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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-04-14 - Minutes• GROUP: DATE: April 14, 1997 PRESENT: • ADVERTISING & PROMOTION COMMISSION ABSENT: Kit Williams Curtis Shipley Alex Jerde Fred Hanna Carl Maguire Joe Fennel, Jim Marilyn Snapp Ben Mayes Susan Stirewalt Richard Alderman Steve Ward Waselues CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Fred Hanna at 2:00 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce office. MONTHLY REPORTS: MINUTES It was moved by Shipley, second by Williams to approve the minutes of the March 24 meeting. Motion carried. FINANCIAL Ben Mayes presented the financial report for March. The HMR collections were $76,808, an increase of 5.91% over March 1996 collections. Total collections year to date are $223,716, a 2.73%. March expenditures were $35,402. Moved by Shipley, second by Williams to approve the March financial report. Motion carried. ACTIVITY REPORT Marilyn Snapp presented the March activities of Convention Visitor Development and the first quarter report. Moved by Williams, second by Shipley to approve the Convention Visitor Director report. Motion carried. AGENCY REPORT Susan Stirewalt reported that inquiries had increased. The agency is redesigning the Fayetteville brochures and working on fall placement of advertising. Moved by Shipley, second by Williams to approve the agency report. Motion carried. TROLLEY OPERATIONS REPORT Report was presented as an informational item. An increase in ridership can be seen. New trolley should arrive by next meeting. The U of A students have again asked for the • entertainment trolley which ran on weekends. Ben has asked them to submit a written request. OLD BUSINESS: REPORT OF AAAA STATE BASKETBALL Larry Biddle reported that they good tournament. Many athletes Fayetteville. TOURNAMENT hosted 32 teams. It was a toured the U of A and FUNDING REQUEST - MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Tournament attracted 24 teams with 1080 attendees. They are requesting $2,000. Moved by Williams, second by Shipley to approve the request. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: HOLIDAY HOOPS FUNDING REQUEST EXTENSION Larry Bittle requested that he be allowed to present a funding request for Holiday Hoops at the next A & P Commission meeting because they had been involved in the AAAA basketball tournament. Moved by Williams, second by Shipley to approve the request. Motion carried. EXHIBIT HALL/TOWN CENTER Two public hearing have been scheduled - April 16 at 5:00 p.m. and April 22 at 7:00 p.m. Discussion followed on format of public hearing and method of taking public comments. Written comments as well as taped comments will be taken. MISCELLANEOUS: 1. Alex Jerde invited Commissioners to come to Hilton to see 375-450 Wal -mart people in for 5 days. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully�''''slu�bbmiittted, nilyn Snapp Director, Convention and Visitor Development