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Consideration of Creating, Providing a Charge and Target Return Date, and Appointing Two Council Members to an Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Hotel and Transient Occupancy Tax Revenue Enhancement Opportunities.
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City of Culver City, California
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council consider creating, providing a charge and target
return date, and appointing two Council Members to an Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on
Hotel and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Revenue Enhancement Opportunities.
BACKGROUND:
At the City Council meeting of July 25, 2011, the City Council considered (and
ultimately unanimously approved) a proposal to place before the voters an increase
in the City’s TOT from 12% to 14%. During that discussion, the City Council directed
staff to agendize the creation of an ad hoc subcommittee for the purposes of
discussing, with the Culver City Chamber of Commerce and hotel operators, ways
the hotels in Culver City could potentially increase their revenues (which, in turn,
could potentially increase revenues to the City via the TOT).
DISCUSSION:
Should the City Council determine to create an ad hoc subcommittee for this
purpose, the City Council may (and staff recommends) the City Council provide the
Subcommittee with a specific charge and completion date, at which time the
Subcommittee’s recommendation will be presented to the full City Council for
consideration. In general, it is recommended that the duration of an ad hoc
subcommittee be limited to not more than one year.
Meeting Date: 08/08/2011 Item Number: A-2
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of Creating, Providing a Charge
and Target Return Date, and Appointing Two Council Members to an Ad-Hoc
Subcommittee on Hotel and Transient Occupancy Tax Revenue Enhancement
Opportunities
Contact Person/Dept.: Martin R. Cole Phone Number: 310-253-6000
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date: ________________
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Agenda and Meetings – City Council (08/03/11); Mr. Steven
Rose, President of the Chamber of Commerce (08/03/11)
Department Approval:
Martin R. Cole (08/03/11)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (08/03/11)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by M. Noller) (08/03/11)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (08/03/11) City of Culver City, California
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The City Council may wish to consider an alternative to the immediate creation of a
City Council Subcommittee. This issue, which may involve significant data gathering
and preliminary analysis, may be best initially coordinated between the staff of the
Chamber and the City. Once this initial analysis is complete, staff can provide the
results to the City Council, and the City Council could, at that time, determine if it
desires to form a Subcommittee on this subject.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Creation of new Subcommittee would involve the allocation of staff and other
resources to assist the Subcommittee with preparing its recommendation to the City
Council. The cost of those resources is difficult to estimate at this time.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
MOTIONS:
That the City Council:
1A. Consider creation of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Hotel and TOT
Revenue Enhancement Opportunities; and,
1B. Consider the specific charge and target date for the Ad Hoc Subcommittee
to return to the City Council with its recommendations (if desired); and,
1C Create the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Hotel and TOT Revenue
Enhancement Opportunities (if desired); and,
1D. Appoint Council Member ____________________ and Council Member
____________________ to the Ad Hoc Subcommittee (if created); and,
1E. Determine the charge of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee to be
_________________________ and the target date for the Ad Hoc
Subcommittee to return to the City Council with its recommendations to be
____________________ (recommended to not be more than one year).
City of Culver City, California
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OR
2. Direct the City Manager to coordinate initial data gathering and analysis
with the Chamber of Commerce and provide the City Council with the
results of such efforts at a future date.