COULEE CORRIDOR CONSORTIUM
GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING

Time Out Pizza, Ephrata, WA
January 17, 2014

Meeting called to order by Chairman Tim Alling at 12:07 p.m.

Members Attending: Mark Amara, Susie Barr, Emily Braunwart, Ken Caylor, Dyana Crummett, Denis Felton, Rick and Wendy Heiberg, Birdie and Lowell Hensley, Kim Ostrowski, Ronda Heston. Jim Pritchard, Tim Alling 

Greetings and Introductions

PARTNERS REPORTS:
	Feb 8, 2014 Grand Coulee Dam Lions Annual Valentines Breakfast at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center, 203 Main St, Grand Coulee. Public Welcome.  Proceeds go to the Lions Sight and Hearing Program. Hotel/ Motel revenues up for 2013. 
	Coulee Pioneer Museum is open in Electric City on Monday and Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m.
	Grant County Tourism 2014 Guide Books are  being distributed.  Volunteers will  take them to the annual statewide tourism promotion event in Puyallup  - Jan 24 - 26, 2014
	Masquers Theater “The Lone Star Love Potion” will be presented Feb. 28 to Mar 16.  Reservations 246-2611
	GCEDC Building Prosperity Kick Off Event to be held at the Pillar Rock Grill at the Moses Lake Golf Course Jan 30 at 5 p.m. Please RSVP
	Lower Grand Coulee Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) meets the second Saturday of the month at the Soap Lake Senior Center at 11 a.m.  After the meeting John Glasco leads the group on a hike in the local area.   IAFI is waiting for the federal government to approve a logo for the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail which has authorization but no funding at this time.  A common logo is needed for signs along the trail.  Local groups will pay the cost of making and placing the signs in their area.   Dan Foster, Superintendent of the National Park Service at Coulee Dam is the Trail Manager; several letters have been written to him about IAFI concerns.  Next IAFI event will be at the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival, Saturday,  March 29.  This activity will include field trips to see Sandhill Cranes, burrowing owls and etc. 
	Coulee City is disposing of the rock that came from the Marina Project.  WA DOT and the US Bureau of Reclamation are crushing and removing it.  New reservoir project going forward and it will allow additional water hook-ups in the city. 
	Meeting agenda item added CCC should consider joining Okanogan Country Tourism Comm., which could help communications in  the north part of the CCC.  Moved and seconded to accept the revised agenda.  (M-Rick S- Mark) Passed.
	
Minutes of the Nov. 15, 2013 meeting approved (M   Ken C S-Jim P) Passed
Minutes of the Dec. 20, 2013 meeting approved (M Rick H S- Mark A) Passed
	
Treasurer’s Report - presented by Ken Caylor (in Barb Caylor’s absence)
	Checking balance - $5774.96   balance includes several reimbursements from cities for Hotel Motel tax.  
	Moved and seconded to accept the Treasurer’s Report and pay the annual dues to join the Okanogan Country Tourism Comm. in the amount of $35. (M- Jim P    S- Ken C) Passed    (Note: Birdie Hensley will be the CCC Rep to the Okanogan group)

Unanimous ballot cast for the following: Chairman- Tim Alling   2nd  VP- Ken Caylor   Treasurer- Barbara Caylor.    (M Birdie   S- Mark A)   Passed. 

2005 Grant Committee will meet Jan 24 to move forward with the Kiosks and loop signs and Graphics Designer Contract. 

Adopt –A-Highway to meet at Lake Lenore  Saturday, April12, at 1p.m.  Everyone Welcome.  Wear walking shoes, gloves, trash pickers if you have them.  Hard hats, colorful vests, plastic sacks and signage for the highway will be provided. 

Quarterly News letter – January issue of the quarterly Byway Beat has been completed, has been sent out and is available on the coulee corridor website. The next issue is scheduled for publication in April.  Please submit articles for the April issue to Mark Amara or Birdie Hensley by March 15, 2014.  All kinds of articles and pictures can be submitted from up and down the byway. 

Moved and seconded to raise the CCC dues for 2015 as follows: Individual from $15 to $25; Family $25 to $40; Business $50 to $75; Add a Senior Citizen membership of $15, Jr. Membership (6years to 18 years or student)t of $5.00   (M-Mark A   S- Jim P) Passed   

Chairman spoke about new CCC projects: FSI - Flood Scene Investigator Program.  Need Rack Cards for IAFI and tear sheets; FSI student work books.  American Road Magazine Advertisement 1/4 page highlighting the Geologic Automobile Tours on the CCC for over 100 years. 

Adjourned 
Birdie Hensley - Secretary
 CCC Minutes Editor, Mark Amara

Next meeting is scheduled for Papa’s Casino on Stratford Road, Moses Lake at noon on Friday, February 21, 2014