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4 ao Ir -7B- a`f <br />TOURISM PROMOTIONS AGREEMENT <br />January 1, 3097 - December 31, 2018 <br />Between the City of Ellensburg <br />and <br />The Mtdtas County Chamber of Commerce <br />This Agreement is made and entered Into this day of ClAL,'204 by and <br />between the KWas CoM* Chamber of Commerce, hereinafter "Chamber" and the <br />City of Ellensburg, a municipal corporation, herelmdW "City," and witnesses that. <br />WHEREAS, RCW 67.28.1816 prrovldes, In part, that "All revenue from taxes imposed <br />under said <br />Chapter shall be credited to a special fund In the treasury of the muniapallty Imposing <br />such tax <br />and used solely for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of tourism <br />prolnodon, acqulstdon of tourism -related facilities, or operation of tourism -related <br />facilitles ... "; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's Lodging Tax revenues have been credited to the Lodging Tax <br />Fund; and <br />WHEREAS, the City applied through the City of Ellensburg Lodging Tax Advisory <br />Committee ("the LTACJ for financial assistance from the City's Lodging Tax -proceeds <br />("the <br />Proposal'; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has determined that the activity herein described promotes the <br />general welfare, health and safety of the citizens of the City. and is In the best Interests <br />of the City in regard to the promotion of tourism in the City of Ellensburg, the City <br />intends to disperse City Lodging Tax proceeds to the Chamber to assist with its <br />Proposal, and hereby enters Into this Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, the City and the Chamber have successfully cooperated under an <br />agreement beginning in 2001 that resulted in the provision of tourism development <br />services for the community; and <br />WHEREAS, the Chamber is qualified and willing to continue providing such services to <br />the City; <br />NOW THEREFORE, and in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of the <br />parties hereinafter set forth, it is agreed as follows: <br />I <br />Tourism Promotions Agreement —87- <br />