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HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-073 - Gut Check Tournament & Events, LLC - Gut Check Wrestling Tournament SponsorshipSummer Gut Check Wrestling SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT 22-073 Council Approval 6/6/22 This Sponsorship Agreement (together with all attachments and exhibits, the "Agreement") is entered into by and between the City of Tukwila, a non -charter optional municipal code city (the "City"), through its Office of Economic Development, and the Gut Check Tournament & Events, LLC. ("Recipient") (collectively, "the Parties"). RECITALS WHEREAS, the Recipient will hold a high school wrestling tournament at the Showare Event Center on June 27, 2022 through June 28, 2022, ("Event"); and WHEREAS, the Event will be organized and operated by the Recipient; and WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila wishes to sponsor the Event in order to promote tourism and local businesses; and WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and City Council approved a lodging tax application to sponsor this tourism event; and NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein, and in the attachments incorporated and made a part hereof, the Parties agree as follows: AGREEMENT 1. Term. This Agreement begins upon mutual execution by the Parties and continues until August 30, 2022, unless earlier terminated as permitted herein. 2. Sponsorship Fee. In consideration for the benefits described in this Agreement, the City will pay the Recipient a sponsorship fee ("Sponsorship Fee"), outlined in Attachment "A" of this Agreement. 3. Additional Benefits to City. In addition to bringing the Event to the region, Recipient shall provide the benefits to the City, outlined in Attachment "B" of this Agreement. 4. Event Logistics. Recipient is solely responsible for organizing and operating the Event. This Agreement creates no obligation on the City to manage the Event's planning, logistics, and/or operations. Through this Agreement, the City's sole role is limited to a financial sponsor for the Event. 5. Payment of Sponsorship Fee. a. Recipient shall submit invoice and supporting documentation to the City as outlined in Attachment "A" of this Agreement. {KZS2486871.DOCX;1/13175.000001/ } b. If the Event is canceled for any reason prior to completion of the Event, the City shall not be responsible for payment of the Sponsorship Fee and shall be entitled to reimbursement of any portion of the Sponsorship Fee paid prior to Event cancellation. Reimbursement to the City shall be made within 30 days of Event cancellation. c. If any part of the Event occurs outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Kent, the City shall not be responsible for payment of the Sponsorship Fee. Reimbursement to the City of any portion of the Sponsorship Fee shall be made within 30 days of the City's written notice of reimbursement to the Recipient. 6. Insurance a. Performance of this Aareement. Maintain for the duration of the Term of this Agreement, including for a period of three (3) years thereafter, commercial general liability insurance, directors and officers insurance and worker's compensation and employer's liability insurance, with limits not less than $2,000,000.00, per occurrence, sufficient to insure its obligations in performance arising under this Agreement. b. Insurance of the Event. Recipient shall insure the Event, including all Event activities, and specifically with commercial general liability insurance including personal injury with limits of not less than $2,000,000.00 per occurrence. In addition, Recipient shall include City of Tukwila as an additional insured on all Event specific policies and shall provide the City of Tukwila proof of insurance no later than two (1) week prior to the Event date. Additionally, Recipient shall be responsible for acquiring from each participant and volunteer a waiver and release of liability which shall name the City of Tukwila as an additional released and indemnified party and shall provide the City of Tukwila a copy of said releases upon request. 7. Indemnification. Recipient shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its officers, agents, officials, employees and volunteers harmless from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the Event or Recipient's performance under this Agreement, except for injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of the City. However, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this Agreement is subject to RCW 4.24.115, then, in the event of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damages to property caused by or resulting from the concurrent negligence of the Contractor and the Public Entity, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers, the Contractor's liability hereunder shall be only to the extent of the Contractor's negligence. It is further specifically and expressly understood that the indemnification provided herein constitutes the Contractor's waiver of immunity under Industrial Insurance, Title 51 RCW, Updated, June 15, 2022 solely for the purposes of this indemnification. This waiver has been mutually negotiated by the parties. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 8. License of City of Tukwila Tourism Marks. The City hereby grants to Recipient a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non-sublicensable and royalty free right and license to use its name, logo, wordmarks or other trademarks ("City of Tukwila Tourism Marks") in promotional, advertising, commercial and marketing materials, in all formats and media including but not limited to digital, print, social media to support the Event and Recipient's engagement and involvement with the Event promotion and Recipient's obligations under this Agreement, in the form including colors and sizing provided by the City. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Recipient for purposes of performing its obligations hereunder shall be permitted to warrant to third party service providers, providing direct services to the Event that it has the right to use City of Tukwila Marks. However, the scope of this license to Recipient shall be interpreted as limited to accomplishing the purposes set forth in this Agreement in support of the Event and for no other purpose. Recipient may not use the City of Tukwila Marks in any manner for any purpose without submitting such proposed use to the City for its prior written approval, which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The use of the official seal of the City of Tukwila by Recipient is not authorized under this agreement. 9. Miscellaneous. a. Notices. All notices shall be sent in writing to the addresses listed in the signature blocks below, or to an address that may otherwise directed herein, and shall be deemed received on the third (3R1) day after deposit in mail. The parties also recognize and accept the sufficiency of electronic mail communications. All official notice sent through electronic communication shall be sent with a read receipt and shall be deemed received upon return of that read receipt notice. b. Police Powers. