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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM040310 Draft, TCC Minutes, 4-13-10 Madrona Room WSU Extension Member attending were: Bill Roney, Joy Baisch, Frances Rawski Excused: Amanda Lovelady, Chuck Russell Friends attending were: Christina Pivarnik, John Austin, Cheryl Specter, Diane Schostak via phone. Unexcused: Anna Matsche, Pam Gretsky, Lisa Brush No Quorum. The following minutes are informational only. It was agreed that the approval for the Minutes from March and for the Financial Report for April will be submitted to members via email. Ferry Promotion – Bill Roney Bill suggested that we keep in mind the amount of income accumulating in the LTAC fund so that we can consider contributing more to the ferry promotion if we do have a little extra money. Christina reported that the Port of Port Townsend gave $5,000 toward the promotion and that they want to provide the banners throughout the county. Christina has met with each of the three tribes who have challenged each other to contribute to the ferry promotion. The current commitment is now up to about $37,000. Commissioner’s Update – John Austin Discussion about Hotel-Motel Tax: Overnight stays are down and day numbers are up. DNR has agreed to do a trust land transfer for the property around Beausite Lake. John is working on getting a better water system at Falls View Park and has been discussing the problem with Dean Yoshina. The County and Jefferson Equestrian Assoc. have been working on a partnership and have agreed on an operating agreement for an Equestrian Events Center on 80 acres of County land. This will provide a great opportunity for additional tourism and economic development as result. PT-LTAC – Christina Pavarnik There will be a nationwide campaign launch on Thursday, which Christina has been working on for four to six weeks. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is about to launch the equivalent of the American Idol competition, which begins Thursday and includes 25 historic sites. Winner gets a good chuck of $1 Million of grant funding, which has been put up by Federal Express. Our historic site is the Customs House/Post Office. This will be “pitched” through social media from April 15 through May 12. Other sites include: the Schooner Adventuress, Ferry House at Ebeys Landing; The Point-No-Point Light House; Arthur Foss Tugboat, and more. She encouraged everyone to vote every day for the Customs House at www.partnersinpreservation.com. Port Townsend is doing a limited run of a lure brochure to put in the racks in Seattle at the convention center and Pike Place Mark as part of their membership with the Seattle CVB to promote Port Townsend as a conference center for small meetings and groups. There are about 250-300 people coming in May for the statewide Main Street conference. Fort Worden can handle about 1,000 people (in double beds). And Port Townsend can handle 320-330. Marcia Massey will be in the area on April 22 and Governor Gregoire will also be in Port Townsend on April 22 to meet with the 4 graders at Blue Heron who won the th ferry naming contest. Jefferson County Chamber is hosting a reception. Pad Maps – Bill Roney Bill passed out example copies of the new map and requested that we all put necessary changes in writing. Bill reported that the cost of reproducing the map would be: Printing and Sales Tax $5,970 Design 850 _________ Total $6,820 All but $320 is covered by TCC and Gateway VC, which will be paid by North Hood Canal. We will be printing 25,000 copies now. Christina suggested printing a smaller run because changes can be made on a more regular basis. Bill asked if the format was appealing. Answer was yes. Members worked on finding obvious changes, and then took home the maps for further checking. Diane joined the meeting at 11:15 am via conference phone. Copyright issue: Bill suggested having a statement from TCC to Dan Youra that we have the right to use this map and if there are any changes to be made, we go to Dan Youra first to get bids on design change. We can use any printer we choose, however, Dan’s quote for printing presently is right in the ballpark. Discussion about whether we legally have to put the design work out to bid. It was determined that we don’t have to. OPTC – Diane Washington State Tourism was cut by $500,000 in income. Diane was not sure if that is a deduction from the $4 million budget, or from the $2 million proposed budget. Washington State froze all travel in general. The State Tourism group was signed up to do the Pow Wow in Orland before travel was frozen. Diane is trying to put pressure on to convince everyone that the Pow Wow is a critical event for Washington State Tourism. Frances and Cheryl left at 11:50 am. Diane hung up at noon. Meeting ended at noon. Joy and Bill continued to work on Pad Map changes until 12:30 pm.