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Ayers, Jackie From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 10:07 AM To: Logan, Hollie; Ayers, Jackie Subject: City of Richland, WA: 2017 Hotel-Motel Lodging Tax Application Submittal A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted. Form Name: Hotel‐Motel Tax Grant Application Date & Time: 10/13/2017 10:07 AM Response #: 49 Submitter ID: 6351 IP address: 209.136.213.2 Time to complete: 12 min. , 20 sec. Survey Details Page 1 Each year the City of Richland receives funds from the room tax imposed upon hotels and motels located within the City. These funds can be retained by the City or can be expended for a narrow range of projects and activities established by State law. To be considered for funding, proposals must meet criteria as established in State law (RCW 67.28.1815) and prohibits use of tax receipts for any other purposes. State law requires these funds be: “…used solely for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of tourism promotion, acquisition of tourism‐related facilities, or operation of tourism‐related facilities…” Tourism promotion is defined in RCW 67.28.080 as “…activities and expenditures designed to increase tourism, including but not limited to advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting and welcoming tourists; developing strategies to expand tourism; operating tourism promotion agencies; and funding marketing of special events and festivals designed to attract tourists.” In addition, City Council policy requires that proposals comply with the following criteria: 1 1. Events/projects that produce a broad base for hotel/motel occupancy will be given higher priority over the financing of individual festivals, concerts, or shows. 2. The City's hotel/motel tax grant should "leverage" other funds. Unless the requesting agency is sponsoring an event that depends largely on volunteer efforts, hotel/motel grants should consequently not exceed 30% of the function's total cash budget. 3. A priority will be placed in off season programs and to those events which generate maximum economic benefit. Large events requiring overnight hotel stays should therefore be favored over smaller and/or single day events. 4. Given the City Council's desire to establish Richland as a center of athletic and cultural excellence, grants should be focused toward sporting, cultural, and leisure events. Creation and promotion of activities and events directed at young professionals/families that visit the area will strongly be encouraged. All applications will be reviewed by the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) which will then make recommendations to the City Council. The final funding decision is up to the City Council. The LTAC places an emphasis on the following when evaluating each application:1. 1. How many room nights will the project generate? 2. How reliable is the information provided? 3. Validation of room nights generated will be required and there may be a placement of $5/room night generated cap up to a maximum grant amount. 4. Does the project promote Richland and Richland hotels/motels outside of the Bi‐County area? 5. The Committee favors providing seed money to new events. 6. The LTAC encourages all events and organizations to work towards total self‐sufficiency. If the award is for co‐sponsorship of an event, all recipients will be required to use the Richland logo in accordance with the logo specifications. If the award is not a co‐sponsored event, the recipient will note on any advertising material that “Tourism support provided by the City of Richland” or “Hotel/Motel funds provided by the City of Richland”, whichever is preferred by the recipient. Please complete the following application. Please use separate applications for each individual project/event. Applications must be submitted to the Communications and Marketing Office, Richland City Hall, 505 Swift Blvd.,MS 39, Richland, Washington 99352, no later than Friday, September 30, 2017 for 2018 funding. Any questions concerning the application process may be directed to Hollie Logan, Communications and Marketing Manager at 942‐7386 or via e‐mail at [email protected]. Page 2 1. Contact Information: Organization Name: Atomic Heritage Contact Name Cynthia C. Kelly Address 910 17th St. NW Suite Foundation 408 Phone (202) 293‐0045 Email [email protected] Project to be funded “A Guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State” Amount Requested $ 18,000 Project Start Date 11/01/2017 Project End Date 10/31/2018 2 2. Has the organization received Hotel/Motel Tax funding in the past? (○) Yes If yes, for which years and which projects? The Atomic Heritage Foundation has benefited from four recent grants that have supported its work with the B Reactor Museum Association (BRMA) to create interpretive projects for the B Reactor. The City of Richland’s $25,000 grant in 2012 was vital to creating two exhibits for the B Reactor: a large model of the 100‐B area and a display of the core of the reactor. In addition, AHF