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City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Planning and Economic Development <br />FROM: Brandon Miles, Business Relations Manager <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: June 9, 2020 <br />SUBJECT: June Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Meeting Update <br />ISSUE <br />Update on the June 12 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) meeting. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City's LTAC held is regularly scheduled meeting on June 12. On the agenda items were <br />four funding requests. This memo is being written prior to the June 12 meeting and prior to the <br />agenda deadline for LTAC. Thus, information is this memo is subject to change. The following <br />briefly outlines the funding requests submitted to LTAC. <br />1. Saving Local KC. com <br />The City is requesting an additional $104,170 in lodging tax funds to expand and keep operating <br />the SavingLocalKC campaign. This item has been scheduled to go to before PED at its June 15 <br />meeting, see the information provided under this agenda items for more information. <br />2. Seattle Southside Regional Tourism Authority (SSRTA) <br />SSRTA is requesting an additional $195,000 in emergency funding in response to the COVID- <br />19 pandemic. The funding will be used to help bring meetings back to the Seattle Southside <br />Region. SSRTA has already been awarded $202,500 in funds from the City to support its <br />general operations. <br />3. Experience Tukwila <br />The City is requesting $75,250 to continue to build out and expand the Experience Tukwila <br />digital marketing initiative. Currently the initiative contains limited social media platforms. As part <br />of the future buildout, the City will develop a dedicated website to promote the City to visitors <br />and for business attraction; launch a Linkedln page, continue to expand social media <br />engagement; launch email marketing; and content creation. <br />4. Seattle Southside Chamber of Commerce <br />The Chamber is requesting $50,000 to help with its COVID-19 recovery efforts and Southside <br />Promise campaign. The funds will be used to help businesses reopen in compliance with <br />various directives from the State of Washington. More importantly, the funds will be used to help <br />promote business reopenings to the public and to help the public understand what efforts are <br />being made to keep them safe. <br />63 <br />