HomeMy WebLinkAboutJefferson County Tourism Coordinating Council re: Gateway Welcome Center - $58,550TCC Tourism Coordinating Council
of Jefferson County, WA
To: Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners
Council Members
From: Jefferson County - Tourism Coordinating Council
Date: February 9, 2023
Diana Smeland, TCC Chair-
Resort at Port Ludlow
Re.: Request for Proposals: Jefferson County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds
Bill Roney, TCC Past Chair-
Conditional to being awarded the opportunity to operate the Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor
Olympic Peninsula Gateway VIC
Information Center (VIC), TCC (Tourism Coordinating Council), on behalf of the VIC, submits this
Cleone Telling,
Jefferson Co. ARPA grant proposal, requesting $58,550 for permitting and design work needed towards
Worthington Park, Quilcene
developing a new Gateway Welcome Center at SR 104 & SR 19.
TCC has not received previous ARPA or Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES)
Dan Ventura,
awards from Jefferson County. In fact, TCC was the first of LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee)
Cove RV, Brinnon
2020 recipients to voluntarily reduce by $63,550 the previously awarded tourism marketing allocation due
Amy Neil - Kalaloch Resort, Forks
to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The economic development and public benefit to Jefferson County residents and visitors to the north
Marsha Massey,
Olympic Peninsula through the development of this Gateway Welcome Center will be significant. This
Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission
plan incorporates site programming amenities of: Visitor and staff parking, transit and commercial highway
Aaron Terada,
rest area, RV camping, trails, amphitheater, Public restrooms, Lobby, Multi-agency information and exhibit
Fort Flagler State Park, Nordland
areas, Classrooms, Administration, Sales (gift shop, food services), building mechanical, electrical, security
and IT. Interpretive kiosks and waysides including the Puget Sound to Pacifics Olympic Peninsula
Crystie Kisler, Finnriver, Chimacum
connector to the Great American Rail-Trail and the ODT (Olympic Discovery Trail).
Bethany Smith,
Inspired by the February 2003 County commissioned site concept and feasibility study by Miller Hull
Old Alcohol Plant & Inn, Port Hadlock
and SvR Design, (see illustration), we request the following budget towards development of the 15 acres
of County property:
Heidi Eisenhour,
Commissioner to TCC
Preliminary Olympic Peninsula Gateway Welcome Center ARPA budget request
Civil engineering 4,950
Marketing Coordinator -
Septic system design 11,100
Steve Shively, S3 Solutions
Geotechnical engineering 5,500
County Health, Pre-application filings 2,950
Architect 10,000
TCC -
Project Manager 17,850
2023 E. Sims Way - #308
Capacity Building/Development 6,200
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Total $58,550
p. 360-440-7006 | f. 360-912-8352
Upon being awarded operations of the VIC, TCC intends to create a separate 501(c)3 for VIC
e. tcc@enjoyolympicpeninsula.com
administration and additional fundraising capacity. Initial sources to be explored for partnership in
www.EnjoyOlympicPeninsula.com
development and collaborative operations of a new Gateway Welcome VIC include:
-Private Partnership)
Qualified Opportunity Zone investment funding
Foundations and regional funding
The Olympic Peninsula Gateway VIC currently extends hospitality in the form of information and
regular emergency / incidental aid to our valued Olympic Peninsula visitors.
TCC embraces the enormous potential of a regional Gateway Welcome Center, and encourages strategic
leadership from the County to maximize the potential that upcoming WSDOT roundabout construction,
and available regional and federal funding might provide for the future.
Thank you for your consideration.