City of Ellensburg Resolution passed 12-16-19

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RESOLUTION NO.2019 - A RESOLUTIONadopting the allocation of the 2020 hotel/motel tax fund grants. WHEREAS,RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington State law,as amended,authorizes any city to contract with any other city/countyto perfonn any governmental service,activity or undertaking which each contracting city/countyis 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 2020 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 Conunittees (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 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 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 $154,136.00 to be available for grants as part of this process,Ellensburg designated $73,143.00,Cle Elum designated $23,189.00,and Roslyn designated $774.00;and WHEREAS,the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending $251,239.12 of the designated funds;and WHEREAS,in accordance with the Interlocal Agreement,Kittitas County wil1provide 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 Resolution -Page 1