At the time, they cited time constraints that would have prevented the city from going through proper channels. But the state Legislature has spared them that fate by extending the construction deadline and expanding the scope of public facilities districts. Such districts can add three-tenths of 1 percent of already collected state sales tax to projects that cost $10 million or more.
Olympia officials are hoping the cities of Lacey and Tumwater will take part in creating a PFD. The new legislation allows municipalities until July 31 to create a PFD and extends the deadline to break ground on the project to Jan. 1, 2004.
David Brubaker, a Spokane developer, has presented plans that call for a $10 million conference center that would be built under the Green buildings guidelines and would include a full-service kitchen and about 100 guest rooms for conference use, rather than an adjacent hotel.
The proposed 3.7-acre center would have contained on-site parking and room for center expansion. The facility would include about 13,000 sf of main hall meeting space, including smaller rooms with classroom-style seating and high-tech amenities for training sessions.
Harrison Conference Centers, a division of Hilton Hotels Corp., would run the facility.
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