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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (TDC) HELD October 20, 2015 AT 3:00 P.M. PENSACOLA BAY CENTER 2201 EAST GREGORY STREET PENSACOLA, FLORIDA


1.				Meeting was called to Order by Chairman Nash Patel Proper advertisement of TDC meeting was published in the Pensacola News Journal, on Saturday, October 17, 2015.

2.				Chairman Patel called for the approval of Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Tourist Development Council Meeting Minutes. Meeting minutes were approved with an amendment per Tina Morrison, Perdido Key. Passed per TDC members present 5-4 with members : Underhill, Spencer, McKinnon and Wu absent.

3.				Status of Funds Available, TDC Collections and Receipts, Stephan Hall, Director, Office of Management and Budget Fiscal Year over 9.21% over last year and 9.163 million, Great Report! Handout of TDC Collections given to the Board as backup.

4.				Visit Pensacola Update- Perdido Key Chamber of Commerce, Visitor Information Center, Budget, Steve Hayes, President, Visit Pensacola Handout given to the TDC Board and video presentation to outline presentation given. Per Steve Hayes, Visit Pensacola, last meeting the unified budget was approved except for the Perdido Key Visitor Informaiton Center budget. Visit Pensacola worked with Tina Morrison and her staff and leadership to come up with a new proposal from 199,000K to 159,920K. In January 2016-Visit Pensacola will run the Visitor Information Center and the Chamber will be ran separately per the 1st and 2nd page of the backup which outlines the other Visitor Information Center and the hours and staffing are different. Steve Hayes thanked Tina and Sharon for the collaboration efforts. Member Underhill- I remain cautious about the numbers and the 12.8 visitors every single hour. Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach in January 2016 working with SRIA and the Chamber moving forward is a goal. TDC needs to know what the real value of the Visitor Information Center is and they need to be added to the DMO (Destination Market) to continue to grow the stay and know honest numbers and what it returned back in TDC numbers. Member McKinnon- I commend you all because this is the first time we have had the real numbers. I echo Underhill on his statement regarding the numbers. Member Denis McKinnon- I make a motion to approve the new proposal, seconded by member Nan Harper. Motion approved 6-3 with members P.C. Wu, Gregory Jones and member Brian Spencer absent from the meeting.

5.				Old Business/New Business: Chairman Patel asked if there is any old or new business? If there is none, is there a motion to adjourn?

6.				Adjournment of Meeting: Member Nan Harper made a motion to adjourn the TDC meeting and it was seconded by member Vice-Chair Shirley Cronley. Before meeting adjourned Chairman Patel told TDC that staff would send an email about the next meeting Tourist Development Council Meeting Date for December. Member Gregory Jones entered the meeting and apologized to the TDC for being late to the meeting. Chairman Patel adjourned meeting at 4:30 p.m.