HomeMy WebLinkAbout26-018 - Contract - PacNW Soccer Club - Sponsorship Agreement: 2026 Winter ClassicWinter Classic, 2026 26-018
SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT Council Approval N/A
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") and the Pacific Northwest Soccer, a 501(c)(3) entity ("Recipient") (collectively, "the Parties").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Recipient will hold the PacNW Winter Classic 2026 soccer tournament at
Starfire Sports during January of 2026 ("Event"); and
WHEREAS, the Event will be organized and operated by the Recipient; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila wishes to sponsorthe Event in orderto 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 asfollows:
AGREEMENT
1. Term. This Agreement begins upon mutual execution by the Parties and continues until
March 31, 2026, unless earlier terminated as permitted herein.
2. Sponsorship Fee. In consideration forthe 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 Eventto 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.
b. If the Event is canceled for any reason prior to completion of the Event, the City shall
nN t be responsible for payment of the Sponsorship Fee and shalt be entitled to
reimbursement of any portion of the Sponsorship Fee paid prior to Event cancellatio
Reimbursement to the City shall be made within 30 days of Event cancellation. I
c. If any of the games for the Event occurs outside the corporate boundaries of the it
of Tukwila, the city shall not be responsible for payment of the Spionsorshi p Fee.
Reimbursement to the City of any portion of the Sponsorship Fee shall be made withl
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6. The Recipient shall procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement, insurance against
claims for injuries to persons or damage to property which may arlse from or in connection
with the performance of the work hereunder by the Recipient, their agents, representatives,
employees or subcontractors. Reciplent"s maiintenance of insurance, its, scope of coverage
and limits as required herein shall not be constru A to limit the liability of the Recipient to
thecoverage provided bysuch insurance, orotherwise limitthe City's recourse, to any remedy
avaIllabIle at law or in equity.
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Automobile Liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit for
bodily injury and property damage of $1,000,000 per accident. Automobile
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H. Commercial General Liability insurance with limits no less than $2,000,000
each occurrence,
52,,000,000 general aggregate and $2,,000,000 products -completed operations
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N ccurrence form CG 00 01 andshall cover liability arising from premises, operations,
independent contractors, products-com pleted operations, stop gap liability, personal
inju ry and advertising Injury, and lia bi lity assumed under an insured contr-N
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Commercial General Liability Insurance shall be endorsed to provide a per pro
general aggregate limit using ISO form CG 25 03 05 09 or an equivalent endorsement.
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property dabe narned as an: additional insured unw-
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eRecipient's Commercial General Liability insurance policy with respect to the work
performed for the City using ISO Additionaill Insured endorsement CG 20 10 10 01 and
Additional Insu red-Compteted operations endo0 01 or substitute
endorsements providing at least as broad coverage.
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7. Indemniflication. Recipient shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its officers, agen
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 Agreementexcept for injuries and damages caused
the sole negligence of the City. I
However, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that thi's Agreement is subject
toRCW4,24.,115 then, in the event of liabi'lityfoir damages arising out of bodily injury to
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, Itis
further specifically and expressly understood that the indemnification provided erein
constitutes the Contractoes waiver of immunity under Indutdal Imurance, Title 51 EM
soleity 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 Reciplent 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, aldvertising, commercial and' marketing materials, in all formats and media
including but not limited to digital, print, sociaill media to supportthe Event and Recipient's
engagement and involvement With the Event promotion and Recipient's obligations under
the foregoing, Recipient for pu rposes of performing its obligations hereunder shaU 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
Recip,ientshiall 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
Cityforits priorwritten approval, which may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
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9. Miscellaneous.
a. Nakes, 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 (311d) day after de posit 1 n mail. The pa rties also recogn ize
and accept the sufficiency of electronic mail communications. All official notice sent
deemed received upon return of that read receipt notice.
b. Nice eoweg, 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. signment, No party may assign any of its rights under this Agreement or delegate its
performance under this Agreement, whether voluntarily or involu Mari ly, by merger,
consolidation, dissolution, operation of law, or in any other mannerl without the prior
written consent of the other party, except as othierwise expressly agreed herein,
d. G!2yecajaa Low od Venue, All matters arising relating to thi's Agreement shall be
governed and construed in accordance with the laws ofthe State of Washington
without giving effect to any choice -of -law provision or rule. The state and federal
courts of King County, Washington shall have the exclusive judsdiction over the
resolution of any disputes that arise under this Agreement.
e. Sucos5Qcs g-n-dAss�gn& Lo Third -Po-* icjqr�gs. This Agreement is legally binding
upon and inure;s 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. RejQUoQShjaQLLhe Porties. 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 underthis Agreement. The City, shalt not be responsible for
withholding or otherwise deducting federal income tax, orsociat security or
contributing to the State Industrial Insurance Program, or otherwise assuming the
duties of an employerwith respect to the Recipient, or anyemployee of the Recipient.
g. Qmpkite/lgrgerrient. This Agreement constitutes the final agreement between the
parties. it is the complete and exclusive expression of the parties' agreemeniton the
matters contained in this Agreement. All prior and c�onitemporaneous negotiations
and agreements between the parties on the matters contained in this Agreement are
expressly merged into and superseded by thiis 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 hierein.
W-Qjygr od,SQao. The faiture of either pa rty to enforce any of the provisions of this
Agreement, or to exercise any option provided in this Agreement, or to req,uire
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 infill force if the
essential terms and conditions of this Agreement for each party remain valid, binding
and enforceable.
CITYOFTUKWILA
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Signed by:
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Thomas M� cLeod, Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Tukwila City Hall
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 9818
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Andy Youn-Barnett, City Clerk
RECIPIEN
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Address: 100 Andover Park W, Suite 150
Tukwila, WA 98188
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PacNW Winter Classic 2025
Compensation
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nights booked in Tukwila, Room nights booked via a third -party booking service or directly wit'h a
lodging b�usiness, without the involvement of SSRTA and Event Connect, will not be eligible for
reirribursement. Unpaid rooms (comp rooms) are not eligible for reimbursement. Overflow rooms
outside the City used by the; hotels to accommodate overbogi will also not be eligible for
reimbursement
to the City:
Total number of attendees at, the Event
Z Totall number of attendees that traveled from outside Washington State.
3. Information from SSRTA including*
a. List of Tukwila hotels used for the event.
b, Number of room nights booked and total number of room nights actualized in each hotel
used for the Event.
4. Current W-9.
5Examples of marketing matenials used to promote the event
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The City shall provide payment within 30 -days of receipt of the invoice and documentation outlin
above. I
Attachment B
Pacific Northwest Winter Classic 2026
Sponsor Benefits for City of Tukwila
1. The Event's primary venue must be held within the corporate boundaries of the City of Tukwila,
secondary fields outside of the City of Tukwila maybe used for the event.
Z Recipient shall only promote hotels in the City, of Tukwila to atten'dees of the Event.
3, The City shall be listed as a sponsor on all cligital, and print assets promoting the Event.
4. The City shall be listed as a sponsor on the official' website for the tournament, with a di rect link
provided to ExpenenceTukwila.com.
5. Pacific, Northwest Soccer Club will folliow/like the Experience Tukwila social media accouints.
6The City shall receive two dedicated social,meidia posts on Recipient's social media recognizing
the City for its spioniso,rship.
7, Recipient and, City shall draft and issue, after approval by the C 4i, a press release highlighting
the City's sponsorship.
8, In emails to attendees about the Event, Recipient shall include information about things to do in
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the City of Tukwila and include a link to ExperienceTukwila.com.