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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes. 2019-035 LT 2-19-19 (2)BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF KITTITAS STATE OF WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO.2019-Ü96 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTIONOF THE 2019 HOTEL/MOTELTAX FUND GRANTS WHEREAS:RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington State law,as amended,authorizes any city to contract with any other city/county to perform any governmental service,activity or undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perform;and WHEREAS:the governing bodies of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and Roslyn previously entered into an interlocal agreement for the purposes of creating a consolidated lodging tax grant process for special events and projects;and WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County solicited applications for the distribution of the 2019 Hotel/Motel tax funds in the form of reimbursable grants for special events and projects throughout Kittitas County;and WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the respective Lodging Tax Advisory Committees (LTACs)or designees of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to Kittitas County;and WHEREAS: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 further review;and WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group met in an open public meeting November 16,2018 at the Ellensburg City Hall Council Chambers to receive presentations from applicants recommended for funding and deliberated to reach a fmal funding recommendation which is to be forwarded to each entity's legislative body for final approval;and WHEREAS:in accordance with an amendment to the interlocal agreement,each participating municipality agreed to make available 13%of their annual lodging tax collections to be awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process;and WHEREAS:Kittitas County designated $136,041.50 to be available for grants as part of this process,Ellensburg designated $76,570,Cle Elum designated $24,318.00,and Roslyn designated $655.00;and WHEREAS:the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending $237,584.50 of the designated funds;and WHEREAS: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 WHEREAS:in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County will serve as the single reimbursing agency for all successful applicants and will bill each participating municipality's lodging tax fund for its respective share of any reimbursements awarded and applied for;and WHEREAS:the legislative authorities for Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and Roslyn are approving only their respective lodging tax fund grant awards. NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:That Kittitas County hereby awards the 2019 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows: Cle Elum Downtown Association $16,000.00 Washington State Horse Park $2,182.00 (no comprehensive signage) Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society $6,300.00 EDA-Hoedown,Buskers,Hometown Holidays $3,216.00 (no more than 2K in entertainment) Western Art Association $7,816.00 Junk-tiquen in the Burg $4,117.00 RTown-Roslyn Art Fest 2019 $1,345.00 Easton Memorial Day Celebration $2,620.00 KSAR-2019 WA ST Conference $10,700.00 (no funding for KVEC rental) Clymer Museum &Gallery $2,975.00 (no funding for local advertisement) First Things First,DBA Huffman Farms $6,000.00 Chamber-Tourism Entrepreneurship $9,600.00 KEEN-Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest $12,950.00 Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering $7,400.00 Chamber-Roslyn Mountain Ale Festival $942.50 Keen-WindFall Cider Fest &Bluegrass $6,088.00 Ellensburg Film Festival $3,800.00 Cle Elum Roundup Association $7,494.00 Hospice Friends-Cruisin'For Hospice $1,896.00 KVEC-2019 ChillAxle 10,000.00 EDA-Buskers Comedy Kickoff $1,400.00 (advertising &venue fees only to be funded) EDA-Girls Night Out-Brewfest Comedy Kickoff3 3,500.00 (specific to the comedy kickoff) Kron-Veritas Medieval Faire $7,700.00 (removing $100 for banners &$200 for posters) ADOPTED this day of /2/1/t Ï /Ë J,2019 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY,WASHINGTON Cory ight,Gairman ABSENT Br ce-Chair Lr si ommissioner A ··s CLE THE V//