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•Rodeo arena,YOCF,and Frontier Village operate at a small $728,000 or 56%of the total came from lodging establishments <br />deficit -ranging from just over $1,000 to less than $15,000 from located in unincorporated Kittitas County -with the remaining 44% <br />2009-13.from lodging establishments in Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and Roslyn. <br />•Building structure investments totaled $1,000,000 from 2008 <br />to 2013 -coming from non-revenue sources including the general Combined county and local city lodging tax revenues increased <br />fund.from just over $160,000 in 1994 to $1,300,000 in 2014.While this <br />equates to a nearly 14%annual average rate of increase,a major <br />Lodging tax revenue portion of the growth is attributable to the imposition of the <br />additional 2%tax which occurred more recently. <br />Lodging tax revenues are generated by Ellensburg,Cle Elum,Roslyn, <br />South Cle Elum in one year,and Kittitas County under the following A more reliable indicator of long-term underlying lodging revenue <br />authorizations of RCW 67.28:trends is indicated by the 2.0%state-shared portion of the tax -for <br />which Washington State Department of Revenue (DOR)data is <br />available extending back to 1994.State-shared lodging tax revenuesStateShared(s)&Additional (a)Lodging Taxes increased by an average of about 5%per year over the 20-year time <br />s Moo.om p erio d <br />Much of the growth in lodging tax occurred in unincorporatedi"""'""Kittitas County due to recent hospitality-related developments like <br />I suonauxi Suncadia.The rate of revenue growth,including the 2%shared tax <br />revenues,over the last two decades for the County exceeded 12% <br />per year on average.However,maintaining this pace of growth <br />5400,000 ----would require further significant new lodging development -as well <br />voo,ooo <br />·as increasing room rates coupled with full occupancies. <br />so Implications <br />SKi •KCi als ela pffs (la MR,n.,There is clear precedent for using the County's general fund and a <br />portion of the County's lodging tax dollars to support the Event <br />Center and Fair activity -primarily for annual operating support•State-shared revenue -is a 2.0%portion of the state sales tax.but occasionally for capital funding related purposes as well.Thethatisreturnedtolocaljurisdictionsfortourismpromotion..rapid increase in lodging tax revenues in recent years made it•Additional lodging taxes -are allowed at 2.0%with varied possible to make a greater contributions to a range of tourismyearsofimplementationandresultingcollectionsstartingfordevelopmentandpromotionalactivities.Ellensburg in 2000,Cle Elum in 2001,unincorporated Kittitas <br />County in 2009,and Roslyn in 2011.The use of the County's general fund,however,will compete with <br />other general fund uses -notably for essential public services.As of 2014,the combined state-shared and additional lodging taxes Lodging tax funding for capital improvements will compete withaccountedfor$1,300,000 in lodging tax revenues generated by other allowed allocated uses for tourism marketing and promotion,participating jurisdictions in Kittitas County.Of this amount,over Strategically,the County's general fund and lodging tax resources <br />20