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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 7.
For Meeting of: May 18, 2021
ITEM TITLE: Discussion of petition from lodging properties located within the
Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area ("TPA")to charge an
additional two dollars per night of lodging pursuant to RCW
35.101.057 in order to fund increased efforts to market tourism and
convention opportunities within the TPA and support the recovery of
those industries
SUBMITTED BY: Ryan Bleek,Assistant City Attorney
Steve Groom, Director of Finance & Budget
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
In 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
impose an additional two-dollar charge per night of lodging at stays within the Yakima County TPA
instead of the allowable three-dollar charge. The current boundaries of the TPA include the City
of Yakima and all unincorporated areas of Yakima County.
In the event that Council grants the request to add the additional charge per nightly lodging stay,
the procedure would first require passage of a resolution of intent to modify Chapter 5.99 of the
Yakima Municipal Code entitled "Tourism Promotion Area." The resolution of intent would set a
public hearing date, after which the Council may elect to pass an ordinance modifying YMC 5.99
and imposing the additional TPA charge.
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ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDATION:
Direct staff to bring back a resolution of intent to modify Chapter 5.99 of the Yakima Municipal
Code entitled "Tourism Promotion Area."
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
❑ TPA Request Exhibit
ECEIVED 3
CITY OF YAKIMA
FAIRFI ELD APR 1 4 2021
INN&SUITES April 12, 2021
karrlott _ -= OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL
Patricia Byers
Mayor, City of Yakima
129 North Second Street,
Yakima, WA 98901
Dear Mayor Byers,
As you are aware,the tourism industry in Yakima and Yakima County has dramatically suffered
from the COVID-19 pandemic, far more than other industries. To help rebuild tourism,
fourteen lodging properties are submitting the enclosed petitions to increase the Yakima
County Tourism Promotion Area (TPA) assessment from the current $2.00 per night assessment
to $4.00 as allowed by state statute. These lodging properties comprise 78% of the affected
room inventory that pays the TPA assessment, exceeding the 60% requirement outlined in
Engrossed Substitute Bill 6592.
These funds will help with the recovery effort by bringing more visitors, generate new
spending, support our local businesses and create jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
With the funds our community will also remain competitive against other destinations like
Spokane and the Tri Cities, who have already increased their TPA assessments.
We look forward to the council supporting this effort and enacting the necessary legislation to
proceed. We stand ready to answer any questions.
Sincerely,
Jeren Franks Sarah Davila
General Manager General Manager
Fairfield Inn &Suites Oxford Suites
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Juliana Marroquin Lisa Vallejo
General Manager Area General Manager
Holiday Inn Downtown Yakima Hilton Garden Inn Yakima
Fairfield Inn&Suites by Marriott
Yakima
137 N. Fair Avenue,Yakima,WA 98901
Telephone (509)452 3100 Facsimile (509)452 3200
Marriott.com/YKMFI
Operated under a license agreement from Marriott International Inc.
TPA Accommodation City # Rms Signed Petition
Baymont by Wyndham Yakima 95 95
Best Western PLUS Yakima Hotel Yakima ' 74 74
Comfort Suites - Yakima Yakima 59 59
Days Inn - Yakima Yakima 63 63
Fairfield Inn & Suites _Yakima 81 81
Gateway Hotel (former HoJos) Yakima 172 172
GP Inn Yakima 53
Hilton Garden Inn Yakima 111 111
Holiday Inn Downtown Yakima 114 114
Holiday Lodge Yakima 47
Home2 Suites by Hilton Yakima 107 107
Ledgestone Hotel Yakima 110 110
Motel 6 - N 1st Yakima 95
Motel 6 - Sgt Pendleton Way Yakima 49
My Place Yakima 64 64
Oxford Suites Yakima 107 107
Ramada (former Red Roof Inn) Yakima 87 87
Red Apple Yakima 59
Red Lion Hotel Yakima Center Yakima 156 156
The Hotel Y _ Yakima 69 69
White Pass Village Inn White Pass _ 44
Yakima Valley Inn Yakima 58
TOTAL ROOM INVENTORY 22 1,874 1,469 78.4% •
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SIGNATURES OF PERSONS OPERATING LODGING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE YAKIMA
COUNTY TOURISM PROMOTION AREA SUPPORTING THE IMPOSITION OF AN
ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF TWO DOLLARS PER NIGHT OF STAY ON THE FURNISHING
OF LODGING BY CERTAIN LODGING BUSINESSES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED
THERETO
WHEREAS,the 2020 State Legislature of the State of Washington passed and the Governor signed
Engrossed Substitute Bill 6592 ("ESSB 6592"). ESSB 6592 authorized legislative authorities to impose
an additional Tourism Promotion Area assessment charge of up to $3 per night per stay on furnishing of
lodging by a lodging business with 40 or more rooms located in a Tourism Promotion Area("additional
charge"). Any additional charge expires July 1,2027.
