Property-Based Improvement District (PBID)
Established in August 2007 and managed by the San Jose Downtown Association, the Property-Based Improvement District (PBID) (map) provides a way to help pay for downtown cleaning and beautification projects. These include lighting up the Circle of Palms and the popular Groundwerx cleaning and ambassadors programs.
Meetings
The PBID 11-member board represents the approximately 700 property owners in the downtown area and almost 1,800 property sites. They meet every other month.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Chris Freise, REDCO Development
Vice President
Blage Zelalich, City of San Jose
Secretary
Dan Phan, Original Gravity, Paper Plane and MINIBOSS (tenant representative)
Board Members
Benjamin Egge, Essex Property Trust
Eric Kline, Adobe
Christy Mabry, SWENSON
Ted McMahon, Bayview Development
John Ristow, City of San Jose
Wolfram Schneider, Resident Representative
John Southwell, Marriott San Jose
PBID Financials
In 2007 downtown property owners agreed to pay up to 7.5 cents per square foot to make downtown San Jose sparkle and created the Property-Based Improvement District.
Budget: $3.6 million for 2017-18 including $2.7 million from property owner assessments, plus $365,000 from the city’s prior baseline services. See annual reviews and balance sheets below: