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CITY OF'CLE ELUM WASHINGTON RESOLUTIONNO. 2020-026 WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WIIEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: WIIEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THF', DISTRIBUTION OT' THE 2O2I HOTEL/IVIOTEL TAX FLIND GRANTS Rcw 39.34.080 and other washington state law, as amended, authorizes any city to contract with any other citylcounty to perfonn any govenxrental selice, activity or undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perform; and the goveming bodies of Kittitas county and the cities of Ellensburg, cle Elum, and Roslyn previously entered into an Interlocal agree,nent for the purposes of creating a consolidated lodging tax gmnt process for special events andprojects; and in accordance with the Interlocal agreement, Kittitas County solicited applications for the distribution of the 2020 Hotel/l\4otel tax funds in the form of reimbursable grants for special events and projects throughout Kittitas County; and in accordance with the Interlocal agreement, the respective Lodging Tax Advisory Committees (LTACs) or designees of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg, Cle EIum, and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to Kittitas County; and in accordance with the Interlocal agreement, Kittitas County compiled the various participating entity's scoring and funding recommendations and forwarded them to the combined county-wide LTAC consolidated work Group for f,uther review; and in accordance with the Interlocal agreement, the combined county-wide LTAC consolidated work Group met in an opon public meeting Novernber 15, 2019 at the Ellensburg city Hall council chambers to receive presentations from applicants recommended for funding and deliberated to reach a final funding recommendation which is to be forwarded to each entity's legislative body for final approval; and in accordance with an amendment to the Interlocal agreement, each participating municipality agreed to make available 1.3% of their annual lodging tax collections to be awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process; and Kittitas county designated $154,241.31to be available for grants as part of this process, Ellensburg designated $46,800.00, Cle Elum designated $23,706.3s,and Roslyn designated $61 5.14; and WHEREAS: the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending $219,244.99 of the designated funds; and WIIEREAS: in accordance with the Interlocal agreement, Kittitas County will provide notice to each successful applicant and will require a contract be agreed to by each successful applicant prior to funding awards being available for reimbursement; and