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2004-07-14 HOT Committee Minutes 1 MINUTES 2 3 Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee Meeting 4 July 14, 2004 5 6 After determining that a quorum was present, the Hotel Occupancy Tax Committee convened 7 into an Open Meeting on Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 7:30 a.m. in the City Council 8 Worksession Room, City of Denton City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas. 9 10 PRESENT: Mayor Euline Brock, Council Members Bob Montgomery, Pete Kamp and 11 Raymond Redmon 12 13 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS: 14 Kathy DuBose, Assistant City Manager 15 Diana Ortiz, Director Fiscal Operations 16 Lee Ann Bunselmeyer, Treasury & Tax Manager 17 18 AGENDA ITEM 1: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MAY 25, 2004 19 MEETING 20 21 Minutes were approved as written. 22 23 AGENDA ITEM 2: 24 PROGRAM ISSUES 25 26 Mayor Brock provided a historical overview of the hotel occupancy tax program. The Denton 27 Black Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors explained that they expanded the Blues 28 Festival to a two- 29 However, by expanding their event and by receiving hotel fund budget cuts, the operations of 30 their festival were greatly hindered. The Chamber Board requested to receive funding equal to 31 or greater than the 2003 program year. The Chamber Board explained that this level of funding 32 was needed to offset the additional expenditures for the additional event day and to acquire 33 larger named talent. 34 35 Ms. DuBose distributed the Program Year 2004 Summary itemizing the Convention and Visitor 36 -op advertising funds and clarifying miscommunications of the current year 37 advertising program allocations. 38 39 The Chamber submitted a revised Exhibit C to their Program Year 2005 application. This revised 40 budget increased their advertising request from $10,000 to $20,000. 41 42 AGENDA ITEM 3: OTHER BUSINESS 43 44 No other business was discussed. 45 46 Meeting adjourned at 8:50 a.m.