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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-10-10 Tourism Commission MinutesTOURISM COMMISSION MEETING RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Monday, October 10, 2016, 6:00 p.m. The Tourism Commission for the City of Riverside, Missouri, was to meet in regular session at Riverside City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri. The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm. Answering roll call were Commissioners Jennifer Goering, Lori Locke, and Julie Rule. Also present were Board liaison Alderman Frank Biondo, City staff members Mayor Kathy Rose, City Administrator Greg Mills, Lori Boji and Stacey Rasco, (recorder). Motion to Approve Minutes from August 8, 2016 Commissioner Goering made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Commissioner Locke seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Motion passed.  2017 Sponsorship Application Process Lori Boji reviewed the application process for the Commission.  Review of Tourism Process Lori to follow up with Hannah.  New Direction for Tourism Commission  Greg Mills, CA wanted to visit with the commission thinks it may be time for a reset. In the beginning the idea was to grants would be seed money for events and not funding for events. We feel there is an opportunity to do more. Should consider things that we can do that will bring actual tourism dollars in the city. We are talking to a group that could bring in soccer south of Horizons. Have private investors. Mayor and greg met with chamber board and it was not what it was supposed to be. The family time was non existent. Many different events going on at the same time. Go back to the drawing table and figure out what and where we give out tourism dollars. Jennifer noted that the direction is to set aside monies to do something big. In the future. She is very big on not giving groups money year and year and have a cap so that they find their own funding sources. With riverside and platte county it is hard to get people to notice where we are. Greg noted that we need to find the key to get people in here, how to get them here and what do we want to achieve while here. For those that come to the events that are here, does this translate to dollars for the city? Another item for review is curling. Pickle ball is another venue. If we focus on these events that will bring other investments and people. Julie asked what the limitations are regarding our funding. Can we do a big project, etc. we could do new playground equipment at EH Young, we could donate $50,000 to start the soccer field process. The challenge is measuring the impact o four dollars. Greg suggested a combined meeting with the Chamber Board and the Commission. Jennifer noted that we will go ahead with our funding process and once monies are allocated we can meet with the Chamber and see where we can help.   New Direction for Tourism Commission  Greg Mills, CA wanted to visit with the commission thinks it may be time for a reset. In the beginning the idea was to grants would be seed money for events and not funding for events. We feel there is an opportunity to do more. Should consider things that we can do that will bring actual tourism dollars in the city. We are talking to a group that could bring in soccer south of Horizons. Have private investors. Mayor and greg met with chamber board and it was not what it was supposed to be. The family time was non existent. Many different events going on at the same time. Go back to the drawing table and figure out what and where we give out tourism dollars. Jennifer noted that the direction is to set aside monies to do something big. In the future. She is very big on not giving groups money year and year and have a cap so that they find their own funding sources. With riverside and platte county it is hard to get people to notice where we are. Greg noted that we need to find the key to get people in here, how to get them here and what do we want to achieve while here. For those that come to the events that are here, does this translate to dollars for the city? Another item for review is curling. Pickle ball is another venue. If we focus on these events that will bring other investments and people. Julie asked what the limitations are regarding our funding. Can we do a big project, etc. we could do new playground equipment at EH Young, we could donate $50,000 to start the soccer field process. The challenge is measuring the impact o four dollars. Greg suggested a combined meeting with the Chamber Board and the Commission. Jennifer noted that we will go ahead with our funding process and once monies are allocated we can meet with the Chamber and see where we can help.   Adjournment, 6:41pm  The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent.