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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Facilities District Board - 10/31/2019 (2)Unless otherwise noted, the Public Facilities District meets at 4 p.m. on the last Thursday of each quarter at the accesso ShoWare Center, 625 West James Street, Kent, WA 98032. For additional information please contact Kimberley A. Komoto, City Clerk at 253-856-5728 or via email at Kkomoto@KentWA.gov. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 253-856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call Washington Telecommunications Relay Service at 7-1-1. Public Facilities District Board Board Members: Greg Haffner, Chair - Jeff Piecewicz, Vice-Chair Lew Sellers, Secretary - Carmen Goers, Randall Smith Staff Representatives: Treasurer, Paula Painter - Kimberley A. Komoto, City Clerk accesso ShoWare Center October 31, 2019 4 p.m. Item Description Action Speaker Time 1. Call to order Greg Haffner 1 min 2. Roll Call Kim Komoto 1 min 3. Changes to the Agenda MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA Greg Haffner 1 min 4. Approval of Minutes dated July 25, 2019 MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES DATED July 25, 2019 Yes Greg Haffner 1 min 5. Reappointment of Carmen Goers to the Public Facilities District Board No Pat Fitzpatrick 5 min 6. Financial Reports A. City of Kent B. accesso ShoWare Center No Paula Painter Arletta Voter 10 min 7. Operational Updates: A. General Manager B. Marketing Update C. City of Kent Update No Tim Higgins Kelly Spreitzer-Saucer Kurt Hanson 10 min 8. Seattle Thunderbirds Update A. Sales, Marketing and Attendance B. Advertising and Suite Sales No Colin Campbell 10 min 9. Other Business Greg Haffner 1 min 10. Adjournment Yes Greg Haffner 1 min Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting July 25, 2019 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 1 of 3 Date: July 25, 2019 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 Senior Financial Analyst, Shane Sorenson Deputy City Clerk, Kathryn McKee Agenda: 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m., with Jeff Piecewicz presiding. 2. Roll Call Carmen Goers – Present Lew Sellers - Present Randall Smith - Present Jeff Piecewicz – Present Greg Haffner - Present 3. Changes to the Agenda None. Goers moved to approve the agenda as presented, seconded by Lew Sellers. Motion passed with a vote of 5-0. 4. Approval of Minutes dated May 16, 2019 Lew Sellers moved to approve the minutes dated May 16, 2019, seconded by Randall Smith. The Motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0. 5. Election to Fill Chair Vacancy Fitzpatrick discussed the chair vacancy and the procedural process to nominate and elect a chair. Lew Sellers moved to nominate Greg Haffner as the Chair for the Public Facilities District Board, seconded by Carmen Goers. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0. Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting July 25, 2019 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 2 of 3 6. Update on Reappointment of Lew Sellers to Position No. 5 Fitzpatrick noted that the reappointment of Lew Sellers to Position No. 5 of the Public Facilities District will be confirmed by Council and he offered his congratulations to Sellers. 7. Financial Reports A. City of Kent. City of Kent Senior Financial Analyst Shane Sorenson reviewed the financial reports included in the agenda packet. B. accesso ShoWare Center. Arletta Voter provided details of the accesso ShoWare Center Income Statement Second Quarter Comparison for 2018-2019, including direct event income, ancillary income, other event income, other operating income, indirect expenses, net income from operations, admission tax and net income. 8. Operations Update a. General Manager Update. Higgins advised the accesso ShoWare Center hosted 23 graduations over the course of 15 days. This included the addition of the Federal Way high schools. He also discussed the positive impact from food and beverage sales during these events. Higgins discussed rebranding of the concessions and new carpeting coming in third quarter. b. Marketing Update. Spreitzer provided a detailed marketing update and reviewed statistics for the website, social media and email marketing. Higgins and Spreitzer both provided details about the Seattle University basketball games for 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons being played at accesso Showare Center. Higgins noted one game a month will be played at accesso Showare Center. c. City of Kent Update. No update was provided. 9. Seattle Thunderbirds Update Thunderbirds General Manager, Colin Campbell discussed an increase in renewals for the upcoming season, and how we’re only in the midst of the off-season. Information was provided regarding season ticket sales, suite sales and corporate partnerships. Campbell was excited to discuss Beacon Plumbing as a new corporate partner. Campbell provided details regarding single game ticket sales in August as well as the start of training camp on August 19th. Campbell noted the promotions to grow hockey in the Pacific Northwest by NHL Seattle and how beneficial it has been and will be for the Thunderbirds. NHL Seattle Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting July 25, 2019 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 3 of 3 is doing everything first class and it provides an opportunity for the Thunderbirds to ride their coat tails. 10. Other Business None. 11. Adjournment Sellers moved to adjourn the meeting and Randall Smith seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0. Meeting adjourned at 4:31 p.m. Kathryn McKee Deputy City Clerk July 25, 2019