File #: R-57-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 11/18/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/9/2024 Final action: 1/13/2025
Title: Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception Fee Wavier - For the purpose of identifying the Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception that will be held on January 28, 2025, as a Special Event and waiving certain City of Annapolis fees for services related to that event.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley, Dajuan K. Gay, Rhonda Pindell Charles, Harry Huntley, Sheila Finlayson
Indexes: Finance Committee
Attachments: 1. R-57-24 First Reader, 2. R-57-24 Staff Report, 3. R-57-24 Fiscal Impact Note, 4. R-57-24 Signed (color), 5. R-57-24 Signed b&w)

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Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception Fee Wavier  - For the purpose of identifying the Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception that will be held on January 28, 2025, as a Special Event and waiving certain City of Annapolis fees for services related to that event.

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CITY COUNCIL OF THE

City of Annapolis

                     

Resolution 57-24

 

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley

Co-sponsored by: Alds. Gay, Pindell Charles, Huntley, Finlayson

 

Referred to:

                     Finance Committee

 

A RESOLUTION concerning

 

Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception Fee Waiver

                     

FOR                     the purpose of identifying the Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception that will be held on January 28, 2025, as a Special Event and waiving certain City of Annapolis fees for services related to that event.

 

WHEREAS,                     Section 14.18.110 of the City Code states that "the City Council may exempt certain special events from fees by resolution"; and

 

WHEREAS,                     The Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception will take place on January 28, 2025, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the circular parking lot behind the Visit Annapolis building; and

 

WHEREAS,                     Tourism in 2023 topped 45.1 million visitors statewide, according to the Maryland Office of Tourism; and

 

WHEREAS,                     Tourism attracts more than 6.8 million visitors to Annapolis and Anne Arundel County and generates $4.1 billion in visitor spending, providing $455 million in state and local taxes and employing 26,000 visitor-supported jobs, which represents 10% of all jobs in Anne Arundel County.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that:

1.                      The Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception hosted by Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County that will be held on January 28, 2025, is hereby designated a Special Event to recognize its significance to tourism in our City.

2.                     The City of Annapolis waives reimbursement for costs related to the "Annual Meeting and Tourism Industry Reception" up to $3,253, covering expenses such as security, cleanup, and other related services.

AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this resolution shall take effect upon passage.