Department of the City Manager
Reference: Brighton Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Recommendations
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Marv Falconburg, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Trenten Robinson, Management Fellow
Date Prepared: November 5, 2019
PURPOSE:
Per City Ordinance 2121 Section 3-40-170 b, 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 consistent with the provision of Section 3-40-50, Use of the tax.
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 2020.
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 recommend grant allocations in a similar fashion to previous grant-cycle years. Subsequently, the attached resolution allocates $200,000 to both EDC and BCAC and does not include grant rewards for the applications that have been referred to the two organizations. Both the EDC and BCAC will present...
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