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REPORT OF THE TDC MEETING OF THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (TDC) HELD March 3, 2015 AT 3:00 P.M. OLD COURTHOUSE 223 PALAFOX PLACE PENSACOLA, FLORIDA


1.				Call to Order. (Chairman Nash Patel, welcomes new TDC Member, Councilman Brian Spencer

2.				Approval of the Tourist Development Council meeting minutes of Tuesday, December 4, 2014 Commissioner Doug Underhill :made a correction to the December minutes, stating he was present and not absent. Shirley Cronley: Called for the approval of the December 4^th meeting minutes. Gregory Jones seconded the minutes. Motion to approve the minutes passed 5-4, with members Ian Jacobs, Nan Harper, Councilman Brian Spencer and Denis Mckinnon absent.

3.				Status of Funds Available, TDC Collections and Receipts, Stephan Hall, Office of Management and Budget Up 17% over collections same time last year. Handout of TDC Collections given to the Board as backup.

4.				Pensacola Jr. Ice Flyers (Youth Hockey Tournament Overview given by Dusty, Manager We have tried to secure the Bay Center and TDT dollars for a potential weekend and track through Pensacola Sports Association. Each team has 8 players to about 120 Youth and 200 Adults. Present play time is 6:30-10:00pm, and we meet 4 nights a week We have become a travel team on the weekends Previous experience is that our sports events bring out of the area family to Pensacola to contribute to tourist development tax monies.

5.				Visit Pensacola Quarterly Updates, Steve Hayes, President, Visit Pensacola 1) Advertising/Marketing Items 2) Strategic Plan

6.				Old Business/New Business: Commissioner Underhill- Led a discussion on saltwater fishing and the product license being exempted comparable to Trigger Fish and that we need to work with Tallahassee. Steve Hayes, Visit Pensacola will be attending a legislative meeting and will mention this at the meeting. Nash Patel, President, thanked Visit Pensacola and the Board for their time and doing such a great job with the tourism presentation. TDC asked Ray Palmer, PSA- to speak about an article in the Pensacola News Journal regarding Sports Tourism. Ray Palmer stated that he was not sure where the 350K total came from to do this project that was quoted in the PNJ. Explained that this project was an initiative from 2009 from the Hoteliers. They wanted 2 studies conducted regarding sports tourism because of the amount TDT dollars it could bring to our area. Stephan Hall, Interim Budget Director- I am not sure who gave the number. It is on the BCC agenda for Thursday and is broken down in 3 phases: 1)Gap analysis 2)Financial Feasibility 3)Site and Design Ray Palmer, PSA- Several organizations have come forth and are interested in the project: The School District, Community Maritime Park, Escambia Parks and Recreation, Pensacola State College and The University of West Florida as well as the Pensacola Ice Flyers and other interested parties. Commissioner Underhill- This item will go before the BCC on Thursday, we need to utilize the Tourist Development Tax and do a Phase 1 to include: an inventory assessment and a demand of the area.

7.				Adjournment of Meeting/Next TDC Meeting Date, Chairman Nash Patel: Nash Patel, Chairman- Ask board members to check their calendars to tentatively set the next meeting. Chairman announced for the record the next TDC meeting will be in June preferable first Tuesday which will be June 2nd at 3pm at this same location. Staff (Audrey) will contact TDC members by email and advise. If no other business, is there a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn was made by member Doug Underhill and seconded by member Gregory Jones. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.