Req. #12861
RESOLUTION NO. 3 8 213
A RESOLUTION relating to economic development; authorizing the execution of
an Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement for Establishment of Pierce
2 County Tourism Promotion Area to resolve ambiguity in the language
relating to the supplanting of funds.
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4 WHEREAS chapter 35.101 RCW authorizes counties to establish
5 tourism promotion areas to permit the levy of special assessments to be
6 expended exclusively for tourism promotion, and
7 WHEREAS, in March 2009, the operators of lodging businesses located
8 within Pierce County ("County") presented an initiation petition to the Pierce
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County Council ("County Council") seeking to have the County Council
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establish a Pierce County Tourism Promotion Area ("TPA"), and
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12 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2009, the Tacoma City Council adopted
13 Resolution No. 37886, and on November 24, 2009, the County Council adopted
14 Resolution No. R2009-119, both authorizing the execution of an interlocal
15 agreement ("Agreement") with the cities of DuPont, Fife, Gig Harbor,
16 Lakewood, Puyallup, Sumner, and Tacoma (collectively the "Parties") with the
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County establishing a TPA to include the collection of special assessments
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19 from lodging businesses within their respective jurisdictions, and
20 WHEREAS the County is requesting an amendment to the Agreement to
21 clear up ambiguity in the language related to supplanting funds, and
22 WHEREAS the term "supplant" has specific rules under state law that
23 are ha...
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