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RESOLUTION NO. 154-86
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY ON OUTSIDE
AGENCY FUNDING BY CITY OF WICHITA FALLS.
WHEREAS, the City Council receives numerous requests by
various agencies for funds, and the Council desires to establish
a formal policy on the method for submittal and review of outside
agency funding requests, and to set a maximum limit on the total
funding for outside agencies which serve public purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
There is hereby adopted the following policy on funding
by the City of outside agencies:
SECTION 1. Agency funding requests will be reviewed annually
by a committee of the City Council to determine the justification
for and level of funding for the next fiscal year. Requests
must be submitted to the Assistant City Manager' s Office by
May 15 for consideration for the fiscal year beginning the
following October 1.
SECTION 2. General Fund.
A. Outside agencies will be considered for funding from
the General Fund on an ongoing basis only if the City of Wichita
Falls was actively involved in the founding of that agency.
These agencies include Martin Luther King Center, Community
Action Corporation of the Wichita Falls and North Texas Area,
and Wichita Falls Community Mental Health Mental Retardation
Center. Requests from other agencies which serve public purposes
will be considered, but on a one-time basis only. Preferential
consideration will be given to funding requests for special
projects or emergency needs other than for support of the agency' s
general operating budget.
B. Available funding will be dependent on estimated General
Fund revenues for that fiscal year. Total General Fund funding
for outside agencies shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the
General Fund budget for any fiscal year.
SECTION 3. Community Development Block Grant Funds.
A. Agencies providing services which benefit low or moderate
income areas or low or moderate income individuals may request
funding from the Community Development Block Grant funds allo-
cated to the City of Wichita Falls.
B. Available funding for agencies will be dependent on
the amount of Community Development Block Grant funds allotted
to the City of Wichita Falls. In addition, no more than fifteen
percent (15%) of the funds allotted to the City may be used
to provide social services.
SECTION 4. Hotel/Motel Fund.
A. Outside agencies may request funding from the six percent
6%) Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax for the following purposes:
1) The acquisition of sites for and the construction,
improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and
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maintenance of convention center facilities including, but not
limited to, civic center convention buildings, auditoriums,
coliseums, civic theaters, museums, and parking areas or facilities
for the parking or storage of motor vehicles or other conveyances
located at or in the immediate vicinity of the convention center
facilities.
2) The furnishing of facilities, personnel and materials
for the registration of convention delegates or registrants.
3) For advertising for general promotional and tourist
advertising of the City and its vicinity and conducting a solici-
tation and operating program to attract conventions and visitors
either by the City or through contracts with persons or organiza-
tions selected by the City.
4) The encouragement, promotion, improvement and appli-
cation of the arts including music (instrumental and vocal) ,
dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design
and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic
and craft arts, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and
sound recording, and the arts related to the presentation, per-
formance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms.
5) Historical preservation and restoration projects
or activities at or in the immediate vicinity of convention
center facilities or historical preservation and restoration
projects or activities located elsewhere in the City that would
be frequented by tourists and visitors to the City.
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B. Available funding for agency requests will be dependent
on the estimated revenue from the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax
for that fiscal year. In addition, use of the funds appropriated
from the Hotel/Motel Fund must not exceed the following limitations
for use of the revenue from the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax.
1) No more than one percent (1%) of the consideration
paid by an occupant of the sleeping room to the hotel/motel
may be used for the arts.
2) At least one percent (1%) of the consideration
paid by an occupant of the sleeping room to the hotel/motel
shall be used for advertising and solicitation to attract conventions
and tourists and promotional and tourist advertising of the
City.
3) At least two percent (2%) of the consideration
paid by an occupant of the sleeping room to the hotel/motel
shall be used for acquisition, operation, maintenance, etc. ,
of convention center facilities, and parking areas in the immediate
vicinity of such facilities; furnishing facilities, personnel
and materials for the registration of convention delegates or
registrants; or advertising and solicitation to attract conventions
and tourists and promotional and tourist advertising of the
City.
4) Revenues derived by the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax
are to be expended in a manner directly enhancing and promoting
tourism and the convention and hotel industry.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 7th day of October, 1986.
Pak:
M A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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