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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Facilities District Board - 02/27/2020 (2)Public Facilities District Board Special Meeting February 27, 2020 Minutes Kent, Washington Pending Approval Page 1 of 2 Date: February 27, 2020 Time: 4 p.m. Place: accesso ShoWare Center Other Attendees: SMG General Manager, Tim Higgins SMG Finance Director, Arletta Voter SMG Director of Sales and Marketing, Kelly Spreitzer City Attorney, Arthur “Pat” Fitzpatrick Thunderbirds General Manager, Colin Campbell City Clerk, Kimberley Komoto Treasurer, Paula Painter Economic and Community Development Director, Kurt Hanson Agenda: 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4 p.m., with Greg Haffner presiding. 2. Roll Call Carmen Goers – Present Position No. 5 – Vacated by Lew Sellers Randall Smith - Present Jeff Piecewicz – Absent Greg Haffner - Present 3. Changes to the Agenda None. 4. Approval of Minutes dated October 31, 2019 Smith moved to approve the minutes dated October 31, 2019, seconded by Goers. The Motion passed unanimously with a vote of 3-0. 5. Nomination and Election of Officers Chair Haffner nominated the following officers for 2020: Greg Haffner, Chair, Jeff Piecewicz, Vice-Chair, Randall Smith, Secretary and Goers seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 3-0. 6. Position No. 5 Vacancy City Attorney, Pat Fitzpatrick updated the board on the process to fill a vacancy on the board. Kim Komoto conveyed that Lew Sellers informed her that he could no longer serve on the board. 7. Financial Reports A. City of Kent. Finance Director, Paula Painter presented the preliminary December 31, 2019 financial reports as follows: ShoWare Center Operating Fund, Public Facilities District Board Special Meeting February 27, 2020 Minutes Kent, Washington Pending Approval Page 2 of 2 Kent Special Events Center Public Facilities District Fund and Sales Tax Collections. Painter detailed pending accruals required by government accounting rules. B. accesso ShoWare Center. Arletta Voter provided details of the accesso ShoWare Center 2019 Income Statement and Income Statement – 2019 Fourth Quarter Comparison, including direct event income, ancillary income, other event income, other operating income, indirect expenses, net income from operations, admission tax and net income. General Manager, Tim Higgins and Voter provided information on the admission taxes collected and remitted to the City of Kent. Painter advised that the admission tax goes into the ShoWare Center operating fund to help cover costs to operate ShoWare. 8. Operations Update a. General Manager Update. Higgins conveyed the issues he is having finding change-over crews. Higgins provided details on the new 5-year agreement between the City of Kent and ASM Global for operating the center. Higgins provided the board with the same presentation he gave before the City of Kent Committee of the Whole and City Council. b. Marketing Update. Spreitzer provided a detailed marketing update and reviewed statistics for the website, social media, email marketing and past and upcoming events. c. City of Kent Update. City of Kent Economic and Community Development Director, Kurt Hanson provided the board with an update on current and planned developments that will bring in more people to the downtown core, including ShoWare. In turn, the new residents will bring more disposable income that will benefit downtown businesses. 9. Seattle Thunderbirds Update Thunderbirds General Manager, Colin Campbell provided an update on the current season and past and upcoming hockey events at the accesso ShoWare Center. Campbell advised the Thunderbirds should be in the first round of playoffs. 10. Other Business 11. Adjournment Haffner adjourned the meeting at 4:55 p.m. Kimberley Komoto City Clerk February 27, 2020