HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2021-071 Resolution relating to business regulation; stating the intent of the City Council to set the date of June 15, 2021 for a public hearing to consider modification of YMC 5.99 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code (hereafter "Tourism Promotion AreA RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION NO. R-2021-071
relating to business regulation; stating the intent of the City Council to set
the date of June 15, 2021 for a public hearing to consider modification of
YMC 5.99 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code (hereafter "Tourism
Promotion Area" or "TPA").
WHEREAS, the Yakima City Council approved, by Ordinance 2004-17, the
establishment of a Tourism Promotion Area pursuant to RCW Chapter 35.101 for the purpose
of funding the promotion of tourism and convention business within the TPA; and
WHEREAS, the tourism and convention industries in the TPA have suffered significantly
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the increase in funds from an additional TPA charge could be used to
bolster efforts to market tourism and convention opportunities within the TPA and support the
recovery of those industries; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.101.057, which is set to expire on July 1, 2027, authorizes the
Yakima City Council to "impose an additional charge of up to three dollars per night of stay on
the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business located in the [Tourism Promotion Area]"; and
WHEREAS, the Yakima City Council may impose the additional charge authorized by
RCW 35.101.057 under the condition that "signatures of the persons who operate lodging
businesses who would pay sixty percent or more of the proposed charges must be provided
together with the proposed uses and projects to which the proposed revenue from the
additional charge shall be put, [and] the total estimate costs"; and
WHEREAS, the signatures of authorized representatives from lodging properties whose
collective room capacity comprises 78% of those rooms subject to the additional TPA lodging
charge have been provided as well as the proposed uses and projects to which the proposed
revenue from the additional charge shall be put, the total estimated costs, and the estimated
rate for the charge as required by RCW 35.101.057; and
WHEREAS, the city Council finds that the petition requesting an additional charge of two
dollars per night of lodging within the TPA meets the requirements of RCW 35.101.057, and
that it is therefore appropriate to adopt this resolution in accord with YMC 5.99.070(A) and set a
public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at the City Hall Council Chambers for
consideration of an ordinance amending YMC 5.99.040 to impose such additional TPA charge;
now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Council hereby adopts this Resolution of Intent to modify Chapter 5.99 of the
Yakima Municipal Code to impose an additional two -dollar charge per night of lodging furnished
by a lodging business located in the TPA. The Council further sets a public hearing for
consideration of the amended ordinance to be held at 6:00 p.m. on June 15, 2021 in the City
Council Chambers at 129 N. 2nd St, Yakima, Washington. If approved after the public hearing,
the effective date of said ordinance, as attached and incorporated herein, shall be in full force
and effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the
City Charter.
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ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1st day of June, 2021.
ATTEST:
Sonya Claa
ee, City Clerk
Patricia Byers, ayor
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ITEM TITLE:
SUBMITTED BY:
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEM ENT
Item No. 4.C.
For Meeting of: June 1, 2021
Resolution relating to business regulation; stating the intent of the
City Council to set the date of June 15, 2021 for a public hearing to
consider modification of YMC 5.99 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code (hereafter "Tourism Promotion Area" or "TPA")
Ryan Bleek, Assistant City Attorney
Steve Groom, Director of Finance and Budget
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
In response to a petition submitted by authorized representatives of lodging properties within the
TPA whose collective room capacity comprises 78% of those rooms subject to the additional
TPA lodging charge, Yakima City Council, during the its regular business meeting on May 18,
2021, directed staff to draft a resolution of intent to modify Chapter 5.99 of the Yakima Municipal
Code entitled "Tourism Promotion Area."
Under YMC 5.99.070(A), the resolution of intent shall set a time for a public hearing to consider
the proposed action, which in this instance will be set for 6:00 p.m. on June 15, 2021 at the
Yakima City Hall Council Chambers. Subsequent to the public hearing, Council may elect to pass
the ordinance amending Chapter 5.99.040 to impose the additional two -dollar tourism promotion
charge. The proposed ordinance is attached.
n 2020, the Washington State Legislature granted local legislative authorities the ability, under
RCW 35.101.057, to impose an additional charge of up to three dollars per night of lodging for
stays at lodging businesses located within a TPA. In order to impose the additional charge, the
Yakima City Council must receive signatures from lodging businesses who would pay sixty
percent or more of the proposed charges. The signatories must specify the proposed uses and
projects to which the proposed revenue from the additional charge shall be put, the total
estimated costs, and the estimated rate for the charge.
On April 14, 2021, the City received a petition from authorized representatives of lodging
properties within the TPA whose collective room capacity comprises 78% of those rooms subject
to the additional TPA lodging charge. The petition contains the proposed uses and projects to
which the proposed revenue from the additional charge shall be put, the total estimated costs,
and the estimated rate for the charge as required by RCW 35.101.057. The petition seeks to
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impose an additional two -dollar charge per night of lodging at stays within the Yakima County
TPA. The current boundaries of the TPA include the City of Yakima and all unincorporated areas
of Yakima County.
ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt resolution
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