SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119344

• Record No: CB 119344
• Version: 3
• Council Bill No: CB 119344
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/24/2018
• Ordinance No: Ord 125672
• Title: AN ORDINANCE pertaining to Admission Tax revenue received by the City; amending Section 5.40.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise uses of Admission Tax revenue.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Proposed Amendment 1, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Matrix of Proposed Amendments 1 - 7 (updated; added 9/14/18), 4. Amendment 1: Handouts 1a -1c, 5. Amendment 2: Handouts 2a - 2c, 6. Revised Amendment 6 (added 9/14/18), 7. Matrix of Proposed Amendments 1 - 7, 8. Signed Ordinance 125672, 9. Affidavit of Publication
• Related files: CB 119345

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/5/2018	3	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/5/2018	3	Mayor	returned
10/5/2018	3	Mayor	Signed
9/26/2018	3	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/24/2018	2	City Council	passed as amended	Pass
9/14/2018	1	Select Committee on Civic Arenas	pass as amended	Pass
9/4/2018	1	City Council	referred
8/30/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/29/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/29/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE pertaining to Admission Tax revenue received by the City; amending Section 5.40.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise uses of Admission Tax revenue.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 5.40.120.B of the Seattle Municipal Code, which section was last amended by Ordinance 125492, is amended as follows:
5.40.120 Receipts to the General Fund
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B. Admission tax revenue in the General Fund shall be annually appropriated for payment of the City's obligations under contracts with organizations that provide arts, sports, and cultural event opportunities, or shall be annually appropriated:
1. ((t))To the Office of Arts and Culture to support the following purposes:
((1.)) a. Arts-related programs and one-time capital expenditures that keep artists living, working, and creatively challenged in Seattle;
((2.)) b. Initiatives and programs to build community through the arts and create opportunities for the public to intersect with artists and their work;
((3.)) c. Initiatives and programs that provide art opportunities for youth in and out of school((.)); and
2. For payment of the City's rent adjustment obligations to Seattle Arena Company, LLC or its permitted successors and assigns under the Lease Agreement (Arena at Seattle Center) between The City of Seattle and Seattle Arena Company, LLC, Attachment 1 to the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 119345 (as may be amended or modified in accordance with its terms) (the "Arena Lease"), and only to the extent that such annual appropriation does not exceed the total admission tax revenues generated through operations of the arena at the Seattle Center for that calendar year, minus the amount of the Rent Adjustment Threshold for Admission Tax revenues identified in Article III, Section 6 of the Arena Lease.
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