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Exhibit N: 1 of 2 <br />City of Cle Elwn Resolution dated 5.27.2014 <br />C:l1'V OF CLE ELUM crrv COONTtL RESUUJ'l'ION <br />FOil THE SUPPORT OF <br />THE WASIDNGTON StATt HOR.SE l1 ARK APrLJC~TlON FOR <br />OlSTRKSSED COlJNTY SAI..ES AND lJSE TAX FllNl>ING <br />l'OR 1'HJ~ DESIGN. ENGINEERING AND PERMl'mNG OF A (.'OVERED ARFh~A <br />AT A MEETING Of' THE CITY COUNCIL OF CLE F.UJM, WASHINGTONI.Kl11'1TAS <br />COUNTY, HELD AT 7 P.M. ON MAY 27, 2014: <br />~ <br />·iwsot.U'J'lON: SUPPOR.1'.lNO THE AJtPJ~JCATION T;OR DISTRESSHD COUNl'Y 'sfils7 <br />ND USli TAX FUNDINO J-'OR THE P£SION. ENOINEFJUNG AND PERMJ1TlNO or A ' <br />OVF.RED ARENA J·OR TJJE WASIIJNOTON STATE HORSE PARK, LOCATED rN CLI£ I <br />WM("' MtJNlCIPAIJ.Y-0\V~IZP f1ACLl:1T¥).~------ <br />Thc City Councfl of Cle r~lum, Wasbiflilon, does hcrcb)' find as follow:i: <br />WURREA , in 1986 th· \V4Jlltilngton Stene Deparununt of A,grioultu~ e<1m)'.)icttd a ulud}' <br />r~C>mmcndin r Inc o""1llon of an equcj(trian contw to "promo<e nd ,er.10 the teQrc~onal horse <br />industry In tl10 111ate and provide c«momie bcnefl lhrough equine acth111fo11 1 and <br />WllEllliAS. 111 19?5, the sfa lt:&islo.ture-pa.11scd RC W 67.1 B (rccoditied 79A..3<.l), to create <br />the fmmcwork for I.he facUil)' 1,11hori:cine ti Horl'IC Park Authority to establish ... flt'St-class <br />horse park fucilil)' In 'ashi08ton to n,C(Jt the lm.ponam needs ofthe state's hor1,1c industi;•, <br />attruul iu •c.~tancnl, onhance rel.'.:roution1tl oripo.rtunities, and bring new cir.hibitors and touri!l.ts lo <br />the stnlc frt»n throughout the reginn and beyond', ,.lld <br />WHHllliA~. l.egisllilh'\.' !l1111port continued with~pproprinllfln of $3.5 million in the 2007- <br />2009 copiml b11d11.U1 fot Phru;o I of conrui.wtlon of the ' nsl1ingt.on 8t,1te Horse Park In ere mum. <br />Wt1Sbm~ton, and <br />Wl1.lml!AS, the Yakln1a and Kluhas (Ki-Yak) Counde., Regional Co1nprehel'i.'lhe Economic <br />Pe clopmcnt J>lnn dated June 20.13 citcw the Wll5hingtan St•&e llorse P.uk !i one of eleve.o <br />Str~i:h; Project&-K~ lnv~1mcn\s Md Projects Supporting a Strong Reaional f.oonom)' as <br />ha\'illl! "irelf)l?d b 011 tb reglon ts (.'tonoinic fortune ;• nnd <br />WI lliKHA, , lltc Chy of Cl, Efom Co1nprellcnsh-c Lttnd Use Pinn , adopted 1n 2006, cites the <br />W i,h.ingion State Horse l1arii. as ft part-0flhu Cit)'° Urhnn Gro\\th Arcu (UOA.) {,the Hor.ic Park <br />Is in the City itselfond ls ruunft.'ii,all. -owned) Md I IR 1J1efneitity in th<: i1ivC1ll\'lt)' of;icd <br />plldts, nd lndlcutes "Thi! fa.oillt)' [.!I J')ropos~ to hR\~ 200 by lO0 fool covered aren-a ... .., a.nd <br />WI IRREAS, The Hconomic D""\•dopmeirt Strmegk P111.11 1.0~ sponsored by the Kittitas <br />( 'ounty onol'hit Oc\'clopmllt\l Oroup . publ i$hi:d by T!P Sl~r.:,&i~i; uild doted July 2009 <br />s11pr,o11~ ecreationnJ tourism as II~ third core strateg)· fc ooonnmk de,·cJopmcm, and <br />Washington State Horse Parle Dis1ressed County Sales and Use Tax Grant Application pg23/25