To consider the imposition of an additional charge, signatures of the persons who operate lodging
businesses who would pay sixty percent or more of the proposed additional charge must be provided to
the legislative authority together with:
1. the proposed uses and projects to which the proposed revenue from the additional charge shall be put,
2. the total estimate costs,
3. the estimated rate for the charge, and
4. a proposed breakdown by class of lodging business if such classification is to be used;
and
WHEREAS,the affected lodging businesses within the City of Yakima and unincorporated areas of
Yakima County desire to present to the City of Yakima Council(Council)an increase of the current
assessment on all classes of lodging by$2 per night per stay for a total assessment of$4 per night per stay
on furnishing of lodging by a lodging business located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to ESSB 6592, the signatories herein after of the persons who operate
lodging businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent or
more of the proposed additional charge provide to the Council their signatures and additionally:
1. the proposed uses and projects to which the proposed revenue from the additional charge shall be put,
2.the total estimate costs,
3. the estimated rate for the charge, and
4. a proposed breakdown by class of lodging business if such classification is to be used.
1. THE PROPOSED USES AND PROJECTS TO WHICH THE PROPOSED REVENUE FROM THE
ADDITIONAL CHARGE SHALL BE PUT:
a. The general promotion of tourism and convention business within the Yakima County
Tourism Promotion Area as specified in the budget and business plan presented by Yakima Valley
Visitors and Convention Bureau(DBA Yakima Valley Tourism)and approved and adopted by the
Yakima Hotel and Motel Commission annually;
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
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To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodgin Business(print name under signature)
trik/ Og 00/4—
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
3)i�) 2�1
1 do+e.,f
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
3//6/01,\ 5A0v.)
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by $2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
031 go aoa) Dattznn Ua .mai
1
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
(1/-4A-'
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
3Ia-5I2-\
C.-ve e—ra..\ \PIN c•-` c• t -C
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%) or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
Hof C
�1kt) n 6crucaeif) 1 r) �C1`� �. 0
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately $641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by $2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the "sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent (60%) or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
31I61A1 �vlidr�.. Zrr 'UownAaof‘qat\M et, pit:,
4/0
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by $2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
3j161/21 1�orY\e.1. t;i-cs
1�i( 1aLi MGM ptiC poet-
Rctaxi fled rnor,
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
*****
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%) or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
) /2- I Ledr- e-thLi (
Ta, 1
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
4-6-;f MYOigie 6 a /'Ia14 viler kaLcv-
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%) or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business 1 Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business (print name under signature)
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging"for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%)or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lod ' g Business(print name under signature)
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b. The marketing of convention business that benefits local tourism and results in increased
convention business within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
c. The marketing of Yakima County to the travel industry in order to benefit local tourism and
result in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area;
d. The marketing of Yakima County to recruit major sporting events in order to promote local
tourism resulting in overnight stays within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area.
2. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS:
Yakima Valley Tourism estimates that on an annual basis the revenue from the additional charge
collected from the operators of Lodging Businesses within the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area
shall be an increase of approximately$641,400. This estimate is based on a six year average of the
Tourism Promotion Area collections between 2014 and 2019. This amount will vary from year to year
depending upon the fluctuating occupancy rates of Lodging Businesses in the City of Yakima and
unincorporated areas of Yakima County subject to the additional charge.
3. ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE CHARGE
Yakima City Ordinance 5.99.040 would be modified to increase the charge by$2.00 and to provide as
follows:
There shall be imposed a tourism promotion charge on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business
located in the Yakima County Tourism Promotion Area in the amount of four dollars per room per day.
The tourism promotion charges imposed under this chapter are not a tax on the"sale of lodging" for the
purposes of calculating the lodging tax limit specified in RCW 82.14.410.
To follow are signatures of persons who operate lodging businesses in the Yakima County Tourism
Promotion Area who would pay sixty percent(60%) or more of the proposed additional charge referenced
in paragraph 3 above:
Date Print Name of Lodging Business Signature of Person Who Operates
Lodging Business(print name under signature)