| Item Title: | Economic Development - 28th San Elizario Conference & Rio Grande Festival (2018-0868) |
| Submitted By: | Economic Development Department (915) 546-2177 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society Service Agreement to provide up to $15,000 in reimbursement of qualified expenses related to the celebration of the 28th Annual San Elizario Historic Conference and the 3rd Annual Rio Grande Festival running concurrently from April 26-28, 2019. Funding is available in SR-TOURPROM-OPS EXPENSES-GEN. (Contract No. 2018-0868) |
| Background: | The Court has authorized the use of a portion of County Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to fulfill individual requests from qualifying organizations in order to fund certain events that may be expected to increase County tourism and thereby hotel occupancies. |
| Fiscal Impact: | $15,000 of County HOT funds
SR-TOURPROM-OPS-EXPENSES-GEN
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| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society Service Agreement to provide up to $15,000 in reimbursement of qualified expenses related to the celebration of the 28th Annual San Elizario Historic Conference and the 3rd Annual Rio Grande Festival running concurrently from April 26-28, 2019. Funding is available in SR-TOURPROM-OPS EXPENSES-GEN. (Contract No. 2018-0868) |
| Prior Action: | On March 19, 2018 the Court approved the allocation of HOT Funds service agreement with the San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society for the 27th Annual San Elizario Historic Conference and 2nd Annual Rio Grande Festival in the amount of $10,000. |
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