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Home My WebLink About06/21/2016 18A Council General InformationBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDASTATEMENT Item No. 18.A. For Meeting of: June 21, 2016 ITEM TITLE: Council General Information SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk SUMMARY EXPLANATION: 1. Letter from Bernice Seward 2. Preliminary Council Agenda 3. City Meeting Schedule 4. Preliminary Future Activities Calendar 5. Newspaper /Magazine /I nternet Articles: * "Cities With Great Convention Districts," successfulmeetings.com, June 2016 ITEM BUDGETED: STRATEGIC PRIORITY: APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: Interim City Manager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: BOARD /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type D Info 6116/2016 Coxer Memo June 28, 2016 Convention Center Room E, 10 N. 8th Street, Yakima, WA Ifl a--ff, ?,E Y-QuAP-%s L%sup-%tLoxaffiaTs af • re•arts froTr i3a-t.Terif 9 agef ci N.GTUO M. 2. The next meeting Will be a City Council Business Meeting on July 5, 2016, at 6 p.m. at City Hall 900�� voiuntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council, and the Council does not endorse the religious beliefs or views of this, or any other speaker also available on4ine at www.,yakimawa.gov. July 5,2016 City Hall — Council Chambers 6 p.m. Business Meeting; 6:30 p.m. Public Hearing Items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. A citizen or Council member may request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda and, if approved, it will be placed on the regular agenda for discussion and consideration. Community members are invited to address items that are not listed • the regular business meeting agenda. A guideline of three (3) minutes per speaker is in place in order to allow as much opportunity possible for audience participation. A speaker's time may be e)dended at the discretion of the Mayor and/or the consensus or vote of the Council. Written communication and e-mail messages are strong! encouraged. I [9" [oil, 11-110 ILI UMMLM�� i E, �*r-= Ile M, -IM, I r, I For, 011r. f 0", mn L w also available on4ine at www.yakimawa.gov. SUCCESSFUL M E E T I N G S HOME / STRATEGY / MEETINGS STRATEGIES MEETINGS STRATEGIES FETMOM Sam Bhandarkar (pictured), event placement director for Palm Beach Gardens, FL-based LRP Publications, was surprised to find a M= 111111111 ::: 11111111 iiiiiiiiiiiiIii!llllllll 11 111 1111 1111111 1;1111 1! 111 if I I ( - -- 4 1 1 4 always a question about the neighborhood surrounding the convention center. 'We ask destination marketing organizations to tell us about the walkability of their cities: says Ellen Shorthill, director of conventions and meetings for ASH& Part oft hisis practical. Like Schirmacher, Shorthill no that having the tel block within walking distance of the convention center and the venues used for off-site events means a six-figure savings in the cost of coaches to shuttle attendees around. But theres more to it than just savings. 'But holding it in a walkable destination makes it much more attractive 'Having a walkable downtown near the convention center is immensely important to planners: says John Be g, vice president of sales for Explore St Louis, the r. '.: _ r = M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I !I I I I I I I III I I l.- T! 1 9 - 21, 11 1 11 . a .. don't know where it falls in the top io list, but it has been important for a longtime It's a big part of what St. Louis brings to the table' from famed Gateway Arch Park, which is currently undergoing a $38o million renovation and expansion. There are also some 7,000 hotel roomsinclose proximity, many of them new or newly renovated, and a number of the restaurants and live -music venues the city is known for. i Y FeMm-6—ea—W Uounty Lonvention Lenter, just a fiW-, T only found a beautiful hotel with a comfortable resort *el just one swimming pool away from the convention center. but also CityPlace, a 7z-acre outdoor