HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-137-08/19/1986-RESEARCH NEGOTIATE CONTRACT VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU RESOLUTION 86-137
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO RESEARCH AND NEGOTIATE
A CONTRACT FOR VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU SERVICES
WHEREAS, Convention and tourist activities are a clean base industry,
generating new income to the local economy; and
WHEREAS, an effective Convention and Visitor's Bureau can offer
valuable professional promotion and coordinated marketing efforts; and
WHEREAS, Bureau activities can attract new conventions and extend the
visits of tourists and visitors to Fort Collins resulting in increased tax
revenues; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has, pursuant to
Ordinance No. 20, 1984, imposed a Lodging Tax the revenues from which have
been authorized to be used in ways to enhance and promote the convention
and tourist industry; and
WHEREAS, the Council hereby determines that it is in the public
interest to investigate and research the opportunities to promote
convention and tourist activities and correspondingly increase tax revenues
to the City generated by the successful activities of a Visitor and
Convention Bureau.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to research
and negotiate a contract for Visitor and Convention Bureau services.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Fort Collins held this 19th day of August, A.D. 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk