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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
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Public Facilities District Board
Board Members: Position NO. 1 – Vacant - Jeff Piecewicz - Lew Sellers – Randall Smith – Carmen Goers
Staff Representatives: Treasurer, Barbara Lopez - Kimberley A. Komoto
SPECIAL MEETING
accesso ShoWare Center
May 16, 2019
4 p.m.
Item Description Action Speaker Time
1. Call to order Lew Sellers 1
2. Roll Call Kim Komoto 1
3. Changes to the Agenda
MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA Lew Sellers 1
4. Approval of Minutes dated January 31, 2019
and April 25, 2019
MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES DATED
JANUARY 31, 2019, and April 25, 2019
Yes Lew Sellers 1
5. Position No. 1 Vacancy No Kurt Hanson/Pat
Fitzpatrick
10
6. Financial Reports
A. City of Kent
B. accesso ShoWare Center
No
Barbara Lopez
Arletta Voter
10
7. Operational Updates:
A. General Manager
B. Marketing Update
C. City of Kent Update
No
Tim Higgins
Kelly Spreitzer-
Saucer
Kurt Hanson
15
8. Seattle Thunderbirds Update
A. Sales, Marketing and Attendance
B. Advertising and Suite Sales
No
Colin Campbell
10
9. Other Business Lew Sellers 1
10. Adjournment Yes Lew Sellers 1
Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting January 31, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington
Approval Pending
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Date: January 31, 2019
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: accesso ShoWare Center
Other
Attendees: SMG General Manager, Tim Higgins
SMG Finance Director, Arletta Voter
City Attorney, Arthur “Pat” Fitzpatrick
Colin Campbell, Thunderbirds General Manager
City of Kent Economic and Community Development Director, Kurt
Hanson
City Clerk, Kimberley A. Komoto
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 4 p.m., with Mike Miller presiding.
2. Roll Call
Carmen Goers – Present
Mike Miller – Present
Lew Sellers - Present
Randall Smith - Present
Jeff Piecewicz – Present
3. Changes to the Agenda
None
4. Approval of Minutes dated October 25, 2018
With the correction of Randall Smith having an excused absence, Sellers moved to
approve the minutes dated October 25, 2018, seconded by Carmen Goers. The
Motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0.
5. Nomination and Election of Officers
The board elected to have all officers continue in their current capacity for an
additional year.
Smith moved to elect Mike Miller as Chair, Jeff Piecewicz as Vice Chair and Lew Sellers
as Secretary, seconded by Goers.
The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0.
6. Financial Reports
A. City of Kent. No report was presented during the meeting. Chair Miller
advised he will obtain the report and sent it to the board members.
B. accesso ShoWare Center. Arletta Voter provided details of the accesso
ShoWare Center Income Statement Fourth Quarter Comparison for 2017-2018,
Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting January 31, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington
Approval Pending
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including direct event income, ancillary income, other event income, other operating
income, indirect expenses, net income from operations, admission tax and net
income. Voter also reviewed the Income Statement Year End Comparison for 2017-
2018. These reports are in a new, easier-to-read format.
7. Operations Update
a/b. General Manager/Marketing Update. Tim Higgins provided a marketing
update and advised that Pollster ranked the accesso ShoWare Center 102nd in
Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 200 Arena Venues and 115th in North America.
Higgins reviewed event highlights from the fourth quarter of 2018.
Higgins also advised that the City approved its 2019-2020 budget that includes
$900,000 in capital improvements to the accesso ShoWare center.
Higgins provided details regarding King County contributing $2 million over 10 years,
beginning in 2020 to the accesso ShoWare Center.
Higgins advised of the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the center and upcoming
events celebrating the anniversary.
8. Seattle Thunderbirds Update
Colin Campbell provided an update that included the recent Teddy Bear toss – over
6,200 bears were donated.
Campbell indicated they are building themes around the games and ticket sales are
doing well. Corporate partners have increased from 2018 and the team just entered
a 3-year deal with BECU.
Campbell provided an update on current and former players.
9. Other Business
None
10. Adjournment
Smith moved to adjourn the meeting and Sellers seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 5-0.
Meeting adjourned at 4:51 p.m.
Kimberley A. Komoto
City Clerk
January 31, 2019
Public Facilities District Board Regular Meeting April 25, 2019
Minutes Kent, Washington
Pending Approval
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Date: April 25, 2019
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: City of Kent
Centennial Center Conference Rooms 105/107
400 West Gowe Street
Kent, WA 98032
At 4:11 p.m, the board members present were Carmen Goers and Randall Smith.
Without a quorum, the meeting could not be held.
Kimberley A. Komoto
City Clerk
April 25, 2019
2016 2017 2018 2019 2019
Actual Actual Actual Adj. Budget YTD
Beginning Fund Balance 1,610,543 2,161,074 2,448,464 2,577,460 2,577,460
Revenues
Admissions Tax 385,546 347,109 488,638 350,000 -
SMG Income-Loan Proceeds 181,900 194,990 104,587 - -
Other Income 280,543 13,128 25,103 - -
Transfer In from ShoWare POS 84,430 - -
Transfer In Capital (Lifecycle)300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 -
Transfer In from GF 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 -
Total Revenues 1,647,988 1,355,226 1,502,759 1,150,000 -
Expenditures
Services 440,005 551,480 807,675 799,990 57,552
Capital Outlay (SMG)240,957 208,808 104,587 - -
Other Capital Outlay 68,535 13,555 - -
Bank Account Adjustment 321,048 (92,221) 110,558 - -
Debt Service on SMG Loan 2,058 24,796 52,651 24,800 -
Lifecycle Maintenance 93,390 306,438 284,736 599,000 12,557
Total Expenditures 1,097,457 1,067,836 1,373,763 1,423,790 70,109
Change in Fund Balance 550,531 287,390 128,996 (273,790)(70,109)
Ending Fund Balance 2,161,074 2,448,464 2,577,460 2,303,670 2,507,351
SHOWARE CENTER OPERATING FUND
March 31, 2019
2016 2017 2018 2019
Actual Actual Actual YTD
Beginning Fund Balance 283,216 290,211 322,422 350,301
Revenues
Sales & Use Tax 900,659 916,139 1,018,768 84,724
City of Kent 3,069,514 3,126,031 3,103,041
Interest - Sales Tax 1,825 4,017 11,454 1,915
Total Revenues 3,971,998 4,046,187 4,133,263 86,639
Expenditures
Debt Service 3,965,003 4,013,977 4,105,383 -
Total Expenditures 3,965,003 4,013,977 4,105,383 -
Change in Fund Balance 6,995 32,210 27,880 86,639
Ending Fund Balance 290,211 322,422 350,301 436,940
March 31, 2019
PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT FUND (PFD)
KENT SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER
Rec'd From For the 2018-2019 Percent
State Month of 2016 2017 2018 2019 Variance Change
March January 67,491.02 66,601.62 74,684.13 84,723.60 10,039.47 15%
April February 70,218.75 67,453.42 66,095.59 0%
May March 80,978.10 78,264.92 85,380.95 0%
June April 72,265.70 70,108.46 83,574.97 0%
July May 69,656.54 75,701.34 82,830.77 0%
August June 79,863.45 85,649.15 89,006.94 0%
September July 70,492.04 73,399.53 85,439.37 0%
October August 74,139.52 77,179.92 84,732.10 0%
November September 80,821.74 80,018.27 93,748.95 0%
December October 70,811.98 76,630.86 86,888.20 0%
January November 75,435.99 76,535.32 84,246.87 0%
February December 88,484.53 88,596.45 102,139.02 0%
Total 900,659.36 916,139.26 1,018,767.86 84,723.60 10,039.47 1%
KENT PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
Sales Tax Collections
As of March 31, 2019
ShoWare Center
Income Statement First Quarter Comparison
2018 _ 2019
Direct livcnt Incomc
Ilental Income
Service Revenue
Service llxpenses
'fotal Direc( Event Income
Ancillary lncomc
Ir & B Concessions
F & B Catering
Novelry Sales
Total Ancillary Incornc
Olhcr llvcnt lncomc
I.,uxury Box Ticket Sales
'l'ickel Rebates
IraciliLy Fees
'l-otal Othcr Evcnt Incornc
Total Event lncomc
Othcr Operating lncome
Ad.iustcd Gross Incomc
I N DI R IIC.I" E,X PI.],NSES
Salaries & Wages
Payroll Taxcs & Bcncfits
[-abor Allocations to l]vents
Nct Salaries and Rene fits
Contracted Services
General and Administrative
Operaring
Repairs & Maintenance
Operafional Supplics
I nsu rance
Utilities
Other
SMC Managcrnent lrees
Totnl Indirect llxpcnscs
Nct lncome (l,oss) from ()pcrations
Estimated Admission Tax
Ql 2018
Actua I
$ 435,943
t23,617
(57 5,712)
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153,7 44
(603.469)
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o Nearly 32,000 of those sessions came from Seattle
o Our mobile presence has grown this quarter to 62% of our patrons getting to our
website through a mobile device, meaning our social is expanding its reach
AS OF TODAY - Social Media statistics: @accessoShoWareCenter
o Facebook: 15,553 Followers
. Twitter: 2,t6L Followers
r lnstagram: I,375 followers
AS OF TODAY - Email Marketing information:
Nearing 130,000 email subscriptions.
o Our email database is the most important data we can work with. This data allows us to
leverage 1't party social media campaign data and allows us to really target on-sales to
the correct customers. We continue to grow this database allowing us to really reach the
correct patrons and bring new "look-a-like" audiences to the building
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accesso showare center News / Hiehlights for Q1 2019:
o The Seattle Thunderbirds finished this season losing in the first round of playoffs
against Vancouver Giants. lt was another record breaking year for attendance.
o Gut Check Wrestling high school wrestling event over three days and had wrestlers
from New York, Florida, and other states. KDP was a sponsor for this event.
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o Sesame Street Live! Had two performances in January. lt was a very successful event.
o 2Cellos rehearsed for two days before their performance at accesso ShoWare Center
that had great ticket sales.
o ASnp Rocky: Injured Generation Tour promoted by AEG and was a successful event.
o Chris Tomlin's Holy Roar tour - This was a sold out show. This concert kicked off their
tour season. They rehearsed for three days prior to their show.
o Trey Songz's concert - another sold out show in March. This was rescheduled from a
February date due to our famous snow storm.
. Uncanny Comedy Festlval - Featuring Hannibal Buress and local Kent native Jeff Dye.
Another great event with great ticket sales.
o Our Tacoma Stars made the Playoffs, and lost in double overtime to the San Dlego
Sockerson April 19 at the accesso ShoWare Center.
Upcoming Ticketed Events
. April 14 Mercy Me - SOLD OUT PERFORMANCE
. April 25 Garden Brothers Circus
. May 1.1 LFL Seattle Mist v. Omaha Heart
. May 24 - 25 Paw Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure
. May 30 Hillsong United: The People Tour MMXIX
. June 1 Ring of Honor Wrestling
. June 21 Judas Priest
o June 23 Klose to My Life Live in Concert with Sonu Nigam and Neha Kakkar
. June 29 LFL Seattle Mist v. Austin Acoustic
. July 25 Shinedown World Tour
. October 19 Gloria Trevi
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Upcoming Q2 Community & Catering Events
e April 30 Labor Council Career Fair
o May 4 Khalsa Day Celebration 2OI9
r May 15 Urban League Job Fair
o May 17 PICC
. May 18 Kent lnternational Festival
. May t9 - 23 King County Emergency Management
o June 29 AJAC Signing Day
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