HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-KCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION
NO. 2020- _________
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION 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/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 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
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 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 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 2020 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows:
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
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
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
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
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
State Horse Park $11,697 Chamber of Commerce: Roslyn Mountain Ale Fest $26.00
ADOPTED this __________day of ______________, 2020
SIGNATURE BLOCKS
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Chairman
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Vice-Chair
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Commissioner
ATTEST: CLERK OF THE BOARD
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Julie Kjorsvik