Coulee Corridor Consortium
Meeting Minutes
Jan 15, 2016
Corral Restaurant, Warden, WA

Those present were:  Tim Alling, Chair; Mark Amara, 1st Vice Pres; Ken Caylor, 2nd Vice Chair; Barb Caylor, Treasurer, Denis Felton, Jim Pritchard,  Birdie and Lowell Hensley, Susie Barr, Byron Starkey, Kriss Shuler, and Roger Krug

The meeting called to order at 12:20 pm by Chair Tim Alling.

Greetings and Introductions

PARTNER REPORTS: Ken Caylor reported that he asked the Port of Othello and Adams Co for Motel/Hotel Tax funding.  
Barb Caylor reported that the Sandhill Crane Festival plans are well on the way.  Festival March 18-19-20.  Speakers and most events are set. 
Birdie Hensley noted that the Triple Fish Tournament is scheduled    at Coulee Playland, Electric City, April 15-16.  Go the Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce for details
Connell - Winter Lighting, Chamber Wine Tasting event
Warden - Warden Lions Club planning on putting together support for the Memorial Garden Kiosk in Feb.
Mark Amara reported that the Second Annual Columbia Basin Eco Gardening Symposium is scheduled for Sat April 23, at the Technical Skills Center in Moses Lake, 9 am to 1 pm
Tim Alling indicated the 1912 exhibit is moving forward at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Arrival Center 
Tim Alling - Ice Ages Floods Institute starting a new chapter in Palouse. 

Minutes of the Dec 18, 2015 meeting approved as amended.  (M-Susie Barr S- Denis Felton) passed

Agenda approved.  (M –Jim Pritchard and S- Mark Amara) passed

Treasurer Report: Approved no invoices or changes  (M-Ken Caylor S-Denis Felton) passed   Suggested the we trade a CCC membership with Okanogan County Tourism if they give the CCC a membership in their group.  Birdie Hensley will take care of it. 

The 2005 Grant Committee met prior to the regular meeting. Kris Schuler, Susie Barr and Byron Starkey from the city of Warden, presented their proposal for their towns community kiosk using typed text amongst carefully collected/ selected local pictures.  Birdie Hensley presented her ideas for the Grand Coulee kiosk concept.  The Soap Lake kiosk project narratives and pics have been reviewed and sent to the graphic designer, Melanie Pierson while the Grand Coulee and Warden materials will be sent ASAP. Chair of the 2005 Grant Committee, Denis Felton noted that The Bureau of Reclamation, who owns proposed kiosk site locations at Grand Coulee, Coulee City, and Othello, is handling permitting and has yet to give the okay for using them. Coulee City and Othello kiosk content is still in the planning stages.

Mark Amara is still looking for new articles for the Byway Beat.  No Articles-No Byway Beat.

FSI - John Moody and Tim Alling working on project questionnaire  

Tim Alling talked to Web master, Jonathan Olund at Computer Solutions who indicated the CCC doesn’t need to do anything else to keep the website near the front of the search window as long as having it on first page is okay.  Otherwise, it could cost hundreds of dollars to move it to the Number 1 spot  Tim will follow up with Olund further to get a link to and/or report on tracking CCC hits to the website.

Hotel/motel tax funding 2016 applications and other funding status: Electric City, $1000 awarded; Grant County Tourism, $2000 awarded; Grand Coulee, $670 requested; Othello, $985 requested; Connell, will submit $500 request by January 22; Coulee City, $500 not funded but anticipate their contribution to CCC will be to the community kiosk project;  Coulee Dam, not applied; Warden is not eligible for hotel/motel tax revenues since there are no lodging facilities there but Warden is committed to contributing $$$ to the community kiosk project there.

The membership is invited to the Okanogan County Tourism Annual Meeting Feb 3 at the 12 Tribes Casino. 
Adjourned
Submitted by Birdie Hensley 

Next meeting Feb 19, at Michael Jay’s Restaurant in Connell, Noon