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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND THE SCHOLARS PHAIR FOUNDATION, INC
FOR THE PAYMENT AND USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an agreement between the
City of Denton and the Scholars Phair Foundation, Inc for the payment and use of hotel tax
revenue, under the terms and conditions contained in the agreement, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof
SECTION II That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of
1998
JA LLER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PRO T-Y,-CITY AT EY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DENTON AND
SCHOLARS PHAIR FOUNDATION, INC (CY1999)
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE
THIS AGREEMENT made between the City of Denton, Texas, a municipal corporation
(the "CITY"), and Scholars Pharr Foundation, Inc, a legal entity existing under the laws of the
State of Texas (the "FOUNDATION")
WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351002 authorizes the CITY to levy by ordinance a
municipal hotel occupancy tax ("hotel tax") not exceeding seven percent (7%) of the consideration
paid by a hotel occupant, and
WHEREAS, by ordinance, the CITY has provided for the assessment and collection of a
municipal hotel occupancy tax in the City of Denton of seven percent (7%), and
WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351 101(a) authorizes the CITY to use revenue from its
municipal hotel occupancy tax to promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry by
advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract tourists and convention
delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity, and
WHEREAS, the FOUNDATION is well equipped to perform those activities, and
WHEREAS, Tex Tax Code §351 101(c) authorizes the CITY to delegate by contract with
the FOUNDATION, as an independent entity, the management and supervision of programs and
activities of the type described hereinabove funded with revenue from the municipal hotel
occupancy tax,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the performance of the mutual covenants and
promises contained herein, the CITY and the FOUNDATION agree and contract as follows
I. HOTEL TAX REVENUE PAYMENT
11 Consideration. For and in consideration of the activities to be performed by the
FOUNDATION under this Agreement, the CITY agrees to pay to the FOUNDATION a portion of
the hotel tax revenue collected by the CITY at the rates and in the manner specified herein (such
payments by the CITY to the FOUNDATION sometimes herein referred to as the "agreed
payments" or "hotel tax funds')
1.2 Amount of Payments.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following specific
meanings
(i) The term "hotel tax revenue" shall mean the gross momes collected and
received by the City as municipal hotel occupancy tax at the rate of seven percent (7%) of
the price paid for a room in a hotel, pursuant to Texas Tax Code 351 002 and City
Ordinance Hotel tax revenue will include penalty and interest related to the late
payments of the tax revenue by the taxpayer
(u) The term "Collection period" will mean the collection period for the CITY's
fiscal year It will include hotel tax revenue due to the City for the relevant fiscal year and
collected through the 22nd day of the month following the close of the relevant fiscal year
(m) The term "base payment amount" shall mean a net amount of money equal
to the total hotel tax revenue collected by the CITY during any relevant period of time (1 e ,
fiscal year or fiscal quarter), less (1) attorney and auditing costs incurred during such
relevant period of time for costs of collection or auditing of hotel taxpayers Attorney and
auditing costs include fees paid to attorneys or agents not in the regular employ of the CITY
for which attorneys or agents effect compliance or collection of the hotel tax from taxpayers,
and (2) court costs and other expenses incurred in litigation against or auditing of such
taxpayers
(iv) The term "contract quarter" shall refer to any quarter of the calendar year in
which this AVeement is in force Contract quarters will end on March 31't, June 3&,
September 30 , and December 31' of each contract year
(b) In return for satisfactory performance of the activities set forth in this Agreement
and all attachments hereto, the CITY shall pay to FOUNDATION an amount of money in each
contract year equal to the fixed contract amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) This
amount will be divided into no more than two payments Each payment is subject to receipt of
unused funds from the prior contract period and the receipt of the required quarterly reports
1.3 Dates of Payments.
(a) The term "payments" shall mean payments by the CITY to the FOUNDATION of those
amounts specified in 112, above, as determined by the hotel tax revenue collected
(b) In return for the satisfactory performance of the activities set forth in this contract and
all attachments thereto, CITY shall pay the FOUNDATION the agreed payments specified in 112
above by no more than two payments, paying the fixed contract amount during the 1st and 2nd
quarter of the calendar year If a second payment is due, that payment shall be paid upon receipt
of the required reports and after the 25`h day following the last day of the contract quarter If
quarterly financial and performance reports are not received within thirty (30) days of the end of the
applicable quarter, the recipient may be held in breach of tlus Agreement The CITY may withhold
the quarterly payment(s) until the appropriate reports are received and approved, which approval
shall not unreasonably be withheld
14 Other limitations regarding consideration.
(a) The funding of thus project in no way commits the CITY to future funding of this
program beyond the current contract period Any future funding is solely the responsibility of the
FOUNDATION
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(b) It is expressly understood that this contract in no way obligates the General Fund or any
other momes or credits of the CITY
(c) CITY may withhold father allocations if CITY determines that FOUNDATION's
expenditures deviate materially from their approved budget
H. USE OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE
2.1 Use of Funds. For and in consideration of the payment by the CITY to the FOUNDATION of
the agreed payments of hotel tax funds specified above, the FOUNDATION agrees to use such
hotel tax fluids only for advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract
tourists and convention delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity as authorized by
TEx TAX CODE §351 101(a) Funds for any calendar year which are unused by midnight December
31" of that year shall be refunded to CITY within thirty (30) days
2 2 Administrative Costs. The hotel tax funds received from the CITY by the FOUNDATION
may be spent for day-to-day operations, supplies, salaries, office rental, travel expenses, and other
administrative costs that are incurred directly in the performance by the FOUNDATION of those
activities specified in 12 1 above and are allowed by TEx TAX CODE §351 101(f)
2.3 Specific Restrictions on Use of Funds.
(a) That portion of total administrative costs of the FOUNDATION for which hotel tax
funds may be used shall not exceed that portion of the FOUNDATION's administrative costs
actually incurred in conducting the activities specified in 12 1 above
(b) Hotel tax funds may not be spent for travel for a person to attend an event or conduct
an activity the primary purpose of which is not directly related to the promotion of local tourism and
the convention and hotel industry or the performance of the person's lob in an efficient and
professional manner
III RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
3.1 Budget.
(a) The FOUNDATION shall prepare and submit to the City Manager of the CITY an
annual budget (see Exhibit ' A) as approved by the City Council for each calendar year, for such
operations of the FOUNDATION in which the hotel tax funds shall be used by the FOUNDATION
This budget shall specifically identify proposed expenditures of hotel tax funds by the
FOUNDATION In other words, the CITY should be able to audit specifically where the funds in
the separate account relating to hotel tax funds will be expended The CITY shall not pay to the
FOUNDATION any hotel tax revenues as set forth in Section I of this contract during any fiscal
year of this Agreement unless a budget for such respective fiscal year has been approved in writing
by the Denton City Council authorizing the expenditure of funds Failure to submit an annual
budget may be considered a breach of contract, and if not remedied is considered grounds for
termination of this Agreement as stated in paragraph 4 2
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(b) The FOUNDATION acknowledges that the approval of such budget by the Denton
City Council creates a fiduciary duty in the FOUNDATION with respect to the hotel tax funds paid
by the CITY to the FOUNDATION under this Agreement The FOUNDATION shall expend hotel
tax funds only in the manner and for the purposes specified in this Agreement, TEx TAX CODE
§351 101(a) and in the budget as approved by the CITY
32 Separate Accounts The FOUNDATION shall maintain any hotel tax funds paid to the
FOUNDATION by the CITY in a separate bank account with segregated accounting, such that any
reasonable person can review the source of expenditures of tax funds A bank reconciliation report
(see Exhibit `B') is required with each quarterly report
3.3 Financial Records. The FOUNDATION shall maintain complete and accurate financial
records of each expenditure of the hotel tax funds made by the FOUNDATION These funds are
required to be classified as restricted funds for audited financial purposes, and may not be used for
supporting services, including, but not limited to, auditing fees and attorney's fees Upon
reasonably advance written request of the Denton City Council, the City Manager or designate, or
any other person, shall make such financial records available for inspection and review by the party
making the request FOUNDATION understands and accepts that all such financial records, and
any other records relating to this Agreement shall be subject to the Public Information Act, TEx
Gov'T CODE, ch 552, as hereafter amended
3.4 Quarterly Reports. After initial receipt of hotel tax funds, and within thirty days after the
end of every quarter thereafter, until all funds have been expended and reported to the CITY,
FOUNDATION shall furnish to CITY (1) a performance report of the work performed under tins
Agreement describing the activities performed pursuant to this Agreement during that contract
quarter, and (2) a list of the expenditures made with regard to hotel tax funds pursuant to TEx TAX
CODE §351 101(c) Both the performance and expenditure reports will be in a form either
determined or approved by the City Manager or designate (see Exhibit "B') The FOUNDATION
shall respond promptly to any request from the City Manager of the CITY, or designate, for
additional information relating to the activities performed under this Agreement
3.5 Notice of Meetings. The FOUNDATION shall give the City Manager of the CITY
reasonable advance written notice of the time and place of all meetings of FOUNDATION's Board
of Directors, as well as any other meeting of any constituency of the FOUNDATION at which this
Agreement or any matter the subject of this Agreement shall be considered This provision shall not
be deemed to require the FOUNDATION to give notice of any executive session of the Executive
Committee of the FOUNDATION
IV. TERM AND TERMINATION
4.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on January 1, 1999 and terminate at
midnight on December 31, 1999 This term shall be a period of one year
42 Termination Without Cause.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated by either party, with or without cause, by giving
the other party sixty (60) days advance written notice
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(b) In the event this contract is terminated by either party pursuant to Section 4 2(a),
the CITY agrees to reimburse the FOUNDATION for any contractual obligations of the
FOUNDATION undertaken by the FOUNDATION in satisfactory performance of those
activities specified in ¶12 1 and 2 2 above and that were approved by the Council through the
budget, as noted in ¶3 1 This reimbursement is conditioned upon such contractual obligations
having been incurred and entered into in the good faith performance of those services
contemplated in ¶12 1 and 2 2 above, and further conditioned upon such contractual obligations
having a term not exceeding the full tern of this Agreement Notwithstanding any provision
hereof to the contrary, the obligation of the CITY to reimburse the FOUNDATION or to assume
the performance of any contractual obligations of the FOUNDATION for or under any contract
entered into by the FOUNDATION as contemplated herein shall not exceed 66 2/3% of the
current quarterly payment
(c) Further, upon termination pursuant to 14 2(a), the FOUNDATION will provide the
CITY 1) Within 10 business days from the termination notification, a short-term budget of
probable expenditures for the remaining 60 day period between termination notification and
contract termination This budget will be presented to Council for approval within 10 business
days after receipt by CITY If formal approval is not given within 10 business days and the
budget does not contain any expenditures that would be prohibited by the Texas Tax Code, and
is within the current contractual period approved budget, the budget will be considered
approved, 2) Within 30 days, a full accounting of all expenditures not previously audited by the
City, 3) Within 5 business days of a request from the CITY, a listing of expenditures that have
occurred since the last required reporting period, 4) a final accounting of all expenditures and tax
funds on the day of termination The FOUNDATION will be obligated to return any unused
funds or funds determined to be used improperly Any use of remaining funds by the
FOUNDATION after notification of termination is conditioned upon such contractual
obligations having been incurred and entered into in the good faith performance of those services
contemplated in 2 1 and 2 2 above, and further conditioned upon such contractual obligations
having a term not exceeding the full term of this Agreement
4.3 Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall automatically temunate upon the
occurrence of any of the following events
(a) The temnnation of the legal existence of the FOUNDATION,
(b) The insolvency of the FOUNDATION, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, or an assignment by the FOUNDATION for the benefit of
creditors,
(c) The continuation of a breach of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement by
either the CITY or the FOUNDATION for more than thirty (30) days after written notice of
such breach is given to the breaching party by the other party, or
(d) The failure of the FOUNDATION to submit a financial quarterly report which complies
with the reporting procedures required herein and generally accepted accounting principles
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prior to the beginning of the next contract term, or quarterly as required by Section 13
hereof
4.4 Right to Immediate Termination Upon Litigation Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, to mitigate damages and to preserve evidence and issues for judicial
determmation, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon immediate
notice to the other party in the event that any person has instituted litigation concerning the
activities of the non -terminating party, and the terminating party reasonably believes that
such activities are required or prohibited under this Agreement
4.5 In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to 114 3 or 4 4, FOUNDATION
agrees to refund any and all unused funds, or funds determined by the CITY to have been used
improperly, within 30 days after termination of this Agreement
V. GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.1 Subcontract for Performance of Services. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit, nor
be construed to prohibit, the agreement by the FOUNDATION with another private entity, person,
or organization for the performance of those services described in 121 above In the event that the
FOUNDATION enters into any arrangement, contractual or otherwise, with such other entity,
person or organization, the FOUNDATION shall cause such other entity, person, or organization to
adhere to, conform to, and be subject to all provisions, terms, and conditions of this Agreement and
to TEx TAX CODE ch 351, including reporting requirements, separate funds maintenance, and
limitations and prohibitions pertaining to expenditure of the agreed payments and hotel tax funds
5.2 Independent Contractor. The FOUNDATION shall operate as an independent contractor
as to all services to be performed under this Agreement and not as an officer, agent, servant, or
employee of the CITY The FOUNDATION shall have exclusive control of its operations and
performance of services hereunder, and such persons, entities, or organizations performing the same
and the FOUNDATION shall be solely responsible for the acts and omissions of its directors,
officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors The FOUNDATION shall not be considered a
partner or joint venturer with the CITY, nor shall the FOUNDATION be considered nor in any
manner hold itself out as an agent or official representative of the CITY
53 Indemnification. The FOUNDATION agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend the
CITY, its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims or suits for injuries,
damage, loss, or liability of whatever land or character, arising out of or in connection with the
performance by the FOUNDATION or those services contemplated by this Agreement, including
all such claims or causes of action based upon common, constitutional or statutory law, or based, in
whole or in part, upon allegations of negligent or intentional acts of FOUNDATION, its officers,
employees, agents, subcontractors, licensees and invitees
5.4 Assignment. The FOUNDATION shall not assign tins Agreement without first obtaining
the written consent of the CITY
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5.5 Notice. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement or any statute, ordinance, or
regulation, shall be effective when given in writing and deposited in the United States mail, certified
mail, return receipt requested, or by hand -delivery, addressed to the respective parties as follows
CITY
City Manager
City of Denton
215 E McKinney
Denton, TX 76201
Scholars Phair Foundation of Texas
Donald Cox
210 S Elm St
Suite A
Denton, Texas 76201
5.6 Inurement. This Agreement and each provision hereof, and each and every right, duty,
obligation, and liability set forth herein shall be binding upon and mure to the benefit and obligation
of the CITY and the FOUNDATION and their respective successors and assigns
5.7 Application of Laws. All terms, conditions, and provisions of this Agreement are subject
to all applicable federal laws, state laws, the Charter of the City of Denton, all ordinances passed
pursuant thereto, and all Judicial determinations relative thereto
5.8 Exclusive Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding and constitutes
the entire agreement between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter contained herem
There are no representations, agreements, arrangements, or understandings, oral or written, express
or implied, between or among the parties hereto, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement,
which are not fully expressed herem The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall prevail
notwithstanding any variance in this Agreement from the terms and conditions of any other
document relating to this transaction or these transactions
5.9 Duplicate Originals. This Agreement is executed in duplicate originals
5.10 Headings. The headings and subheadings of the various sections and paragraphs of tins
Agreement are inserted merely for the purpose of convenience and do not express or imply any
limitation, definition, or extension of the specific terms of the section and paragraph so designated
5.11 Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
Agreement, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Agreement, and the parties hereby declare they would have enacted such remaining portions despite
any such invalidity /, ,
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EXECUTED this day of kt& �s��) ,1998
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
By
JAC MI ER, MAYOR
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ATTEST
ATTEST
By
Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
SCHOLARS
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
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Scholar Phair
HOT Compliance
Advertising
Ad
Building i
Historical
Direct Mail/Postg 1,875
Publications 4,000
Print 1,250
7,125
Administration
Conv/Xpos/Promo 2,875 2,875
Travel
Total 10,000 10,000
SCHOLARS PHAIR FOUNDATION
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Program Year1999
1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
BUDGET
QUARTER
QUARTER
QUARTER
QUARTER
YEAR TO
VS
(Jan -Mar)
(Apr -Jun)
(Jul -Sep)
(Oct -Dec)
DATE
ACTUAL
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$0
$0
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$0
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$0
$0
$0
$0
$10,000
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0
0
0
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0
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$0
$0
$0
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$0
$0
$0
$0
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0
0
0
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$0
$0
$0
$0
$7,125
4205
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,875
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$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$10,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
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$0
$0
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$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
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Date Submitted Program Director