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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 09-296 RESOLUTION NO. 09-296 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to execute a one-year contract, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A," between the Texas Energy Museum and the City of Beaumont in the amount of$95,000 for FY 2010. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 6th day of October, 2009. Mayor Becky Ames teMri � / STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF JEFFERSON § AGREEMENT This agreement between the City of Beaumont, a municipal corporation, herein called "City", and the Texas Energy Museum, herein called "TEM", is as follows: WITNESSETH: WHEREAS,V.T.C.A., Tax Code Section 351.001 et.seq., authorizes the Cityto levy by ordinance, a hotel tax which may not exceed seven percent (7%) of the consideration paid by a hotel occupant; and WHEREAS, V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101 (a)(5), authorizes the City to use a portion of the revenues derived from its hotel occupancy tax for historical restoration and preservation projects or activities or advertising and conducting solicitation and promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums at or in the immediate vicinity of convention center facilities or located elsewhere in the municipality or its vicinity that would be frequented by tourists; and, for projects that directly enhance and promote tourism and convention activities. WHEREAS, under the authority of V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5), the City desires to provide financial assistance to TEM. NOW, THEREFORE, the City and TEM agree as follows: 1. City agrees to pay to TEM the amount of Ninety-Five Thousand ($95,000) Dollars. The payment provided for herein will be made quarterly in the amount of Twenty- Three Thousand Seven-Hundred ($23,750) Dollars per quarter commencing October 1, 2009 from funds as available and collected from the hotel occupancy tax. G:\CG\AGREEMEN\TX ENGERGY MU FY 10.wpd Any funds not expended by TEM will be retained by TEM to be reallocated for similar purposes by approval of City. 2. All expenditure of funds shall be reasonably related to the purposes established by V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5). 3. The TEM is an independent contractor and is not an officer, agent or employee of the City. 4. In return for the payments provided for herein, TEM agrees to operate for the period October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. 5. The TEM shall submit quarterly reports in the format provided by the City reflecting the activities of TEM as they relate to this contract. The TEM shall submit such reports quarterly commencing January 15, 2010. 6. The City Manager of City or his designated representative shall, upon reasonable notice, have the right to inspect all books and records of the TEM. 7. Upon termination of this agreement or any extension thereof, unless it be renewed, the TEM shall deliver to the City all funds paid under this contract that it may have and all removable personal property that may have been purchased with funds derived from said tax. 8. Funding under this contract will require that should a seminar be held during the term of this contract designed to assure that expenditures of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds are made in compliance with the Act, a representative of TEM will attend the seminar. GAMAGREEMENJX ENGERGY MU FY 1 0.wpd 9. TEM agrees to indemnify, save harmless, and defend the City of Beaumont from any and all claims, causes of action and damages of every kind arising from the operations of TEM, its officers, agents and employees, including the officers, agents, and employees involved in TEM operation and specifically including herein any and all acts of negligence by the City of Beaumont, its agents, officers or employees, carried out under the terms of this agreement. EXECUTED this the day of , 2009. CITY OF BEAUMONT By: Kyle Hayes City Manager ATTEST: By: City Clerk TEXAS ENERGY MUSEUM, INC. By: Name: Title: ATTEST: By: Name: Title: G:\CG\AGREEMEN\TX ENGERGY MU FY 10.wpd STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF JEFFERSON § AGREEMENT This agreement between the City of Beaumont, a municipal corporation, herein called "City", and the Texas Energy Museum, herein called "TEM", is as follows: WITNESSETH: WHEREAS,V.T.C.A.,Tax Code Section 351.001 et.seq., authorizes the Cityto levy by ordinance, a hotel tax which may not exceed seven percent (7%) of the consideration paid by a hotel occupant; and WHEREAS, V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101 (a)(5), authorizes the City to use a portion of the revenues derived from its hotel occupancy tax for historical restoration and preservation projects or activities or advertising and conducting solicitation and promotional programs to encourage tourists and convention delegates to visit preserved historic sites or museums at or in the immediate vicinity of convention center facilities or located elsewhere in the municipality or its vicinity that would be frequented by tourists; and, for projects that directly enhance and promote tourism and convention activities. WHEREAS, under the authority of V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5), the City desires to provide financial assistance to TEM. NOW, THEREFORE, the City and TEM agree as follows: 1. City agrees to pay to TEM the amount of Ninety-Five Thousand ($95,000) Dollars. The payment provided for herein will be made quarterly in the amount of Twenty- Three Thousand Seven-Hundred ($23,750) Dollars per quarter commencing October 1, 2009 from funds as available and collected from the hotel occupancy tax. GAEcowmic DevebpmwA4i0T fundsTy 101TX ENGERGY MU FY 10.wpd Any funds not expended by TEM will be retained by TEM to be reallocated for similar purposes by approval of City. 2. All expenditure of funds shall be reasonably related to the purposes established by V.T.C.A. Tax Code Section 351.101(a)(5). 3. The TEM is an independent contractor and is not an officer, agent or employee of the City. 4. In return for the payments provided for herein, TEM agrees to operate for the period October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010. 5. The TEM shall submit quarterly reports in the format provided by the City reflecting the activities of TEM as they relate to this contract. The TEM shall submit such reports quarterly commencing January 15, 2010. 6. The City Manager of City or his designated representative shall, upon reasonable notice, have the right to inspect all books and records of the TEM. 7. Upon termination of this agreement or any extension thereof, unless it be renewed, the TEM shall deliver to the City all funds paid under this contract that it may have and all removable personal property that may have been purchased with funds derived from said tax. 8. Funding under this contract will require that should a seminar be held during the term of this contract designed to assure that expenditures of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds are made in compliance with the Act, a representative of TEM will attend the seminar. GAEconomic Development-HOT funds\Fy 10\TX ENGERGY MU FY 10.wpd 9. TEM agrees to indemnify, save harmless, and defend the City of Beaumont from any and all claims, causes of action and damages of every kind arising from the operations of TEM, its officers, agents and employees, including the officers, agents, and employees involved in TEM operation and specifically including herein any and all acts of negligence by the City of Beaumont, its agents, officers or employees, carried out under the terms of this agreement. EXECUTED this the day of ��� , 2009. CITY OF BEAUMONT By: Le Kyle Hayes City Manager ATTEST: B LAS City Clerk TEXAS ENERGY MUSEUM, INC. Atr� r . � . Name: Title: z By. Name: Ctj-c wi do Title: F.jcr�) GAEconomic Development-HOT fundsTy 101TX ENGERGY MU FY 10.wpd