TDC Minutes 02/17/2012 S February 17, 2012
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MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING
Naples, Florida, February 17, 2012 # '
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Tourist Development
Council Subcommittee in and for the County of Collier, havin
conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:30 A.■ a PECIAL
SESSION at 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, 609/610
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*ice Room, Naples,
Florida, with the following members present. ,
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Hiller Chai I . • mmissioner Georgia Hiller (Absent)
Henning '( IT Gibson
Coyle r Acting Ch e rry
o Susan Becker
AS'< ) Murray Hendel (Excused)
Clark Hill (Excused)
Rick Medwedeff
Robert Miller
Edward "Ski" Olesky
John Sorrey III (Excused)
Misc.Cones:
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ALSO PRESENT: Jack Wert, Tourism Director
Kelly Green, Tourist Tax Coordinator
Colleen Greene, Assistant County Attorney
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Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the
audio recording from the Collier County Communications and Customer Relations
Department.
1. Call to Order
Jack Wert called the meeting to order at 9:47 A.M.
The lack of a Chairman and Vice Chair was noted.
Colleen Greene directed the Council to nominate a temporary Chair and Vice Chair.
Susan Becker moved to nominate Jerry Gibson to act as Chairman for the meeting.
Second by Rick Medwedeff. Motion carried unanimously 5-0.
Jerry Gibson moved to nominate Rick Medwedeff to act as Vice Ch ir1 7t e
meeting. Second by Robert Miller. Motion carried unanimously -0.
2. Pledge of Allegiance O
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
3. Roll Call AS'ACCL'
Roll call was taken and a quorum was established.
4. Changes and Approval of Agenda
Edward "Ski"Olesky moved to appr genda as submitted. Second by Susan
Becker. Motion carried 5-0.
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5. Presentations/Public Corn en
Members of the council e e e oncern over not having representation and not
having a chairman.
Colleen Greene not B C will appoint someone at their next meeting to Chair
the Council on F ary 2 .
The Council • k-. 'f someone other than a Commissioner would be allowed to serve
as a Cha' s e wi or the TDC.
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Rot ' r moved to direct Staff to present to the BCC they allow the TDC to
nomi . • a chair person from within the TDC and rotate chairmanship. Second by
Rick Medwedeff. Motion carried unanimously 5-0.
6. New Business
a. FY 13 TDC Category B and C-2 Grant Application and Guideline Review
Staff distributed Collier County Tourist Development Council Grant Funding
Request Category "C"Museum Grant Application for FY 11-12 and Special Event
Funding Request Category "B" FY11-12. (See attached)
Jack Wert suggested the Council utilize the Executive Summary to review
Tourist Development Council Grant Applications for Category B and C-2 FY13
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(October 1, 2012—September 30, 2013) and recommended changes in guidelines
and requirements to review items and make suggested revisions. (See attached)
The public in attendance made self introductions.
Jack Wert provided an overhead projected copy of the Executive Summary and
reviewed the following:
Category B Marketing Grants (Fund 184)
• All yellow highlighted areas of the application.
• All dates will be changed to FY13 and deadlines will be adjusted to
coincide with the County's budget cycle.
• Grant Review Committee makeup.
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• All guidelines on pages 5-6 as highlighted.
Public Speakers
Steve McIntire, President of Collier County Lodging o ism Alliance
made remarks on the return of investment.
Tom White, President of Sports Council—Co o my requested the
minimum of$25,000 in additional funds to mar sp rting events based on past
economic impact and bed tax or that grants b for reducing field fees for
sports marketers. He made comments r ; din t e Corrigan Sports Grant
approved and not yet funded. Corrig o s is considering moving the event to
another county.
Jer ry Gibson suggested sta '<a'? solve the issue by informing Corrigan
Sports of the documents e• b• '7F.nd a waiver request for them to receive the
previously approved i t.
Recessed at 9:41 A.M.
Reconvened at 10: S,,14,Ne
Staff ill'• act Lee Corrigan and bring recommendations pertaining to Corrigan
S•• ' - 'e next scheduled meeting.
114 .. sus was formed to:
• Tighten criteria guidelines to 250 rooms per day
• Emphasis the return of investment and strengthen requirements
• First time events to $25,000
• Points be given for shoulder and off-season events
• Revise the point system used to determine the level of funding for
repeat events on return of tourist development tax
• The "Special Note" on page 7 concerning non-recommended applications
• Questionnaire requirements on page 7
• Status report requirements for relevance on page 8
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Discussion ensued on review of status reports required and it was recommended
to discontinue the preliminary status report and have the"panel"review previous
year's interim reports for progress.
• Drawing of funds section on page 8.
• The "Notice"on page 9.
• Funding categories on page 9.
• Repeat funding request guidelines.
• Authorized and non-authorized use of funds.
Category C-2 Grants (Fund 193)
It was noted Jerry Gibson had to leave the meeting due to a previ us S intment
A consensus was formed that changes made to Category B �b applicable to
Category C-2 and to continue only marketing expenditur0
Jerry Gibson moved to approve the documents wit• 411 - ommendations made.
Second by Robert Miller. Motion carried una • 7 sly -0.
Staff will bring back a draft with changes to ,ncil for review prior to
submitting to the BCC in March.
7. Council Member Discussion
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None.
8. Next Meeting Date/Locatio AS)
The next meeting is sched t . 0 A.M. on February 27, 2012 at Collier County's
Government Center, A Atyla, ion Bldg. F, 3rd Floor, 3299 Tamiami Trail E,Naples
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There bein: a o *-a er business for the good of the County,the Meeting ended at
11:35 A. .11
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COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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Ac ' g Cha an,Jerry Gibson
These Minutes were approved by the Council on ,
as presented or as amended .
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