produced explanatory vignettes for each model. The City of Richland’s $25,000 grant in 2013 provided support to develop a new website, “Ranger in Your Pocket" (www.rangerinyourpocket.org), and two programs on Hanford. Visitors to the B Reactor can use their own smartphone or tablet to access these programs. One provides a guided tour of the B Reactor and the other, “Life at Hanford,” focuses on housing, social life, and stories of growing up at Hanford. Both can be accessed by audiences worldwide on personal computers as well. In 2014, the City of Richland’s $25,000 grant enabled AHF to develop another “Ranger in Your Pocket” program, “Hanford’s Pioneers.” This one focuses on Hanford’s prewar history and features interviews with Native Americans and agricultural pioneers. The program includes interviews with the Bruggemann children who grew up on their family’s ranch and discussion of the White Bluffs bank and town site. In May 2015, the City of Richland provided a $25,000 grant for a new “Ranger in Your Pocket” program, “Know Before You Go,” on the B Reactor and nuclear science and history. The program was developed in partnership with the B Reactor Museum Association and has over 10,000 views. The most popular programs are “Nuclear History,” an overview of the scientific discoveries leading to an atomic bomb, and “Reactor Visit Preview” on how the B Reactor works. The “Ranger in Your Pocket” programs have proved very successful, generating tens of thousands of views and encouraging tourism to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The National Park Service and Department of Energy have been enthusiastic about the programs. As one viewer wrote, “Thank you for keeping this valuable heritage alive! Hats off to Atomic Heritage and BRMA for helping to carry this wonderful piece of history, through generations to come.” This project will build on the previous projects funded by the City of Richland. Specifically, the proposal entails expanding AHF’s popular “Guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State” to include information about visiting the Manhattan Project National Historical Park including the B Reactor and other attractions in the Tri‐Cities. 3. Organizational Demographic: Number of full time staff: 3 Number of part time 1 staff: Number of volunteers: 0 Year organization 2002 incorporated: Please list the Names and Titles of your Board Members: Ms. Cynthia C. Kelly: Founder and President, Atomic Heritage Foundation Mr. Richard Rhodes: Pulitzer Prize‐winning author of "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" and 27 other books Mr. Robert S. Norris: Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists and author of "Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie. R. Groves, the Manhattan Project’s Indispensable Man" 3 Mr. John Wagoner: former manager of DOE‐Richland Operations Office; currently a consultant on nuclear programs Ms. Denise Kiernan: Journalist, producer, and bestselling author of "The Girls of Atomic City" and "The Last Castle" 4. Project Description: Please provide a brief description of the event/project, including event schedule. In 2011, the Atomic Heritage Foundation published "A Guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State." AHF wrote and designed the guidebook in close coordination with the B Reactor Museum Association (BRMA), the City of Richland, the Department of Energy‐Richland, the Washington State Historical Society, the Tri‐ Cities Development and Economic Council, the Tri‐Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau, and other local partners. Filled with colorful photographs and excerpts from oral histories, the book has sold well over the past six years to tourists and others interested in the history of Hanford and the Tri‐Cities area. Now, AHF is nearly out of stock of the guidebook. This proposal seeks to print an expanded second edition to encourage tourism to the Hanford unit of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and the Tri‐Cities. The Washington guidebook is part of AHF’s series of four guides to the Manhattan Project. The other guidebooks highlight Manhattan Project sites in New Mexico (first edition 2010, second edition 2012); Tennessee (first edition 2011, second edition 2015); and Manhattan (first edition 2008, second edition 2012). The proposed second edition to the Washington guidebook is an important opportunity to update and expand it to reflect the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park. AHF plans to expand the second edition from 60 to 72 pages, and redesign the cover to feature an image of the iconic B Reactor. New sections will highlight the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and historic properties tourists can visit. There will also be additional information on Tri‐Cities museums, the new Wanapum Heritage Center at Priest Rapids Dam, and other attractions with links to the Tri‐Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau and other websites.
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