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online and we're selling a weekly carnival wristband for the first time too. We're very excited <br />to have our new carnival company. The new ticketing system is also exciting because we will <br />be able to track our attendance a lot better than in past years to hopefully get a more accurate <br />attendance count. <br />The blast pass cashless payment system is also a new feature at the fair this year. Saffire, <br />that runs our website and ticketing platform, also runs this cashless payment system. It will <br />help keep lines down, making payment process quicker, and be more sanitary than having to <br />pass cash around. It will also improve reporting and finance office efficiencies! Kady <br />continued to discuss the process on how to get BlastPass and use it at the Fair. <br />4. Grant Updates <br />KVEC is to receive $370,197.45 in funding through the Shuttered Venue Operator's <br />Grant. This was the only COVID relief funding KVEC qualified for and very happy about <br />being awarded the funds as reimbursement on lost revenue from 2020. <br />Kady announced we might also receive a grant from the Department of Ecology for a <br />vacuum sweeper truck for the grounds. We are on the list of approved grants, but there is <br />some negotiating to be done to finalize the grant contract. Since next year is the earliest, we <br />can get the truck, Kady did have to order a new sweeper attachment for our Bobcat to help <br />keep up with the degrading dirt and rock coming from the hillside. Bobcat has been backed <br />up on parts due to the COVID shortages, so it's taken a long time to receive the order, which <br />we are still waiting for at this time. <br />Kady will be applying for the WSDA Health and Safety grant again this year too for the <br />next biennium and will be reviewing projects to apply for. The grant fund has increased in <br />the state budget, so we are eligible for a larger portion of funding now than in the past. <br />5. Sponsor Business <br />Sponsorship increased for Patriot Night this year, which was great for the short turn <br />around. There is also new interest in facility sponsors again, so staff will be meeting with <br />potential sponsors towards the end of this month to start conversations and hopefully receive <br />proposals. There is interest and potential in several facilities to help bring in some needed <br />revenue for projects. <br />6. Special Projects <br />The old yellow halls are being repainted and the project is almost complete. The new <br />color is great and blends in beautifully with the grounds. The doors on the buildings are also <br />being repaired too so they can be locked open. The crash bars on the doors have been <br />defective the last couple years, so new hardware is necessary for operation. We also kept up <br />the walkway cover and had the contractor paint that up to blend into the building as well. It's <br />a great addition. <br />Question was presented by the Board on the status of the barns on the Rodeo Grounds. <br />Kady confirmed all those barns need a lot of work. She was happy the wall restoration <br />project on the one Posse Barn that was rotting is complete and it looks much better. The <br />massive flooding this spring did not help the health of the barns either and working with <br />partners to find solutions to keeping the creek from flooding us out, as well as City residents. <br />Staff fixed holes in grandstands deck and repainted it. We also repainted all the seating in <br />AA -MM sections in the grandstands. The paint deteriorates in the sun over the years. After <br />the painting, everything was renumbered in those sections too. Brett asked about back walls <br />to the grandstands to ask if they are staying sturdy and Kady confirmed the boards have been <br />strong since they were fixed a couple years ago. <br />2021-07-14 MINUTES 2 <br />