywood Boulevard, Vine
Jan. 2004 Street, Highland Avenue,
Cahuenga Boulevard
4 5 years 325 Pine Avenue, Ocean Boulevard,
Jan. 2004 Alamitos Avenue, Broadway
5 5 years 125 Colorado Boulevard, Fair Oaks
2005 Boulevard, De Lacey Avenue,
Green and Union streets
6 5 years 242 San Pedro to the West, Alameda
Jan. 2003 Street to the East, 4th
Street to the North, 8th
Street to the South
7 5 years 220 Santa Monica Boulevard between
2004 Vine Street and Highland
Avenue, Highland Avenue
between Melrose and Fountain
avenues
8 10 years 178 N. Broadway, N. Hill Street,
Jan. 2010 N. Spring Street
9 5 years 104 Sunset Boulevard, Vine Street
Dec. 2003
10 5 years 150 Broadway, Spring and Main
2004 streets (2 national historic
districts -- Broadway & Spring
Street and 4th & 9th Street)
11 WND 700 Ocean Boulevard to 7th Street,
WND Santa Monica Boulevard to
northside of Wilshire
Boulevard
12 5 years 115 Figueroa and Flower streets,
2008 Jefferson, Exposition, Adams
and Washington Boulevards,
Vermont Avenue
13 1 year 1,300 Pine Avenue, Ocean Boulevard,
Oct. 2003 Alamitos Avenue, Broadway,
waterfront area
14 5 years 31 Century Boulevard from La
Jan. 2005 Cienega to Sepulveda
15 1 year 350 Wilshire Boulevard, Wilton
Dec. 2003 Street to Alvarado & Olympic
Boulevard to 3rd Street
16 1 year 690 Pacific Boulevard,
July 2003 Florence Avenue,
Randolph Street,
Rita and Rugby avenues
17 3 years 89 Los Angeles, West San
2004 Pedro, to East 3rd and
North 5th streets
18 1 year 470 Greenleaf and
Jan. 2004 Philadelphia avenues
19 5 years 150 Ventura Boulevard,
Aug. 2004 Ventura Place, Laurel
Canyon Boulevard,
Radford Avenue,
Ventura Court
20 4 years 22 Jefferson Boulevard,
2003 between Western and
Crenshaw
21 5 years 205-300 Topanga Canyon
May 2004 Boulevard, Sherman Way,
Canoga Avenue,
Owensmath Avenue
22 2 years 243 2nd Street from
NA Bayshore to Livingston
including 14 side
streets to alley
23 5 years 169 Honolulu Avenue,
2006 Ocean View
Boulevard
24 NA 454 Wilshire, Arizona,
NA Broadway, Colorado,
from Ocean Avenue
to west side of 7th
Street, including 3rd
Street Promenade
25 1 year 800 Atlantic Avenue, Long
Oct. 2003 Beach Boulevard, between
405 Fwy. and Del
Amo Boulevard
Rank Total No. Improvements/Programs Top Administrator
City (partial list) * name
Blocks * title
* general phone number
1 64 Safe & Clean Program, BID Carol E. Schatz
ACTION Program, Destination ceo, president
Marketing & Economic (213) 624-2146
Development Program
2 82 24-hr. security, maintenance, Kent Smith
marketing including economic exec. director
development, Web site, map (213) 488-1153
guide and public relations
3 35 security, maintenance, Kerry Morrison
marketing, streetscape exec. director
improvements (323) 463-6767
4 75 marketing, Clean & Safe Kraig Kojian
Program, economic development, ceo, president
advocacy (562) 436-4259
5 22 Clean & Safe Program, events Maggie Campbell
and marketing, economic ceo, president
development (626) 666-4156
6 36 security, maintenance, Tracey Lovejoy
marketing, administration, exec. director
contingency (213) 228-8484
7 40 security, cleaning program, Mary Lou Dudas
streetscape improvements, exec. director
marketing, long-term planning, (323) 460-6322
advocacy
8 19 maintenance, security, George Yu
cleaning, streetscape, trees exec. director
maintenance, lighting, events (213) 680-0243
9 35 security, maintenance, Dirk Degrave
beautification, marketing, president
homeless coordination (323) 822-7190
10 24 security, maintenance, Michael Delijani
managment & marketing chairman
(213) 955-0270
11 28 operations, maintenance, Kathleen Rawson
marketing, security, parking, exec. director
long-term planning (310) 393-8355
12 60 Clean & Safe Program, Darryl Holter
marketing, Angels Walk L.A., Chairman
signage, streetscape/transit (213) 746-9577
improvements
13 175 marketing, special events, Kraig Kojian
advertising, economic ceo, president
development, advocacy (562) 436-4259
14 7 ambassador bike patrol Laurie Hughes
program, improved sidewalks, exec. director
new street lighting, (310) 216-7328
landscaping, signage,
illuminated architectural
pylons
15 150 security, maintenance, Gary Russell
marketing exec. director
(213) 673-3800
16 20 promotions, decoration of Bill. Chow
public space, street redev./econ.
improvement, crime dev. manager
reduction and supplemental (323) 582-6161
security program
17 13 maintenance, security, Tracey Lovejoy
promotion, administration, exec. director
contingency (213) 228-8484
18 24 festical, antinque shows, Paul Oebel
Christmas parade, Hot exec. director
Rod shows, Farmer's (562) 696-2662
Market
19 6 parking development, Lorena Parker
security patrols, exec. director
sidewalk pressure washing, (818) 655-5377
trash disposal, day
porter, tree trimming,
marketing
20 45 streetscape, pedestrian Oliver Brown
lighting, tree planting, chairman
bus stops (323) 735-0044
21 12 landscape, maintenance, Mary Paterson
security, marketing and exec. director
promotions, new business (818) 346-7480
attraction, advocacy
22 14 18 events throughout Jennifer Davis
the year to promote, exec. director
protect and maintain (562) 434-3066
community
23 9 Harvest market, arts Dale Dawson
& crafts festival, president
Christmas parade, war (818) 957-3809
memorial, trees, benches
24 25 promotion of retail Kathleen Rawson
activity, including exec. director
holiday decorations (3100 393-8355
25 30 (3) promotions/marketing/ Mary Coburn
special events, business exec. director
recruitment & retention, (562) 595-0081
street enhancement,
mixers & seminars
NA - Not Available.
(1) Gross funds from all sources.
(2) For Property BIDs, total number of property owners. For
Merchant/Tenant BIDs, total number of businesses.
(3) Approximation.
Note: The information on this list was provided by representatives of
the BIDs themselves. Van Nuys Auto Row, Encino, Northridge, Sherman Oaks
and Reseda may have qualified for this list but failed to submit their
surveys.
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