dining, retail, entertainment. and residential development directly across the street as well as the adjacent Kravis Center for the Pe rmingArts. �Cityl)lace has a wide variety of dining options as weU as movies and live mI andjust north of that is Clernatis Street, which has many local dining and ;iT1irrt;;iTnrtft oQJloTs, MIaVatrr sM"Havipg a walk&k destination blocks from the convention center and hotel was a!Ley selling point! He found another I 1111 Ilwal I 11161 CUM, -%- a CMMA1 -I -t.AA -nLR around the Palm Beach County Convention Center is busy almost 2417. You don't have to turn a ballroom space into something special at night because it is all Ir 1!1111 111111111111111111 111111111 111 111 iC kv RM "., 71M MM111:1111i The Bottom Line The walkable neighborhood around the Colorado Convention Center was a key factor in ASHAs decision to host its 2oi Annual GiDinfierencein Denverlast , - " I I - . 1 1 al i, 0 - — . . s! .11 Denver it stores and restaurants meant a lot of attendees ran out for lunch. In addition, 'We saved a dramatic amount of money on shuttles --between $75,000 and $J55,565, plus anotliersio,000 onst e notes. 'ITEWWWr= smaller shuttles for the hotels that were fitrther out. And we had fewer shuttles in the morning because so many people walked- We saw considerably less ridership than we have in other destinations, although it helped that the weather was good." =1. IMIM, I- MMJNV� Schirmacher notes that shuttling convention groups aroundlican beoneofthe mostexpensive parts ofashow. Iteasily runs to six figures.' -ariiriTc, li-om their willingness to come again nextyeartotheirdesireto remainanactive member of the group. InShorthilrs post-event surveys, she fbund that 82 percent of attendees gavethe Denver conference a 'highly positive rating, and that many attendee comments fbcusedon howimuchthey loved the city and the neighborhood around the convention centenThereis also a perception that our level of M—MI-1177, and sports authority for the city® mr, ITrlrl In #1^ -1 -1 -W v A A nx Ar hugely popular High Line Park, a walkabl train line, connects the lavits Center to tj E "I. = t Tq• - •t CI k - I 1 ,0A , I 0.2 a 3 3 3 9 •T a I I ::1. 11W&M I n fact, Long Beach has been rated the 1 oth most wal kable city in America by Wal k Score, a company that tates-a- 'rM a r ME=,, I -&I einf^Ale I-AA IMN Thursday, June 23 10;00 a.m. Hearing Examiner — Council Chambers Monday, June 27 12:00 p.m. Greenway Board meeting — Greenway Visitors Center 12:00 p.m. Capitol Theatre Board meeting — Capitol Theatre Office Of Mayor/City Council Preliminary Future Activities Calendar Please Note: Meetings are subject to cha .- ............. Mon. June 20 1:30 p.m. YVCOG Executive Scheduled Meeting Adkison YVCOG Committee meeting Tue. June 21 5:00 p.m. City Council Executive Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers Session 0 �0 Scheduled Meetin SEc�h�e Council Council Chambers Wed. June 22 8:30 a.m. Board of Health meeting Board Meeting Adkison Health District 3:00 p.m. Yakima Planning Scheduled Meeting A. Guti6rrez Council Chambers Commission 5:30 p.m, Historic Preservation Scheduled Meeting A. Guti6rrez Council Chambers Commission Mon. June 27 12:00 p.m. Greenway Board meeting Board Meeting Ettl Greenway Visitors Center 12:00 m, Ca itol Theatre Board Board Meetin C�offe �. �Citol �Thea�tre. Tue: June 28 9:00 a.m. City Council stud session Scheduled Meeting Council Convention Center Thur. June 30 1:30 p.m. Council Economic Scheduled Meeting A. Guti6rrez, 2nd Floor Conference Room Development Committee Cousens, Coffey meeting 3:00 p.m. Council Public Safety Scheduled Meeting Coffey, D. 2nd Floor Conference Room Committee meeting Guti6rrez, M6ndez Fri. July 1 8:00 a.m. Sister Cit Meetin Scheduled Meetin Adkison 2nd Floor Conference Room Mon. July 4 CITY OFFICES CLOSED . .... .. ..... .............. . .. . . . . . .. Tue. July 5 5:00 P.M. (T) City Council Executive Scheduled Meeting Council Council Chambers Session Scheduled Meetin n Council Council Chambers