STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Growing
AGENDA DATE: June 25, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2
DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Robin Bentley
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the City Manager to execute the second three-year renewal options to the services contract with the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau (d/b/a VisitDallas), for convention and public event facility promotion, advertising and tourism development services for the period beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028; and (2) revising the contract to incorporate the 2025 amendment to Chapter 44, Section 44-35 "Levy; Amount; Disposition of Revenue" by ordinance No. 33028 of the Hotel Occupancy Tax allocation of 1.232% - Not to exceed $46,209,045.00 - Financing: Convention and Event Services Fund
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BACKGROUND
On September 9, 2015, the City Council, authorized a contract with the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau d/b/a VisitDallas (DCVB) for convention facility promotion, advertising and tourism development for the period October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2020, with one five-year renewal option and one three-year renewal option, subject to annual appropriations by Resolution No. 15-1666.
On January 4, 2019, the Office of the City Auditor released the Audit of VisitDallas Report No. A19-006 which evaluated the effectiveness of services provided by the DCVB between FY 2016 and FY 2017, and the Audit provided 18 recommendations that require memorialized contract amendments.
On November 13, 2019, the City Council authorized an Amended and Restated contract with the DCVB to memorialize contract amendments by Resolution No. 19-1802.
The amended and restated contract did not include any extension to the original contract approved by Resolution No. 15-1666 in September 2015. As a result, the amended and restated contract expires September 30, 2020, but allows for a five-year renewal and, there...
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