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1820 Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phil Johnson, District 1 David W. Sullivan, District 2 John Austin, District 3
June 12, 2007
Carol Fletcher
211 Chimacum Road
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
Dear Ms. Fletcher:
The Board of County Commissioners. has accepted your resignation from the Jefferson
County Tourism Coordinating Council. The time and effort you spent while participating on this
Council is greatly appreciated.
On behalf of the citizens of Jefferson County we thank you for your contributions to the
community and wish you the best in your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Phil Johnson, Chairman
Phoae (360)385-9100 Fax (360)385-9382 jeffboc~o jeffersoa.wa.us
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Jefferson County TCC
Timber House, Quilcene
Minutes, March 6, 2007
Attendance:
Voting members: Anna Matsche, Bob Huelsdonk, Linda Tudor, Carol Fletcher
Excused: Kathleen Emmerson
Others: Hattie Dixon, Diane Schostak, Sally Brown, Debbie Kronk, Joy Baisch, John
Austin, Frances Rawski, Eric Swangstu, Debi Bainbridge, John Fischbach
Minutes from October 6, 2006 approved
Committee Members
• Carol Fletcher resigned (demands on personal time)-will be available as proxy
• Frances Rawski and Debi Bainbridge were approved by committee to fill two Port
Hadlock positions.
o ACTION: Frances and Debi must each submit letter to County,
attention J. Fischbach, requesting to be on Jefferson County TCC
• Two positions for Port Ludlow are open. Members of TCC do not have to be
Chamber member; should be interested in tourism in Jefferson County.
o ACTION: Group (including non-voting members) will contact Port
Ludlow person(s) who may be interested in attending. If person(s)
interested, they should submit letter to John F. as indicated above.
By-Laws
• Five (5) signatures accepting the 4/16/2004 by-laws were obtained at meeting.
• Still need signature from Kathleen Emmerson. Have signature on file for Kevin
Zellmer (past member in good standing at time of by-law acceptance)
o ACTION: By-law correction: Article VI, Section 5 should read "With
regards to voting and proxy voting, refer to Article II, Representation,
Section 3."
• There are no "terms" for this committee per by-laws
Budget
• TCC and County budgets reviewed and accepted.
o ACTION: Full county lodging tax budget, under "expenses" remove
"TCC" preceeding Quilcene, Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow, West End,
Gateway VIC. John F. to follow up.
o ACTION: 2007 TCC budget to show clearly which funds are
committed and which are available for allocation.
Marketing
• Ads placed in Washington State Visitors Guide and Budget Travel (March)
shown.
• E. Jefferson County Adventure Map and Rainforest Maps shown
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Gateway VIC status
• Update by John F. also presented to LTAC on 3/1. Teal Lake Road and
Highway1041ocation still under negotiation. Consideration. and costs for leaving
the VIC where it is being discussed at county level. Move will not happen soon.
Visitor Count
o ACTION: Diane S. to make recommendation at Joint Marketing for
a uniform way of counting visitors at VICs
o ACTION: Diane S. to review adding E. Quilcene VIC to monthly
stats for JM.
Website
• www.VisitOlvmpicPeninsula com is Jefferson County website. Content is
incomplete and at times inaccurate.
o ACTION: Committee formed to review website for next steps. Bob
H. (chair), Sally Brown, Joy Baisch, Frances Rawski, Debbie Kronk
and Debi Bainbridge.
o Web meeting on April 3~d at Port Hadlock Inn.
o ACTION: Base information and some web guidelines to be sent to
committee by Hattie.
• www.VisitOlympicPeninsula ora (note: .org, not .com) is owned by Clallam
County tourism and will be advertised extensively this summer in Seattle area.
o ACTION: Diane will post a Jefferson County link on their site and
Jefferson County will post link to Clallam. Trade agreed on by
committee-will build both sites.
Photo Library
• ACTION: Hattie will send photo guidelines to committee so that
Jefferson County can start a photo library for non-profit and media
usage.
NEXT MEETING: April lOt'', Tuesday, 10 am at Port Hadlock Inn
• Recommendation to have monthly meetings for a short time before going to
quarterly meetings.
Potential Agenda items for April
• Measurement of tourism success
• Web Committee update
Consent Agenda
Commissioners Office
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
DATE: June 11, 2007
SUBJECT: Advisory Board Resignation; Jefferson County Tourism Coordinating
Council; Carol Fletcher
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
According to the Tourism Coordinating Council meeting minutes of March 6, 2007 Carol Fletcher has
resigned as a member.
ANALYSIS:
Mr. Fletcher was first appointed to serve on the Council on February 23, 2004.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Accept the resignation of Carol Fletcher and sign the letter of appreciation for her past service to the
community.
RE VIE WED BY:
John F. ' chbach, County Administrator Date ~ `/~ 7