14-049 - City of SeaTac - Tourism Promotion Area

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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE JOINT ESTABLISHMENT OF A TOURISM PROMOTION AREA 14 -049 Council Approval 4/7/14 1 s COPY THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE JOINT ESTABLISHMENT OF A TOURISM PROMOTION AREA (this "Agreement ") dated this day of 2014, is made and entered into by and among the CITY OF SEATAC ( "SeaTac "), the CITY OF TUKWILA ( "Tukwila "), and the CITY OF DES MOINES ( "Des Moines "), each being a municipal corporation organized under the laws and statues of the State of Washington, for the purpose of establishing a joint tourism promotion area pursuant to chapter 35.101 of the Revised Code of Washington ( "RCW "). RECITALS: WHEREAS, Tukwila currently administers Seattle Southside Visitors Services ( "SSVS "), a tourism promotion program funded by lodging taxes imposed and collected within Tukwila, SeaTac, and Des Moines, and remitted to SSVS in exchange for tourism promotion services; and WHEREAS, the tourism industry is a vital and substantial component of the region's economy and tourism promotion increases the number of visitors to the region which in turn increases regional sales supporting the local economy; and WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Washington has recognized the importance of tourism promotion in the State of Washington and in 2003 passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6026, codified as chapter 35.101 RCW (the "TPA Act "), authorizing counties with a population greater than forty thousand but less than one million, and any city or town within such a county, to establish a tourism promotion area for the purpose of imposing special assessments on the furnishing of lodging to be expended exclusively on tourism promotion; and WHEREAS, in 2009 the Legislature amended the TPA Act to allow two or more cities located in a county with a population of one million or more acting jointly under chapter 39.34 RCW (the "Interlocal Cooperation Act ") to form a tourism promotion area for such purpose; and WHEREAS, other Washington counties and cities, including Pierce County, the Tri- Cities, Spokane County, and Clark County, have established tourism promotion areas and have dedicated such funds for tourism promotion; and WHEREAS, the operators of lodging businesses located in southwest King County are preparing to initiate the formation of a tourism promotion area pursuant to the TPA Act within the jurisdictional boundaries of Tukwila, SeaTac and Des Moines (the "Seattle Southside TPA "); and 5{-1. 3 csrt