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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />THE STATE OF TEXAS <br /> <br />COUNTY OF HARRIS <br /> <br />This agreement made and entered into effective the I st day of October, 2005, by and <br />between the City of La Porte, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called "City", and The <br />La Porte - Bayshore Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit corporation chartered under the <br />Laws of the State of Texas, hereinafter called "Chamber," <br /> <br />WITNESSETH: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, City has an ordinance providing for the assessment and collection of a Hotel <br />Occupancy tax in the City of La Porte of four percent (4%) of the consideration paid by <br />the occupant of a room, space or facility in any hotel/motel; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Chamber is equipped to advertise and conduct solicitation programs to <br />acquaint potential users with public meeting and convention facilities and to promote <br />tourism and advertise the City of La Porte; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is to the mutual benefit of the City and Chamber that the City provide <br />funds to the Chamber for the above stated purposes and that the Chamber use such funds <br />for the above stated purposes; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants <br />herein contained, City and Chamber hereby agree as follows: <br /> <br />SECTION I. <br /> <br />Chamber shall employ its best efforts for general promotional and tourist advertising of <br />the City of La Porte and conducting solicitation and operating programs to contract <br />conventions and visitors, including the establishment and operation by Chamber of a <br />convention and visitors bureau. <br /> <br />SECTION II. <br /> <br />As a consideration for the services set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof, City agrees to pay to <br />Chamber an amount equal to twenty-four percent (24%) of the amount actually collected <br />by the City up to an amount not to exceed $40,000 from the Hotel Occupancy Tax in any <br />City fiscal year during the term of this agreement. <br /> <br />SECTION III. <br /> <br />The term of this contact is for three (3) years and expires on September 30,2008. No less <br />than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the initial 3-year term of this agreement, <br />the City and Chamber may renegotiate the cap level as established in Section 11. Any <br />