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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
<br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS
<br />STATE OF WASHINGTON
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<br />RESOLUTION
<br />NO. 2022- _________
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<br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2022 HOTEL/MOTEL TAX FUND GRANTS
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<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
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<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
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<br />WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, Kittitas County solicited applications for the distribution of the 2022 Hotel/Motel tax funds in the form of reimbursable grants
<br />for special events and projects throughout Kittitas County; and
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<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
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<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
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<br />WHEREAS: in accordance with the interlocal agreement, the combined county-wide LTAC
<br /> Consolidated Work Group met in an open public meeting November 19th, 2021 at Ellensburg City Hall and on WebEx 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
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<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
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<br />WHEREAS: Kittitas County designated $174,416.79 to be available for grants as part of this process, Ellensburg designated $45,842.75 Cle Elum designated $21,388.87, and Roslyn designated
<br />$595.08; and
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<br />WHEREAS: the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending
<br /> $242,239.75 of the designated funds; and
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<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
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<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
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<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.
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That Kittitas County hereby awards the 2022 Hotel/Motel Tax fund grants distribution for special events and projects as follows:
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<br />Roslyn Downtown Association $16,337.42 Washington State Horse Park $10,875.00 Junk-Tiquen in the Burg $ 1,094.25 Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum $10,250.00 Kittitas County
<br />Historical Society $ 6,250.00 Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN)- Yakima River Bird Fest $12,850.00 Easton Memorial Day Celebration $ 3,000.00 Suncadia Resort-Nelson
<br />Farm Concert Series $ 7,750.00 Cle Elum Downtown- Arts Event $ 5,575.00 Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame $ 6,807.50 KEEN-Windfall Cider Fest $ 8,750.00 Cle Elum Downtown- Annual
<br />Marketing $ 5,471.13 Suncadia Resort-Kaleidoscope Festival $ 1,750.00 Washington State Search and Rescue Volunteer Advisory Council $21,450.00 Roslyn, Ronald, Cle Elum Heritage
<br />Club $12,375.00 The Patch $ 3,750.00 Kittitas Valley Event Center $ 2,052.75 Webb Events $25,250.00 Miss Rodeo Washington Pageant Inc. $ 2,400.00 Laughing Horse Arts Foundation
<br />d.b.a. Valley Musical Theater $ 1,875.00 Ellensburg Dance Ensemble $ 8,500.00
<br />___________ $174, 413.05
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<br />ADOPTED this __________day of ______________, 2022
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<br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
<br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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<br />Chairman
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<br />Vice-Chair
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<br />Commissioner
<br />ATTEST: CLERK OF THE BOARD
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<br />Julie Kjorsvik
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