HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTAC 2025-06-27 Agenda PacketCity of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
AGENDA
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
11:30 A.M., Friday, June 27, 2025
Hybrid Meeting
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Tukwila City Hall (6200 Southcenter Blvd.), Hazelnut conference room.
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1.Welcome and Introductions
2.Review of Agenda
3.Approval of Minutes
a.Approval of April 18, 2025 minutes
4.Special Presentations
5.General Business
a.Tukwila World Cup Preparations and Brainstorming Session
b.Public Safety Discussion
6.Pending Funding Requests
7.Announcements
8.Roundtable
9.Adjourn
Next Scheduled Meeting: When: July 11, 2025
Location: Hybrid
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
DRAFT
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
Minutes
11:30 AM | April 18, 2025
Hybrid Meeting
(Via Teams and at Hazelnut Conference Room at Tukwila City Hall)
Members Present: Chair Tosh Sharp, Miesa Berry, Jim Davis, Brian Jones, Jean Thompson
Members Absent: Miesa Berry
City Staff Present: Brandon Miles and Laurel Humphrey
Others Present: Eric Olmstead, Starfire Sports
Agenda Item
Action Follow-Up
Welcome and Introductions Chair Sharp called the meeting
to order at 11:37 AM.
Committee members
introduced themselves.
None
Review of Agenda
Reviewed None
Approval of Minutes of
April 18, 2025
Davis moved approval.
Thompson seconded. Motion
passed.
None
Special Presentations
None
General Business
None
None
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
• None
Pending Funding Requests
• 2025 Starfire
Brandon presented an
application for $10,000 for the
City’s 2025 Juneteenth event.
Davis moved approval. Chair
Sharp seconded. Motion
passed.
• Welcome packet?
• Is it possible to promote other
business to teams as teams
come?
• How are hotels promoted?
• Promoting Experience
Tukwila.
Announcements
Brandon mentioned that LTAC
has two open positions and
encouraged members to
suggest potential members
who could apply.
Mayor’s State of the City
Speech 4/2/25 6:00 PM at the
Performing Arts Center at
Foster High School.
None
Roundtable
Chair Sharp mentioned the City
is considering a holiday lighting
program.
None
Adjourn The meeting adjourned at
12:05 PM.
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
To: Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
FROM: Brandon Miles, LTAC Staff
DATE: June 10, 2025
RE: World Cup Preparations and Brainstorming
Public Safety Discussion
World Cup Preparations and Brainstorming
With the World Cup set to come to the United States and Seattle next June, many cities, including
Tukwila, are starting to prepare for the influx of visitors to the region. With a large number of hotel
rooms, central access, and availability of transit, the City is posed to see a large number off visitors
during the matches.
City staff have begun initial efforts to prepare for the World Cup. Our efforts have initially focused on:
1. Creating a safe and welcoming environment.
2. Creating opportunities to bring people to the City so they can experience the exactment
of the event, even if they do not have tickets. This would include large and small watch
parties, with a signature event at Westfield Southcenter (tentatively).
3. Help small businesses take advantage of the opportunity presented by the large number
of visitors to the region.
4. Help all business understand the potential impacts so they can prepare.
5. Identify lasting investments that we can make that will extend past the World Cup.
For our meeting on Friday we want to share some of our initial ideas and thoughts and get
feedback from the LTAC about the preparations. Some questions we would like input from the
LTAC on are:
1. How is your business preparing for the World Cup?
2. What opportunities do you see for the City and your business leading up, through, and
after the World Cup?
3. What are you concerns?
4. How can the City help with the preparations?
5. What are some ideas for lasting investments that extend after the World Cup?
We would like LTAC input on the City’s tentative plans:
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd.
Tukwila, WA 98188
A signature event (hopefully held at Westfield Southcenter) that would include outdoor watch
parties, beer garden, stage with music performances, food trucks, activities like small soccer
pitches, pickleball courts, playground areas, games, etc.
Continuous viewing parties at the Sullivan Center at Tukwila Village. The parties would be
marketed with the small food businesses in the neighborhood. The program would help the
small businesses get FIFA ready with better visitor experiences and better online marketing.
Public Safety Questions
We would like to have a discussion on public safety in Tukwila and get LTAC feedback. Here are
some questions to prompt the discussion.
(1) What public safety trends are you seeing in Tukwila?
(2) We are thinking about hosting a public safety seminar for Southcenter District property
owners and managers late in 2025 or early 2026. Do they think there would be interest?