HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-052-04/19/2022-APPOINTING ARYELL MATTERN TO THE FORT COLLINS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT BOARD RESOLUTION 2022-052
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPOINTING ARYELL MATTERN TO THE
FORT COLLINS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT BOARD
WHEREAS, the Fort Collins Tourism Improvement District (the "District") was
established by City Council's adoption of Ordinance No. 097, 2021, on August 4, 2021, as
subsequently amended by Council's adoption of Ordinance No. 161, 2021, on December 7, 2021
{jointly, the "Establishing Ordinance") to fund and provide certain tourism services and
improvements for the benefit of lodging businesses within the District; and
WHEREAS,as provided in City Code Section 22-163(b)(5),the City Council appointed in Section
7 of the Establishing Ordinance ("Section 7") the District's initial five directors of the District's
Board of Directors(the "Board"); and
WHEREAS, Code Section 22-164(a) requires the District's directors to be "electors" of
the District; and
WHEREAS, Code Section 22-153 defines "elector" to mean a natural person who is a
resident of the State of Colorado, is eighteen (18) years of age or older and registered to vote in
general elections in the State of Colorado, and who maintains a lodging tax license with City and
is obligated to pay the lodging tax by virtue of ownership and operation of a lodging business in
the District or is a natural person designated to vote for an entity that is not a natural person and
maintains a lodging tax license with the City and is obligated to pay the lodging tax by virtue of
ownership of a lodging business in the District; and
WHEREAS, Section 7 requires that three of the directors must be affiliated with a large
full-service lodging business in the District, one director must be affiliated with a small limited-
service lodging business in the District, and one director must be affiliated with a boutique or
specialty lodging business in the District; and
WHEREAS, Dragan Andrejic was appointed in Section 7 to a two-year term beginning
September 1, 2021, as one of the directors of a large full-service lodging business in the District
("Director Andrejic"); and
WHEREAS, Director Andrejic has recently resigned from the Board before the expiration
of his two-year term that will expire on September 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Section 7 provides that when a director resigns from the Board before the
expiration of their term, the City Council shall appoint by resolution an elector of the District to
replace them to finish the remainder of their term; and
WHEREAS,on March 24,2022,the Board adopted a resolution nominating Aryell Mattern
to be appointed by the City Council as director of the Board to replace Director Andrejic and to
complete his term; and
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WHEREAS, Aryell Mattern is the Vice President of Operations, Sales and Marketing of
Spirit Hospitality, which is the owner of Fairfield Inn and Candlewood Suites in Fort Collins,both
of which are full-service lodging businesses in the District that have lodging tax licenses with the
City, and she has been designated by Spirit Hospitality to vote for it in District elections; and
WHEREAS, Aryell Mattern is also a resident of the State of Colorado, at least 18 years of
age, and registered to vote in general elections in the State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Aryell Mattern is a qualified elector of the District and, therefore, qualified
to serve as a director on the Board; and
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the appointment of Aryell Mattern to serve
as director on the Board is in the best interests of the City and the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings
contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby appoints Aryell Mattern to serve as director
on the Board to finish the term of Director Andrejic ending September 1, 2023.
Passed and adopted at a regular.meeting of the Council of the City of Fort .ollins this 19th
day of April, A.D. 2022.
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