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Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding the Dimitar Yazadzhiev Appeal of the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Audit Final Determination, as follows:
(Set a hearing for March 18, 2025. Time estimate: 20 minutes)
a) Conduct a hearing to consider the appeal of the final determination of TOT, Tourism Business Improvement District assessment (TBID), interest and penalties assessed by the Treasurer-Tax Collector on Dimitar Yazadzhiev in the amount of $8,034.37;
b) Uphold the Treasurer-Tax Collector's final determination and deny the appeal request for the waiver of penalties and interest totaling $1,717.82;
c) Deny the appeal request for a payment plan arrangement for the TOT/TBID amount totaling $6,316.55;
d) Adopt the findings proposed by the Treasurer-Tax Collector; and
e) Determine that the above actions involve government funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities and are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.