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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />EC STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, 205 WEST 5TH ROOM 108 - ELLENSBURG <br />Regular Meeting <br />WEDNESDAY 10:00 AM Aril 14, 2021 <br />Board members present: Chair Brett Wachsmith, Commissioner Laura Osiadacz — both via <br />WebEx <br />Others: Kady Porterfield (Event Center Director), Lacie Dawson (Event Center program <br />Manager); Morgan Ryan (member of the Public) — all via WebEx <br />1. Call to Order: 10:01 am <br />2. General Event and Rental Updates: Per Kady: we are very happy to still be in phase 3. <br />There will be a roping in the Rodeo Arena the first weekend of May. We are also holding <br />trainings, business meetings, other events as permitted and the vaccine clinic. The Rodeo <br />Arena is open and looking good. We are excited to be hosting Bares and Broncs — hoping to <br />still be in phase 3 for it. <br />3. Self Promoted Events Business: Per Kady: there are ongoing discussions with the <br />promoter of how to make the concert work within the current restrictions. With not being <br />able to have floor seating or a beer garden it looks like it may not be financially feasible for <br />this year. Holding off on ordering fireworks until a final decision is made about the concert. <br />Commissioner Wachsmith stated that it is a great community event. <br />4. Grant Updates: Per Kady: the WSDA Fairs Commission is planning to increase their <br />finds from $2 million to $8 million for the upcoming biennium for health and safety grants. <br />They have not released all the information yet, but it is hoped that the amount a fair can <br />request will be increased from the typical $100,000 as well to assist in completing some <br />bigger projects. The grant could possibly go toward paving the Armory parking lot as the <br />next safety related project on the fairgrounds. <br />There is also a Shuttered Venues Operatot Grant that some fairgrounds are eligible for. <br />Kady is monitoring the web site to apply as soon as the application is up. <br />5. Special Projects: The Buckaroo Stands project is nearly complete and it looks great. <br />Ceiling tiles and carpet to be installed soon. Colockum demo is planned to start in early <br />May, the tents are ordered. Staff is currently working on patching holes in the decking on the <br />South Grandstands. The North Grandstands will be cleaned and painted. The painting <br />2021-04-14 MINUTES <br />