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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />EC STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG <br />Special Meeting <br />MONDAY 11:00 AM Jul 22, 2024 <br />Board members present: Chairman Brett Wachsmith, Vice -Chairman Laura Osiadacz, <br />Commissioner Cory Wright <br />Others: Kady Porterfield, CFE (Event Center Director), Bob Eddings (Fair Board President) <br />1. Call to Order 10:03am <br />2. Citizen Comments (1 min. time limit) None <br />3. Patriot Night Under the Lights Recap and Future Outlook <br />Kady reported the final numbers for the event in an overall scope of attendance, finances, and <br />marketing. While the event was at a loss, it was a well produced event and attendees had a <br />great time. Kady will be evaluating how to change the event in 2025 as it will need to be <br />scaled down to a new concept until the outlook on industry trends moving forward are more <br />understood. Ideas discussed amongst all in at the meeting included: kids' activities, free <br />event, continuning fireworks, smaller concert in Behind the Chutes, joint partnership event <br />with other local entities, or moving another major event to that weekend as a draw. <br />4. Kittitas County Fair Planning and Operations Report: <br />The Fair Board discussed the Bylaws amendments at their meeting on July 18, 2024 and <br />decided to table any approval until the next meeting for more time to review. The electrical <br />project for vendors and Frontier Village is completed now. There was discussion at the last <br />Fair Board meeting about the sale of the First and Last property and how that affects the <br />KVEC Master Plan. <br />5. Rodeo Contract Status Update: <br />Cory and Kady met with the President and Past -President of the Ellensburg Rodeo Board to <br />discuss amendments to the lease agreement regarding sponsorship funding and the <br />grandstands project. Kady and their President met later to work on language and will keep <br />working on it, but will be putting this on hold until after Labor Day weekend now. <br />6. Rodeo Grandstands Project Update: <br />There will be a meeting this afternoon to look at preliminary design based off feedback and <br />ideas shared at our last meeting. Kady will send out graphics when she has them to share. <br />2024-06-25 MINUTES <br />