§ 2-29-27. Tourist development plan.

All proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to sections 2-29-21 (a), (g) and (h) shall be used to fund the county's tourist development plan, which is hereby adopted and set forth as follows:

MANATEE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED
NOVEMBER, 2011

Pursuant to Section 125.0104, Florida Statutes (the "Act"), Manatee County levies its tourist development tax at the aggregate rate of five cents ($.05) per dollar. The plan set forth below constitutes the county's tourist development plan for purposes of Section 125.0104(4)(d) of the Act.

A.

Projected Revenues. As of the date of the most recent amendment to the plan (November, 2018), the county expects during the next two (2) fiscal years to derive a total of eleven million three hundred thirty-six thousand dollars ($11,336,000.00) per fiscal year in proceeds of the tax. Pursuant to section 2-29-21(f), the proceeds of the third cent of the tax, expected during the next two (2) fiscal years to amount to two million eight hundred thirty-four thousand dollars ($2,834,000.00) per fiscal year, have been specifically dedicated to beach renourishment projects (inclusive of public access improvements) and are not to be used to fund other uses set forth in this Plan. The remaining tax proceeds, expected during the next two (2) fiscal years to amount to eight million five hundred two thousand dollars ($8,502,000.00) per year (hereinafter referred to as the "projected revenues") shall be used as set forth below.

B.

As required by the Act, the following is a list, in order of priority, of the uses of the available revenues from the tourist development tax, including the approximate cost or expense allocation for each specific project or special use:

I.

Convention and Visitors Bureau. Operation costs of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, a tourism promotion agency within the meaning of the Act, which shall include but not be limited to rent, personnel, administration, and supplies, equipment, and building improvements, in an initial amount not to exceed one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,00.00) in each fiscal year.

II.

Advertising and Promoting Tourism. Costs of advertising and promoting tourism within the meaning of the Act, either directly or through contractors or subcontractors in an initial amount not to exceed three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000.00) in each fiscal year.

III.

Bradenton Area Convention Center. Costs of debt service on bonds issued, and/or debt incurred, to finance the construction, reconstruction, or renovation, and costs of operation and maintenance of, and cash-funded capital outlay for, one or more publicly owned convention centers, in an initial amount not to exceed one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) in each fiscal year.

IV.

County-Owned Beach Park Facilities—Maintenance. Maintenance of county-owned beach park facilities not to exceed one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000.00) in each fiscal year.

V.

City of Bradenton, Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training Facility. Commencing October 1, 2011 and terminating September 30, 2032, the cost of debt service on bonds issued to finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction or renovation of a spring training facility for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a retained spring training franchise facility within the meaning of the Act, in an amount not to exceed four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) in each fiscal year.

VI.

County-Owned Beach Park Facilities—Capital Improvements. Capital improvements to county-owned beach park facilities in an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) in each fiscal year, and a one-time expenditure for capital improvements to the parking lot in Coquina Beach Park, in an amount not to exceed five million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000.00).

VII.

Premier Sports Campus. One-time expenditure for acquisition of the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000.00).

VIII.

Anna Maria City Pier. Payment to the City of Anna Maria of a one-time capital contribution for improvements to the publicly-owned Anna Maria City Pier in an amount not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00).

IX.

Florida Maritime Museum. Payment to the Florida Maritime Museum of a one-time capital contribution for improvements to a museum owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization and open to the public, in an amount not to exceed one hundred eighty-one thousand dollars ($181,000.00), subject to the Florida Maritime Museum providing matching funds.

X.

South Florida Museum. Payment to the South Florida Museum to fund the costs of care, feeding and maintenance of manatees and/or travelling exhibits at the South Florida Museum, a museum owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization and open to the public, in an amount not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) in each fiscal year, and annual capital contributions for capital improvements to expand the museum facility, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per fiscal year for five (5) years commencing on October 1, 2016, subject to the South Florida Museum providing matching funds.

XI.

Bradenton Beach Fishing Pier. Payment to the City of Bradenton Beach of a one-time capital contribution for cost of the remodeling, repair and improvement of the publicly-owned Bradenton Beach Bridge Street Pier in an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).

XII.

Florida Railroad Museum. Payment to Florida Railroad Museum, Inc. of a one-time capital contribution for improvements to a museum owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization and open to the public, in an amount not to exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00), subject to Florida Railroad Museum, Inc. providing matching funds.

XIII.

Emergency Marketing Fund. Such remaining amounts as are necessary to maintain an Emergency Marketing Fund of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for "Act of God" occurrences.

XIV.

Surplus Revenues; Reserve for Contingency. Such remaining amounts (including unspent balances carried forward from prior fiscal years) after all above priorities have been fully funded to be allocated as additional funds for the uses set forth in priorities I, II and III (over and above the initial revenue limitations set forth therein), and to fund reserves in the Tourist Development Tax Trust Fund, as the board of county commissioners shall determine in its fiscal discretion.

C.

The specific allocation of funds for expenditures authorized by this Plan shall be included in the county's official budget adopted prior to the commencement of each fiscal year. Changes in such amounts included in the county budget for authorized uses under this plan shall be brought to the tourist development council for review and recommendation prior to any change, which shall be authorized by the board of county commissioners in the manner provided by law for amending the county's budget. The allocation of Tourist Development Tax Revenues established under this plan or any budget, resolution or action of the board of county commissioners shall not constitute a right, entitlement or benefit to any individual or entity but shall remain subject to the authority of the board of county commissioners to amend this plan and the county's budget. Funding authorized under this plan shall be disbursed in accordance with such rules, procedure and such agreements as may be adopted, approved and/or authorized by the board of county commissioners.

D.

All uses of tourist development tax proceeds governed by this Plan shall be subject to the requirements of, and carried out in accordance with, the Act. This Amended and Restated Tourist Development Plan was approved by the Manatee County Tourist Development Council, by majority vote, on November 14, 2011, prior to adoption by ordinance by the board of county commissioners by a vote of at least a majority plus one, on November 21, 2011, as required by the Act. All subsequent amendments to this Amended and Restated Tourist Development Plan were approved by the Manatee County Tourist Development Council, by majority vote, prior to adoption by ordinance by the board of county commissioners by a vote of at least a majority plus one, as required by the Act.

(Ord. No. 11-050, § 3, 11-21-11; Ord. No. 12-35, § 3(Exh. A), 9-25-12; Ord. No. 14-05, § 3(Exh. A), 1-7-14; Ord. No. 15-18, § Exh. A, 5-5-15; Ord. No. 16-40 , § 3, 9-13-16; Ord. No. 17-37 , § 3(Exh. A), 5-23-17; Ord. No. 17-57 , § 3(Exh. A), 12-7-17; Ord. No. 18-41 , § 3(Exh. A), 9-11-18; Ord. No. 18-44 , § 3(Exh. A), 11-27-19)