HomeMy WebLinkAboutApprove Resolution 4473, Levying $1 fee, lodging facilities in BTBID
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Laurae Clark, City Treasurer Carol Neibauer, Assistant Treasurer Anna Rosenberry, Administrative Services Director
SUBJECT: Resolution 4473 / Annual Assessment for Tourism Business Improvement
District (TBID) for Fiscal Year 2014 MEETING DATE: September 23, 2013
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Commission Resolution No. 4473/Annual assessment for the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) for the FY2014.
BACKGROUND: The Commission was presented on June 3, 2013 with the TBID (Tourism
Business Improvement District) work plan and budget. As a result of that review, the attached resolution, Resolution 4473, was drafted for approval. FISCAL EFFECTS: The lodging facilities within the tourism businesses district will be billed
based on the total rooms occupied per night for the time period from July 1, 2012 to June 30,
2013. The charge is $1.00 per occupied room per night. The total assessment for the entire district will be $437,037.00. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Memo compiled on: September 5, 2013 Attached Documents: Resolution #4473
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4473
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA,
LEVYING AND ASSESSING A $1 PER ROOM NIGHT FEE FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS AT LODGING FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE BOZEMAN TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (TBID) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2014.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman created the Bozeman Tourism
Business Improvement District, pursuant to the provisions of Title 7, Chpt. 12, Part 11, MCA, for the
purpose of aiding tourism, promotion, and marketing within the district; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission codified the TBID at Chpt. 3.22 of the Bozeman
Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman did, on the 3rd day of June, 2013, following notice and public hearing, approved the Fiscal Year 2014 work plan and budget for the
Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District; and WHEREAS, the FY 2014 work plan and budget provides for every lodging facility included
within the boundaries of the Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District that provides ten (10) or more rooms for temporary overnight accommodations, lodging, dwelling, or sleeping facilities for
transient guests, and hostels, subject to the exemptions described in 3.22.020.F, BMC, to assess a $1.00
per occupied room night fee for overnight stays, pursuant to Section 7-12-1133 (2)(c), MCA; and
WHEREAS, to defray the costs of the tourism business improvement district for the coming
assessment year (FY 2014) the Commission must now establish the assessment to be levied for said year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
Section 1 In accordance with 3.22.020., Bozeman Municipal Code, and Title 7, Chapt.12, Part 11, MCA,
the Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District assessments for lodging facilities which provided ten (10) or more rooms for temporary overnight accommodations, lodging, dwelling, or sleeping facilities for transient guests, and hostels, subject to the exemptions described in 3.22.020.F, BMC, during the time
period of July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 shall be as described in Exhibit A.
Section 2
This assessment is levied to fund the district’s work program for Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014), will be billed in October 2013, and collected as are all other special assessments.
Section 3 It is the intent of the Commission that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, every lodging facility
included within the boundaries of the Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District that provides ten
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(10) or more rooms for temporary overnight accommodations, lodging, dwelling, or sleeping facilities for
transient guests, and hostels, subject to the exemptions described in 3.22.020.F, BMC, shall be required to
collect a $1.00 per room night fee for overnight stays. This collection will form the basis for the assessments to be calculated in approximately September 2013 and be specifically calculated and
assessed by subsequent Resolution of the Commission to each property in October 2013. The assessment
to be levied in October 2013 will be used to fund the work program for Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 thought June 30, 2014).
Section 4 Disposition of Collections - That the assessments as collected shall be placed in the business
improvement district fund and shall be used to defray the costs thereof as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana at a regular session thereof held on the 23rd of September, 2013.
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SEAN A. BECKER Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________________ STACY ULMEN, CMC City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GREG SULLIVAN
City Attorney
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