SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120641

• Record No: CB 120641
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120641
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/19/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126912
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Tourism Improvement Areas; establishing a new 15-year business improvement area to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon owners of businesses offering transient accommodations with 60 or more rooms within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the existing Seattle Tourism Improvement Area that was established by Ordinance 123714 ("2011 STIA") and later modified by Ordinance 126552; suspending the issuance of special assessments and providing for the continuity of services under the 2011 STIA; providing for the transfer of any remaining funds from the 2011 STIA Account; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Sara Nelson
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A - Proposed STIA Business Plan Summary, 3. Benefit Analysis - Office of Economic Development 2023, 4. OED Presentation, 5. Visit Seattle Presentation, 6. Central Staff Memo, 7. Signed Ordinance 126912, 8. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/4/2023	1	Mayor	returned
10/4/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
9/25/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/19/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/13/2023	1	Economic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee	pass	Pass
9/11/2023	1	Economic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee	discussed
8/15/2023	1	City Council	referred
8/10/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/10/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/9/2023	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Tourism Improvement Areas; establishing a new 15-year business improvement area to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon owners of businesses offering transient accommodations with 60 or more rooms within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the existing Seattle Tourism Improvement Area that was established by Ordinance 123714 ("2011 STIA") and later modified by Ordinance 126552; suspending the issuance of special assessments and providing for the continuity of services under the 2011 STIA; providing for the transfer of any remaining funds from the 2011 STIA Account; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, chapter 35.87A RCW authorizes the City to establish business improvement areas to provide special benefits to business and property owners within a defined geographic area through the imposition of special assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Office of Economic Development has determined that the owners of businesses offering transient accommodations with 60 or more rooms ("Lodging Businesses") located within the area who represent an estimated 72 percent of the special assessments to be levied by this ordinance filed a petition with The City of Seattle ("City") to establish a new business improvement area pursuant to chapter 35.87A RCW to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area (STIA), a copy of which is filed in Clerk File 322704; and
WHEREAS, to gauge the percentage of special assessments that were reflected in signed petitions, City staff followed RCW 35.87A.010, and calculated the estimated special as...