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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4557, TBID Assessment_8 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 4557 / Annual Assessment for Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) for Fiscal Year 2015 MEETING DATE: September 15, 2014 AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action RECOMMENDATION: Approve Commission Resolution No. 4557/Annual assessment for the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) for the FY2015. BACKGROUND: The Commission was presented on June 16, 2014 with the TBID (Tourism Business Improvement District) work plan and budget. As a result of that review, the attached resolution, Resolution 4557, 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, 2013 to June 30, 2014. The charge is $1.00 per occupied room per night. The total assessment for the entire district will be $500,407.00. ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission. Memo compiled on: August 28, 2014 Attached Documents: Resolution #4557 and Schedule A 82 COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4557 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 2015. 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 16th day of June, 2014, following notice and public hearing, approved the Fiscal Year 2015 work plan and budget for the Bozeman Tourism Business Improvement District; and WHEREAS, the FY 2015 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 2015) 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, 2013 and June 30, 2014 shall be as described in Exhibit A. Section 2 This assessment is levied to fund the district’s work program for Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015), will be billed in October 2014, and collected as are all other special assessments. 83 Section 3 It is the intent of the Commission that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, 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, 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 2014 and be specifically calculated and assessed by subsequent Resolution of the Commission to each property in October 2014. The assessment to be levied in October 2014 will be used to fund the work program for Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 thought June 30, 2015). 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 15th of September, 2014. ___________________________________ JEFFREY K. KRAUSS Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________________ STACY ULMEN, CMC City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: __________________________________ GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney 84 85