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RESOLUTION NO.2023-05 <br />A RESOLUTIONADOPTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2023 HOTELIMOTELTAX <br />FUND GRANTS <br />WHEREAS,RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington State law,as amended,authorizes <br />any city to contract with any other citylcounty to perform any governmental service, <br />activity or undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to <br />perform;and <br />WHEREAS,the governing bodies of Kittitas County and the cities of Ellensburg,Cle <br />Elum,and Roslyn previously entered into an interlocal agreement for the purposes of <br />creating a consolidated lodging tax grant process for special events and projects;and <br />WHEREAS,in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County solicited <br />applications for the distribution of the 2023 Hotel/Motel tax funds in the form of <br />reimbursable grants for special events and projects throughoutKittitas County;and <br />WHEREAS,in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the respective Lodging Tax <br />Advisory Committees (LTACs)or designees of Kittitas County and the cities of <br />Ellensburg,Cle Elum,and Roslyn have reviewed all the applications submitted to <br />Kittitas County;and <br />WHEREAS,in accordance with the interlocal agreement,Kittitas County compiled the <br />various participating entity's scoring and funding recommendations and forwarded them <br />to the combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group forfurther review;and <br />WHEREAS,in accordance with the interlocal agreement,the combined county-wide <br />LTAC Consolidated Work Group met in an open public meeting November 18,2022,at <br />Ellensburg City Hall to receive presentationsfrom applicants recommended for funding. <br />On January 4,2023 the combined county-wide LTAC Consolidated Work Group met in <br />an open public meeting on WebEx and deliberated to reach a final funding <br />recommendation which is to be forwarded to each entity's legislative body for final <br />approval;and <br />WHEREAS,in accordance with an amendment to the interlocal agreement,each <br />participating municipality agreed to make available 13%of their annual lodging tax <br />collections to be awarded through the consolidated lodging tax grant process;and <br />WHEREAS,Kittitas County designated $232,378.87 to be available for grants as partof <br />this process,Ellensburg designated $53,321.22 Cle Elum designated $23,529.60,and <br />Roslyn designated $1,018.21;and <br />WHEREAS,the combined county-wide LTAC Work Group recommended expending <br />$310,247.90 of the designated funds;and