HomeMy WebLinkAbout074 - 05/20/1997 - AMENDING CITY CODE TO AUTHORIZE THE CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTIO ORDINANCE NO. 74, 1997
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-203 OF THE CITY CODE
TO AUTHORIZE THE CULTURAL RESOURCES BOARD TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN TOURISM FUNDS
WHEREAS, under Section 25-244 of the City Code, an excise tax of three percent(3%) is
imposed by the City on the lodging price paid for the leasing, rental or furnishing of any lodging
accommodation located in the City; and
WHEREAS,seventy-five percent(75%)of the revenue received by the City from the lodging
tax is utilized for the promotion of convention and visitor activities (the "Tourism Revenues") and
twenty-five percent(25%) of said revenues is appropriated into the Cultural Development Account
in the General Fund to be used for cultural development and programming activities in the City; and
WHEREAS, $250,000 of the Tourism Revenues,as adjusted to reflect annual inflation from
the base year of 1996, is expended annually for tourism promotional activities pursuant to the terms
of a contract for services with the Fort Collins Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the balance of the Tourism Revenues is allocated for the construction of
tourism-related capital projects and for deposit into the Tourism Programming Account in the
General Fund, to be used to attract visitors to the Fort Collins Community who will utilize public
accommodations in the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-203 of the City Code authorizes the Cultural Resources Board (the
"Board") to review proposals for funding from the Cultural Development Account through a
program which has become known as the Fort Fund Program, following established and published
guidelines (the"Fort Fund Guidelines"), and to submit recommendations regarding such proposals
to the Council, to be approved by the Council by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the allocation of funds from the Tourism
Programming Account for the promotion of tourism-related events would be best accomplished by
the Board through the procedures used for the Fort Fund Program; and
WHEREAS,the Council intends,through the adoption of Resolution 97-60,to revise the Fort
Fund Guidelines to provide for the review of proposals for funding from the Tourism Programming
Account, and to allow for the submission of recommendations for funding of tourism-related events
through the Fort Fund Program; and
WHEREAS,the Council has determined that it is appropriate to revise the authority of the
Board, as set forth in Section 2-203, to include the review of proposals for Tourism Programming
Account funding, as well as funding from the Cultural Development Account; and
WHEREAS,the Council also intends,through the adoption of Resolution 97-60,to authorize
the City Manager to make future amendments to the Fort Fund Guidelines and believes that it would
be appropriate for the City Manager to consult with the Cultural Resources Board with regard to any
such proposed amendments; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-203 should be further amended to empower the Board to make
recommendations to the City Manager regarding any such proposed amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-203(3) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 2-203. Functions.
(3) To review proposals for funding from the Cultural Development and
Programming Account and the Tourism Programming Account, following
established and published guidelines, and to submit recommendations
regarding such proposals to the City Council to be approved by the Council
by resolution.
Section 2. That Section 2-203 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
by adding a new subsection(4), which section reads as follows:
(4) To advise and make recommendations to the City Manager regarding any
proposed revisions to the guidelines used by the Cultural Resources Board to
make the funding recommendations referred to in subparagraph (3) above.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading,and ordered piib is e this day o May
A.D. 1997, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day a D. 7.
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ATTEST:
14 Wilk
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of ay, A. . 1997.
AT 7ST: Mayor
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