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-A� WASHINGTON STATE HORSE PARK June 22, 2017 Kittitas County Board of Commissioners Attn: County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Lodging Tax For Tourism -Related, Small -Scale Municipality -Owned Capital Projects And Operations 205 West 5th Avenue, Suite 108 Ellensburg, WA 98926 Dear Commissioners: The Washington State Horse Park Authority Board acknowledges that the City of Cle Elum has made Application for Lodging Tax for Tourism—related, Small-scale Municipality -owned Capital Projects for the purchase of a second Tractor to meet growing demands. The Horse Park hosts over 40 events each season, several of which utilize all of the Park's competition facilities on up to 230 acres, and require as many as 300 stalls for many days in a row. The Park owns just one tractor to meet a wide variety of needs from bedding and cleaning stalls to moving gravel and other materials, pulling equipment to groom arenas, lifting heavy objects, blading ground and many other tasks. These same demands occur on a day-to-day basis. Often these are conflicting priorities that should be handled at the same time. The time it takes to wait until the tractor is available is inefficient for Park staff and causes frustration and dissatisfaction with our customers. Yet having to rent a second tractor is very expensive and borrowing one of sufficient horsepower is impractical for prolonged, heavy use. I strongly urge you to approve funding for the purchase of a good quality, pre -owned Tractor to meet the Park's growing facility and customer needs. This will allow the Park to maintain and grow current events and attract new activities and visitors while providing a high level of service. Sincerely, Todd D. Trewin, President Washington State Horse Park Authority Board 501c(3) Organization Tax ID # 33-1197391 PO Box 278 Cle Elum, WA 98922 877-635-4111 wahorsepark.org