Department of the City Manager
Reference: Brighton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 2023 Award Recommendations
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget & Performance Manager
Date Prepared: February 1, 2023
PURPOSE:
Per Section 3-40-170(b) of the Brighton Municipal Code, the Brighton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee shall study, investigate and advise City Council as to the development and promulgation of policies for the implementation, support and use of revenues from the lodging tax for economic development, special events, cultural arts facilities, advertising and marketing, promotion of tourism and other activities related thereto. In particular, the Committee will advise the City Council on allocation, budgeting and appropriation of funds from the Lodging Tax Fund is accordance with Section 3-40-50.
The Brighton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (BLTAC) is presenting their recommendations for the BLTAC Regular Grant awards and allocations for projects to be completed in FY 2023.
BACKGROUND
In August 2018, the City Council approved a pilot program modifying the annual Lodging Tax grant process for 2019 and 2020 to incorporate allocating forty percent of grant dollars to the Brighton Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and forty percent to the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission (BCAC). In turn, grant applications received by the committee in the areas of economic development and cultural arts would also be referred to the EDC and BCAC respectively. The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee would then interview any applicants that had not been referred to either EDC or BCAC and use the remaining 20% to recommend grant allocations in a similar fashion to previous grant-cycle years.
After several years operating under this pilot program BLTAC reviewed what worked and did not work regarding this structure. Through this analysis, BLTAC found that a consistent portion of fu...
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