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OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORN:IA,
ADOPTING CITY COUNCIL EXPENDITURE POLICIES
RELATING TO TOURISM AND VISITOR PROMOTION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs seeks to
promote the City as a convention, visitor, and tourism destination;
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WHEREAS, the City Council desires to set forth policies relating to "
the expenditure of funds for such promotion of the City as a r
convention, visitor, and tourism destination;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, as follows:
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SECTION 1. The City Council intends to and has appropriated and
made available for use for the purposes of promotion,
advertising, and publicity of the convention, visitor,
and tourism economy of the City of ]Palm Springs, on an
annual basis, a sum equivalent to -the following
amounts or percentages:
a. One .Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150, 000) for
Convention Center marketing and promotional acti-
vities.
b. Three Hundred. Thousand Dollars ($300, 000) for
special events (seed money, operation, adver-
tising) .
C. . 6% of all taxable hotel rentals as defined by
the funding formula contained :in the joint powers
agreement creating the Palm Springs Desert
Resorts Convention and Visitors Bureau (:PSDRCVB) ,
for equal application to all member cities, to
be used for valley-wide promotional effort
through PSDRCVB.
d. 2 . 30 of all taxable hotel rentals for the
combined funding of the Tourism Division ,
including paid advertising) and the Visitor
Information Center.
e. . 12% of all taxable hotel rentals shall be al-
located for senior citizens programs in the
City of Palm Springs.
SECTION 2 . An amount equal to eight tenths of 1% ( . 8%) of the
taxable hotel. rentals of the Group Meeting Hotels
shall be paid 'to the Palm Springs (Desert Resorts
Convention and Visitors Bureau (PSDDRCVB) , provided
that 'the questions regarding the advertising program,
termination provisions and other related matters in
the Joint Powers Agreement be answered to the City's
satisfaction, ,and provided that similar action is
taken by all the member cities of the PSDRCVB Joint
Powers Authority. This contribution is in addition
to the contribution calculated under Section lc, and
shall be effective: from August 1, 1992 through June ,
30, 1993 unless extended or modified by specific
action of the City Council.
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SECTION 3, To the extent the provisions of this Resolution con-
flict with any of the provisions of Resolution No.
16985, adopted by the City Council on January 3, 1990
such conflicting provisions of Resolution No. 16985
are hereby superseded.
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ADOPTED this 21st day of July , 1992 .
AYES.* Councilmembers Hodges, Lyons, Reller, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
DOES: None
ABSENT: None
� ATTEST: C TY OF PA tKGS
City-/Clerk Ci y Manager
y REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
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