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Approve Lodi Tourism Business Improvement District 2025 Annual Report (ED)
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MEETING DATE:
February 18, 2026
PREPARED BY:
Luis Aguilar, Economic Development Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve Lodi Tourism Business Improvement District 2025 Annual Report.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On September 2, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-159, establishing the Lodi Tourism Business Improvement District (LTBID) for a five-year term. On August 5, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-172, renewing the LTBID an additional ten years through September 30, 2030. Pursuant to Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 12.07 and Streets and Highway Code Section 36600 et seq., also known as the “Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994”, the Owners Association, identified in the resolution as the Lodi Conference and Visitors Bureau (Visit Lodi!), is required to present an annual report (Exhibit A) to the Council for each year in which assessments are levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements and activities described within the report.
The annual assessment rate for lodging businesses in the City of Lodi is 4.5 percent of their gross room revenue for short-term stays i, and 3 percent for lodging businesses in a portion of the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County. For Fiscal Year 2026, Visit Lodi! is not proposing any changes to the method, basis for levying the assessment, or to the boundaries of assessed businesses within the LTBID.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Visit Lodi! generates additional funding for local merchants, and the City, by encouraging tourism dollars to be spent locally.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Not applicable. The LTBID is funded by assessed lodging businesses.