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Has the Callowhill improvement district been thwarted?
Remember the controversial proposed neighborhood improvement district (NID) in Callowhill? The one that would impose a property assessment surcharge on the residents of Callowhill to be used for neighborhood improvements? If its opponents are right, it may be dead.
Has the Callowhill improvement district been thwarted?
Remember the controversial proposed neighborhood improvement district (NID) in Callowhill? The one that would impose a property assessment surcharge on the residents of Callowhill to be used for neighborhood improvements?
If its opponents are right, it may be dead.
Yesterday, Anthony Radwanski of the City Council President's office confirmed that opponents to the controversial improvement district had delivered "a lot" of signatures from residents opposing the bill.Those signatures are now being counted and assessed by Council's technical staff, Radwanski says.
If they amount to more than 50% of the proposed district's residents, or more than 50% of the total property value that would be assessed an extra fee, the NID is dead on arrival. Opponents to the NID beleive that they have indeed collected enough signatures — about 55%, according to Philip Browndeis, a resident who's helped organize against the NID.
A brief recap: In April, 1st District Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced a bill that would create a "neighborhood improvement district" in the Callowhill/Chinatown North neighborhood. Everyone in the district would be required to pay a 7% property tax assessment to the district, which would spend that money on neighborhood improvements that proponents of the bill say their neighborhood needs.
But many residents of the neighborhood — including, but not limited to many Asian-American residents and business owners — oppose the bill, saying they would be paying an extra "tax" to a group that does not represent them and their interests.
Because of how the state law allowing such improvement districts is structured, once Council DiCicco had introduced the bill, the burden to stop the creation of the NID fell to those opposed to it.
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