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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2020-002 Hotel-Motel GrantsBOARD 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 $15,000.00 Fest Washington State Search and Rescue Advisory Council $9,200.00 RTown Community $2,000.00 Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce: Tourism of City of $18,700.00 Kittitas 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 ti' fie- C) -� T TEST: O 9 luiie Kjo ik T14— clay of VC41AXa. 2020 OF THE BOARD SIGNATURE BLOCKS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS KITTITAS COUNTY ASHINGTON Chairman Vice -Chair Commissioner RESOLUTION NO. 2019 - A RESOLUTION adopting 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/county to perform any governmental service, activity or undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perfonn; 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 Resolution — Page 1 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, by the City of Ellensburg hereby awards the 2020 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows: Applicant Award Gallery One $13,320.00 Kittitas County Historical Society $ 8,500.00 Jazz in the Valley $ 8,000.00 Ellensburg Downtown Association (Buskers in the Burg, Dachshunds on Parade, Hoedown in the Downtown) $ 2,800.00 Learn from the Masters Music Outreach $15,000.00 Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association $10,000.00 Valley Musical Theater $ 2,100.00 Junk-Tiquen in the Burg $ 2,000.00 Kittitas Co. Chamber (German Fest) $ 8,700.00 Huffman Farms $ 2.723.00 TOTAL: $73,143.00 2019. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Ellensburg this 16' day of December, I rmayor r Attest. i� City Clerk Resolution — Page 2 CITY OF CLE ELUM WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2019-026 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 I&rlocal 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..1,5, 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 the City of Cle Elum hereby awards the 2020 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows: Chamber of Commerce: Cie Elum Independence Day Celebration: $22,886.00 Washington State Horse Park $303.00 ADOPTED this 10'h day of December , 2019 CITY OF CLE ELUM �qrMcoowan, M 4thiSwon, City Clerk Approved as to form: Alexandra Kenyon, City Attorney Filed with the City Clerk: 12/10/19 Passed by the City Council: 12/10/19 Resolution No,: 2019-026 Date Posted: 12/12/19 RESOLUTION NO. 19-014 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2020 HOTELIMOTEL 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 the City of Roslyn hereby awards the 2020 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows: Chamber of Commerce: Roslyn Mountain Ale Fest $774.00 ADOPTED this 11" day of December, 2019 Mayor Brent Hals C erk Brandi Taklo