Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Staff Liaison Tim Dutter, About Economic Development Manager Established in 1998, this committee oversees Email the City's share of lodging tax. Members Currently, hotels, motels, and bed-and- Patty Hagar, Visit Issaquah breakfast inns collect the City's 1 percent share Wendy Floyd, Marriott Hotel of the tax to pay all or any part of the cost of Will Parkinson, Hilton Garden Inn tourism promotion, acquisition of tourism- Hamilton McCulloh, Greater Issaquah related facilities or the operation of tourism- Chamber of Commerce related facilities. Stacy Goodman, Councilmember Membership Under state law, the committee's members consist of members from businesses that collect the tax, members involved in activities Meetings eligible for lodging tax revenue, and an elected Meetings are scheduled as City official, who leads the committee. necessary.
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a) Minutes of April 23, 2019 Hagar moved to approved.
Dutter recommended that the LTAC pay for the company Tokita Bethune to design and execute the 2019 AVP traffic plan.
He recommended this company because they had completed the design and execution of the traffic plan in 2018, and already had the design drawn out.
Dutter explained that the traffic plan would cost roughly $10,000 to design and execute, and he recommended the LTAC approve LTAC funds to be awarded to the project.
Dutter explained that he discussed this with Councilmember Goodman, and that the Chamber of Commerce requested a month or two to submit to the LTAC a new recommendation.