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Approved, February 14, 2025
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
Minutes
11:30 AM | December 20, 2024
Hybrid Meeting
(Via Teams and at Hazelnut Conference Room at Tukwila City Hall)
Members Present: Chair Mohamed Abdi, Jim Davis, Brian Jones, Jean Thompson
Members Absent: Miesa Berry
City Staff Present: Laurel Humphrey, Brandon Miles, Derek Speck
Others Present: Mark Everton, Seattle Southside Regional Tourism Authority
Agenda Item Action Follow-Up
Welcome and Introductions Chair Abdi called the meeting None
to order at 11:35 AM.
Committee members
introduced themselves.
Review of Agenda Reviewed None
Approval of Minutes of JIm moved approval. Brian None
October 11, 2024 seconded. Motion passed.
Special Presentations
None None
None
General Business
Brandon presented the current
Budget Update
six year financial plan. None
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
Approved, February 14, 2025
Pending Funding Requests
Brandon presented a request None
City of Tukwila
for $300,822 of which
Basic Operations
$146,413 is for 2025 and
$154,409 is for 2026.
Jean asked a clarifying
question. Brian moved
approval. Jean seconded.
Motion passed.
2025 Experience
Brandon presented a request None
Tukwila
for $215,000 for 2025. He
showed the recently created
“hype” video and Instagram
posts.
Jean moved approval. Jim
seconded. Motion passed.
Brandon presented a request
2025 PacNW Winter
for $20,000 for the PacNW None
Classic
Winter Classic. Mark provided
additional context and spoke in
support of the request.
Jim moved approval. Jean
seconded. Motion passed.
Announcements Brandon shared some None
announcements of city issues.
Jean announced Seattle
Chocolate will rebrand next
year.
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
Approved, February 14, 2025
Jim mentioned that group
bookings appear to be
improving for 2025.
Roundtable None
Adjourn The meeting adjourned at
12:07 PM.
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188