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Mel's Bowl & Family Fun Center June 1, 2017 Kittitas County Commissioners, The advisory committee involved with Mel's Bowl continues with the mission to establish a center that provides recreational, creative and educational opportunities for our community population and others outside of Kittitas County. Our goal is to provide an outlet for grandparents, grandkids, couples, families and individuals to explore their inner child in our facility. Mel's Bowl will include six lanes of bowling, nine very artistic/creative holes of mini golf, a performance area, coin operated games and a restaurant. The performance area could be utilized for rehearsal space, smaller venues and movies to name a few. We would also work on providing affordable performance area for other non-profit organizations. Interest for this project has not diminished as we continually hear positive remarks/support from residents including University students. For example, the Ellensburg High School Director of Athletics has endorsed having a local bowling facility to allow for the expansion of their bowling program... (a letter of support from Athletic Director Cole Kanyer is attached). Talking with Jill Scheffer, Director of Kittitas Valley Event Center, we understand the KVEC may have a need for additional flexible event space... which we intend to integrate as part of our overall plan. We also understand that a contractual agreement or OMM ... (Operations, Maintenance & Management)... might be the vehicle for this partnership. Part of this agreement would include that the bowling alley elements not utilized by Mel's Bowl would become surplus and sold per that mechanism with proceeds to KVEC. Other agreements will be worked out regarding KVEC usage. Since our last meeting with the county our team has selected a Board of Directors including the following officers: Michael Burtness President Curtis Bull Vice President Jennifer Hoyt Secretary Chris Trujillo Treasurer The Bio's for the officers are included. The board members will be instrumental in the decision making process and are volunteers from throughout the community. The board members currently are: Justin Beckman, Marc Brown, Bruce Dickinson, Mollie Edson, Mia Marindino, Monica Miller, Angela Martin, Natalia Parker, Marilee Thompkins and Ralla Vickers. If necessary they too will provide Bio's. We have also revised our financials/business plan, which is detailed on following pages. With the support of KVEC, community partnerships and a researched business plan we feel this will be a valuable use of the property. To achieve our 501(c)3 non-profit status we will coordinate with Laughing Horse Arts Foundation and with their approval will continue under the umbrella of LHAF. We are excited about the possibilities of utilizing this abandoned bowling alley for family fun and with hard work and ingenuity we feel it will be possible. We hope for your support in this endeavor. www.melsbowl.org