01/21/2016 - Minutes
City of Port Orchard
216 Prospect Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366
(360) 876-4407 • FAX (360) 895-9029
Present:
Fred Chang
Kathy Michael
Lorraine Olsen
Chris Stansbery
Bobbie Stewart
Absent:
Chan Park
Jesse Turner
Summary of 10/31 council revisions to LTAC recommendations (photo of board
attached).
The committee spent a lot of time reading and evaluating each application, in
addition to meeting with every applicant for their brief interview. Based on
this, they made their recommendations carefully and thoughtfully.
Comments regarding recommended council revisions:
Visit Kitsap - Committee is comfortable with the full funding, eager to see what
will happen next year. Would like to remind council that Visit Kitsap has
received $270K from Kitsap County.
Committee would like to ask council to consider funding both the POBSA and SMAA
at their original recommend levels because:
POBSA has a potential new "Antiques Roadshow" event The SMAA App can include a
walking map for the historic district downtown
The committee is concerned about keeping funds as local as possible, especially
for organizations that only receive local support.
The committee is willing to meet more frequently to review the application and
streamline the process so that the events are not all rushed at the end of the
year. Some ideas they would like to incorporate into the next
application/interview:
How can the events better advertise the hotels in town?
How do the organizations tracking their attendance? Collecting zip codes, guest
book entries, or raffle tickets?
Meeting ended at 6:58 PM. Audio/Visual was unsuccessful