HomeMy WebLinkAbout1724 ResolutionRESOLUTION No. 1724
A RESOLUTION establishing a policy of the Pasco City
Council on the use and appropriation of
City hotel/motel tax receipts.
WHEREAS, over the past several years the Pasco City
Council has received requests from various groups and agencies
throughout the year for appropriations from the City's
hotel/motel tax receipts to finance various projects relating to
tourism in the City of Pasco and the Tr-Cities' area; and
WHEREAS, the receipt of such requests for funding outside
of the annual budget preparation process has created confusion
and difficulty in the proper administration of the City's
hotel/motel tax receipts and planning by the City Council for the
best and most appropriate use of said funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that a substantial
portion of the annual tax receipts from the hotel/motel tax be
preserved and accumulate interest for the future funding of
capital construction authorized by Chapter 67.28 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it should
determine and issue a policy statement to remedy its concerns and
facilitate the desires of the City Council in the accumulation
and expenditure of City hotel/motel tax receipts,
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PASCO CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
CITY COUNCIL POLICY
RE: USE OF CITY HOTEL/MOTEL TAX RECEIPTS
I. PURPOSE:
The City receives approximately Eighty Thousand Dollars
($80,000.00) annually in hotel/motel tax receipts, to be used in
accordance with RCW 67.28.210:
...paying all or any part of the cost of
acquisition, construction, or operating of
stadium facilities, convention center
facilities, performing arts center
facilities, and/or visual arts center
facilities, or to pay or secure payment of
all or any portion of general obligation
bonds or revenue bonds issued for such
purpose or purposes under this Chapter, or
to pay for advertising, publicizing, or
otherwise distributing information for the
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purpose of attracting visitors and
encouraging tourist expansion...
the policies set forth herein below are hereby established to
provide a clear indication of how the City intends to use such
tax receipts. The basic intent of this policy is to prescribe
the amount of such funds to be available for allocation of the
various promotional activities, the procedures to be used, and
the preferred objectives to be used as criteria in the allocation
of such funds.
II. OBJECTIVES:
It is essential that any promotional use of hotel/motel
tax receipts conforms to the provisions of RCW 67.28.210
(Attraction of Visitors from Outside the Benton and Franklin
County Areas, Particularly Those Requiring Overnight
Accomodations). In addition, however, it is the preference of
the City that the use of such funds for promotional purposes
achieve one or more of the following local objectives:
A. Stimulation of local commerce.
B. Provision of an event readily available to the
community at large.
III. COMMITMENT OF FUNDS:
A. In recognition of established local and regional
promotional programs already dependent on a portion of the
hotel/motel tax receipts, the City Council intends to commit the
respective annual amounts to the following organizations
dependent, of course, on their respective performance in the
promotion of visitors and tourists to Pasco in the Tr-Cities:
1. Tr-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau: $20,000.00
2. Pasco Chamber of Commerce: 5,000.00
B. Each year, $10,000 should be made available for
allocation to organizations other than those listed above and the
City Council will allocate such amount in general accord with
the procedures and objectives set forth herein.
C. After the above allocation of hotel/motel tax receipts
are made, the balance of the annual receipts shall remain on
account, accumulating interest, for future Construction projects
authorized by law.
IV. PROCEDURE:
Not later than September each year, the City Council shall
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seek eligible users of the $10,000.00 to be allocated for
expenditures during the following calendar year. Proposals
for the use of such funds shall be publicly requested; all
proposals so received shall be reviewed by appropriate City Staff
prior to public review by the City Council (normally during a
workshop meeting), such public review to occur not later than
November 20 each year. The City Council shall determine which
proposals will be allocated such funds and the amount to be
allocated, but the total of such allocation shall not exceed the
amount set forth in the public notice. Requests for allocations
or proposals for allocations received by the City after the above
deadlines shall be considered untimely and will not be considered
by the City Council for action.
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