AGENDA & MINUTES

ESTACADA TOURISM COMMITTEE

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 – 6:30 PM

 

A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ESTACADA TOURISM COMMITTEE WAS HELD WEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER 20, 2006, AT 6:30 PM at

The Whispering Pines Community Room, 525 NW 6th, Estacada, OREGON.

 

1.       CALL TO ORDER – Bennett Johnson opened the meeting at 6:50 PM

 

2.       ROLL CALL & INTRODUCTIONS Present were: Bennett Johnson, Chair, Mauragrace Heally, Jim Lingelbach and Phil Lingelbach. Mauragrace Heally was unable to stay for the full meeting. Henny Rademacher and Irene Adams were absent. Mauragrace is having to resign due to family illness. Three new members will be recruited.

 

3.       PROJECT REPORTS : Bennett announced that grant monies should be distributed to the project sponsors and used to complete the approved projects. Reports of progress will be required at our business meetings to make sure that work is being completed on time. Any changes must be approved by the committee and TDC.

 

§         Signs: Phil Reported that PRIDE was waiting on the City to issue a permit and the signs were ready to be constructed.

§         Phillip Foster Farm Brochure: No new report

§         Events Calendar: No New Report

§         Renovation fund: Phil reported that they proposed the following criteria to prioritize projects: (1) Does the proposal substantially improve the business and downtown areas appearance? (2)Is the proposal economical? (3) Is the proposal in line with the concept drawing and selected color scheme? The committee agreed that this was a good criterion. PRIDE expects to notify business owners and landlords by December. The plan is to give them 30 days to apply. A draft application form will be reviewed at the next regular meeting. See attached report and proposal from PRIDE.

 

4.       BUSINESS PLAN & TAP UPDATE: Bennett has completed and will send out the updated plan and the updated Tourism Action Plan shortly. 

                                                         

5.       CITIZEN COMMENTS: None Present

 

7.                 ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING: We agreed to bi-monthly meetings until we begin work on next year’s plan. The next regular meeting will be 7PM, Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Please note location of meeting to be arranged.

 

8.                 ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:30PM

 

THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.  PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL NEED ANY SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO ATTEND THE MEETING.