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LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE
September 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Meeting Held Virtually
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair French called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Voting Members Present:Mike French,Christine Loewe,Donya Alward, Sydney Rubin,Marsha Massey
Non-Voting Members: Peter Stolinsky,Lisa Hilt
Members Absent:None.
Staff Present: Clerk Kari Martinez-Bailey,Allyson Brekke,Melody Schneider,and Ben Braudrick.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
*Clerks note:Minutes fi^om the May 27, 2021 meeting will he approved at the next meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment was received.
ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS/OTHER BUSINESS
1. Review and Award Funding to Consider motion to approve awards to individual proposals
Associate Planner Ben Braudrick presented scoring totals received from the Committee for Round 2 Lodging Tax Fund
application proposals. Committee discussion followed.
It was moved by Alward and seconded by Stolinsky to:
Approve the awards presented by staff,awarding Olympic Peninsula Tourism Commission$10,000 and Wintertide Light Art
Experience$10,000 in Lodging Tax Funds.
The Chair asked if there was unanimous consent,hearing no opposition,the motion carried 2-0 with Loewe and Massey
recusing themselves from the vote due to a connection to the applications being considered.
2. 2022 Regular Meeting Scheduling Review the 2022 Calendar and assign
Associate Planner Braudrick presented a calendar and proposed the Committee discuss dates for future meetings.The
Committee agreed splitting meetings to discuss events and non-events would be more convenient. Committee discussion
followed.
2021 Prouosed LTAC meetins schedule:
September 30,2021 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.to discuss Budgeting
November 4,2021 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. *topic to he determined at a later date
November 11,2021 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. *topic to he determined at a later date
The Committee discussed a 2022 LTAC meeting schedule and considered days that would work best for future meetings.
Hearing consensus from the Committee,staff will schedule future meetings on the third Thursdays from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
STAFF UPDATES
Brief staff updates provided.
COMMITTEE MEMBER UPDATES
Brief committee updates provided.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair French adjourned the meeting at 3:00 p.m.
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