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted to limit, restrict, or diminish the police powers of the City of Tukwila conveyed upon it by the State of Washington. c. Assignment. No party may assign any of its rights under this Agreement or delegate its performance under this Agreement, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by merger, consolidation, dissolution, operation of law, or in any other manner, without the prior written consent of the other party, except as otherwise expressly agreed herein. d. Governin. Law and Venue. All matters arising relating to this Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington without giving effect to any choice -of -law provision or rule. The state and federal Updated, June 15, 2022 courts of King County, Washington shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over the resolution of any disputes that arise under this Agreement. e. Successors and Assigns No Third -Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is legally binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties and their permitted successors and assigns. No third party is intended to benefit from, nor may any third party seek to enforce, any of the terms of this Agreement. f. Relationship of the Parties. Recipient and City agree that Recipient is an independent contractor with respect to the services provided pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be considered to create the relationship of employer and employee between the parties hereto. Neither Recipient nor any employee of Recipient shall be entitled to any benefits accorded City employees by virtue of the services provided under this Agreement. The City shall not be responsible for withholding or otherwise deducting federal income tax or social security or contributing to the State Industrial Insurance Program, or otherwise assuming the duties of an employer with respect to the Recipient, or any employee of the Recipient. g. ComoleteA•reement. This Agreement constitutes the final agreement between the parties. It is the complete and exclusive expression of the parties' agreement on the matters contained in this Agreement. All prior and contemporaneous negotiations and agreements between the parties on the matters contained in this Agreement are expressly merged into and superseded by this Agreement. In entering into this Agreement, neither party has relied upon any statement, representation, warranty, or agreement by or from the other party except for those expressly contained herein. h. Amendment. The terms of this Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by a writing executed by both parties by their duly authorized representatives. i. Waiver and Savings. The failure of either party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, or to exercise any option provided in this Agreement, or to require performance by the other party of any of the provisions in this Agreement, is not a present or future waiver of such provisions and does not affect the validity of this Agreement or the right of the other party to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement thereafter. The express waiver (whether one or more times) by either party of any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision, condition or requirement. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement remain in full force if the essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for each party remain valid, binding and enforceable. j. COVID-19 Protocols. At all times during the Event, Recipient shall comply with all COVID-19 public health measures from Seattle -King County Public Health and the State of Washington. Updated, June 15, 2022 CITY OF-TUKWILA ,„/ Derek Speck, ED Administrator RECIPIENT By: Printed Name Title: s„, Address: c „ Updated, June 15, 2022 Attachment A Gut Check Wresting Tournament Compensation The City shall provide a sponsorship fee, up to a not to exceed the amount of $6,000. The City's sponsorship fee shall be provided as follows: The City shall provide a total of $1,000 as a flat sponsorship fee for the Event in exchange for the consideration and benefits outlined in Attachment "B" of this Agreement. The City shall provide a room rebate of $15 per paid room night at lodging businesses within the City of Tukwila, up to a maximum limit of $5,000 for the term of this Agreement. The hotel bookings must utilize the services of the City's destination marketing organization, Seattle Southside Tourism Authority (SSRTA). Only those rooms booked through SSRTA will be eligible for the $15 room night rebate. Recipient must provide documentation from SSRTA on the actual number of paid rooms and paid room nights booked in Tukwila. Room nights booked via a third -party booking service or directly with a lodging business, without the involvement of SSRTA, will not be eligible for reimbursement. Unpaid rooms (comp rooms) are not eligible for reimbursement. Overflow rooms outside the City used by the hotels to accommodate overbooking will also not be eligible for reimbursement. No later than July 30, 2022, Recipient shall provide an invoice for the flat sponsorship fee and the room rebate. With this invoice, the Recipient shall provided the following information to the City: 1. Total number of attendees at the Event. 2. Total number of attendees that traveled from outside Washington State. 3. Information from Tukwila hotels including: a. Tukwila hotels used for the event. b. Contact information for the hotel staff that assisted with the group rate. c. Number of rooms booked and total number of room nights generated in each hotel used for the Event. 4. Current W-9. 5. Examples of marketing materials used to promote the event. 6. Photos of the Event. The City shall provide payment within 30 -days of receipt of the invoice and documentation outlined above. Updated, June 15, 2022 Attachment B Gut Check Wresting Tournament Sponsor Benefits for City of Tukwila 1. The Event must be held at the ShoWare Event Center in the City of Kent. 2. Recipient shall only promote hotels in the City of Tukwila to attendees of the Event. 3. The City shall be listed as a sponsor on all digital and print assets promoting the Event. 4. The City shall be listed as a sponsor on gutcheckwrestling.com, with a direct link provided to ExperienceTukwila.com. 5. Gut Check Wrestling will follow/like the Experience Tukwila social media accounts. 6. The City shall receive a dedicated social media post on Recipient's social media recognizing the City for its sponsorship. 7. Recipient shall draft and issue, after approval by the City, a press release highlighting the City's sponsorship. 8. In emails to attendees about logistics for the Event, Recipient shall include information about things to do in the City of Tukwila and include a link to ExperienceTukwila.com. 9. The City shall receive recognition of its sponsorship on the internal jumbotron at ShoWare Event Center and on the exterior digital screens. 10. The Experience Tukwila logo shall be placed on the wrestling mats during the Event. Updated, June 15, 2022