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Federal Way committee advances $150,000 lodging-tax support for performing arts center to consent agenda
Summary
The FEDRAC committee voted to forward a recommendation to use $150,000 in lodging-tax (LTAC) funding to support the Federal Way Performing Arts Center to the June 3 consent agenda after staff and council members debated eligibility and transparency of the funding shift.
Federal Way’s FEDRAC committee on May 27 voted to forward to the June 3 consent agenda a recommendation to allocate $150,000 in lodging-tax funds to operational support for the city-owned Performing Arts Center.
The move comes after staff said the city reduced general fund support for the center and asked LTAC to cover the difference. Finance Director Steve Groom framed the request as a budget measure and emphasized the center’s role in tourism and downtown vitality.
Groom said the city previously subsidized the center at approximately $1 million in the 2023–24 biennium and reduced general-fund support to $700,000 per year in the current biennium. “We asked LTAC to review and comment. They did. Said they green lighted it and you as city council approved…
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