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JEFFERSON COUNTY
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
Special Meeting Agenda
Friday, October 10, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
First Floor Conference Room (HYBRID)
Members: Chair Heather Dudley-Nollette, Amy Neil, Kevin Wooley, Tara McCauley and Dan Ventura
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8:30 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
CONTINUED DISCUSSION and POTENTIAL ACTION re: LTAC deliberations on RFP
awards, Funding Available: $900,000
Public Comment will be taken again if there is a motion.
2026 Proposal requests
Organization Name Amount Requested Recommendation
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMERS MARKET –
Amanda Milholland, Executive Director
$30,005
PORT LUDLOW TRAILS COMMITTEE of PORT
LUDLOW VILLAGE COUNCIL – Larry Scott, Chair
Port Ludlow Village Council
$7,500
QUILCENE HISTORICAL MUSEUM – Caitlin
Friedman, Chair Communications Committee
$87,750
JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY –
Tara McCauley, Executive Director
$95,620
PENINSULA TRAILS COALITION – Michele Canale,
Fundraising Manager
$91,000
FORKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – Lissy
Andros, Executive Director
$76,096
PARKS & RECREATION – Matthew Tyler $150,000
THE PRODUCTION ALLIANCE – Daniel Milholland,
Director of Operations
$90,000
GATEWAY VISITOR CENTER – Steve Shively $150,000
RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL – Bliss Morris, Float
Designer and Builder
$17,845
JEFFERSON COUNTY – Shawn Frederick, Central
Services Director
$220,000
OLYMPIC CULINARY LOOP – Steve Shively $20,000
QUILCENE FAIR AND PARADE ASSOCIATION –
Richard Fitzgerald
$10,000
BRINNON SHRIMP FEST – Brittany Boling Co-Chair
of the event & Michelle Matheson, Member
$10,000
NORTH HOOD CANAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE – Andrew Schwartz, Executive Director
$223,171
OLYMPIC PENINSULA VISITOR BUREAU dba
OLYMPIC PENINSULA TOURISM COMMISSION
– Marsha Massey
$109,500
QUIMPER EVENTS COLLECTIVES – Alexis
Arrabito
$245,000
NEW STORIES – Ben Browner, Lead Producer $49,000
WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL – Barb Trailer, Wooden
Boat Festival Director
$55,000
Total Requests
$1,734,487
DISCUSSION re: Review of the Gateway Visitor Center Maintenance Building Funding
Process
FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
CLOSING REMARKS
ADJOURNMENT