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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br />NO. 2020- _________ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2020 HOTEL/MOTEL TAX FUND GRANTS <br /> <br />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 <br />which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perform; and <br /> <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 consolidated lodging tax grant process for special events and projects; and <br /> <br />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 <br />for special events and projects throughout Kittitas County; and <br /> <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 Elum, and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to Kittitas <br />County; and <br /> <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 combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group for further review; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, the combined county-wide LTAC <br /> 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 <br />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 <br /> <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 awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process; and <br /> <br />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 <br />$774.00; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending <br /> $251,239.12 of the designated funds; and <br /> <br />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 <br />prior to funding awards being available for reimbursement; and <br /> <br />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 <br />municipality's lodging tax fund for its respective share of any reimbursements awarded and applied for; and <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Kittitas County hereby awards the 2020 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows: <br /> <br />Cle Elum Downtown Association $15,000.00 Roslyn Downtown Association $10,000.00 Kittitas County Event Center: 2020 ChillAxle $9,400.00 Suncadia Resort: Conserve the Conservancy $5,000.00 Kittitas <br />Environmental Education Network: Yakima Canyon Bird Fest $15,000.00 Washington State Search and Rescue Advisory Council $9,200.00 RTown Community $2,000.00 Kittitas County Chamber <br />of Commerce: Tourism of City of Kittitas $18,700.00 Easton Memorial Day Celebration $1,392.12 Western Art Association $4,942.00 Cle Elum Round-Up Association $8,000.00 Hospice <br />Friends $14,000.00 League of Women Voters of Washington State Education Fund $5,000.00 Kittitas Environmental Education Network: Windfall Ciderfest $13,750.00 Spirit of the West <br />Cowboy Gathering $2,856.00 Cascade Association of Museums and Historic Sites $5,400.00 Ellensburg Downtown Association: Brewfest Comedy Kickoff $1,750.00 Huffman Farms $1,020.00 Washington <br />State Horse Park $11,697 Chamber of Commerce: Roslyn Mountain Ale Fest $26.00 <br /> <br />ADOPTED this __________day of ______________, 2020 <br /> <br /> SIGNATURE BLOCKS <br /> <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> <br />_________________________________ <br />Chairman <br /> <br />_________________________________ <br />Vice-Chair <br /> <br />_________________________________ <br />Commissioner <br />ATTEST: CLERK OF THE BOARD <br /> <br /> <br />____________________________ <br />Julie Kjorsvik <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />