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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Committees - Lodging Tax Advisory Committee - 04/02/2018 (2)Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Agenda Mission: Promote the City as a destination to increase tourism and business development Unless otherwise noted, the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee meets every other Month on the 4rd Monday at 4:00 p.m. in Centennial North & South Conference Room, 400 West Gowe Street, Kent WA 98032. For information on the above item(s), or upcoming meetings contact Rhonda Bylin (253) 856-5457. Committee Members: Bill Boyce, Chair, Tim Higgins, John Casey, Barbara Smith, David Kwok, Andrew Hutchison, Andrea Keikkala, Bryan Powell City Staff: Kurt Hanson, Rhonda Bylin, Michelle Wilmot MEETING LOCATION Centennial North & South Conference Rooms 400 W. Gowe St. Kent, WA April 2, 2018 AGENDA 4:00 p.m. Item Description Action Speaker(s) Page Time 1.Welcome & Introductions NO Bill Boyce 1 min. 2.Approval of January 22, 2018 Minutes YES Bill Boyce 1 1 min. 3.Budget Update NO Kurt Hanson 6 5 min. 4.Ask – HAWKtoberfest Car Show-$3,600 YES Barbara Smith 8 5 min. 5.Ask – 3 on 3 Basketball - $5,000 YES Steve Turcotte 23 5 min. 6.Ask – Kent Wrestling Showdown - $5,000 YES Steve Turcotte 54 5 min. 7.Ask – Seattle TBirds Visit Kent Promotion YES Michelle Wilmot 58 10 min - $61,704 8.Ask - Washington Open Invitational $10,695 YES Michelle Wilmot 81 10 min. 9.Vacant LTAC Position NO Kurt Hanson 5 min. 10.Special Meeting – May 21, 2018 11.Adjournment Lodging Tax Advisory Committee January 22, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 1 of 4 Date: January 22, 2018 Time: 4 p.m. Place: Ducleaux Cellars – Kent Attending: Committee & Chair; Bill Boyce, Andrew Hutchison, Andrea Keikkala, Tim Higgins, John Casey, David Kwok City Staff & Guests; Ben Wolters, Julie Pulliam, Michelle Wilmot, Kurt Hanson, Erin McCallum, Bridget Baeth, Florin Mehedinti, Ryan Millard Agenda: Called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm 1. Welcome & Introductions & Corrections Welcome and introductions were done. Hosted by Ducleaux Cellars owner Toby Turlay. 2. Approval of the September 26, 2017 Minutes John Casey moved to approve the September 26, 2017 minutes and Andrea Keikkala seconded, motion passes, 6-0 3. Budget Ben Wolters presented the preliminary budget was presented and a discussion that the totals can be adjusted if necessary by a budget change done by the Finance Department. Highlighted revenue budget is $281,000, actual was $314,000, we are $36,000 above revenue. Wolters feels $300,000 is our new budget for annual revenue from here on as long as we don’t see another economic downturn. We have at least one and possible two new hotels to be built in Kent. This will bring new revenue. We continue to have an end of the year reserve. We have the ability to spend more and have more opportunity to do more toward tourism. 4. Washington Open Invitational Golf Tournament Request for $12,800. Jeff Ellison presented a request to the Committee for $12,800 for a sponsorship of the WA Open Invitational Golf Tournament, May 18-20, 2018, at Meridian Valley Country Club. Jeff projected to anticipate generation of room stays from 77 or the 165 players are from 50 miles from Kent and will need to stay a minimum of 2 nights with 75% of them staying 3 nights. This will total approximately 211 room nights then to add the 22 staff nights it would bring it to 233 nights. This event will bring players from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. This event has been happening since 1923. In addition to lodging tax revenue players are only engaged at the course for about 6 hours of their day and will spend their time and money in many of the Kent restaurants as well. Michelle Wilmot will get more information and get back to committee with the information and see if the committee approves after having more detail. 5. First Washington Request for $5,000 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee January 22, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 2 of 4 Erin McCallum presented a request to the Committee for $5,000 to a sponsorship for the First Lego League and First Tech Challenge State Championships, February 11, 2018. Teams of students and parents will be traveling from all over the state to participate; this is an opportunity to showcase Kent as a tourist destination and to expose Kent and the beautiful ShoWare Center to the new potential partners. We anticipate more than 1,000 students, grades 4th through 12th to participate in the event. They will accompanied by their parents and coaches from across Washington. This will be our 4th year holding the event at ShoWare Center. We estimate bases on the number of teams and number of students, parents and coaches per team 100-150 stays on Saturday, February 10th. Andrea Keikkala moved to approve the request of $5,000 to sponsor the First Lego League and First Tech Challenge State Championships. John Casey seconded, motion passes. 6-0 6. Kent Chamber of Commerce Contract Increase Request Andrea Keikkala presented a proposal to increase the contract with the Kent Chamber of Commerce. For years the Chamber has entered into a contract with the City for $18,500 a year. For the year of 2018 they would like to ask for an increase to $25,000. After discussion with the committee it was agreed to increase the Chamber contract to $25,000. Bill asked Michelle for more information to be put together. Tim Higgins moved Kent Chamber receive $25,000 for the year of 2018. John Casey seconded. Motion passed 6-0. 7. JayRay VisitKent.com Presentation Bridget Baeth, Florin Mehedinti, Ryan Millard presented a request to the LTAC in the amount of $185,803. But first they gave a yearend review; In 2017 it was about creating a marketing plan and improving everything. 3 campaigns were done for marketing, wrote 37 blogs. The whole goal was to get the website updated before we sent a lot of people there. The old website had an 87% bounce rate which told up people were not having a good experience on the old website. 2018 Marketing Maters Quarterly Visit Kent E-Newsletter The Effectiveness of Email as a Marketing Tool • Highly relevant • 44% of people check their email 1-3x per day • Return on investment • For every $1 spent, email generates $38 in ROI • Reach Customers in Real-time • 54% of all emails were opened on a mobile device • Highly trackable • We know exactly who opened, home many opens and what action they took afterward • Newsletter signups on VisitKent.com are growing Lodging Tax Advisory Committee January 22, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 3 of 4 Extending our reach with PRNewswire Tow Press releases distributed via PRNewswire What is PRNewswire? • As part of JayRay’s subscription with Cision (leading PR software) we have access to a news release distribution tool called PRNewswire • Allows us the opportunity to send news releases targeted by industry (US travel line) • Coverage not guaranteed, but allows for effective distribution to massive network of journalists and publications • Helps increase SEO PRNweswire delivers: • In November, one of our tourism clients received coverage in 200+ articles • Major publications including Yahoo and US News; and major metro daily news • Total circulation of all publications was over 2 million Influencer marketing inspires tourists Micro-Influencer Campaign -Bring 3 Instagram Travel Influencers on a Hosted Trip to Kent Partnering with influencer’s allows you to reach your audience in an authentic way, where they don’t feel like they’re being marketed to: • 83% trust recommendations from peers over advertising • 66% trust consumer opinions posted online Many benefits: • Influencer marketing helps destinations grow awareness through a collection of first hand experiences, and includes shared photography and stories • Social media follower growth and high engagement rate BUDGET 2018 VisitKent Proposal $13,859 (Jan) $171,971 (Feb-Dec) $185,803 Total Budget ($1,248 increase from 2017) With a solid foundation in place from work done in 2017, the 2018 budget includes new opportunities: quarterly e-newsletter to visitor: micro-influencer campaign; PRNewswire media, distribution; increase in ad spend-across multiple media channels GOALS Indicator of Success 2018 Earned media (# of articles) 20 PR impressions 130M Website visits 60,000 Bounce rate (lower percentage is better) 50% Social media reach (Facebook, Twitter) 600,000 Social media followers (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 12,000 Andrew Hutchison moved to approve the request of $185,803 for 2018 for JayRay to continue to market Kent through the VisitKent.com website. John Casey seconded, motion passes. 6-0 9. Next Meeting Lodging Tax Advisory Committee January 22, 2018 Minutes Kent, Washington Approval Pending Page 4 of 4 March 26, 2017 @ 4 p.m. Meeting adjourned Submitted Julie Pulliam, LTAC Secretary 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 2018 Actual Actual Prelim. Actual Adopted Budget YTD Est. Actual Beginning Fund Balance 371,803 394,516 469,386 457,557 457,557 457,557 Revenues Lodging Tax 279,466 293,347 312,980 286,110 36,579 286,000 Miscellaneous Income 411 1,512 3,995 500 1,081 1,500 Total Revenues 279,878 294,859 316,975 286,610 37,660 287,500 Expenditures Services & Charges 10,000 10,311 16,681 17,250 1,208 17,250 Marketing 144,977 166,191 208,623 168,000 30,611 168,000 Projects & Events 23,665 25,000 25,000 75,000 27,800 75,000 Chamber 18,500 18,500 18,500 18,500 - 18,500 ShoWare Branding & Marketing 60,022 (13) 60,000 60,000 - 60,000 Total Expenditures 257,164 219,989 328,804 338,750 59,619 338,750 Change in Fund Balance 22,713 74,870 (11,830) (52,140) (21,959) (51,250) Ending Fund Balance 394,516 469,386 457,557 405,417 435,598 406,307 Lodging Tax Operating Fund Report as of February 28, 2018 2018 Lodging Tax Revenue by Month 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Preliminary 2017 2018 Variance % of Change January 12,759 13,395 13,336 16,651 17,552 18,474 18,552 78 0.4% February 10,621 10,886 12,550 13,424 14,410 15,163 18,027 2,864 15.9% March 14,020 11,641 13,004 13,870 16,517 17,130 April 12,828 13,023 14,787 14,512 17,505 19,187 May 14,285 14,764 16,742 17,421 18,210 21,895 June 13,681 14,664 15,636 17,213 21,337 21,174 July 15,267 17,290 20,058 22,598 23,960 25,904 August 5,202 23,152 26,947 34,809 33,870 36,793 September 25,468 28,734 33,976 38,364 38,142 39,246 October 25,742 31,628 35,047 37,780 39,611 41,791 November 19,629 19,525 24,710 29,028 31,007 30,307 December 18,469 18,916 22,583 23,796 20,474 25,916 Year to Date 187,971$ 217,618$ 249,377$ 279,466$ 292,594$ 312,980$ 2,942$ 1.0% % Change:2.8%15.8%14.6%12.1%4.7%7.0% as of 3/13/2018 HAWKtoberfest Car Show Date of Show: 9/29/201.8 The HAWKtoberfest Car Show will be held on Railroad Avenue, between Meeker St. and Smith St. ln an attempt to move people throughout the downtown, we tried the car show on Meeker Street before and it was not well received by the businesses, Therefore, we have moved it back to Railroad Avenue. Over the past three years, not only has our attendance grown (all the statistics are in the application) but so have our vendors. We are now turning away vendors so as not to compete with our downtown businesses. The question is repeatedly asked about how many overnight stays. The car show is not a two-day car show and until we can grow it to that, it is unlikely we would have very many overnight stays. Car owners from all over the state travel to Ocean Shores for the Seahawk Car Show and stay the weekend so we know that if we grow this enough, it could become that. We realized over the last couple of years that this is a family event and therefore are bringing more youth activities to the show. lt keeps the parents there longer as the children have more to do to entertain themselves. The car show creates a positive atmosphere in downtown and helps to diminish the negative reputation that Kent seems to be constantly hit with. During the event, there are a lot of people, besides our own people Facebooking the car show, the line dancing, and now we hope, Blue Thunder band playing. With that much activity going on, it will help bring more people into downtown throughout the day. We are also now working with the new owners of lloveKent and we will be live streaming some of the event. They will also help promote the car show through their many blogs. We will work again with the Seattle Thunderbirds and Tacoma Stars in hopes they will again, participate and help entertain our guests; young and old. I have included several pages of photos so that you can see some of the activities and the people that attend the car show. Hotels will be able to promote this event at their facilities by KDP providing posters/flyers to them; should they want them. The questions asked at the end of the application were asked throughout the application so lwill not repeat the answers, We at Kent Downtown Partnership are happy with our name because we believe when you partner with people, other businesses, other non-profits, service clubs, etc., you can accomplish so much more and have a lot more fun tool We hope you will alljoin us on September 29th, L1-3 PM, at the car show and meet some of the fun people and families that come down to enjoy the event and to enjoy DT Kent. 2018 Lodging Tax Expenditure Reporting Form ORGANIZATION: Kent Downtown Partnership ACTIVITY WPE: Car shodHAWKtoberfest ; Seahawk themed car show...4th year START DATE: 9/29/2078 END DATE: 9/29/2018 FUNDS REQUESTED: SSOOO FUNDS AWARDED: TOTAL ACtTtTY COST: s7695 Totol number of people predicted to ottend: 375+ This was determined by the number of increased porticipants ond guests each year ATTENDANCE 50+ Miles: lt is difficult to measure who is coming from 50+ miles. However, we do have an information booth and we will be diligent in asking our guest where they are from and if they are staying and where (hotel, family, friends). OUT OF STATE ATTENDEES: lt is possible that people from Canada and Portland would attend, with the help of www.VisitKent.com, marketing it on their website. We will be marketing the car show and are already marketing it in our weekly Eblast to our followers. lLoveKent blog is also helping us market our events and that will include the HAWKtoberfest car show on their blog, *lt is difficult to attract out of town guests if we don't have something different from other car shows and/or Seahawk activities. There has to be more than one reason to come to a car show and we feel with being able to advertise Blue Thunder Seahawk band and the Boot Boogie Babes (line dancers), we can attract more people. They will market to their followers on Facebook and their followers/fans inturn will share with their friends. This is an event that is growing. There are two events similar to ours in Washington and we plan to attend those with the intent to distribute our flyers for our HAWKtoberfest Car Show. PAID FOR OVERNIGHT LODGING: please see comments under "Out of State Attendees" ATTENDANCE: DID NOT PAY FOR OVERNIGHT LODGING: Anticipate 375-400 Attendees Lodging Tax has in the past also allowed for entertainment to be paid for, to help grow events that bring people into the community. lt is our hope that by using the LTAC grant funds, we can do that. Branding Kent as a Destination: Kent Downtown Partnership has been branding Kent from the time the city selected their "Kent, Bringing the World Home". We purchased and hung the banners in downtown with the new logo. We will provide JayRay with our HAWKtoberfest logo and any other information they request to help promote this event. Sports Commission: We will notify the Sports Commission that this event is happening and hope in turn, they too will help market it through "sharing our FB posts" and other social media they use. WHO ELSE lS FUNDING THIS PROGRAM? Kent Downtown Partnership is funding this event through our Promotions Committee and they will work with their committee members to find sponsors for the various categories that are listed on the attached budget. We do have funds to cover the sponsors listed that KDP would go after. We feel confident we should be able to secure the sponsors listed. By not using our promotions reserve fund, it allows us to put on more events and grow the ones we are already sponsoring. *NOTE: Hoteliers I hope are signed up for our weekly EblasU this tells them what is going on in Kent, in addition to what KDP is producing. This would be a great tool for the front desk people to have. Just go to our website www.downtownkentwa.com and sign up. lf that doesn't work, just call our office and we will do it for you, 253-81.3-6976. WHAT IS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT?57695 (see attached budget) HOW DOES OUR PROJECT FIT WITH THE GOALS Of thc LTAC? Portnerships: We will portner with local businesses, such os CarStar Exhibition Automotive, Mork Scarff Ford and Rusty Roven Studios. Rusty Roven Studios hos designed and produced our trophies for our cor show ond they are of high demonds. We will olso work with other local downtown businesses and those outside downtown thot support whot Kent Downtown Pqrtnership (KDP) is accomplishing. We hqve a history of doing o good job with our events and hove been successful in giving bock to Kent, specifically, the downtown. For those unfomiliar with KDP accomplishments: We ore responsible for the honging boskets in the spring, the new black benches, the new trash contoiners found ln Town Square Plozo, new planters, fogode improvement grants to help small businesses improve the front of their buildings qnd we have raised money for various project in downtown such as the Meeker Street Overpqss (524,000) ond we roised money in an effort to help on owner restore the Alleluia Catholic Store to its originol design, to dote we raised 515,000. We host, in portnership now with the City of Kent, two cleon-up days annuolly. We will portner with other non-profits and seruice clubs qs they hove portnered with us ,in sharing informotion about upcoming events thot we oll produce. We will also partner with the city in our efforts to morket the downtown in o positive way. I We will olso be working with the regional Mustdng Ford Cor Club and will have a booth ot their cor show in August that is being held, for the first time, ot ShoWore Center; 250 cars. I hove been working with their President by helping him moneuver oround who he should talk to, and o number of other detoils. Branding Kent os o Destinotion: One of the things that is so fun about putting on events, is sharing our enthusiasm obout moking the event the best event we con. We will market www.visitkent.com on our website qnd link to it so thot visitors, to the sight, con see other octivities going on in Kent which could cause them to stoy overnight. One thing that I really like about using www.visitkent.com, is that they have o list of all the hotels avoilable in Kent. Sports Commission: As stoted before, we will be hoppy to let the Sports Commission know of our event in hopes they too will help us morket it. HOW MANY NIGHT STAYS DO YOU ANTICPATE GENERATING? We do not anticipate many overnight stays until we grow this event to where it can be a two-day event. PROJECT NAME: HAWKtoberfest Car Show PROJECT BACKGROUND: 201-8 will be our 4th year hosting this event PROJECT LEADER: Barbara Smith, Executive Director, Jodi Thormahlen, Administrative Assistant & Frankie June, Pro ot Cha Barbara Sm 2s3-8L3-6976 AMOUNT REQUESTING: 53845 Kent Downtown Partnership has requested funds from the LTAC for HAWKtoberfest Car Show in the past; two years ago, for this event. 'F'r"iOne reason we are requesting funds again this year is that our major sponsor is now contributing to our Main Street Tax lncentive Program, so we need to find other funding until we can secure another large sponsor for the car show. As you are aware, KDP does not work with very many large businesses so our ability to go out and find large donors is much more difficult. However, we are always putting ourselves out there in an effort to do so. HAWKTOBERFEST BUDGET 2OL8 EXPENSES Advertising S 2000 (lncludes East of Mountain ads) Social Media Pushes 400 (Facebook & lnstagram) Trophies and materials 600 Date of Event: 9/29/2018 INCOME: CAR Registrations 45@ S20 ea. S 900 Vendors @ SSO each (15)500 Raffle Ticket Sales 52 (200) 300 Free to publicPlacards for trophies Dashboard Plaques Banner, two, 20'X 6" banners Blue Thunder Band Boot Boogie Babes VIP Tickets 10 @ StS ea Printing Balloons Vol u nteer Station/M isc. Face Painting/Chalk Graphics Permits Prizes for raffle Sa nti-ca ns Sound System TOTAL EXPENSES: SPONSORS: Presenting Sponsor Co-Presenting Sponsor Permits-working with city Trophy Sponsor Youth Activities 100 150 825 600 300 150 550 100 195 100 100 725 200 300 300 500 s00 400 s00 250 Sz,G95 TOTAL KDP INCOME: 3,850 TOTAL LTAC GRANT: 3,845 Total lncome: 7,695 PROFIT: S 0 Our goal is to bring people into downtown, especially people who have not been downtown before. n # qt* *.: /, Stefan' - a : a nJ5 AFTER t T0!1-A$tA ij r'l I t KENT Kent Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 2g!7 -ZgJ,8 Fu nd i ng. Req.uest Application The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's Mission: Promote the City as a destination to increase tourism and business development. Guidelines for applying for grants from the City of Kent's Lodging Tax Advisory Cornr-nlttee Flow to submit?Complete and submit applications on'line, or at a 'Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Meeting, or mail a completed original grant proposal form plus two copies to the address below. Where to submit?City of Kent 220 4th Ave, S. Kent, WA 98022 Attn,: ]ul,le Puflia,rn' When are the deadlines? Forthe year2017; July L,20t7 &July 1,2018 and for the year 20L7; September 30, 20L7 and September 3O, 2OIB with funds to be distributed as requested in approved application. Who may apply? teams What is the g{:a,rit size? Lodging establish amount Youth and amateur sports associations, schools, Community/regional events organizations, business/trade associations, event associations and individuals. Approved Tourism Facilities. Between $2.50:00 and $5,CI00.00, hswevet the Tax Advisory Committee reserves the right to any grant amount it sees fit, regardless of the applied for. Where can I direct questions? Call Julie Pulliam at 253-856-5702 Each g:rant wiill'he jud'ged'against specific criteria:. Th:€ coffirllittee will'review the extent to which the proposed project is consistent with the strategic goals of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and shows potential for tourism and hotel stays. OBJECTIVES:Page 1 The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's 3 Strategic Goals ' CreatingPartnerships' Branding Kent as a Destination' Sports Commission 1. Who else is funding this project? Various sponsors are funding both events. Z. What is the total budget for this project? $35,000 3, How does your project fit with the goals of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee? ' Creating Partnerships ' Branding Kent as a Destination ' Sports Commission These two basketball events go well with the what the city of Kent is about - promoting itself as a desUnation and sports destination, This is our 10th year of promoting both the ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3 and the variety of high school basketball events, People have seen that Kent has become a terrific destination with its ammenities and sports venues. With two high profile sports events, these fall right in line with what the sports commission is all about. 4. How many nlght starTs do you anticipate generating from your project? o 64 rooms nights for basketball; 28 room nights from golf events Project Name: Game Time Events. Company will put on regional 3 on3 basketball tournament along with a variety of high school basketball events. :Project Background: Both the 3 on 3 basketball event and hiEh school events have been 'held for nine years 'in and around the City of l(ent. Project Leader: Name and Title: Steve Turcotte - Game Time Events Contact email : sdturcotte@comcast.net. Contract phone: 206 9S29 Signature Other individuals involved in writing and/or implementing this grant: Na Na Na Title: Title: Title: Contact: Contact: Contact; Page 2 Amount reguested: $SiOOO DEADLINE FOR APPLYING (please circle one): July 1, 2OL7; July 1, 2018 or September 30,20L7; September 30, 2018 PROJECT DESCRIPTION On a separate page(s), briefly describe the project you are proposing in two parts. In the first part, please briefly (in 250 words, or less) provide and overview of your project, (1) including how the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's goals will be met, (2) how the funds will be used and how you will be able to track hotel stays and what your methodolog1y for trackinE wi[], be. Catalog.s; plctures o,r broeltr,ures are appropriate to demonstrate equipment, suppfies or other items(s) requested. In the second part, please specifically address the following in your proposal: How many room nights do you expect to collect? Have you asked for money in the past? What w€re the results? How many overnight,stay.s d,i.d the event create? W,hene and wfusla wi{{ ttae:project.,take rylaoe? P{easeriqac+u€l€ sta{t and cornpletio't'l dates? What will benchmark the projects progress? Please limit your entire application response to two pages. FINAL REPORT If your request is Eranted, fo.c fu'nding from the Lodging Tax Advisorr; Conornittee (LTAC) you will be expected to provide at the next LTAC meeting after your event a full report on your final project with the number of stays created. And a completed 2OL5-2OL6 Event or Tourism Facility Lodging Tax Expenditure Report Form. Attached: Form tf n Ap'nroved,for .fun din c Declined fundinq Page 3 OVERVIEW OF GAME TIME EVENTS PROJECTS: Game Tlme Events will host two big-time basketball events in the City of Kent for the 2018-19 basketball season - the ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3 in July and at least five high school basketball events set for 2018-19, which will start Dec. 1 . The goals of the city of Kent and GameTime Events will be met in various ways. First, by exposing out of town players and fans to wt'-la[ the cNy of Kent has tq sffen ln,terms of spo,nts taoilities and'other, ar,nenlties. These events will be bringing in people to the area to use the city's fine hotels and other facilities like restaurants, movie theaters and parks. The funds used from the city will be used in ditferent ways to make sure the events are all top of the line. For the ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3, the funds will be used for T-Shirts, new basketball hoops, staffing and new banners. For the high school events, the funds from the city will be used for rental for facilities, staffing, banners, food and any other miscellaneous needs the events will have. For hotel room stays, we will book the roornsiforthe vllsftingout,of'town;teerns gffiryflh,'k€Epahar+dle om tlae.,lrow rnarry rooms willbe used and get a thatin'formation trom the'hotels and teams after the events. . Side note: I also am the coach of the Highline College Women's Golf team and we host two tournaments at Twin Lakes Country Club. I have had at least one school stay in a Kent hotel with 7 rooms for two nights at both tournaments for 28 rooms nights total. Other out of town schools are being led toward Kent hotels for the tournaments whlch take place inApril and October. HOTEL ROOM NIGHT INFORMATION: For the 2018-19 events, we expect to book between 70 and 80 rooms nights for the ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3 and the high school events. We will spread the room nights out at the various hotels throughout the Kent area like we have through the years if promoting the events. Game Time Events has asked and have been granted money in the past which has helped al'lowed,,,tlqle company,to stage ever?tslirn a prcfesslenalpnay for y.ears and years. . The ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3 will take place July 14-15, 2018 at the ShoWare Center and will take over the parking lots and feature up to 150 teams and 600 players. . The high school events will take place startting on Dec. 1,2018 and finishing Jan.21, 2019. There will be a total of two events at the ShoWare Center. Other events will be held at Auburn Riverside High School, Highline College and Kennedy Catholic High School. . One of the biEgest berrchrnerks fo'r: the" 3.on,$ io the. r'rrurnher'of tearnsi We were. at 1$0t last year and.expect more thls year - hopefufly some from otrt of the area. 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Brake & Alignment Checks Doing the right thing mattersl IESSCIIWAB MORE THAN 475 STORES THRCUGHOUT THE WESTI KENT Kent Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 2Ol7 -2OL8 Funding Req uest Application The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's Mission: Promote the City as a destination to increase tourism and business development. Guidelines for apptying for grants from the City of Kent's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Who may apply? teams Youth and amateur sports associations, schools, Com m u nity/regional events organizations, business/trade associations, event associations and individuals. Approved Tourism Facilities. Complete and submit applications on lfne, or at a 'Lodging Tax Advisory Commjttee l4eeting, or mail a completed original grant proposal form plus two copies to the address below. flow to submit? lA/het is the g,rant size? Lodging establish amount Where to submit?City of Kent 220 4th Ave. S. Kent, WA" 98022 Attn : .]unlfe Ful'liern When are the deadlines? Forthe year20L7; July L,2017 &July 1,2018 and for the year 20L7; September 30, 20L7 and September 30, 2018 with funds to be distributed as requested in approved application, ,Betw,een $250,'O0 Ond $$,'@9,0.,S0, ll.oweve'r, the Tax Advisory Committee reserves the right to any grant amount it sees fit, regardless of the applied for. Where can I direct questions? Call Julie Pulliam at 253-856-5702 Each grant will'be judged agai'nst specifrc cr'.'iteria, The con"rnnittee wilt'review the extent to which the proposed project is consistent with the strategic goals of the Lodg.i.ng Tax Adviso.ry Commjttee and shows potential for tourjsm and hotel stays OBJECTIVES: PAgC 1 The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's 3 Strategic Goals ' CreatingPartnerships ' Branding Kent as a Destination ' Sports Commission 1. Who else is funding this project? Various sponsors 2. What is the tstal bLrdget for this prE'eet?,$t0,00,Oi 3. How does your project fit with the goals of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee?' CreatingPartnerships ' Branding Kent as a Destination ' Sports Commission The Kent Wrestling Showdown is a new event that will fit well with the city and the spo'rts 't4qeflqe,,that has,:been Ee,ne'rated'w.it.h vrrftat hqppens ri,n frhe city of Kent. We will be inviting at'leastS out of town high school wrestling teams so they can see what a great sports destination the city of Kent is. Since this is a new event, this fits perfectly with what the sports commission would like to see. 4. How many night stays do you anticipate generating from your project? 50-60 room nights from the or."lt of town teams, Project Name: Kent Wrestling Showdown Project Background: This is the inaugural Kent Wrestling Showdown. Project Leader: Name and Title: Steve Contact email:mcast.net Contract phone: 2 029 Signature other individ'ual"s involved in wrriting.and/or inrplenr.erlrti.r.lg thls grant: Nam Nam Nam e' Kvlc lnneq Title: Coach Title: Title: Contact: Contact: Contact;F' Amount requested: $5'OOO DEADLINE FORAPPLYING (please circle one): July 1, 2017; July 1,2018 or September 3O, 201.7; Sep-Eember 30, 20L8- PageZ PROJECT DESCRIPTION On a separate page(s), briefly describe the project you are proposing in two parts. In the first part, please briefly (in 250 words, or less) provide and overview of your project, (1) including how the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee's goals will be met, (2) how the funds will be used and how you will be able to track hotel stays and what your methodology for tracklngt wlfifr. be. CataloErs, plctures or brochures are appropri'ate to demonstrate equipment, supplies or other items(s) requested. In the second part, please specifically address the following in your proposal: How many room nights do you expect to collect? Have you asked for money in the past? What were tlre r.esu{ts? filow.many overnight stays did the event create? 'Where and whe'r"l will the'p-r:oject take place? Please inclr.rde'staft and co,r.np{et'ron dates? What will benchmark the projects progress? Please limit your entire application response to two pages. FINAL REPORT trf y,our reeir"rgst is grrantedi for funding. from, the Lodgjhg, Tax Advisotiy Cornrntiittee (LTAC) you will be expected to provide at the next LTAC meeting after your event a full report on your final project with the number of stays created, And a completed 2015-2016 Event or Tourism Facility Lodging Tax Expenditure Report Form. Attached: Form Agp,roved'for'fu 'nd i'nq Declined fundin Page 3 OVERVIEW OF GAME TIME EVENTS PROJECTS: Game Time Events will be behind the inaugural Kent Wrestling Showdown. The date is still to be determined. This is a big-time high school wrestling event that will be held at the ShoWare Center in either December or January. lt will be a one-day event featuring between 16 and 24 teams. With high school wrestling being such a popular sport in the Kent area, it is only nnturalltt\at the city host a hig-tinrre wrestling tournarRent, Plans eall fon at least 7 wnesling rqql.ats to be set up in the ShoWare Center. Teams would get a chance to wrestling in two dual meets throughout the day, giving all wrestlers two matches each. We might also work with Highline College and its wrestling team to compete on a separate mat against another college team. The goals for the committee will be met with an several out of town teams in town for our inaugural wrestling tournament with many people visiting the city of Kent for the first time. The funds will be used in a variety of ways, renting the ShoWare Center, renting wrestling mats, staffing, food, lnsur'anm and banners f,o,r sorne €pans.rs. We witl.tradk'hote'l noor,ns wLrth tlrre vari,ous hoiels the teams wilt stay at and we wlll know'how many rooms from the teams themselves they will be using when they are in town. HOTEL ROOM NIGHT INFORMATION: For our first event we expect at least 7-8 out of area teams that will be staying in Kent area hotels. That means one nights of at least 6-8 rooms per team and anywehre from 45-70 room nights for this event. Maybe more when you count in parents, family ind friends who might travel for the event. Since this is a new event, this is the first time we are asking for money -money we need to get the event going. Seattle Thunderbirds 2018 -2019 Getting people to Eat, Drink, Stay and Play in Kent! This proposal has been designed specifically to achieve the goals and objectives of VisitKent.com as defined by Andrew Hutchison in our discovery meeting earlier this year. In our conversations, there were three specific objectives he identified as key to a successful partnership… 1.Raise awareness for VisitKent.com to people from around the region 2.Educate people about opportunities to eat, shop, stay and play in Kent 3.Put Heads in Beds Every element in this partnership proposal has been selected specifically to assist VisitKent.com in achieving these goals. The combining of ALL of these elements together leads us to achieving the desired outcome of having people visit, stay, spend their time and money in Kent. Thunderbirds Team Bus Thunderbirds Team Bus Thunderbirds Team Van As a bonus, we added the VisitKent.com logo to the back of our team van. Thunderbirds Webcast “Print at Home” Thunderbirds Tickets As the popularity and ease of “Print at Home” tickets continue to grow, having “Visit Kent” on them puts your brand on the tickets as fans begin planning their visit to the area. There are many advantages to having your brand in this space: •These are people coming to the area looking for places to eat, stay and things to do while they are in Kent. •For many of these people, they only come to the area once in a while, so this helps educate them about all that Kent has to offer. •Many of these people are coming from out of town (Portland, Tri Cities, Spokane, Everett and across Canada). •We can change messaging throughout the year if you wish. Dasher board signage Dasher board signage is some of the most visible of any sporting event. Having your brand next to the action all season long. In addition to reaching everyone in the arena, your brand shows up on television, webcast, news and web highlights, league highlights and more. “In-house” commercial Running your television commercial here allows you to have your message seen by fans as they are captive between periods. This ensures that everyone sees your message. Promotions We will work with you to create promotions that will create fun and excitement around Kent and what Kent has to offer. We can create enter to win contests, do a give-away night, table nights and more. We are open to ideas and creating something unique for you. We want to work with you to identify promotions that we can run during 3-4 on ice intermissions during the season. The focus will be add fun to the promotion on the ice and fun to the VisitKent.com brand. Digital program We offer a digital game night program that fans can download to their smart phone or digital device. This is a totally interactive ad that can be changed throughout the season. Your ad links to your website and will essentially put your website in their hands. Broadcast Radio All Thunderbirds games are broadcast on 1090 AM KJR and are available streaming live. By being “part of the broadcast” fans to switch to another station when the commercials come on, making your radio messaging some of the most effective radio available anywhere. Your nightly broadcast package includes: •Four (4) 30-second spots •One (1) Live read •Opening and Closing Billboards Thunderbirds website VisitKent.com has placement on the Partner Page of the Thunderbirds website. Placement here makes it easy for fans and guests to find your website and to learn more about your brand and what Kent has to offer. Broadcast Television The Thunderbirds will again have a minimum of Eight (8) games broadcast in Seattle and Portland. This means your message will reach a wide range of people in both Western Washington and the metro Portland area. This allows your commercial to run in front of Portland fans as they consider coming to Kent to follow their team. When visiting fans come to town they tend to spend money on food, lodging, shopping and entertainment. THUNDERBIRDS BROADCAST TELEVISION PACKAGE The Thunderbirds will once again have Eight (8) games broadcast in the Seattle and Portland markets. Your broadcast package will include a combination of elements designed specifically for you to achieve your goals: •Two (2) :30 second commercials for each of the Team’s games broadcast on television •One (1) Feature Sponsor each broadcast •One (1) :60 Second “Featurette” each season. Television spot placement •Game 1 –Four spots •Game 2 –Four spots •Game 3 –Three spots •Game 4 –Three spots •Game 5 –Four spots •Game 6 –Three spots •Game 7 –Three spots •Game 8 –Three spots •Game 9 –Two spots Number of rooms nights directly attributed to the Seattle Thunderbirds Thunderbirds Training Camp 300+ room nights Thunderbirds Parents Weekend 70-80 room nights Visiting Team room nights (Thunderbirds)400+ room nights* (*Based on Conversations with visiting teams) Thunderbirds playoff games (17-20 rooms each night for 3-6 nights per ROUND) If the Thunderbirds make just 2 rounds of the playoffs it would mean an additional 150 –200 room nights Over the course of the season the Thunderbirds generate Over 1,000 room nights. Add to that, the over 160,000 fans the Thunderbirds draw to Kent to spend money in restaurants and shopping each year. You can see the significant impact the team makes on the success of the business community in Kent. FLEX TICKETS • 24 Flex ticket vouchers • Each redeemable for the best available Premium Seat at the time of redemption • Redeem in any quantity for any games • Perfect for promotional prizes • You get the option to pick the seats that are perfect FOR YOU • All vouchers to be redeemed in person at accesso ShoWare Center Box Office CLUB SEATS • Seats located at center ice, penalty box side • Larger, more comfortable seats • Access to the Exclusive Heritage Club • Two (2) preferred parking stalls per four (4) seats • First option to buy your seats for all non-hockey events • Access through Exclusive VIP Entrance • Parking privileges in private Suite & Club seat parking area PREMIUM SEATS • World Class Hockey at a great price • 36 Exciting Nights out during the fall and winter • Guaranteed great seats every night • Savings of up to 30% off of single game prices • Playoff priority and savings on tickets • Exclusive invitation to post-game autograph session • Exclusive invitation to Holiday Skate with players Partnership Package 2018 –2019 Season •Team Bus •Webcast “Bug” •Print at home •Dasher boards •Promotional Nights •“In House” videos •Program w/ link •Broadcast radio package •Website w/ link •Television Seattle & Portland •24 –Flex Tickets Total Net Investment – $61,704.00 Visit Kent SUPPORTS WASHINGTON OPEN SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Budget: April - May 2018 March 23, 2018 JAYRAY SERVICES Design and project management Budget Design and write Visit Kent visitor guide, with coupon offers (4-page brochure)$4,265 Coordinate hotel welcome baskets for overnight golfers $785 Project management (secure coupon offers, vendor/schedule management)$1,005 Attend media day during Golf Tournament (optional)$740 SUBTOTAL $6,795 OUTSIDE COSTS Merchandise & Print Materials Budget 17 dozen customized with logo Titleist Pro V1 golf balls (204)$1,300 Luggage Tags INCLUDED Visit Kent brochure printing allowance (250 brochures) $600 Gift baskets promo allowance (50) (Airways Beer, Golf Ball Sugar Cookies, Kent Station gift card…)$2,000 SUBTOTAL $3,900 TOTAL $10,695 Approval Signed Date I give JayRay my approval to proceed with this project based on this budget, subject to JayRay's Standard Terms and Conditions.