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REPORT - ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS FOR SONOMA COUNTY TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA, RETROACTIVE TO THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE LAST AGREEMENT ON JUNE 30, 2015, TO ACCOMMODATE ASSESSMENTS REMITTED BETWEEN JULY 2015 AND MARCH 2016; AND REMITTANCE OF ANY ASSESSMENT FUNDS COLLECTED BUT NOT REMITTED BETWEEN JUNE 30, 2015, AND THE SIGNING OF A NEW AGREEMENT
BACKGROUND: Through Sonoma County Code Chapter 33, the County has formed a Tourism Business Improvement Area (SCTBIA) that allows a levy of two percent (2%) of rent charged by lodging operators to be assessed on lodging operators generating total gross rent greater than $350,000 in the preceding fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). The City of Santa Rosa (City) consented to the formation of the SCTBIA and to the collection of BIA assessments from lodging operators located within the City through Resolution No. 25954, passed by a vote of 6-0-1 by City Council on May 4, 2004. The Sonoma County Tourism Bureau ad...
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