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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION <br />NO.2019-Ü96 <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTIONOF THE 2019 HOTEL/MOTELTAX <br />FUND GRANTS <br />WHEREAS:RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington State law,as amended,authorizes any city to <br />contract with any other city/county to perform any governmental service,activity or <br />undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perform;and <br />WHEREAS:the governing bodies of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and <br />Roslyn previously entered into an interlocal agreement for the purposes of creating a <br />consolidated lodging tax grant process for special events and projects;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County solicited applications for the <br />distribution of the 2019 Hotel/Motel tax funds in the form of reimbursable grants for <br />special events and projects throughout Kittitas County;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the respective Lodging Tax Advisory <br />Committees (LTACs)or designees of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle <br />Elum,and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to Kittitas County;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County compiled the various <br />participating entity's scoring and funding recommendations and forwarded them to the <br />combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group for further review;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the combined county-wide LTAC <br />Consolidated Work Group met in an open public meeting November 16,2018 at the <br />Ellensburg City Hall Council Chambers to receive presentations from applicants <br />recommended for funding and deliberated to reach a fmal funding recommendation <br />which is to be forwarded to each entity's legislative body for final approval;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with an amendment to the interlocal agreement,each participating <br />municipality agreed to make available 13%of their annual lodging tax collections to be <br />awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process;and <br />WHEREAS:Kittitas County designated $136,041.50 to be available for grants as part of this <br />process,Ellensburg designated $76,570,Cle Elum designated $24,318.00,and Roslyn <br />designated $655.00;and <br />WHEREAS:the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending <br />$237,584.50 of the designated funds;and <br />WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County will provide notice to each <br />successful applicant and will require a contract be agreed to by each successful applicant <br />prior to funding awards being available for reimbursement;and