HomeMy WebLinkAboutA002 - Council Action Summary from meeting of October 22, 2013 COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY
Meeting Date: October 22, 2013
Agenda Item #: Council Comments
SUBJECT: Convention Space Report and Funding Model
ACTION TAKEN: Directed that the letter from Kevin Cook,President of the Ames Convention
& Visitors Bureau, be placed on a future Council agenda for a summary
report and proposed funding model for additional convention space.
MOTION BY: Wacha
SECOND BY: Goodman
VOTING AYE: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha
VOTING NAY: None
ABSENT: None
By: Jill Ripperger, Deputy City Clerk
Sent to:
Ames
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September 18, 2013
Mayor Ann Campbell
City of Ames
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Honorable Mayor Campbell and Ames City Council,
Recently the Ames City Council approved partial funding of an analysis by CSL of the Ames Hotel Market
and Potential Funding Sources for Convention Space. We would like to request time on the November 12,
2013 Ames City Council Agenda to give a summary of the report and also to propose a funding model for
the construction of additional convention space at the Iowa State Center to benefit the Ames Community.
Thank you for your continued investment and support of this initiative.
Sincerely,
Kevin Cook
President
Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau